Lantern/dome light for tent?

[lilgodwin]

I carry a 4ft strip of battery powered Christmas lights. Works great for general camp or tent illumination, and very cheap if you shop after Christmas.

Please tell me it has multi-committed lights and various settings... I would love to be walking the AT and happen upon a disco tent.

But in all honesty, I thought about the Christmas light setup, seemed like a pretty cool idea, but I never got around to checking if they had battery powered strips, just assumed they did.

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[lilgodwin]

*multi-colored

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[bamboo bob]

I don't get it. Why would you need/want this?

[Odd Man Out]

I recall swing a hack that involved putting your light on an empty water bottle as a diffuser.

[blw2]

yep, or you can shine it up through the bottom of even a full one. Disperses light quite well.

I absolutely despise a lantern. The traditional ones, or the newfangled electric variations for car campingdo little except to blind everyone around.....
but I do get it. general area lighting sometimes is just nice in the tent... to read or when generally putzing around. I guess that's why BA makes their mountainglo tent line.

Several folks in my son's boy scout troop have those little inflatable dome lanterns. The ones with the frosted opaque plastic are much better than the clear/transparent ones to disperse the light.

[ScareBear]

I don't get it. Why would you need/want this?

Same reason fireflies light up?

[Furlough]

I don't get it. Why would you need/want this?

I was given one (a Luci Outdoor 2.0 by MPowered) for Christmas this year. It weighs right about 4.4ozs. I threw it in my pack for an overnighter that included a full day of trail maintenance back in January. I had an old dog eared copy of the Zane Grey book - The Man of the Forest - that I have been meaning to read, so I threw that in my pack as well. Given the early evening time for the sun to go down and the long time before it was to come back up, I had a good opportunity to try out this lamp and read a good read. I think as someone mentioned earlier the frosted version may work out better in the close confines of a tent, but this one got the job done jut fine. Being solar rechargeable has its merits too.

[Deacon]

LRI photon works good and has clip...


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Yeah, I hang the photon from the ridge line of my hammock (when I hammock). Give good area light and weighs only 0.6 oz.

[Uncle Joe]

yep, or you can shine it up through the bottom of even a full one. Disperses light quite well.

I absolutely despise a lantern. The traditional ones, or the newfangled electric variations for car campingdo little except to blind everyone around.....
but I do get it. general area lighting sometimes is just nice in the tent... to read or when generally putzing around. I guess that's why BA makes their mountainglo tent line.

Several folks in my son's boy scout troop have those little inflatable dome lanterns. The ones with the frosted opaque plastic are much better than the clear/transparent ones to disperse the light.

I have a LuciLux and like it.

[Venchka]

Looking at the option for a hanging light of some sort for the tent. Small, lightweight, easy on the eyes, and disperses a decent amount of might so I can do some writing and looking around. I'll have a headlamp with me, but want this option as well so I'm not relying on the headlamp as much.

Any suggestions? My searches come up with your standard bulky lanterns. not at all what in looking for.

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Your headlamp.
Wayne


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[Patrickjd9]

Times have changed. 30 posts in and nobody has mentioned a candle lantern yet.

https://www.rei.com/c/candle-lantern...anterns&page=1

Not really recommending, since I've never owned one, I just noticed it.

[Venchka]

I own a candle lantern from the last century. As yet unused.
Wayne


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[blw2]

ha ha, yes, I own one... used to use it. Haven't in years.

[Huntmog]

The one I mentioned earlier was a Uco. Looks like average 15 bucks....like I said it casts a very nice light on lantern mode and comes with an attached shock cord leash for the loop in most tents.

[z96Cobra]

Here's what I use on my ridgeline in my hammock, the Nite-Ize Moonlit. 60 hours on 2x2032 batteries and 19 grams.

http://www.niteize.com/product/MoonL...ro-Lantern.asp

[z96Cobra]

This one looks cool as well. Flashlight/lantern combo on 1xAA @ 77g and 2h on high, 9.5h on low.

http://www.niteize.com/product/3-in-...Flashlight.asp

[CalebJ]

Here's what I use on my ridgeline in my hammock, the Nite-Ize Moonlit. 60 hours on 2x2032 batteries and 19 grams.

http://www.niteize.com/product/MoonL...ro-Lantern.asp

That's actually a cool looking product. Tempting for trips where I might be up late reading in a tent.

[ScareBear]

I own a candle lantern from the last century. As yet unused.
Wayne


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I've still got mine. Brass. Remember when ultralight wasn't a thing?

I actually lusted over the tea candle model, back in the day...seems almost quaint now...like a handle pump for water...

[egilbe]

That's actually a cool looking product. Tempting for trips where I might be up late reading in a tent.

I'm never up late reading. Its dark, I'm in bed asleep.

[4eyedbuzzard]

I'm never up late reading. Its dark, I'm in bed asleep.

That's okay maybe May to August, but there's a lot more nighttime than daytime the rest of the year. In Sept it's usually around a 12 hour split between day and night. I'd be laying there wide awake at 3 am waiting 3 hours for daybreak - or making coffee and breaking camp via headlamp.