Good Samaritan Sees the Light

Does it pay to be a do-gooder? Paul Ferguson, of Salt Lake City, Utah would probably answer an emphatic - YES!

What he thought was a dangerous pipe in the road, actually turned out to be a Cliplight HEMIPRO Task Light. Ferguson was driving down six-lane highway 15 in Salt Lake City when he saw what he thought was a steel pipe in the middle of the road. He pulled over, hoping to prevent it from becoming a potential road hazard, and instead of a pipe, he found a tasklight. Cliplight had recently redesigned this HEMIPRO light, and until it had been repeatedly run over by cars and trucks, it had been new. The access endcap that holds the rechargeable four-hour battery in place was long gone. But Ferguson held the battery in place by hand, flipped the switch, and the cordless 3-LED light actually lit up!

Ferguson is a coordinator in Utah's vehicle fleet maintenance department, so he knew the value of a professional automtive task light. He quickly wrote an e-mail to Cliplight, asking to buy an AC charger and a new end cap. Nick Bush, Cliplight's US Sales Manager, answered Ferguson's e-mail, "we designed the Hemipro worklight to withstand a lifetime of accidental drops by service techs, but I have to admit its successful stint as road kill on a major highway is a little surprising to us." Bush sent Ferguson a complimentary end cap and battery charger for sharing his story.

Cliplight's ads and promotional material on the new generation Hemipro talk about the whiter, brighter, and more even light disbursement than previous versions. "Maybe we should start touting the durability more as well," said Bush. "I guess we now know we're covered if a service tech accidentally runs over the Hemipro in his service stall.

Do you have any amazing tool stories of endurance and capability? If so, just send them my way, to Beth Skove at bskove@babcox.com.