Over the engine bay
Draped across the slam panel it lights the whole block from above, so your head stops casting a shadow into the exact spot you are working in.
73 cm · 800 lm · USB-C
Flexible LED Work Light
A 73 cm silicone tube that lights along its whole length and holds any shape you bend it into. Loop it over the bonnet catch, wrap it round a strut, drape it into the wheel arch — and both hands go back to the job.
How many
One light
$34.95
Bought as singles:
For the car, or for the drawer it will actually live in.Sold out
For the car, or for the drawer it will actually live in.
Save 14%Two lights
$59.95
Bought as singles: $69.90
One in the boot and one in the house. Most jobs that need light in two places need it at the same time.Sold out
Bought as singles: $69.90. $29.98 each. Save $9.95. One in the boot and one in the house. Most jobs that need light in two places need it at the same time.
Save 23%Three lights
$80.95
Bought as singles: $104.85
Car, workshop and one to lend out — which is where the second one usually ends up anyway.Sold out
Bought as singles: $104.85. $26.98 each. Save $23.90. Car, workshop and one to lend out — which is where the second one usually ends up anyway.
One light per pack. The maker's own packing list does not include a charging cable, so plan on using a USB-C cable you already own — read “before you buy” below first.
Two lights
Total $59.95
- Free US shipping from $49
- 30-day returns on unused items
- Delivery in 7–15 business days
Light that stays where you bend it
A torch needs a hand. This one does not.
The problem with working under a bonnet at night is never the dark — it is that you have two hands and one of them is holding a torch. This is a 73 cm silicone tube that lights along its whole length and holds any shape you bend it into. Put it where the light needs to be, and get both hands back.
- 56 cm of lit tube
- Bends and stays bent
- USB-C rechargeable
Bends and stays
The whole body is the light, and the whole body is the stand.
There is no head to aim and no clamp to fit. The lit section is a soft silicone tube with a bendable core running through it — put it into a curve, a hook, a loop or a lazy S, and it holds that shape until you change it. That is what makes it useful in the places a rigid inspection lamp cannot go: behind an engine block, along the inside of a wheel arch, under a sink, down the back of a washing machine.
A curve, not a beam
The shape that gets light down a 10 cm gap behind a washing machine is a curve. A torch pointed at the gap just lights the front of it.
56 cm of light instead of one bright circle
The emitter runs the full length of the tube behind a diffusing silicone skin, so the light arrives as a broad wash. Fewer hard shadows across a cylinder head, and nothing glaring back when you look up.
Coils to about the size of a mug
It fits in a door pocket or a glovebox, which is where a breakdown light actually needs to live rather than in a toolbox in the garage.
There is no magnet in this one. It holds position by being bent around something — a bonnet catch, a strut, a pipe, a shelf bracket. If you specifically want a magnetic base, this is not the right light.
The numbers
Straight answers
The maker's own figures, plus four things we would rather you knew before you order than after.
73cm*
long overall
56 cm of lit tube plus a 17 cm handle.
800lm*
on high
The maker's figure for the high mode. See the note below about runtime.
3*
modes
Low, high and flashing, cycled with the tail button.
2.5h*
to charge
From flat, over USB-C.
* The supplier's title rounds 73 cm to “27 inches”. The measured drawing says 56 cm of lit tube plus a 17 cm handle, which is 73 cm, or about 28.7 in. We would rather give you the drawing than the marketing number.
In plain words
- What it is
- A 73 cm flexible LED tube on a rechargeable handle. Bend it to a shape and it holds it. The light is the body — there is no separate head, clamp or stand.
- Length
- 73 cm overall: 56 cm of lit tube and a 17 cm handle.
- Brightness
- 800 lumens on high, as stated by the maker.
- Modes
- Low → high → flashing, cycled with the button in the tail cap. Flashing is for standing on a verge and wanting to be seen.
- Runtime
- Up to 7 hours, on low. 800 lumens and 7 hours are not the same setting. The maker publishes both figures and they cannot both be true at once — a 1200 mAh cell has nowhere near the energy to hold 800 lumens for seven hours. Read the seven hours as the low mode and expect a good deal less on high. Per-mode runtimes are not published, and we will not invent them.
