Wind up camping torch

bitslice said:
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.
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Care to recommend anything?


£5 for this - Blackspur Large Paraffin Oil Hurricane/Storm Camping Lantern

How long would a full 'bowl' (whatever its called) of paraffin last in it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackspur-P...id=1375124276&sr=1-2&keywords=hurricane+lamps


£20 for this - Campingaz Lumostar Plus Piezo Gas Lantern

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Campingaz-L...=UTF8&qid=1375124257&sr=8-1&keywords=gas+lamp
 
wesley said:
how many wind up for 10 mins touch lit?
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For the one I posted;

3-LED spotlight lighting time after 1 minute cranking: 15min.
10-LED lantern lighting time after 1 minute cranking: 6 min.
5-LED red flashing time after 1 minute cranking: 120min.

3-LED spotlight lighting time after being fully charged : 5.5Hrs.
10-LED lantern lighting time after being fully charged: 2.25Hrs.
5-LED red flashing time after being fully charged: 30Hrs

The Max. luminous flux of spotlight: 18
The Max. luminous flux of lantern: 32
 
hilly said:
I have the same torch (2 now) for when I got camping and they are excellent. Really impressed.
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A lot of people think so. I can only presume the people posting they are rubbish and offer very low light do not have one (and/or just have 2000 lumen torches) - not very handy for sitting around a campsite drunk. It ends in someone spinning it around and losing it or batteries going flat as a fart for when you are 1 day into a 4 day festival :rolleyes:
 
Guest2 said:
Care to recommend anything?
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DX.COM and search for "18650 XML"
torches start from £8 and they are all pretty much the same, I have a bunch of them that I leave in the car or around the house for emergencies. Trustfire make reasonable/cheap batteries.

How long would a full 'bowl' (whatever its called) of paraffin last in it?
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8-12 hours

£20 for this - Campingaz Lumostar Plus Piezo Gas Lantern
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If you really want a lantern, I'd go for that. Canister gas is safer than carrying around liquid fuel in the open. Also vastly brighter/reliable than a 30 lumen toy.


As you already have a Nitecore, I'd just get a spare set of batteries for that. For your mobile, either a spare battery or one of those USB recharge packs for a tenner.
If you hunt around your gf's toiletries you may come across a semi transparent deodorant lid, tape that to the end of your torch and it'll act as a light diffuser making it much more useful inside a tent (same as those hand batons that aircraft ground crew use)

Pick up some chemical glow sticks and leave one in your tent, makes it easier to find it again in the dark :)
 
Guest2 said:
I can only presume the people posting they are rubbish and offer very low light do not have one
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I'd rather have the option of a torch with different output levels (800-20 lumens), rather than be stuck with a fixed 30 lumen toy.

btw
30 lumens = 0.5 watts
1 wax candle = 12 lumens

so 30 lumens really is pretty low.
 
bitslice said:
If you hunt around your gf's toiletries you may come across a semi transparent deodorant lid, tape that to the end of your torch and it'll act as a light diffuser making it much more useful inside a tent (same as those hand batons that aircraft ground crew use)
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^ genius.

65 lumen for 22 hours + a dry shampoo top (my own unfortunately, not GFs) and a spare back of AAs

(I did try 860 lumens but picking off the cap after 5 seconds it felt very hot, so would probably melt)

65 lumen + cap
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The one I posted in the stuff I bought thread is actually pretty good, used it camping this weekend and it was surprisingly powerful, not to mention versatile :)

It also has the added benefit of being able to charge phones via usb (when winding)
 
Skyfall said:
The one I posted in the stuff I bought thread is actually pretty good, used it camping this weekend and it was surprisingly powerful, not to mention versatile :)

It also has the added benefit of being able to charge phones via usb (when winding)
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How many winds to power my iPhone 5 playing Doom? I would look like pop-eye after 30 minutes!
 
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