Wind up camping torch

A single 18650 XML torch (£10?) should last a weekend if used intermittently and on low/medium. Being pocket sized rather than lantern sized it will also be a lot more convenient to carry around at a festival (unless you want to stand at the back and not dance?).

Have a look at the Torch thread for recommendations and preferred batteries (always carry a spare)
 
DirtyJester said:
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no idea what this is about, i presume you must have been drunk


TheStarkFactor said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24654646&postcount=1933
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24654969&postcount=1938

:)
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Thanks. i was looking for yours but couldnt find it. It looks the as the one I posted actually - just less reviews, although does have a higher rated time for output


bitslice said:
A single 18650 XML torch (£10?) should last a weekend if used intermittently and on low/medium. Being pocket sized rather than lantern sized it will also be a lot more convenient to carry around at a festival (unless you want to stand at the back and not dance?).

Have a look at the Torch thread for recommendations and preferred batteries (always carry a spare)
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I have a Nitecore 4AA 800 lumen pocket torch, i could use that on low but im after a lantern that can stay on for hours

arknor said:
get a wind up lantern (it's not a joke they exist)
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Yes, thats what im looking for - wind up torch/lantern as in post 1
 
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DirtyJester said:
10,000,000 fireflies...

;)
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are right becaues of the lantern. a good joke! ( :( )

We went camping a few weeks ago in Northampton and someone bought a gazebo - it ended up just being an attraction for flies and bugs. Good job we had it really, it had about 10,000,000 in by sunday!
 
Guest2 said:
are right becaues of the lantern. a good joke! ( :( )

We went camping a few weeks ago in Northampton and someone bought a gazebo - it ended up just being an attraction for flies and bugs. Good job we had it really, it had about 10,000,000 in by sunday!
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Gad you enjoyed it, makes it all worthwhile now :)
 
Still a gimmick and a pain. ;)

A basic gas lamp is less than £20 and will out do windup for ease and light.

look up the Highlander Field Camp Lamp on the auction site, less than £18, gas is about £2.50 a pop and will last a ages.
 
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"You're the crappiest torch I've ever had the misfortune to use. A candle throws out more light than you do. Your mother has sex with fireflies for batteries the hussy"

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Guest2 said:
I have a Nitecore 4AA 800 lumen pocket torch, i could use that on low but im after a lantern that can stay on for hours
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That lantern is 30 lumen with a 300mAh rechargeable battery (hah hah, no way will that last 6 hours!)
(30 lumens is about the same as a glistening cowpat under faint moonlight, you would seriously be better off striking a match)

Your Nitecore's AA's store about say 1500mAh, on it's lower setting (65 lumens) it should run for 22hours on decent AA's

A 18650 stores around 3000mAh, any XML torch on low will vastly outlast that lantern and should outrun the Nitecore too.

And like Blue said, £15 buys a lot of batteries.
 
The_blue said:
Still a gimmick and a pain. ;)

A basic gas lamp is less than £20 and will out do windup for ease and light.

look up the Highlander Field Camp Lamp on the auction site, less than £18, gas is about £2.50 a pop and will last a ages.
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I came into this thread with an open mind. This has won me over. Have no plans to go camping on the horizon but might get one anyway. :)
 
httk said:
I came into this thread with an open mind. This has won me over. Have no plans to go camping on the horizon but might get one anyway. :)
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hurricane lamp, a small one can be had for £8 ish plus a £3 odd bottle of paraffin and that's you set for a month. I have one that I use to read books by [makes me feel all Victorian and that] and that's what you can expect.

protip: if you go for liquid fuel, don't transport it with fuel in, they are not the most leak proof things on the planet
 
adolf hamster said:
hurricane lamp, a small one can be had for £8 ish plus a £3 odd bottle of paraffin and that's you set for a month. I have one that I use to read books by [makes me feel all Victorian and that] and that's what you can expect.

protip: if you go for liquid fuel, don't transport it with fuel in, they are not the most leak proof things on the planet
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Paraffin lamps are a bit pongy I recall?
I've got a German petrol lamp that is pretty good, although it needs a bit of paraffin to pre-heat the mantle.
Coleman Dual Fuel lamps are the modern equivalent.
I carry my fuel in two little aluminium bottles, Poundshop sell them (£1 :D)

Now all these are really great for camping as they chuck out shed loads of light and heat, but in a festival situation he wouldn't get it through the gate (fuel + crowds = tabloid headlines)
 
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