A better long term value imho
is the Ryobi/Milwaukee light with the 3 watt Cree LED and the 1 amp USB charging port that automatically turns off the USB after 4 hours.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-O...ith-USB-Charger-Tool-Only-P781/300225308These lights have official listings for how long they will stay lit with specific amp-hr Lithium batteries
like 71 hours 0n low setting with a Ryobi 9 amp hour battery
and therefore these LED lights/ cell phone chargers
are also valuable “battery capacity testers”
even for less expensive “knock off” batteries not made by Ryobi/Milwaukee/Dewalt/Bosch etc
if “jumper wires”are used.
Ryobi and Milwaukee are both divisions of former Hong Kong Company TTI
but sadly legal freedoms of Hong Kong businesses now crushed” by mainland police actions.
The Harbor Freight 2600 ma-hour NiMH rechargeable batteries do test out as 2600
but how many cycles they can be charged is unknown to me,
whereas Eneloop NiMH batteries go many many cycles of charge.
Just had a discussion this morning about leaving on dim lights in houses where the electricity is down to deter looters,
and the value of battery powered fans to more quickly dry flooded studs in walls after stripping away drywall,
using UV-C lights to disinfect mold, etc.
$1000 of battery powered tools could save $10,000 in certain circumstances.
