3-point lighting for photography & video - tint, intensity, directional and mounting options are endless!
Emergency lighting in brownouts and power failures
Day-to-day home use. I have two Zanflare lanterns I’ve used the $#17 out of and these LT1s will take over. I find tint-ramping lanterns have give such a pleasing light…
I plan on charging them with a 24w RAV solar panel and a 24 ah power bank just for the fun of it.
Camping (though camping season is over from my family for this year) will be the main use and I expect it will be used around the house for fun and occasional work. Looking forward to it arriving.
Exactly why I’ve been on the list for 2+ yrs. Wish I had after Irma, having no grid juice for 10 days, and now Dorian moving in. I will say though, if you use Ryobi One+ interchangeable battery power tools, they have a high/low lantern that did rather well for me, lasting 2 nights on one charge with the standard battery. The new ones have a USB power supply now.
Mostly camping but also emergency preparedness. I was just camping with friends and a buddy popped out his old coleman propane lantern. It’s bright, but such a pain to use.
For energy density you can’t beat propane or white gas. But they are both a PITA to use with the mantles, at least that’s been my experience. The mantles tend to break during transportation to and from the destination.
I’m from England, in the winter it gets dark at 4pm for a few weeks, so…
1. For work photography when we need more light or when there’s a power cut, which is rare.
2. To encourage the family to go camping, I went once about 16 years ago.
3. For those candle light moments with ‘her’, without using a real candle.
4. Night BBQ’s … in the winter that would mean using BLT LT1 Lantern at 4pm
I don’t know of any reason why that wouldn’t work. Plus, remember that the lantern has a built-in USB charger that has been tested by Den already and he said it works pretty well. However, the Lii-500 can charge them faster.
If the walking dead conquer most of the world, this lantern means a lot. Oh, I still need a baseball bat. Knive can be stuck in the head of it, gun is too loud, also not easy to get in China. Baseball bat is the best. Or a tough flashlight in baseball bat shape.
Mostly for year-round car camping here in west coast (BC, WA or OR). This lantern ticks almost all the boxes — except that I wish its waterproofness could be at IPX8 instead of just 7. My every IPX7-rated flashlight got water intrusion in coastal rain just in a couple of hours; however it never happens to my Imalent and Q8 lights though.
Other than use in camping, maybe show it off to my outdoorsy friends. I just bought a pair of light tripods and a dozen of new Sanyo NCR18650GA 3500mah 10A button top to go with the lanterns. Next time when I set them up at the campsite, I am sure every friend will be drooling and wants to get his/her own.
Thank you everyone involved in developing and making the lantern! It looks awesome ! (now I can put my other 10 old lanterns to storage)