If you’re in the market for a LED Work Light recently, selecting from so many low-middle-high level work lights for your business or at home and feeling difficulty, read this buying Guide we believe it would be helpful to you.
Why Buy a LED Work Light?
LED lighting is the way of the future. With LED technology rapidly advancing every year designs are more innovative and affordable than ever. LED work lights are now being designed for specific industries and applications that weren’t possible before.
What You Need to Know
LED lights are more cost-effective and energy-efficient than incandescent, fluorescent, or halogen bulbs. LEDs use 90% less energy than incandescent lights. And they produce almost no heat.
LED Lighting is durable. There are no delicate parts that can break meaning LEDs can be placed in abusive environments.
LEDs have a long life span and can last up to 100,000 hours of continuous use.
Lumens
Because LEDs are so energy efficient their brightness is measured in lumens instead of watts. The chart below will give you a better idea of how incandescent lights (the way we’re used to measuring brightness) compare to LEDs.
Incandescent LED (lumen output) LED (watt range)
100 watt 1600lumen 23-30
75 watt 1100lumen 18-25
60 watt 800lumen 13-15
40 watt 450lumen 9-13
Features to Look For:
- Brightness & Adjustability
If you need a light source that provides different brightness levels look for work lights that have selectable lumen output settings. For example, a light may feature two different lumen output settings like 800lm or 1000lm.
Because LED brightness can be adjusted look for work lights that have a wide range of brightness settings i.e. 2000 lumen to 10,000 lumens. This way the light can be set for the proper amount of brightness needed depending on the work environment.WEIJIA Pro's most products come with different lumen output settings. JF8113 provides 5 different settings of different lumens, and WEIJIA's JF4013 provides step-less dimming lumen output, please scan below QR code to review page23 to the above JF8113 and page 39 to the above JF4013 advanced work light.
When choosing an LED work light consider the environment in which it will be used. Dust and water are the two elements that typically cause damage to electrical equipment so look for lights that are waterproof, water-resistant, and dustproof. Waterproof and dustproof don’t always mean the same thing for all devices. Look for the light’s Ingress Protection Rating commonly referred to as an IP rating. For example, a LED work light with an IP67 rating means it is fully protected from dust and can also withstand being submerged in about 3.3 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. Whereas a light with an IP65 rating means it is protected from dust and against low-pressure spray like from a nozzle.
- Other Features and Options
Consider other features and functions that are available when choosing a work light.
A magnetic Base: is an alternative option that a mechanic may find useful so the light can be attached to the frame of the car or under the hood.
Power Bank: gives the user the option to charge other devices like a cell phone.
Bluetooth Speakers: are now an option with some work lights allowing the user to stream music along with illuminating the work area. WEIJIA Pro is the first manufacturer of led work lights in China who took blue tooth speaker into work lights, and now we have a top HEAVY DUTY Speaker lights that no worse than JBL, please send me(William Ma) your inquiry to sales3@cn-weijia.com for details of such unique blue tooth speaker work light!
Tripods: are accessories that will allow work lights to be mounted at different heights giving the ability to illuminate a larger area.
Battery Level Indicator: is a feature that shows the charge level of the battery.
Please feel free to send me emails(sales3@cn-weijia.com) for more guidance about led work lights buying, we will be patient to let you clear by my 11 years working experience!
William, marketing & product manager of WEIJIA-Pro Team