Dewalt has come out with two new cordless LED work lights for their 20V Max power tool platform, models DCL050 and DCL060.
While I’m a little disappointed Dewalt has yet to develop a 20V version of their excellent 12V DCL510 LED work light, these new options nicely broaden their lineup of cordless LED work lights.
Dewalt 20V Max LED Work Light DCL050
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- 3 LEDs for broad lighting
- 250 and 500 lumens brightness settings
- LED head pivots with 140° swing arc
- Rotating hanging hook
- Non-marring overmolded lens cover
- 17 hour runtime (with 4.0Ah Li-ion battery)
Price: $69 (bare tool)
ETA: June 2014
The DCL050 is designed as a handheld worklight and features the same great ergonomics as found on Dewalt’s other 20V drills and drivers.
You can think of this as a brighter version of the DCL040 LED work light ($40-45 via Amazon) that’s been around for a few years since the 20V lineup first launched.
At $65 the DCL050 seems a little pricey, but look at the specs – it delivers up to 500 lumens of light. That’s actually a lot of power, so hopefully there’s plenty of diffusion. Otherwise even the low setting of 250 lumens will be a bit too much for close-up work.
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Dewalt 20V/18V/AC LED Area Work Light DCL060 and DCL061
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- 1500 lumen LED lamp head
- 6100K (cool white) color temperature
- Rotating light bar
- DCL060 and DCL061 have Multi-Port interfaces that are compatible with Dewalt 20V Max and 18V batteries
- DCL061 can be powered by AC for unlimited runtime (power cord not included)
- 2.5 hour runtime (when paired with Dewalt 20V Max 4.0Ah Li-ion battery)
Price: $99 (DCL060) and $119 (DCL061)
ETA: July 2014
What’s black and yellow and bright enough to illuminate any work area? The new Dewalt DCL060 and DCl061 LED work lights. They’re a little big, bulky, and awkward looking, but they look like reasonably compact work lights with some nice features.
The rotating LED light bar should allow for easy aiming, and a built-in handle makes it a cinch to carry and move around.
20V Max, 18V, and AC power options (DCL061) should please everyone.
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mike
Wish Porter Cable would come out with a version of that so my PC 20v max batteries would work on them.
Stuart
A pivoting head LED flashlight (PCC700B) was released as part of the recent 20V expansion, but there seems to be a supply issue. The PC version isn’t as featured or powerful as the new Dewalt work light, but it’s a little less than half the price – if you could find one.
Andrew
Odd, how that is the only place that has it in stock.
Stuart
That will probably change in a few days or weeks as inventory makes its way around the country.
Update: ETA is early May 2014.
mikeh
ok awkward…you’re being kind – this is a really odd form factor for this type of light…did i mention i’ll be getting one anyway
Javier
The stick light is definitely a huge improvement over the m12 stick light with the pivoting head and very nice price tag. The larger light is goofy looking but it has some serious power and the same awesome price tag. They should just make it look like a bee or a wasp to go with the color scheme.
Michael Quinlan
Milwaukee needs to hire some new flashlight designers. DeWalt blows them out of the water in the 12V category.
matt
Have you seen the new lights Milwaukee has?? the 12v stick light is flat out awesome. and the 18v flood is also a great light.
these lights are not really in the “flashlight” category any way..
Michael Quinlan
Whether you consider them flashlights or not, they are all lighting solutions, though I don’t think that handheld models should necessarily be compared with others.
I have the Milwaukee stick light. The non-pivoting nature of the light and (optional) magnet severely reduce its usefulness for my purposes, which most often means magnetic mounting above a drop ceiling or in an attic. Sure, the light output is great, with no hot spots, but if I can’t aim it where I need it, then it’s of little use. The magnet itself is just a little stronger than needed to hold the light in place using a 1.5/2.0Ah battery. I don’t have any 3.0/4.0Ah batteries on hand, but I’d be surprised if the magnet would support the light while using one. For the Milwaukee “LED work light”, hanging the light with a 1.5/2.0Ah battery on the underside of a metal surface leaves the light on the verge of falling off. The single-axis pivoting head of the work light limits the ability to direct the light where it’s needed.
In contrast, two-axis pivoting head of the DeWalt 12V work light make it easy to direct the light almost anywhere, and the stronger magnet combined with the more compact form factor make magnetic mounting much more stable.
But all of this is just my opinion – everyone has their own needs, which may or may not be met by various products.
I’d like to see the flexibility of the Milwaukee stick light improved, either by attaching the magnet to the light with a collar that can rotate around the body of the light, or with universal joint between the magnet and the light body (which would require a stronger magnet).
I’m considering combining the following two items to get the magnetic mounting I want for the stick light:
25lb magnet from Home Depot ($3.24) http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Magnetic-25-lb-Round-Base-Pull-Magnets-96324/203613132
Universal Camera Mount ($3.95) http://www.fotodioxpro.com/universal-camera-accessory-mount-to-hot-shoe-with-mini-ball-head.html
or the solution shown on this page (~$27): http://www.instructables.com/id/Very-Strong-Magnetic-Camera-Mount/
The only advantages I see to the Milwaukee magnet is that it’s more compact, and the rubberized coating will prevent marring of surfaces when you attach the magnet.
RX9
Go Dewalt! Area floodlights like this are extremely useful, and a welcome addition to the 20V Max family. Now, they just need to add some more brushless tools to the lineup.
Andrew
I purchased these lights at the location linked above and they are not in stock FYI.
Andrew
Woops.. I see an ETA of May now on the original post.
cody Robertson
Wish dewalt would have made the dcl060 more like the DC020 and DC022 only with LED’S and powered by 20 volt. They are better designed
Jeth
100% with you cody
Stuart
Update: ETA is now June for the handheld work light and July for the two area work lights.
Ashim
DCL061 has poor reviews on Amazon, citing extremely large/bulky size and no way to dim the 1500lumens. That alone is sufficient for me not to buy this. DCL050 may be better.
cal
The dcl050 does make an awesome worklight. 500 lumens was more than enough for me. The 250 lumen mode is still brighter than any battery powered work light I have had, though this is my first LED work light. Home depot had them for 75 bucks with a 4.0 ah battery when I got mine in December.
Jack
Milwaukee makes the best cordless work light. Dewalt needs to step it’s game up some how they fell behind.
Rmb
I like my dewalt dcl060
No problems
David
I volunteer at a haunted house doing rough framing every year. Being a haunt, your working in the dark for hours at a time. I got one of these to use during construction and so far have found it to be a great work light. Not a replacement for a plug in work light but good enough for most tasks. Dewal did not provide any details on run time vs battery used so a little google work and I found that on high it draws ~450MA. My very non standard test was to attach an 1.5 AH battery and run it till it blinked to tell me the battery was low. It ran 3 hours then blinked twice and stepped down to low (did not just turn off light a lot of lights do!). It is important to know if your work light will plunge you into total darkness with no warning ( I have had this happen).