I am joining the ranks of campers for the first time in 20 years! Can you give me some advice on which light to get which is powerful enough to light up a Kyram Excelsior for a couple of nights? Do you suggest buying battery powered, LED, kypton, there are so many which is the best?
Await to hear from anyone out there, I need your help!!!
I have just bought a couple of these.
Cheap, bright, light, last the longest and only take AAs. So stick in some 2500 re-chargables and they will last forever... oh, and they look cool too.
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The Morrisons lights are fantastic. Can't believe how much light they give off. Definitely worth £3!!!! We bought 2 but will try to buy another one if they have any left as a spare. Take up much less room than any other light of similar brightness. About the size of a CD by about an inch thickness. Comes with a hanger.
I have been upto our local Morrisons to buy one of these lights to try...
WOW!! Very impressive!! I cannot believe how much light they emit!! I will be straight back up there tommorow to buy a couple more!! Absolute bargain at £3!!!
I would highly recommend over any expensive lantern!! We have bought a few expensive lanterns but non are as good as this little light!!
Go for LED lighting, they use very little power. I run about 10 LED clusters each cluster has 20 ultra bright LEDS on it. Theselight my six man tent and our Kyham utility tent. Power Consumption is only 170 ma so you can run about 6 of then and only draw 1Ah. You only need 1 or 2 in a large tent. Light Output = 14 Watts (Standard light bulb Equiv) each. I wire them up to a 110Ah leisure battery vire my home made battery multibox (See gallery pic) I use a 110Ah leisure battery to power all my 12 volt electrics. I also use solar panels to top up the leisure battery when camping for more than ten days. My fridge/freezer only draws half an Ah when its at the set temperature.. (Waeco coolfreeze 25)
Good quality LEDs are not cheap but use far less power and last for years. eg burn life of LEDs is about 100,0000 hours. If left on continuously thats about 4 years of 24/7 lighting= wow. Or about a lifetime of real use like camping.
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Topic: 1ST TIME CAMPER - ADVICE ON LIGHTS NEEDED
