Customer Reviews

Bosch CFL180 18V Lithium-Ion Flashlight

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I found a few things lacking with this flashlight, such as Bosch being behind the curve in offering a LED version - or conversion to LED as some conventional flashlight makers such as MAG offer. Second, is the lack of a storage place for the flashlight in Bosch drill cases. Lastly, it is only marginally bright and given all the bulb choices today this is somewhat surprising.

Also, having also ordered the Bosch 36618-02 18v Li-Ion drill kit I found there is no place to put the flashlight. The top of the well built case is molded for a side support handle that this drill/driver does not use and the bottom of the case has a molded area above the charger that would otherwise appear to fit the flashlight. No thanks to the engineer that designed this case.

When I contacted Bosch about that they did not seem to care & simply stated "that's the way it is". Wow! What contractor or homeowner wouldn't want to have a place to put an approx. #50 flashlight to keep get damaged?! Without a battery in place, the contacts of the flashlight are exposed & unprotected as many drill flashlights do these days making a place to put it desirable.

If not for the reputation and quality of the related drill that the batteries are used with, I would have chosen another brand of drill such as Milwaukee that offers a LED version flashlight. Having made the (Bosch brand) drill & battery reputation my main priority, I reluctantly chose the Bosch flashlight as my rechargeable project light. The stand is nice in a limited way as it has set detents and enables the light to be hung or hooked on a nail/screw, but it may not always offer the best angle when aiming the light and it stores folded over the lense blocking the light if used as normally stored. This also makes the light somewhat longer when the handle is moved out of the way to use which diminishes its otherwise compact shape. All-in-all, the ONLY choice for the 18v Litheon drills making it a forced choice if someone wants reasonable run time and a light powered by their rechargeable drill batteries.

I got this light as part of a refurbished 18v combo kit. It quit working before I could use it enough to recharge the battery 2 times. The problem is at circuit board level and no part is available to just replace the board. If I have to pay shipping and hassle to send it back in for repair I might as well throw it away. I would rate this extremely poor in the reliability catagory.

This light is a good addition if you already have extra bosch 18V Li-IO batteries. It would be better if the bulb was LED bulb as the current one gets pretty hot. It does meet my needs though as I was looking for a rechargeable light and I wanted to take advantage of the batteries that I already had with my cordless tools.

This light is a good light, tho I wish it had a little handier handle, but its fine otherwise, it's useful in its way. We will see how it holds up. WJM

This is another wonderful product from Bosch and complements the 18V Cordless Litheon Drill by using the same battery thus providing double functionality. If you buy the drill, get this light!