I have a few cheap and quite nasty lights that I wonāt count because I donāt consider them anything but toys.
I have a lot of Solarforce L2 series āLegoā parts including the very nicely designed Solarforce LT-1 Lantern. that uses any of the L2 series lights.
Unscrew the existing bezel and screw it onto the thread at the top of the lantern so it doesnāt get lost then screw the lantern onto the bezel threads on the flash-light. The feet of the lantern are held in place by a set screw with plastic knob. There is provision for using with a camera tripod via the matching threaded hole on the base. the foot is hollow so there is access to turn the lantern on and off or choose any of the flash-lightās modes. There is a lanyard/hanging hole on the head end.
Not cheap at $18.99 plus the standard $2 shipping from Solarforce. I think itās worth the money though.
So that would be a ratio of 10-1.
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The glass is exactly that, glass not plastic, the other parts of the head are aluminium top and bottom and the stand is plastic.
About 8 LED lanterns and two propane to 35+ flashlights. The LED lanterns include the Solarforce LT-1 conversion module along with two Colemans, a Rayovac Sportsman, a Streamlight Siege and a three AA mini lantern. The three AA mini lantern has a removable reflector top so it converts into a flood beam flashlight. Lastly a Energizer Light Fusion technology folding AA lantern that works on four or eight AA batteries and a GE 4 or 8 D batteries lantern. The Colemans are the new 1000 Lumens model and a eight D battery approximately 400 Lumens older lantern.
I have just over 30 lights and I have another lantern thatās about to be shipped to me. The two lanterns I do have is a modded Rayovac Extreme Sports (replaced existing LED with a neutral XP-G and threw in a strip of copper for good measure) and this one . When I do get the other one, itāll be modded with a neutral XP-G.
edit: I do have 5 of these diffusers . They can turn any of my ~40mm sized head lights into lanterns, do they count?
I started ācollectingā LED lights a few years ago because of the frequent power outages due to winter storms here. (now after 3+ years of drought, no long power outages to date) So may explain the lantern types.
3 of the big old 4D cell lanterns I converted to LED goose neck table/desk lights. Far more useful during power out. 1 Rayovac 3D and 4X small 4AA lanterns.
ā¦and one old Coleman fuel mantle lantern (only for outdoor use)
I have a bunch of old Sanyo Cad-Nika D cells from 15 years ago, still working to almost original 4400mAh capacity (3.9Ah or so) plus some Tenergy D cells.
of 23 flashlights, 11 are single 18650; 3 throw, 3 pocket EDC, 5 P60 sized.
6 are various 2 AA, a few more single AA and AAA EDC.
+3X 3AA mule lights converted from old junk lights.
Ratio is about 10:1
I have 2 3xD cell lanterns. A Gentos warm white led (Rayovac Extreme Sports) from Japan
and another Varta lantern with similar build and output.
I also have a couple of 40mm diffusers for my Nitecore EA4 and Sunwayman D40A
When camping I tend to hang the Gentos from a tree branch facing downwards and stand the torches+ diffuser up on a table (or eskyā¦)
I take a heap of NIMH AAs and run the lanterns with 3xAA D cell adapters
Wait, working lights or lights purchased and cannibalized, smoked or otherwise rendered kaput? Well I only have three lanterns, I thought I had only two until 8steve88 posted the Solarforce that I rarely use. So I have three lanterns. One old and quite bright 1960ās Coleman dual gas lantern with dual mantles that I run with white gas and a brighter Coleman propane lantern that puts out over 3000 lumens if the advertising is correct. (I think it does, compared to one of my 3K lumen lights) I canāt imagine camping without one of those lanterns. The only drawback to the lanterns is if you donāt have a bug fly or mosquito netting around your dining area while using the lamps. I have short hair so the moths and June-bugs are quickly removed. My girls have long hair and removing a June-bug is more time consuming and therefore exponentially more distressing.
Of the 7 lanterns i converted 6 to warm white, for the seventh Iām still fighting with the heatsink.
5 of them are this 4xAA lantern:
Itās a kind of clone of the UltraFire ZF6248: http://www.fasttech.com/product/1230501
A little demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PszlrClLuwE
Surprisingly, itās ābetterā and cheaper than the original: grey, no blinky mode (despite what the packaging says), and around $17,50 (converted from EUR) before sales tax (well, the Euro is getting destroyed).
Iāll post a beginner-level how-to guide for the emitter swap the next days, I made a few photos while āmass-convertingā three of them yesterday.
The other two are 3xD big ones, and harder to modify:
I have several others, but failed to mod them to something useful, so they are now scrap parts and I donāt count them.