It’s bought as an out of doors camplight, however BougeRV’s very vivid LED lantern can be a multifunctional work lamp for anywhere that wants an additional dose of lighting. It’s rechargeable and compact sufficient to function a long-lasting flashlight with three swiveling LED panels that may direct 3000 lumens onto your desk, campsite, workspace, or engine block from a top of greater than 5 toes because of its telescoping aluminum pole.
I’ve discovered it impressively versatile and helpful during the last week of testing at residence, on the seashore, or tooling round in my camper van. It offers heat or chilly mild precisely the place I want it, with three ranges of brightness starting from dim to supernova.
At $109.99, the BougeRV Outside Moveable Telescopic Tenting Lantern can also be extra succesful than lots of its costlier rivals. There’s so much to love right here.
On the coronary heart of this lantern is a 57.7Wh battery that may energy the lamp on its lowest setting for as much as 60 hours, or about three hours when all three LED strips are set to max brightness. You’ll be able to energy it off USB-C from a separate exterior battery or wall jack should you want extra time. It’s slim sufficient to hold within the water bottle pocket of a backpack, however its 2.3-pound (1kg) weight is a bit a lot for many gram-counting adventurers.
The lantern is constructed across the quantity three. There are three retractable legs that may be secured with three included pegs to function a sturdy base for the three LED panels raised as much as 64.57 inches (164 cm) off the bottom. You’ll be able to independently activate one, two, or three of the LED panels set to a few intensifying brightness ranges through the cluster of three buttons on the highest of the unit.
There may be, nevertheless, only one lamp for the flashlight, one hook on the underside, and one slider change to stop the sunshine from by accident turning on. There’s additionally one USB-C jack that each fees the lantern in about 4 hours and fees your devices at as much as 22.5 watts.
At first, the articulating segments that rotate, fold, and slide could be a bit a lot. However I quickly mastered the buttons and actions wanted to retract and broaden the lantern into the illuminated origami of my selecting. Generally, the aluminum and plastic meeting feels sturdy sufficient, however I’m wondering how these prolonged mild arms will maintain up after just a few falls, particularly when the aluminum pole is totally prolonged. It’s IP54 rated so it ought to show resistant to rain showers and dirt.
The one factor I miss on the BougeRV lantern is a magnetic base — a helpful characteristic on the Evo Lantern from Flextail. Apart from that, the BougeRV lantern beats the five hundred lumen Flextail in virtually each approach, regardless of costing $40 much less and being roughly the identical dimension.
I didn’t count on to love the BougeRV Outside Moveable Telescopic Tenting Lantern this a lot. But it surely’s so adaptable, helpful, and fairly priced that I simply can’t assist myself.
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