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Husky LED Clamp-on Worklight is a Champ

Home Depot, a ToolGuyd sponsor, sent over this Husky clamping LED worklight for review consideration. Before we talk about this specific clamp-on worklight, there’s something I want to talk about, but probably shouldn’t. Home Depot has sent me too many (but never unwanted) LED worklights and flashlights over the years, sometimes even after I already buy the same model(s). It’s usually a combination of the Husky team wanting me to check out a new model, Home Depot sending over a couple of promo tools for review consideration, or my own excitement when I spot a new Husky lighting product in-store at a great price. So, a couple of times now, I ended up with too many Husky lighting products on...

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Rant: Our RAYOVAC Batteries Leak so Much, We’re Switching to DURACELL

I started buying Rayovac alkaline batteries a couple of years ago, starting around 2014 when I came across a holiday promo and posted about. Rayovac claims that their batteries last as long as Duracell. Some batteries were made in the USA, others in China. I sought out the ones with made-in-USA packaging. I bought more Rayovac batteries the following year, and more again the year after that. Almost every year now, I buy multi-packs or bulk packs of Rayovac batteries. They are made in the USA and had decent pricing. I like using rechargeable batteries in some devices, but don’t really want to put pricey NiMH cells in kids toys. Rayovac’s disposable alkaline batteries worked well enough at good pricing, or...

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