Been trying to research the best lights to ship to a friend of mine who lives in Puerto Rico. They probably will not have power for another 5 months or more. I love flashlights but never have spent much time researching lights for the "camping" purpose. Here is what I'm looking for....
A light with really good runtime. If they have to recharge it every day it will be a super pain in the butt. I realize it would have to be on low setting and probably less than 30 lumens but it needs to be enough light to adequately see where you are going and or read by. If it can do brighter that's great.
Has to be simple to use...no programming...on and off and brightness not on same switch.
Quicker it can be recharged the better. If it's solar capable and can be charged with a car charger even better.
Has to be rechargeable. Finding batteries on the island is basically next to impossible.
Cost I am not overly worried about. I would like to get more than one so 100 bucks is relalistic but the more it does and or better it performs the more I would pay... no more than 300 dollars. 300 bucks if it has a nice 100 hour or more low lumen runtime... can be converted to a lantern and or medium powered flashlight...500 lumens or so.. and can be recharged by solar or car cigarette lighter. Size is not a huge issue as I expect it will be mostly used at home. Should be easily carried with one hand in case it needs to be used as a flashlight and able to be sat down stable ie... throwing light on the ceiling for a "light.
Lanterns are fine
Anything that can be used as a battery bank to charge a cell phone etc is a plus.
Also looking into solar chargers for battery banks if anyone has recommendations I would be glad to hear them.
Might be forgetting something...just use your imagination and know you will have no power for months and you are limited on car charging time or availability. Should charge in 3-4 hours....other things to charge etc....
I appreciate any help you can give and I'm sure they will too when they finally get it.
A light with really good runtime. If they have to recharge it every day it will be a super pain in the butt. I realize it would have to be on low setting and probably less than 30 lumens but it needs to be enough light to adequately see where you are going and or read by. If it can do brighter that's great.
Has to be simple to use...no programming...on and off and brightness not on same switch.
Quicker it can be recharged the better. If it's solar capable and can be charged with a car charger even better.
Has to be rechargeable. Finding batteries on the island is basically next to impossible.
Cost I am not overly worried about. I would like to get more than one so 100 bucks is relalistic but the more it does and or better it performs the more I would pay... no more than 300 dollars. 300 bucks if it has a nice 100 hour or more low lumen runtime... can be converted to a lantern and or medium powered flashlight...500 lumens or so.. and can be recharged by solar or car cigarette lighter. Size is not a huge issue as I expect it will be mostly used at home. Should be easily carried with one hand in case it needs to be used as a flashlight and able to be sat down stable ie... throwing light on the ceiling for a "light.
Lanterns are fine
Anything that can be used as a battery bank to charge a cell phone etc is a plus.
Also looking into solar chargers for battery banks if anyone has recommendations I would be glad to hear them.
Might be forgetting something...just use your imagination and know you will have no power for months and you are limited on car charging time or availability. Should charge in 3-4 hours....other things to charge etc....
I appreciate any help you can give and I'm sure they will too when they finally get it.