Vector VEC-142 Rechargeable High Intensity 12-Volt Worklight

by Vector

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Made for every garage, trunk, workbench or closet. This "rechargeable" work light is tough and convenient. Includes 110 and 12-volt charging cords as well as a clamp. This worklight is also a 12-volt power supply for cell phones and more.

Product Description

Portable worklight is a must for every garage or work room. Reflector swivels and tilts for exact light placement. Can be used corded or cordless. Features powerful quartz halogen bulb, clamp or hook adapter and 12 Volt DC accessories. Bulb Type: Halogen, Power Supply: AC/DC, Volts: 12

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 15 inches ; 8.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009RB0W
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: VEC-142
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,349 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great light for contractors., January 3, 2007

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Cold, wet, and happy! "Stew!" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vector VEC-142 Rechargeable High Intensity 12-Volt Worklight (Tools & Home Improvement)

Because it can be charged from the 12v tap in your car or pick-up truck, this rechargable light is handier than the ones that need to be charged from 110v household power. It is a little on the heavy side, but on the other hand it doesn't tip over easily. The head adjusts to almost any angle. The battery lasts at least as long as your cordless drill will hold out. The light does get hot in the front so don't let it tip over on the vinyl seat cover of your truck.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Work Light, May 17, 2008

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Tommy (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vector VEC-142 Rechargeable High Intensity 12-Volt Worklight (Tools & Home Improvement)

The light arrived on time and works very well. I've used it a couple of times already and the battery still hasn't run down. It can be set at almost any angle and works where other lights won't. It can even be recharged from your car lighter socket.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not merely D.O.A....a terrible design as well, April 21, 2009

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Tony Jaeger (Seattle, Washington USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vector VEC-142 Rechargeable High Intensity 12-Volt Worklight (Tools & Home Improvement)

Ordinarily I would not write a review, particularly a negative one, on a product that arrived in a non-working state. Amazon makes returns easy, and it's usually a simple matter to get any defective product replaced quite easily. As with so many other reviewers here, the battery on my unit failed to ever take a charge despite my following all instructions precisely. Sadly, this light's failings are far beyond the minor inconvenience of being defective but cut to the heart of the light's design. Even if the light had functioned perfectly, I would still have wanted to return it due to it's breathtakingly poor and potentially dangerous design.

The manufacturer's product image pictures here at Amazon are misleading....they supposedly portray the lamp mounted on the recharging base with the clamp attached and ready for use, and suggest to the buyer that it's a simple matter of removing the lamp from the base and from there being able to immediately clamp the light onto another support. This is not the case. The way that the lamp is mounted to the base require unscrewing a nut, and then juggling some tiny parts while screwing the lamp head onto the clamp accessory. With the lamp now attached to the clamp, it has to be again unscrewed from the clamp accessory to mount again on the base....a completely unacceptable level of utterly needless time-wasting for anyone who simply wants to illuminate something in a reasonable amount of time.

If you decide to leave the clamp accessory attached to the light and clamp it to the vertical post of the base, it fits very loosely due to the foam covering of the vertical support and is quite unstable on level ground....the clamp puts the light's center of gravity off to the side, rendering the entire matter a silly mess. If you decide that you can put up with this, there is still the matter of the exposed metal screw thread sticking up from the base, which is now uselss and a potential safety hazard if you grab for the lamp or fall on it in the dark.....when the lamp is clamped onto another support and the base is nearby, you now have what is essentially a metal spike supported on a vertical column, ready and waiting to impale or injure.

Please do not buy this product, as it will most likely be a source of profound frustration and potential danger to yourself and others unless you never intend to use the clamp accessory. But if that is the case, why buy this light? Others have already mentioned the silly grille which causes a crosshatch pattern in the projected light, so unless you intend to never use the clamp function and also intend to remove the silly plastic grille, buying this lamp is pointless and counterproductive for anyone expecting the product to perform safely as advertised.