Lightweight Hammock Lantern

[professrh]

I bought these from Amazon the other day. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Used a pocket knife to cut a little hole in a ping pong ball, and jammed the bulb in for a friction fit. The switch is a bit fiddly, but it does lock "on"--an improvement over PPB-Lantern-dot-1, which uses a Nite Ize Squeeze Light I found at Home Depot. (True to its name, the Squeeze Light requires constant pressure to stay lit. I rigged a fix with a bit of elastic shock cord and a coat button from the sewing kit. . . .)

Slept in the hammock lab the other night, and to read easily I had to use both the dot-one and the dot-two lanterns on my ridgeline. Of course, my eyes are well past their warrantee, and my glasses are due to be upgraded.

ETA: I also removed the little biners that came with the lights and replaced them with loops of braided mason's line.

[Mtngeronimo]

I bought these from Amazon the other day. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Used a pocket knife to cut a little hole in a ping pong ball, and jammed the bulb in for a friction fit. The switch is a bit fiddly, but it does lock "on"--an improvement over PPB-Lantern-dot-1, which uses a Nite Ize Squeeze Light I found at Home Depot. (True to its name, the Squeeze Light requires constant pressure to stay lit. I rigged a fix with a bit of elastic shock cord and a coat button from the sewing kit. . . .)

Slept in the hammock lab the other night, and to read easily I had to use both the dot-one and the dot-two lanterns on my ridgeline. Of course, my eyes are well past their warrantee, and my glasses are due to be upgraded.

ETA: I also removed the little biners that came with the lights and replaced them with loops of braided mason's line.

I added some thin shock cord and a micro cord lock so I could add some adjustable length to make reading easier. But yeah, my eyes have required some retrofitting as well.

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[OlTrailDog]

That's a good thought. I started hiking at night via red headlamp. I hadn't thought of lantern. I have a smaller Luci that has a blinking red light, but not solid.

After I made this comment I received a promotional email from Luci. As per my modus operandi, I replied to the email with my usual complaint about lacking a solid red mode. Much to my surprise I was contacted by Luci and they said the EMRG light (the smallest and hence my favorite for backpacking, car camping, and travel trailer living) now has a solid red mode. I checked out the website just to be sure. My latest EMRG with red mode is on the way! Next I will start suggesting a built in memory function so I don't have to shut my eyes and count the clicks to red ;-). One other thing, I put a small dab of seal seal on the on/off button to make it tactile and easy to find.