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The Great(?) Lantern Thread

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us Offline Dan B

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Re: The Great(?) Lantern Thread
Reply #30 on: March 12, 2019, 04:15:00 PM
Family photo of my lanterns.

From left to right:  two cheap Walmart lanterns, two Nitecore PA 10 CRI mini lanterns, a Streamlight Siege lantern, and a battery pack with two light ropes. (Image removed from quote.)

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Correction, "LA10" not "PA 10"

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Re: The Great(?) Lantern Thread
Reply #31 on: March 16, 2019, 05:52:20 PM
We had some storms the other night, and lost power for about 2 hours.  Here's one of the little 3 AA lanterns in use.
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Re: The Great(?) Lantern Thread
Reply #32 on: March 16, 2019, 05:57:34 PM
Looks good, smiller! Sorry that y'all had the blackout but glad you had the lanterns!

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Re: The Great(?) Lantern Thread
Reply #33 on: May 03, 2019, 06:23:20 AM
I have three lanterns.  One is an Uco candle lantern like in @ezdog photo.  I also have a Fenix CL20 and Luci inflatable solar lantern. 

The Fenix is the only one that uses batteries and it can use CR123 or 2xAA, which is one of the main reasons I purchased it.  I also really liked the small form factor and that it has a red light mode in addition to 4 white brightness levels.

The Luci is a nice option in that it is solar, collapses almost flat and is fairly light.  Attach it to the outside of a pack or leave outside at basecamp while hiking during the day, then inflate and use at night.

Both on low


Another option that I sometimes use is a flashlight with a ZenToes white gel toe cap as a diffuser.  I had used the ZenToes cap when I had some issues with my toe.  I then tested one of the unused caps as a diffuser and discovered it worked pretty well.
Pictured at about 1 lumen brightness


 

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