Discussion about making bushwalking-related equipment.
Fri 05 Feb, 2016 10:25 am
Clever, lightweight tent lantern design, turns your headlight into a lantern. Made by Sierra Designs but would be any easy MYOG project.
https://vimeo.com/153295389
Sat 06 Feb, 2016 10:53 am
That is a neat idea. For a DIY you could even put a bit of flexible reflective material inside that top piece to get a bit more efficiency out of it.
Sat 06 Feb, 2016 12:12 pm
On our most recent camping trip my mate simply used his frost Nalgene bottle along the same lines, with the headlamp sitting beside the Nalgene not in it

. It worked surprisingly well.
Sun 07 Feb, 2016 12:08 pm
Clever , simple design.
Maybe at 75g the Luci Emergency light (solar powered) could be better after a few days of use.
The difference in weight is probably similar to the extra batteries needed for the headlight and you have a spare light in case something happens to one of them.
Sun 07 Feb, 2016 12:31 pm
It is a clever option, simply a bag. Sierra Designs make some good gear.
If, to buy something (rather than myog), the petzl e-lites are great! You do need somewhere high to hang
but something like 45hrs on a low, diffuse setting (not a lot less on high) and 25g's, plus the fact that you can have red

, they're a classic
Sun 07 Feb, 2016 3:01 pm
kitty posted something similar, but much lighter in my thread on a DIY lantern diffuser - the Montbell Crushable Lamp Shade (or Crushable Lantern Shade in the US) that weighs around 5g.
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=20636
I use 1xAA torches rather than headlamps so my DIY lantern diffuser using a Berocca style tube comes in at about 15g (less if you don't take the lid), but I use it as storage for my matches and flint when not using it as a lantern.
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