The Pacific Northwest’s winter gloom lasts from November through February, so we rely on temporary lighting on our jobsites as soon as we get the roof sheathed. In the past, we used Wobble Lights, but we switched to Milwaukee’s battery-powered LED lights a few years ago. This year, I tried clipping a headlamp to my hard hat (you can read my review of Milwaukee’s Beacon headlamp here), but this winter we’ve also been using Milwaukee’s new M18 Radius site light and M18 Rocket tower light. Spoiler alert: I love these lights. Our three-man crew framed all winter long using just the two lights in this review and an older (and smaller) battery-powered Milwaukee Flood light that has more than proven itself over the years.

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