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LuminAID Nova Inflatable Solar Lantern — Light for a whole table, not a single beam
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Light for a whole table, not a single beam

LuminAID Nova Inflatable Solar Lantern

Inflatable, solar top-up, packs flat, ~130 g

4.6 on Amazon

Turns a dark dining room into somewhere you can play cards, and it charges itself hanging off the back of a pack — the panel is small, so treat solar as a top-up rather than a charger.

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What you get

  • Diffuse light that does not blind the person opposite
  • Deflates to a flat disc
  • Solar means it is never quite dead

What it costs you

  • Panel is too small to fully recharge in one day
  • Inflatable body eventually leaks
  • A luxury, not a necessity

Do not buy this if: Anyone counting grams. A headlamp on its lowest setting, pointed at a wall, does most of this.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in torches & lanterns, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.