A week ago we had a storm roll through and lost power for some 4 hours.
Gave me a chance to check out some new lights I had bought back early spring. April 14th to be exact.
These are solar powered, and all I did was sit them in a window facing south for 2 days and let them charge up some. Then moved them to a shelf, solar panel down there they sat, waiting to be needed.
3 full months, and almost 4 they sat there.
When the power went out I grabbed one. Pushed the button to check for power expecting it to be dead or near dead. It showed over 2/3rds charged.
So I turned it on, hung it under my normal reading lamp and as we could do nothing else, went to reading.
At one point after the sun went down I picked up my bottle of root beer and realised I could read the fine print on the label. With just my little solar light.
They will recharge in 7 hours of full sunlight. Lasts up to 18 hours on low.
Have 4 modes, low, bright, super bright, and 1 second flash.
These are lightweight, not that expensive at around 20$ each. Inflatable.
The plastic seems to spread the light around well once inflated.
Deflated they are about an inch thick, weigh just 4.4 oz.
Have 2 buttons, a check charge button and a power button that cycles modes.
They have a simple strap on both ends for hanging upside down or right side up or any which way but loose.
I don't know how long they will last, but each has 10 led's that are quite bright enough to read by, yet not full of glare.
I have no connection with the company or the seller.
But to me they seem like a pretty handy alternative to a flashlight.
Especially for camping, night fishing, SHTF scenario's.
I started with 2 and after that power off experience bought 2 more.
YMMV.
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