If you don't have hook up then the Uniross light on Amazon mentioned earlier won't be suitable for you as it only lasts for 6-8 hours and I think needs to be plugged in to recharge.
Battery powered lights last next to no time (one or two nights) but the UFO LED ones will last for ages. You can always charge lots of batteries at home and bring them along.
I found the Wilko UFO light to be really really rubbish, and even returned it to the shop cos i thought i got a duff one, but replacement is just as poor.
Did find some little ones in the THE RANGE to be good though - and only 2.99 each!
If you can be really carefull, and don't have little sprogs, the Gas lamps are always by far the brightest, and even given off warmth, but obviously not too much warmth (e.g. setting fire to tent!)
I picked up one of the Wiko UFO LED lights the other day, to see how they are really. I experimented in the kitchen.
Light from it is ok, suspended from say a tent roof it would be ok for a bit of general area lighting (not bright, but useful enough) Not sure how we will use it camping, maybe as a general light in the sleeping pod for when the kids go to bed, or as a general light in the main area - still would use the head torches and the gas lamp though.
But I can't say I've come across aby LED lanterns yet which are really up to being a general light source - they just aren't bright enough or last long enough.
One of my dislikes with them is that there is generally no indication of the light output - telling me there are 30 LEDS or whatever doesn't help as there is a wide range of LED light outputs - lots of not so bright ones being cheap of course.
What I'd like to see is a lamp useing some decent output LEDS and a decent sized battery (D cells say) that can be changed, this might have a chance of lasting a resonable time, instead of poxy AA's.
Saffron, I think you might find them a bit limiting given you light requirements. I'd be tempted at using a 12V inspection lamp and rigging it up to a 12V battery, should get a good run time, but not cheap.
Thanks for the extra messages. Hmmm, reading the 3 new messages makes me think that, what I should really do is get 2 or 3 LED UFO lights for now (not the Wilko ones) and then, next year, or the next, when we can afford it, we buy a 12v battery. I had already thought of buying one, but the price put me off and also, I wanted to investigate more about their eco impact and safety, as we have a small toddler. Gosh, never thought that getting tent lighting would end up so complicated! LOL. But all the messages in here have been really helpful!
I m feeling better and now hoping to go camping on Monday, after all! So will try and get the lights today.
Thanks .
PS: We already have one head LED torch which is quite good. That will do for reading and when looking for things in dark corners inside the tent.
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Topic: Tent Lighting (no hook up)
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