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hiya ive just bought a camping light with detatcable solar panel from netto for less than 8 quid! http://www.centritech.com.cn/Products.htm the light is great for back ground light and I aim to leave it on all night so if we or the kids get up we are not fumbling around in the dark.

how ever it has a warning light on it that says

LED radiation,

laser class 2,

1mW,

400 - 700mm

is it safe?

Check this out.  I guess that means it is safe so long as you do not deliberately stare into the LED's.  If you are the kind of person who is apt to go around staring at light bulbs when they are switched on you probably should not buy this product.

You could always fashion some kind of light difuser (lamp shade) that you could cover this with.  Something like an opaque (spelling?) plastic bowl, or clear plastic bowl covered in a white supermarket carrier bag.  this will also have the added bonus of giving a more even spread of the light.

I usually hang my mini mag light fro the roof of the tent, with the torch lens hood removed, so it is like an upside down candle.  I then make a makeshift lampshade out of paperclips and cigarete papers.  Very effective.

Quote: Originally posted by Bond James Bond on 19/05/2005

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I usually hang my mini mag light fro the roof of the tent, with the torch lens hood removed, so it is like an upside down candle.  I then make a makeshift lampshade out of paperclips and cigarete papers.  Very effective.

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Quote: Originally posted by HappyCamper7 on 19/05/2005

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Quote: Originally posted by Bond James Bond on 19/05/2005

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I usually hang my mini mag light fro the roof of the tent, with the torch lens hood removed, so it is like an upside down candle.  I then make a makeshift lampshade out of paperclips and cigarete papers.  Very effective.

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Bond James Bond, did you used to be a Blue Peter presenter?!?!?!?!

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Surely if I was an ex BP presenter i would have made the lampshade from a washing up liquid bottle and some sticky back plastic!!

Seriously though, when you're an international super spy you have to become very resourceful

Although spelling is optional