{"id":924,"date":"2010-08-30T20:48:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T01:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=924"},"modified":"2011-08-03T12:25:29","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T17:25:29","slug":"tools-you-have-to-have-headlamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2010\/tools-you-have-to-have-headlamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools You Have To Have: Headlamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The headlamp is a hands-down contender for the best thing to have in your toolbag. I’ve seen fancy ones on spelunkers and other intrepid folks who mess around in dark places (urban explorers<\/a> coolest of all). I’ve also seen theater techs and circus folk with them as they do their business, but I very rarely see them on the construction site. I think this is a shame because having a steady bright light is an incredible thing when you are coping a crown molding or installing cabinets. And if you are an electrician or plumber, then the advantages should be obvious.<\/p>\n

If you can, go to any hardware or sporting goods store and slap down $15 for a half decent LED model. Try to find one with a rugged case so it doesn’t get wasted in your toolbag. The more LEDs on them the better – my new Energizer model has 5 LEDs but 3 are okay too. Generally they take 3 AAA batteries which will last you a month or so with regular use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The headlamp is a hands-down contender for the best thing to have in your toolbag. I’ve seen fancy ones on spelunkers and other intrepid folks who mess around in dark places (urban explorers coolest of all). I’ve also seen theater techs and circus folk with them as they do their business, but I very rarely […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yDEm-eU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}