Anyway, Ive been thinking about need to buy something that is similar to glow stick, but obviously runs off batteries and uses LED's to create light.
I would either hang it or attach it to the steel surface in case it comes with magnet built in like those 18650 cylindrical SMD camping lights and use it for close area illumination in the dark, either in red or orange/amber color.
Beacon feature is also interesting thing in case need to find camp site when away in the dark, but not exactly a must. Super brightness is not must, long runtimes are.
Googled glo-toob, also its EDC clone, Krill electronic glow sticks and so far glo-toob looks like the most interesting and most glow-stick like light, most reliable as well.
However, simple and cheap police-style AA or any other flashlight could suffice with red or orange wand on top of it, also there seems to be flood of camping lights that are of the cylindrical shape of power bank with SMD LED's on one side and rechargeable low capacity 18650 inside and those are also cheap. Any personal experiences with above mentioned variants?
Yeah, its not like I MUST HAVE ONE, but Id like to have one as specific item, if such is available :D!
Werner - saw that one, its the one that spurred my curiosity :D! However it is green/blue one and the red one costs twice as much there and it also looks like its not glo-toob like, its more like some sort of regular thin plastic wrapped inside the tube, you can see it in the pictures of red one?
Glo toob costs around 20$ from Chinese vendors, not sure whether those are genuine or not and I would like to keep it below 10$ if possible.
Would like to steer clear from tritium vials, not bright enough for my needs as well as dont like the idea of carrying radiocative stuff around with me, even if one that cant penetrate skin.
Yeah, thats the one, but it costs 20-21$ shipped from China in AAA version and I have not found legit source that ships lithium version world wide and keeps the cost down on it.
Hence why this thread and might just end up using red/orange vand wand on top of regular NiMh or Lithium powered light, I already ordered couple of vands wands on Tinywind with their anniversary coupon code, one white one orange though, so depending on brightness orange one might turn into rather bright yellowish which isnt the best to preserve night vision.
I’ve used the amber Glo-Toob (12v cell version) for years, the little “doorbell” 12v alkalines seem to last about forever and I haven’t had one leak yet (I do worry about alkalines always).
These do all we need — tent lights, marker lights for trail bumps and pitfalls and low branches in the woods, looking inside bags, even reading in the tent, etc.
That kind do have way too many modes, I always have to remind myself how to reset them. But they do have mode memory, once I get them set to what I want.
Haven’t bought any of the newer battery kind because pricey.
I got a bunch of Life Gear LED glowstick + flashlights for around $3-$4 in various colors not long ago and they seem quite decent for the price. The glowstick part gives off a good amount of light, while the other end is a simple white LED when you need a bit more concentrated lighting. It has a 1 hour auto shutoff which could be an issue if you want to use it for campsite markers while away on an extended hike, but perhaps it can be modded? Might want to give it a shot if you haven’t found something more suitable.
I’m also really interested what you’re after but not so much as needing one lol
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