Well, maybe it won't be TOO long before we're all back at heading for a campsite and setting up camp.
Lighting around the camp site is always a good topic as someone might come up a new idea or two. Since the vast majority of my favorite places to go have no electrical hook-ups, I'm pretty much dependent on battery and fuel. Obviously the overhead lights in the popup are 12v and so I use them sparingly ... when bright light is needed. Otherwise, use a 4 D-cell table lantern (got it from Wal-Mart) that has a diffusing lamp shade that makes for a real soft light ... just enough to see around inside.
Outside lighting, beside the camper's "patio light" (by the door and used only for a quick needed light), we use a couple of gas lanterns and they can light the site up in good fashion when strong light is needed (like doing the evening dishes). But when the chores are done and there's no need for bright lights and we want to sit around the fire, I light up the Dietz kerosene lantern and it gives just enough light to keep from barking your shins. Here's what that looks like
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Plus it serves as a good night light.
Personally, I like those miner's head lamps for looking around for firewood and making my way to the facilities. Also, have one of those 1,000,000 CP lanterns that will light up the country side ... just in case Mr. bear wants to come snooping around!
capy, I do the same thing....put citronella torch fuel in the kerosene lantern. I have 2 strings of tacky lights that I put up for the first time on my January camping trip. I need to "perfect" where and how I am going to hang them.
I also found a tub full of white christmas lights. I think I will throw that in the TV on some trip and really light up my campsite 8)
Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
we don't do too much roughing it when we camp....we take a regular lamp and plug that sucker in for the interior of the PUP, use tacky lights on the "porch" and a 4 D battery powered lantern from walmart gets alot of use too....i love the beauty of a campfire as much as the next guy but we paid for an electric site and we are using it ;D ( you can always turn the lamps off if you want to go natural)
the real reason for this post is I wanted to mention the dollar store sometimes has little battery powered lights meant for closets that are nice at night if you want to read,etc and want some light but not a big bunch of light.....you could duct tape them on the ceiling if need be....they don't weigh much and if they konked you on the head it wouldn't be the end of the world 😉
sometimes people put a clamp light in the tree ( my dad used to do this when we camped as a kid) and sometimes people put a lightbulb in a bucket and hang them high in a tree.....you can buy a lamp kit at any hardware store and make anything from a collander or a piece of driftwood into a lamp.....just some ideas....keep your eyes open the next time you head to Goodwill too....we just picked up a combo tv/weather radio/flashlight with some big flourescent light thing on the back for $8....I bought it for the lights and the weather radio....i don't care that much about tv to be honest
You can get LED in both bright white and warm white, I use both.
This page has both - check the 1st 2 items:
http://led4rv.com/index.php?ma.....i53l1iif94
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We use the standard lights in the camper and yes, I'm considering changing them to LEDs also. Especially now that I need a new battery this spring.
We use two strings of tacky lights around the awning a two string around the 10x10 canopy. I'm going to change them out this year since they are 6 or 7 years old and I'm tired of the the tiki heads. Phil (sorry for calling you out ??? ) has a really cool X shaped warm white LED rope lights that connect to the cross bars up under his canopy. They aren't to bright, they don't hang down in your face and are easy to install with just S hooks.
I set up 2 tiki torches by the road because we entertain a lot and it's easy for others to have a little night light when they are coming over for a margarita. 8)
The kids run around with either flashlights (4 for $15 at Home Depot) or battery lanterns which are nice because I know which kid is mine. :cheerleader:
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Phil (sorry for calling you out ??? ) has a really cool X shaped warm white LED rope lights that connect to the cross bars up under his canopy. They aren't to bright, they don't hang down in your face and are easy to install with just S hooks.
http://www.ecanopy.com/quk-131973.html
These are the original ones, last year I built my own set from LED ropelight. It was 4 times the price but 1/10 the power and the places where we camp power is very restriced (10 Amps on a good day).
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we have a coleman lantern that runs on the samll cylinders but I also have my Dad's old Coleman lantern that runs on fuel. I need to dig that puppy out and get it working. We use to use it when we went ice fishing at night. placed iit in the center of our holes on a small wood stool. it would light up the area and draw bait to the surface and then the fish would follow. Hey! Thanks for a nice memory with Dad!
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