- Battery
- 1200 mAh, built into the handle. Not user replaceable. Like any rechargeable tool it holds less after a few hundred cycles. Store it part-charged rather than flat if it is going in a drawer for months.
- Charging
- USB Type-C in the tail cap, about 2.5 hours from flat. The maker does not say whether it can be used while charging, so we are not going to promise it.
- Body
- Flexible silicone over a bendable core, sealed against splashes. The maker calls it waterproof but publishes no IP number. Treat it as rain-and-splash safe, which is what it is built for. Do not submerge it, and do not put a wet tail cap on the charger.
- Light colour
- Cool white.
- Magnet
- None. It holds position by being bent around something, not by sticking to steel.
- The cable
- The maker's packing list says one light and nothing else. The sales copy mentions an included Type-C cable; the packing list does not. Plan on using a cable you already own — every USB-C phone charger works.
What comes in the box
- 1 × flexible work light, 73 cm
- No charging cable — see the note above
Taken from the manufacturer's own packing list, not from the sales copy.
Where it earns its place
Anywhere you need both hands and no shadow
Two of these are our own clips of the light in use, not studio shots.
Under the dash
Hooked over the steering column it lights the footwell and the loom behind it — the job where a torch in your teeth stops being funny after ten minutes.
Roadside and camping
Flashing mode when traffic is going past. Coiled on a table it works as a lantern rather than a spotlight.
Under a sink, behind a machine
Bend it round the trap and the whole cupboard lights up. The shape that gets light down a narrow gap is a curve, not a beam.
Three moves
Bend it. Hang it. Press.
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Charge it over USB-C
The port is in the tail cap, under the button. About 2.5 hours from flat, with the same cable as your phone.
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Bend it to the shape you need
A hook over the bonnet catch, a loop round a strut, a lazy S down the back of a machine. It holds the shape until you change it.
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Press the tail button
Low, then high, then flashing, then off. One button, no modes to set up.
Bend it in curves, not folds. Forcing a hard kink into the middle of any flexible LED strip is how the emitters inside get damaged.
Which light
This, a torch, or a headlamp?
All three put light on the job. They fail in different places, and this one is not the answer to everything.
| Feature | This light | A torch | A headlamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaves both hands free | |||
| Lights where you are looking | Where you put it | Where you aim it | |
| Shadow from your own head | Often | Always | |
| Reaches into a 10 cm gap | Yes, bent | Only straight on | |
| Lit length | 56 cm | A circle | A circle |
| Sticks to steel | Some do | ||
| Throws light down a long tunnel |
The other two columns describe their class in general, not a particular model.
Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. Below that, standard shipping is a flat $4.95 to any of the 50 US states. Delivery takes 7–15 business days from the time you order, and that window already includes the 1–2 business days we take to process. Shipping & Delivery.
30-day returns. Items must be unused and in their original packaging. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number to start a return. Returns & Refunds.
30 days from delivery. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number and what you want to return. We reply with a return address — do not send anything back before you have it, or we cannot match the parcel to your order.
What we can take back: unused items in their original, undamaged packaging. Adhesives, sealants and lubricants cannot be returned once opened; the same goes for any item with a broken safety seal. That is a safety and hazardous-goods rule, not a preference.
Who pays: return shipping is paid by you, except when the item arrived damaged, faulty or was not what you ordered — then we cover it and refund the original shipping too.
Refunds go back to the original payment method within 5 business days of the return reaching us. Full returns policy.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Before you order
Is the charging cable included?
Does it really run for 7 hours at 800 lumens?
Does it stick to metal?
Will it survive rain?
How tight a bend will it take?
Can I use it while it is charging?
Can the battery be replaced?
Is it bright enough to work by?
73 cm · 800 lm · USB-C
Put the light where the job is.
Bend it round the thing you are working on, and get both hands back. 56 cm of lit tube, three modes, and it coils down to the size of a mug when you are done.
