Battery Operated Thread

[mulepackin]

Battery Operated Light

Finally got my storage/yard shed completed. I didn't and don't want to run power to it, I can run an extension cord for the occasional power tool use or whatever. However, it would be handy to have a light of some kind in there. Has anyone every used or found any type of battery operated lighting that would work well enough to shed enough light to find or return stuff at night?
I did come across these: www.stickupbulb.com. but thats about all.

 

[1320stang]

HF carries a solar powered light thtat has a battery that it charges up.

 

[Stuart in MN]

I'm sure there are other similar products (I'm pretty sure I've seen something like that at the local hardware store) but heck, at $10 for two you can hardly lose.

I did come across these: www.stickupbulb.com. but thats about all.

Does anyone else ever wonder why these kinds of places always use an Australian guy for their spokesman?

 

[gotmud13613]

Don't waste ur money on that www.stickupbulb !!

I bought one for our outhouse at camp , doesn't even give enough light to read a magazine

 

[gotmud13613]

maybe something like this

http://cgi.ebay.com/130-SUPER-BRIGH...ryZ20760QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[mhoffm911]

How about a battery operated camping lantern?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Coleman-Cla...yZ106990QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[monstergarage87]

I got one of these puppies.

http://boatandrvaccessories.com/RPJL-2951C.htm

Freakin bright as hell. Set it up in the shed and its like day time in there. Awsome if you need to look for something at night. Uses car bulbs, H4's so it has high and low beams.

John

 

[HOTFR8]

What about a 12 Volt battery with a power invertor for 220 /240 Volt power ?
Then you can have a decent light and just charge the battery when you need to.

 

[trovato]

Re: Battery Operated Light

You can also run low voltage lighting there. This is the stuff often used for landscape lighting. Yes, you have to run a wire, but it can be buried just below the surface if you like.

 

[ovilla]

Coleman makes a nice remote control light that you just hang on the top of your tent and click away to use it. It's bright enough to read in a tent. Anyway, for the occasional use I'd just get a good MAG light.

 

[PAToyota]

I've never been a big fan of the battery operated lights - other than flashlights and some other special circumstances...

First, if you leave it out there it is likely that by the time you go to use it the batteries will be dead. Cold weather just compounds that issue...

Second, the light output for lighting up a room or building just isn't there.

Although there is the inherent issues of flammability, a good old fuel-type Coleman lantern puts out a boatload of light and you don't have to worry about batteries going bad.

 

[kbs2244]

Colman makes a florcent bulbed table lantern run off those 4x4x6 inch 6 volt batteries. Lots of light.

 

[trust]

I have a twin tube flourescent that came in my Sears cordless tool set that works remarkably well, I've been very pleased with what i thought was a throwawy item to bump the number of pieces in the kit. I can read like it was noon in a tent and prefer it to the coleman lantern in our shed-teau in the mountains

 

[Danglerb]

LED flashlights can work really well, but I would at least run an extension cable out to it. Batteries, solar, teeny lights, all too messy in the long haul. You are bound to want some power for other stuff like a fan in the summer etc.