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I live in a fairly remote area, but am going to the big city and will do some shopping in about a week. I want to find an LED focussed-beam lantern that will be similar to the old, standard 6-volt incandescent-bulb reflector lanterns that were carried by car campers, fishermen, homeowners and others for at least a generation or two. You know, the chunky strong-beam lantern you could park on a rock or on the ground if you needed to - to give yourself and others lots of light on a trail or in an emergency situation.
In other words, NOT an ambientlight camp lantern (that spreads light all around like an old Coleman), not a tubular "flashlight", not a headlamp on a velcro-ed band, etc. I'm hoping to find one that can be bright when needed (may have multiple beam functions) and give lots of service on a single charge or single load of batteries - AND hopefully cost under $125.
If I can find an example on-line, I van print it out and take it with me to show sales people in the outdoor stores, and save time while shopping.
Can you help me? If you don't have a Web address I can look at, just describe what you bought and where you remember buying it, okay?
In other words, NOT an ambientlight camp lantern (that spreads light all around like an old Coleman), not a tubular "flashlight", not a headlamp on a velcro-ed band, etc. I'm hoping to find one that can be bright when needed (may have multiple beam functions) and give lots of service on a single charge or single load of batteries - AND hopefully cost under $125.
If I can find an example on-line, I van print it out and take it with me to show sales people in the outdoor stores, and save time while shopping.
Can you help me? If you don't have a Web address I can look at, just describe what you bought and where you remember buying it, okay?
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Re: Recommend a good focussed-beam LED camping lantern?
Tue, March 17, 2009 - 8:51 AMI think maybe I should emphasize that I'm looking for something that gives directional light - like those chunky, squarish flash-lanterns our dad's used to carry (the one's with either 4 D-cell batteries, or one chunky, squarish 6-volt battery inside). Only LED. So it can give 5 hours or more of light, if needed.
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Re: Recommend a good focussed-beam LED camping lantern?
Tue, March 17, 2009 - 12:50 PMHave you tried looking on Cabella's, Coleman or REI's websites? I'm not really familiar with what you're talking about, but those sites might be a good place to start.
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Re: Recommend a good focussed-beam LED camping lantern?
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 7:22 AMA friend I checked with became obsessed with a search for what I was interested in finding. He met with some success, so I thought I'd let other campers here on the Camping tribe in on what he found:
Click this web address:
cgi.ebay.com/4-10mm-Whit...350186163633
At full beam strength, the charge is advertised as lasting 8 hours. At half strength, it's advertised as lasting 15 hours.