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Quote: Originally posted by fran1000 on 01/6/2008

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As well as having a lamp of some sort for ambient light, we swear by LED headlamps for reading etc as they leave your hands free.

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Thanks to everyone for the advice.
I did wonder about how safe a gas lantern would be with a tornado (ie my 2 year old!) rushing around or how hot they would get.

Have now got a couple of headlamp lights and will look at all the other lamps that have been suggested/recommended but think I may stick with battery powered lights (like the sound of the LED ones) especially with the younger children around.

Many Thanks once again.
Helen xx

Quote: Originally posted by arthurdent on 02/6/2008

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We used our wind-up headlamps for the first time in a tent 2 weeks ago to read by - superb, I was very impressed. Not as uncomfortable as I thought they would be too - I fell asleep with mine still on

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 Whatever do you look like winding them up? presumably you take them off your head to wind them?

I had a large maglight for years, nice and solid very comforting when walking to toilets in the dead of night, never had to hit anyone with it luckily,

now we have a dual wind up/rechargeable from car torch, the only trouble is the noise it makes when it is winding down.

Has anyone got a wind up phone charger for camping? are they any good?