Unchained Preppers
General Category => Gear Review => Topic started by: crudos on February 25, 2013, 05:30:46 PM
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http://gearjunkie.com/luminaid-lantern (http://gearjunkie.com/luminaid-lantern)
Looks like a fairly useful light source while in camp, at a pretty reasonable price.
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c4 stunning bear... I am on it!
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I want it for its weight factor....talk about saving weight holy shit. 110 grams bro.
Think ounces lead to pounds.
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I like the idea but the execution is lacking. Get an inflatable pool float.. a cheap one and try to sleep on it.. like Walker said, sweat city.
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Dude to hell with the pillow it's a rechargeable light that weighs 110 grams. And pushes 35 lumens for 6 hours.
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I don't think you actually use it as a pillow, that is just the form factor it resembles.
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I am with you now.. so it isn't a pillow, it's a light with a blow up defuser.
Like I said "I like the idea but the execution is lacking." Why won't it charge my batteries too?
There are a ton of products in that class that are right around the same price and do right around the same thing. Like the Solio Clip (http://www.rei.com/product/851417/solio-clip-mini-usb/solar-rechargeable-led-light-2012-overstock,-clear?preferredSku=8514170001&cm_mmc=cse_froogle-_-pla-_-product-_-8514170001&mr:referralID=5bce4136-8045-11e2-8751-001b2166c2c0) but my point is that we need to be up in the next class. If it weights 3.9 oz and has a solar panel on it it had damn well better charge my AA battery.
Cheap shit $3 WalMart walkway lights do this. (http://simplypreparing.com/cheap-solar-lights-for-emergency-lighting/)
Like I said execution is lacking.
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TG, I see what your saying and you're correct. Thanks for the link about the cheap outdoor solar lights!
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Crudos,
With the additional use as a battery charger you are taking a piece of gear that is useful and making it super useful, now your light can power your GPS, Radio and lord only know what else because AA batteries are in EVERYTHING.
Typical solar chargers will be able to charge their own battery twice in the same day. Here in NM during the summer you can stretch that out to 3 or 4 cycles a day so you're looking at one of those $3 walkway lights charging 2 AA batteries a day in the winter and 3-4 in the summer. Not bad for $3 and they come with a battery!
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TG, I see what your saying and you're correct. Thanks for the link about the cheap outdoor solar lights!
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