Thanks for the input.
I have a low tent. I tried diffusers but then the light was too large and I would bang my head agains it. BAD.
I also tried tiny USB lights coupled with Folomov EDC C4. I can recommend that to backpackers as the weight is very low. I will keep using them. But the lights sometimes don’t register touch which makes the UI finicky and annoying.
I intend to buy a larger tent, a villa for 2. This would be Quechua 4.1 F&B. This tent has black interior. So it needs quite a lot of light. And shining at the wall….doesn’t seem like a good solution. So I’m looking after some upgrade.
LR30 looks really nice except for the price.
Zanflare T1 - I also think there’s a space for a BLF lantern of this style. Actually we could largely re-use the LT1 architecture. Make the central screw larger so it fits 18650 inside. Don’t really need to change anything else. Great beam, proven design, much smaller and lighter than LT1. But anyway - I would call it medium size / weight.
GoalZero - yeah, the weight of this one is low. Considering that it fits 18650 - the weight is awesome. But non replaceable 2600 mAh and no diffusion
60 LED UFO? Interesting, with this price I may get one later (though the cheapest I see is $6.06 shipped).
But what really got me very interested was that LED strip. I’d like to attach it to the tent semi-permanently so I don’t have to mount it every time I set the tent up. So it would have to survive folding. And it must be waterproof - I’m often on the move, stay 1 night at some place and move on to the next. If it’s raining - the tent is wet outside before I fold it and completely wet a when I’m done.
I have some decorative strip like this:
Low CRI but otherwise OK. Warm. I can use a powerbank (like Folomov EDC-C4) with it. The good thing is that I can place the connector anywhere I please, so I won’t have to stand up to turn the light off.
I’m afraid that folding and unfolding the tent will kill the strip though. We’ll see.