Very cool build! I’ve always thought there’s been a lack of quality built, efficient and practical lanterns given all the handheld flashlights that are out there. I’m deathly interested in buying.
I apologize if I’ve missed it, but there’s quite a few pages. What are the final run times and lumen outputs on the levels?
Here you go. You only missed it by a couple of pages. DBSAR wrote a nice long description in THIS POST.
EDIT: There is no actual FINAL to this yet. DBSAR is still testing his second self-made prototype. We will need to get a manufacturer to make a prototype using the specs from that post, and test THAT one to see what the real FINAL specs will be.
It's great to see this lantern getting close to becoming a reality.
A neodymium magnet embedded in a steel dish with a hole for a bolt(like those used for magnetic hooks) that would probably be plenty strong enough(without being too strong and expensive like a base-sized neodymium magnet would be) and just use a bit of glue or epoxy or a nut and threadlock to keep the 1/4" 20 screw in place when it is not attached to the lantern. oh, like these.
Some interesting ideas. I kind of like BLF Skylantern and BLF LAN10
Seeing a user configurable sunset mode would be great if possible. I would think as long as a half hour fade to off would be quite useful.
Maybe BLF Eternal Flame or BLF Eternal Lantern or BLF EF Lantern, referencing warm tint candle mode, and long/infinite solar assisted runtime?
What I like is a customer can know exactly what it is only reading the name. Q8 is much harder, most think it’s from AUDI and GT is from Ford.
And there are much less lantern models produced than torches, so I assume it will take a while for the next camping lamp.
Apple does the same: Descriptive Name and the next version gets a +1 or an +S
there are already commercially available magnetic base tripod mounts.
It would just be a matter of testing a few out to determine the best for the job. 4x18650 are not going to be super light, but compared to a dslr with a lens on it, I don’t think would be an issue. People use these to mount gopro cameras on the outside of their cars while racing.