I love gadgets....there I said it. I particularly love the type that work...and work well. A glimpse into some of the gadgets we use whilst away camping. I have to say I have a very unhealthy relationship with lighting.
Sept 2018
Errr not quite. My addiction, as it turns out is lighting. That be at home or outside. I am a huge fan of the LED lighting now available but I will keep my meanderings to camping and it's lighting.
Ideally the basic requirement is pretty much the same.
LED ✅
Battery Powered ✅
Compact ✅
Remote Control ✅
Rechargeable Via USB ✅
High Lumens ✅
Variable Brightness ✅
I think I have found something that gives me most of the basic things. Each of the categories can always be improved though. But so far this light is as good as it gets for a person with addiction to fulfil.
It looks as though it has one LED bulb for the white light and one for the red LED. Ideally I would prefer a number of LEDs around the perimeter as this normally makes the light a little less directional. It's not a huge thing win this lamp though as it has a good diffuser.
The lamp can be turned on via two methods.
1st via the button on the base.
2nd via the button on the remote control.
Both buttons run through the same sequence of light.
1st push Middle bright (290 LM)
2nd push High bright (550 LM)
3rd push Low bright (25 LM)
4th push Red High (31 LM)
5th push Red Strobe
The little feature I like with this is that if you have a brief no touching of the buttons (remote or lamp) it turns off rather that you having to go through a full sequence as it knows that more likely you will be looking to switch it off rather than find another brightness. I like this feature.
It has a magnetic base should you need it as well as a handing loop with a snap closure hook.
So far the lamp is great in use with more than enough light to light our Karsten 3m x 3m pod. I do doubt it is 550 lumens though although I have no way of testing this.
I prefer a remote control to have use of RF over IR as with IR it has to be pointed at the lamp and has a far shorter range of detection. RF can be pointed off center and has a far greater range with the ability to penetrate thin items. sadly this one is IR. Again in the instance it is used in the pod so I am well within distance and no barrier will be between the remote and lamp.
The remote itself is quite a decent size and has the useless little LED bulb built into it to act as a torch. I don't think i ever use this facility. It also has a little loop so that I can (as the picture shows) add a tritium strip that glows in the dark to make it easier to find!
The only thing I wonder about is the longevity of the batteries used in the lamp. Not sure if they are replaceable. I do like the little carry pouch that the lamp comes in but the remote does not fit in this, The case does however, have a carabine that you can clip this to so not to lose it.
For me it's as near I have come to nirvana for tent lighting in the pod. Saying that....I may stumble across something else soon!
Aug 2018 : A new kitchen washing up bowl that we bought due to forgetting our folding silicone bowl.
The SeaToSummit 10LTR folding sink.
Sept 2018
Errr not quite. My addiction, as it turns out is lighting. That be at home or outside. I am a huge fan of the LED lighting now available but I will keep my meanderings to camping and it's lighting.
Ideally the basic requirement is pretty much the same.
LED ✅
Battery Powered ✅
Compact ✅
Remote Control ✅
Rechargeable Via USB ✅
High Lumens ✅
Variable Brightness ✅
I think I have found something that gives me most of the basic things. Each of the categories can always be improved though. But so far this light is as good as it gets for a person with addiction to fulfil.
The lamp is small and heavy. Most likely the batteries are the main weight with a total of 9900mah capacity. The dimension are approx H85mm W75mm
The lamp can be turned on via two methods.
1st via the button on the base.
2nd via the button on the remote control.
Both buttons run through the same sequence of light.
1st push Middle bright (290 LM)
2nd push High bright (550 LM)
3rd push Low bright (25 LM)
4th push Red High (31 LM)
5th push Red Strobe
The little feature I like with this is that if you have a brief no touching of the buttons (remote or lamp) it turns off rather that you having to go through a full sequence as it knows that more likely you will be looking to switch it off rather than find another brightness. I like this feature.
It has a magnetic base should you need it as well as a handing loop with a snap closure hook.
So far the lamp is great in use with more than enough light to light our Karsten 3m x 3m pod. I do doubt it is 550 lumens though although I have no way of testing this.
I prefer a remote control to have use of RF over IR as with IR it has to be pointed at the lamp and has a far shorter range of detection. RF can be pointed off center and has a far greater range with the ability to penetrate thin items. sadly this one is IR. Again in the instance it is used in the pod so I am well within distance and no barrier will be between the remote and lamp.
The remote itself is quite a decent size and has the useless little LED bulb built into it to act as a torch. I don't think i ever use this facility. It also has a little loop so that I can (as the picture shows) add a tritium strip that glows in the dark to make it easier to find!
The only thing I wonder about is the longevity of the batteries used in the lamp. Not sure if they are replaceable. I do like the little carry pouch that the lamp comes in but the remote does not fit in this, The case does however, have a carabine that you can clip this to so not to lose it.
For me it's as near I have come to nirvana for tent lighting in the pod. Saying that....I may stumble across something else soon!
Aug 2018 : A new kitchen washing up bowl that we bought due to forgetting our folding silicone bowl.
The SeaToSummit 10LTR folding sink.
Another love of mine is weather so I like to carry this into camping. A cracking weather station for portable use is the JDC Meteos. It is able to record data like max and min over a user defined period up to 24hrs. The data relates to wind and temp and is quite useful to know just how windy it is/was. The temos for maximum in truth are useless as the unit is in the sun and as this is not aspirated in any way the max temp value is pretty much useless. I know this so enjoy the minimum values it shows.
Having owned two of these over a to year period they have sadly both shown the same issues. One relates to it's waterproofing (which it is supposed to be) Condensation has built up on the two units I have owned inside the screen when it rains and then sun heats them up. It can clear but often it ends in the full screen being unreadable on a trip. Most likely waterproof and nitrogen filled waterproof are two very different things so maybe this is just one of those things.
The other issue is that the wind propeller over time starts to rattle on it's central post which to me suggests it has poor tolerance or the parts get worn. I wonder how this affects it's ability to rotate and read fully the maximum wind speed.
I can not find anything else remotely offering what this unit does so for now it remains in the camping kit bag.
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