When doing backpacking or outdoor camping, a portable solar lantern could be a handy tool. It provide much-needed light in the night with the help of sunlight.
Once I was in the wild with my friends for camping. I had a solar lamp which I thought could help me in the night. But the lantern drains battery very fast. Within just 2 hours, I was out with light. That’s a huge problem.
I thought to update so that you don’t face the same problem.
In this article, you will get to know things to check before buying any solar lantern.
Things To Check Before Buying Portable Solar Lantern
While I was in the wild a couple of interesting things happens to me with solar light.
I don’t want to get into trouble of having no light in the middle of nowhere again. So, I did a little bit of research on the things that could improve my lighting experience.
Here are the things that came to me:-
1. Working Time
Working hours are the most important things to check before buying a solar lamp. You must make sure that the light bought could run at least 4-5 hours one a complete charge.
This could give you must need time to set up your camp area.
2. Brightness
Brightness is another aspect of light that can’t be ignored.
All the solar lamp uses LED lights that produce maximum brightness with minimum energy. This is the things that you must check.
Some LED’s are low quality and hence doesn’t illuminate much.
To make sure you doesn’t get cheated, check the solar lamp before buying, ask your dealer or read the reviews online.
If your known one have already bought any lamp, seek their advice.
These steps will make sure that you got a good and reliable lamp.
3. Size
You want to carry as light as possible when going for camping outdoor. This is not a rocket science.
In this context, size is one things that can’t be ignored. Smaller the size, better it will be to carry.
But small size comes at the cost of low duration.
You want to make sure that the size and duration fits your option.
4. Durability
Your light will hit many substances in the wild. So durability is one thing that must be ensured.
Ask your dealer,
