LED lanterns

I have been camping heavily already this season after taking several years off being more involved with other hobbies. I am just amazed by the brightness and battery life of LED flashlights and lanterns. I am finding myself carrying more aa and aaa batteries and leaving the D's at home. What are you folks using for lighting around the campsite?

The same. I tried to keep everything at AAs. I have an LED mini and I finally broke down and bought a cheap headlamp just to see if I'm going to like it. But everything I have is AA.

Same for me too.

I just started switching over to LEDs last year. Took some getting use to at first but now I'm glad I did.

I still use a white fuel Coleman lantern that gives off tremendous light. However, I have a Petzl headlamp that takes 2 AA batteries. I like the headlamp, although most of the time I use it in my hand. It's nice to be hands free with a light, though.

Here are a few of my smaller lights.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...malllights.jpg

Hey, Crash. Gotta light?

A couple. Sometime I'll take a picture of the other one (or thirty)

Maglite for me. D, C, AA. A couple of the AA size and another of the C size and then the big 5 cell D. I have a multi LED light that uses AAA but it is made in China and is real short with a wide round head. I don't like that one as it is awkward in my hand. It uses three AAA batteries and while those are rechargable... still the plastic battery case that slides in seems like it would break if handled rough.

I have been in the Boy Scouts for nearly 13 years. When I began camping, it was really frustrating, using bulky hand flash lights. We used the Liquid gas Coleman laterns for big light and still do. Around 97 or so, Head lamps where coming out in the camp gear catalogs. The head lamps used regular flash light bulbs at the time. In cold weather, batteries lasted about 4 hours of use. The L.E.D's where a big break through. light was good and batteries lasted beyound the week end camp out . All our scouts have been using L.E.D head lamps for a number of years now. At first these where pricey, but today, $15.00 will get you what you need to have decent light. Setting up tents and making camp on a fall campout when the sun is down after six is no problem.

Hehehe I have about 10 now. 4 lanterns, 2 flashlights, 2 headlamps, and 2 lamps that are supposed to be for bike headlights. That does not even include my Surefire , Maglight, and UK flash lights. The bike lights are great for camp lighting. So many of the LED flashlights take AAA's. I wish I could go to all AA. I got a really cool LED lamp from Ebay in the mail today. It looks like a spaceship kinda.

I have been in the Boy Scouts for nearly 13 years. When I began camping, it was really frustrating, using bulky hand flash lights. We used the Liquid gas Coleman laterns for big light and still do. Around 97 or so, Head lamps where coming out in the camp gear catalogs. The head lamps used regular flash light bulbs at the time. In cold weather, batteries lasted about 4 hours of use. The L.E.D's where a big break through. light was good and batteries lasted beyound the week end camp out . All our scouts have been using L.E.D head lamps for a number of years now. At first these where pricey, but today, $15.00 will get you what you need to have decent light. Setting up tents and making camp on a fall campout when the sun is down after six is no problem.

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I have been in the Boy Scouts for nearly 13 years. When I began camping, it was really frustrating, using bulky hand flash lights. We used the Liquid gas Coleman laterns for big light and still do. Around 97 or so, Head lamps where coming out in the camp gear catalogs. The head lamps used regular flash light bulbs at the time. In cold weather, batteries lasted about 4 hours of use. The L.E.D's where a big break through. light was good and batteries lasted beyound the week end camp out . All our scouts have been using L.E.D head lamps for a number of years now. At first these where pricey, but today, $15.00 will get you what you need to have decent light. Setting up tents and making camp on a fall campout when the sun is down after six is no problem.

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I think I am having a "deja vu" moment! :cool:

I have a couple of LED flash lights and I'm really quite impressed.
I compared one of my tiny LED's to my 6 Dcell Mag Lites and this tiny thing won over the mag hands down. Now I'm seeing about converting all of my regular lamps to one of these highly effecient LED's. PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE DON'T tell me anything bad about them. They're just too nice to be real and I'm not ready to be disillusioned quite yet.

LED lights are great. Especially some of the newer technology. They burn cool, batteries last alot longer. My 3 and 4 watt lights cast a beam a long distance.

GVan - The big downfall of LEDs is......naw, just kiddin'.

I have a small LED in my truck now,Igood thin I didn't have to walk anywhere with the flashlight I had in my truck when I hit the deer,I couldn't see 2 feet in front of me with that thing,went to Walmart that day,and bought the LED,they are soooo much better than the traditional flashlight.

I bought one of these and I really like it. For about $10 shipped it is hard to beat.

http://cgi.ebay.com/36-LED-Portable-...QQcmdZViewItem

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I have a couple of LED flash lights and I'm really quite impressed.
I compared one of my tiny LED's to my 6 Dcell Mag Lites and this tiny thing won over the mag hands down. Now I'm seeing about converting all of my regular lamps to one of these highly effecient LED's. PPPLLLEEEAAASSSEEE DON'T tell me anything bad about them. They're just too nice to be real and I'm not ready to be disillusioned quite yet.

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GVan, what part of La. are you from?
Can you remember the good old Dcell headlamps that you had the battery pack in your back pocket and it was used for frogging?

I'm not from La. but I remember them. I had a green one and a red one. Four D cells in the battery pack. You almost had to limp to wear it. Either that or it tugged one side of your pants down. The elastic strap that went around your head was always the first thing to go on those. Then the forehead cushion would start to crumble. Every time you took it off it would leave little black foam things on your forehead that looked like a carnival of gnats. Yeah, I remember them.:D

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I'm not from La. but I remember them. I had a green one and a red one. Four D cells in the battery pack. You almost had to limp to wear it. Either that or it tugged one side of your pants down. The elastic strap that went around your head was always the first thing to go on those. Then the forehead cushion would start to crumble. Every time you took it off it would leave little black foam things on your forehead that looked like a carnival of gnats. Yeah, I remember them.:D

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That would be the ones.
I went through quite a few of them over the years back then. I use to run traps before going to school every morning and it would be before daylight.

And God forbid you forget the D cells in the battery pack for any length of time. You'd find the most awful, corroded mess in the world. (I did that a time or two also).

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Originally Posted by h8mtv

I have been camping heavily already this season after taking several years off being more involved with other hobbies. I am just amazed by the brightness and battery life of LED flashlights and lanterns. I am finding myself carrying more aa and aaa batteries and leaving the D's at home. What are you folks using for lighting around the campsite?

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What happened to a jar of fireflies? :confused:

one of the ones i like the best is one of the key chain size - the inova - i have it on a lanyard i wear around my neck when i'm out of the house especially when working a night shift or out in the woods. they are so light you don't know they are there until you need them, and they put out a great amount of light, and best of all you always have it with you. i can't tell you the number of times out hunting all day until after dark and the only light we have with is the one thats always around my neck and tucked in my shirt. great items and cheap. you can almost buy a new light for what the batteries cost on the key chain size. the head lamps are also very nice. looking forward to buying a new one.

awfoxden - The one on my key chain kit is a Photon Freedom micro. It has variable levels of brightness from extremely dim to super bright. It even has a pre-programmed SOS flash built in as well as a strobe.

What are some opinions on some LED headlamps? I'm going to be looking into getting a new one in a few weeks. Would rather hear from folks that actually own the ones they are talking about.

Tahyo - here's a thread with some thoughts on headlamps. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...light=headlamp

Perfect, thanks Crashdive!

Looks like I am about to drop a few more bucks. Check out this from Petzl.

http://en.petzl.com/petzl/LampesProduits?Produit=607

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