Striker Magnetic LED Light Mine - Professional

by Striker Hand Tools

• 11 neodymium rare Earth magnets used to attach and aim light hands-free
• Use posts as tripods/quad-pods, creating a freestanding 360-degree light
• Four electronic light functions: low power, high output, red night vision, blinking red signal
• Lumen Tech high-output, wide-angle, intensely bright LEDs
• AAA batteries are included

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Striker is proud to announce the next evolution phase in innovative task lighting. Based of the hugely successful original, the Magnetic Light Mine, Striker has created a bigger, brighter, and more powerful version called the Light Mine Professional. About the size of a baseball with the same underwater naval mine appearance, the new Light Mine Professional is 8 times brighter, lasts 4 times longer, includes a signal beacon, and red night vision light. The functionally designed protruding posts can be used as tripods or quad-pods creating a 360 degree freestanding light. Eleven powerful neodymium (rare earth) magnets are located the end of each post allowing the user to attach and aim the light accurately and securely in any direction. Powerful Lumen TechTM LEDs are used in the front white lens (8 LEDs) and back red lens (4 LEDs). The Light Mine Professional has four electronic light functions; low power spot, high output flood, red night vision, and a high visibility signal beacon. The Light Mine Professional easily fits into your car's glove compartment as a roadside repair light or into your saddle bag to be used as a hazard light for your motorcycle. Keep one in the shop as a machinist light to attach to your drill press or attach a lanyard and use it as a magnetic pickup tool for a dropped screw. Use one in the garage to stick to your car's hood for engine repairs or on a creeper when sliding under a car. Keep one in your home for repairs in small tight spaces, such as under the counter, behind a stereo, or when upgrading computer equipment. Have one as your 'go-to' light, stick it to your refrigerator for emergency situations during a power outage such as finding and flipping the circuit breaker. The potential uses are endless.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea, poor design July 27, 2011

By Gr8ful

Amazon Verified Purchase

The light is bright and shines good. The problem when handling is it is to easy to hit the power button and switch to other modes ( red or flashing red). It has to be turned offf and on. The smaller version was a locking on/off switch, much better

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Works fine for me. December 29, 2011

By TimH

I just received the light mine for Christmas '11. It works great for me and doesn't feel cheap at all. I do agree that the cycle process to turn the light off seems odd but it works. You have to press the red button once for one set of LEDs to light, press again for the second set of LEDs to light for full brightness. Then press the button again for the red LEDs and once again for flashing red LEDs. And then once again for off. Once you realize how it works it just takes a few clicks to cycle through the functions.

The battery compartment on mine opened and closed properly for me. I have the ball stuck to the underside of my metal cabinets now and it has a good grip with a few magnets touching and holding. It remains to be seen how it will hold to a greasy car underbody surface.

[Edit - Update Jan 2012]
If this thing wasn't a gift it would be out in the yard, or wherever it landed after I chucked it as far as I could. It works well solidly stuck to the bottom of metal wall cabinets but that's the only place it works well. I tried to use it both under the dash and under the hood and it is useless. The thing sticks to every tool you have out and any small parts that you don't want to move but rarely to anything else. The real design flaw is the red button and light cycling. See that little red button at the one o'clock position in the product photo? That's the switch. Notice that it is configured exactly in the same place as the magnets. That means that it gets pressed just as easily as they do when you're trying to position the light, or hold it etc. When the switch is pressed the bright white light now turns red, press again and it flashes red. Which is what I did about the fourth time I had to cycle through the light modes to again see what I was doing.... A candle would be more useful. So if you're reading this and bought it for me I still thank you as you just used my Amazon list to buy me something that _I_ selected. Everyone else, you've been warned. Read more ›

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Neat idea, poor quality, cheaply built. October 15, 2011

By D.T.

Amazon Verified Purchase

Item looked great on arrival. Closer inspection revealed it is very cheaply built. Battery unit was very flimsy and broke quickly. I repaired it and was able to use it. Unfortunately two magets have already fallen off. I was going to give this as a gift but now will not.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheaply made September 20, 2011

By dugger

Amazon Verified Purchase

Battery top is poorly designed. Comes off easily. More a novelty than a tool. The lights work well. I do not recommend.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap October 19, 2011

By jbrown1220

Amazon Verified Purchase

Seemed like a great idea being that I am an HVAC tech. The unit, power button, and battery cylinder are cheaply made. The light turns off if the light is moved from one area to another inside a cabinet. It also turns off if you shake it. That's ridiculous. I will probably just hit it with a baseball bat and then return the light in pieces. Don't buy unless you want a magnetic ball.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Good idea ruined by cheap materials January 29, 2012

By T. Lewis

The idea for this item is good, and the design is good. In real life, however, it's evidently made by a manufacturer so cheap he makes Ebeneezer Scrooge look like J. Gatsby on a weekend bender. You cannot touch this thing without pieces of it snapping and falling off. It's closer to breaking into pieces than Britney Spears on a meth binge.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Loved the smaller red version, not this one January 18, 2012

By George L. Martinez III

I got one of these as a Birthday Present. After using the much smaller version as an easy flashlight for PC Building in tight spaces I was looking forward to this.

First thing I did was put batteries in and pressed the power button. Shortly after trying to figure out why the light wasn't on I started smelling burning plastic. I immediately removed the batteries and realized somehow the polarity was reversed even though there are no marking to identify this. Only a groove you're supposed to line up, which was clearly lined up for me. After some tweaking I got the polarity right, but now mine will turn on, but won't turn off without removing batteries. Makes it more hassle then its worth.

So I agree with another commenter: "Nice Idea, Poor Design".

Now I have to figure out how to get this replaced, since I didn't buy it. I'll update this review if I get a replacement.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifesaver!!! November 22, 2011

By "Cal Looker"

I purchased one of these for each of my vehicles and it was soon put to good use. Last year my wife slid off the road in a horrible snow storm and got stuck in a drift. She turned the red flasher on and mounted the light to the roof of her car for added visibility. The tow truck driver was so impressed he asked where she got the cool light! Thanks Striker!