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08/10/2023 at 8:47am
Location: North Somerset
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Hi all,
Which is the best solar lantern to buy for camping (without EHU) please?
I had a Vango for years, but being clumsy, I dropped it a number of times and it eventually fell to bits! I wasn't all that impressed by the light emitted from it anyway. It was ok for non-EHU pitches, to find your way around in the dark, but the light provided was not really good enough to read by. Maybe what I need is a dual-powered lantern?
Any thoughts/ideas welcome.
Yes, I know, the show at the NEC would probably provide me with a number of options, but it's expensive to attend, and a long way to go just to compare notes on light sources!
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09/10/2023 at 3:09pm
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Two problems with solar torches, first they take hours to charge, and the lower the light levels the longer to charge! - winter time/overcast sky may never achieve full charge! Secondly if it runs out of juice when in use, that's it until the sun rises again!
IMHO a 'wind up' torch is a better option, you can give it a charge boost at any time, and no you don't have to keep winding to get light, the winding charges a internal battery and it will run for some time, depending on torch, often for hours.
I've a really cheap and cheerful one I got a few years back as a end of season bundle of tent, 2 sleeping bags, 2 fold up chairs and the windup lantern, princely sum of around £15 the lot IIRC! Only the chairs have given up the ghost, still use the lantern and sleeping bags regularly. As to reading from most camping torches, always found that challenging, just not enough illumination power in a torch for comfortable reading for any length of time, OK for a quick peruse, but a novel is another thing!
Here's a few, but others also available: https://www.envirogadget.com/best/wind-up-lantern
Personally favour a lantern of general illumination, and a decent variable intensity head torch for specific tasks, including reading.
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