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We tested the side light of prototype today. It’s working well. lol
Here the new prototype test demo is. Would you interest in its automatic lighting mechanism?
2025-6-9 updated
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We are planning to design a multi-tool light. It include the side light part.
①The side lights can be adjusted from 0 degrees to 145 degrees, and are hidden when turned off.
②The side light uses a sensor switch, which turns on when you pull it and turns off when you close it.
Its adjustment method will be similar to that tool light. Would you interest in it, or more good idea?
If you make it with included the single led in the very edge of the bar, its better to include a slip-on cover (or on a separated setting in the UI, so you don’t put it on every time you cycle through…) because most of the times you end up blinding yourself or someone else near you… !?
Plus if you can make protective semi-transparent colored covers for the main light bar could be very useful… (if there aren’t any colors in the main led bar of course) !?
Just a few ideas so you can have “food for thinking”… !?
I’m not sure if the picture is created with AI or not, however if I understand correctly you want to create a multi tool light like a folding phone.
Interestingly the picture itself gives me an idea. The idea is, just like in the picture (right side), where it looks like a normal flashlight is connected to an adapter which then turn into a standing lamp.
The idea is you create instead a multi-tool light, you create an adapter which turn into a light.
Putting an emitter on the tip seems pointless to me on a work light designed to flood areas.
An easy omission if it would mean less risk of compromising other areas, like the robustness of the hinges and swivels.
Never been a fan of the light quality from COBs, so if the other option is to employ a string of CSP emitters, putting them behind a diffuser cover would be my preference. Bare emitters in arrays are cheap, but lazy.
Can we just have a decent magnetic work light with good LEDs, good driver and replaceable 2 or 3 27100s? I think Fenix are the only offering at the moment.
Respectively the newer Version with USB-C and a little compartment where you can access the battery (18650), so mine have 3.5Ah.
Why I need them? Because I work most of the smaller non-soldering stuff on my PC bench and I use them as a strong lighting for that. And for that it is very important that these are stable standing on the desk and not falling over after the slightest touch.
Also maybe keep the 3D Printing community in mind and make the form not super complex so that people can more easily design stuff around that very light (Wall holder or stand or whatever).
Also I would love a potentiometer for dimming…
I would like to not have an COB on both sides because that means that both of them are not cooled at all. I prefer my LEDs to run at least a little bit cooled, so maybe a bit bigger head-part but with some cooling fins?
The automatic feature could be ok, but more importantly, as already mentioned, it would be great to have just a good work light with stable standing/mounting/adjusting options, good emitters, and rechargeable/replaceable high capacity batteries. Always good to see more Wurkkos innovation!
If you’re designing one of these, Astro Tools makes a really nice one. I don’t use my nice work lights for actual work because theyre either too dim or fragile/breakable, or don’t work well for long periods. I buy cheap ones for that (like $5 or so) because if I drop them, step on them, leave them on and dump the batteries, drop them in oil, spray them with brake cleaner, i don’t care and juat get another one.
It has to be compact, really durable (can be banged around, dropped, stepped on, exposed harsh chemicals (gasoline, diesel, brake fluid, solvents, antifreeze, etc). Thr lens should be replaceable. It also need a no-PWM light source and a clean beam. Color temp should be 5000-5200K. High cri is nice, but not required. Output should have two modes or one, maybe ramping, with max brightness up to 800 Lumens.
USB rechargeable also, or magnetic charging. Please make the battery removable. It ahould be 21700 powered.
Given the alphabet soup of model numbers resulting from the larger model lineups, perhaps it’s also time to consider given some of them more memorable names, or secondary nicknames.
Moths are pests, but they do have an affinity for light.
Fireflies is obviously taken in the flashlight market.
Second thing that came to mind is that you really meant it when using “multi-tool” to describe it. Not what most seemed to expect.
