Real World Review – A tale of two spotlights 4/2/2008 Husky “Tough Brite” 6 volt lantern Model: HSK146 Black and Decker “V-2Million” Handheld Spotlight Model: SL202BD Neither of these lights are really your typical “walking around” flashlights so I’m not going to take them on the usual “standard evening walk” instead I’m just going to give an overview and my impression of each light. My trusty $9.00 Radio Shack spotlight (remember that astounding deal?) finally died and nothing I did brought it back to life so I decided to buy something else to take it’s place. Since we’re moving into a new house soon I wanted to get something that would cover the whole back yard (most of an acre) and reach well into the adjoining golf course and park if needed.

The first light I picked up was the Huskymostly because it was dirt cheap aaaaaand I got what I paid for. Szybcy i wsciekli 6 download lektor pl chomikuj. So the next night I stumbled upon the smaller V-1Million and the larger V-2Million Black & Decker models and decided “oh what the heck” and bought the 2 million CP unit. Initial Impression(s) The Husky “Tough Brite” 6 volt lantern is a hefty -looking- unit that weighs in at 4lb 10oz. Not unreasonable for a light based on a 6 volt sealed-lead-acid battery.

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The light has an interesting “rough and ready contractor” feel about it with lots of thick rubber armor, big metal bolts, and metal trim with hex screws. Unfortunately that’s about where the initial impressiveness stopped for me because the body is comprised of a thick but cheap feeling plastic that creaks and feels weak. There seems to be NO attention to detail on this unit as the plastic seams don’t match up, the rubber plug that is supposed to protect the DC charging socket doesn’t fit or stay in place, the bulb was misaligned, and there is nothing to indicate that this light would survive much moisture let alone any type of immersion. The unit has an interesting “swivel” built into the handle that allows you to aim the light up while it’s sitting on the ground and that might be very useful for changing a tire or something.

Haystak jelly roll strictly business zip code lookup. The light also has a small (pathetic) LED light on the front. I suppose it could be useful as a nightlight while camping or something. The Black and Decker “V-2Million” Handheld Spotlight is physically the larger unit but just seems more trim.

Weighing in at a nearly identical 4lb 8oz the two handles just make this light seem more handy for use. The body is typical B&D orange and black with lots of rubber bumpers and a heavy, solid feeling, plastic body. Fit and finish are excellent and it seems like a quality unit that will take reasonable abuse and still hold together. This light also has two little LED lights on the frontand they are both as pathetic as the one on the husky light. I have NO IDEA why they’d use such poor LED lights on an otherwise quality unit. Both lights have a “unique” built in charging system where you simply plug in a standard extension cord to the prongs on the back. Both lights have a decent rubber covering protecting the prongs though the Black&Decker light has a better fitting cover.

Both lights also have the capability to charge from a DC source and include a vehicle charging adaptor. Both lights have a secondary switch to run the LED lights and a trigger for the main halogen lamp. Both triggers felt sturdy and gave a nice solid “click” when operated. And there any similarities ended. Triggering the Husky lamp produced a strong but crappy beam with outrageous artifacting and very poor beam control. Yeah it would light up a decent area but any throw was severely impacted by the crappy beam. I opened the unit up (NOT EASY) and re-adjusted the bulb a few times, creating some beam improvement but on the whole the reflector is just mismatched to the bulb and socket.