Suggestions for 12yr old @ camp?

My 12 year old daughter is going to sleep away camp this summer. While my wife is being all practical, looking for sleeping bags, etc., I am obviously prioritizing her flashlight.

Criteria:

- 2x AA

- durable

- not overly complex, not too many modes

- budget of $20 USD (i.e.$30 CAD)

  • appropriate looks for a 12yr old girl (not black, not tactical!)

Any suggestions?

If I don’t get any better ideas, I’ll probably end up getting a mini maglite pro (in blue or red).

Thanks

A bright color is smart, also put her name on it.

I wouldn’t spend much on a kid’s camp away light.

Black, but HD’s down here are clearing out the Defiant Armor Max line. The 2AA is $11USD. You could paint it.

A small AAA keychain-type light that she can keep on a necklace as backup would be nice. Lots of those in the under $10 thread.

M43 Meteor. :smiley:

But seriously, supermarkets with cheap 2AA lights are your best bet.

And next christmas, get her a proper light! :wink:

This covers all your spec’s. But does she like it?

2AA Streamlight

My vote goes to Rayovac lights. For kids at camp, durable is good, but dim is good too. Having a super-bright light kind of ruins the “campfire vibes” and you just know it’s going to get shined in another kid’s eyes. I would purposely find a cheap LED light that seems well-built but only around ~20-30 lumens and buy two of them.

Source: 8 years as a flashlight-fanatic camper and 4 years as a flashlight-fanatic camp counselor

Hugsby XP-11 or XP-12 (both under $10) and some 3xAA lanterns from Amazon under $10. Can’t find
the link to the lanterns atm. They work well but the battery slots are very tight so contacts don’t always make contact, can
be easily fixed.

Something your ok with never seeing again. Boy went to camp (few years ago) with a Maglite XL50. It never made it back.

Times sure have changed. We brought smoke bombs, fire crackers, marking pens and shaving cream. Anyways, I like the bright colored Streamlight above for when she drops It in the weeds. I also agree with PilotDog68. Just enough floody lumens to see the path back to the cabin or tent is plenty.

Unfortunately, amazon.ca seems to be disproportionately more expensive than amazon.com. (Not just the FX)

Yes, Rayovac or Energizer lights would certainly be reasonable solutions.

In terms of lumen overkill, I was thinking of also providing a smaller AAA light. (At home she always steals my Preon P0.) However, a single AAA might be too small (i.e. more easily misplaced).

A good AAA back up for under $10 and comes in colors: Astrolux A01

Code ReManGA01 gets it for his under $9 and the attachment point is good for a ball chain (like for dog tags, it breaks away if tangled) it should be easy for her to carry….

I would second the RayOVac lights from WalMart or whatever for the AA one. Or one of the headlamps even….

That is a perfect light, it feels great in the hand and is very distinctive and different from everyone else’s lights, and bright, tough, and girl friendly and carry friendly with it’s clip.

my teenagers complained that the SF348 ran out of battery the first night so I switched to AA or 2xAA. And one was lost the first time out.

How about one of these (micro-USB rechargeable): “[link]”:https://www.fasttech.com/products/1641/10001842/1946700 With a lanyard (easier to find): “[link]”:http://www.amazon.com/Reiko-STRAP-LCHPK-Fashionable-Universal-Lanyard/dp/B003OSGRQG/ref=sr_1_56?ie=UTF8&qid=1459811014&sr=8-56&keywords=lanyard+pink

And attach one of these to her backpack as a zipper pull: “[link]”:http://www.amazon.com/Streamlight-73001-Miniature-Keychain-Flashlight/dp/B0011UIPIW

Remember to give her a backup modded light that is at least 2,000lm in case some kid tries to show off the surefire his daddy gave him to impress the other kids. :stuck_out_tongue: