Lighing a Portable

[surfMN1510]

Well my old Coleman lantern finally died, instead of replacing it im looking to put rope LED lights in my portable. Any suggestions on which ones to use or what to use to power them?

[woodman]

I was at Kmart the other day and picked up some round tent 23 LED lights that are brighter then you can imagine. They were around 8 dollars. I sat in my garage last night with one of them on in the portable and wow. Check them out. Runs on 4 aa batteries.

[jwhjr]

I put the besthonLED led lights in my portable. You can run them off of your vexilar or any 12 volt battery. They make it nice and bright. If you search the forums there are quite a few posts about them. Good luck!

[Lisa Almquist]

There's a thread you may want to look at. Click here.

[ilovehardwater]

Do a search on here for led's, there is a ton of posts on them. I have 2 strands of besthonLED lights and could not be happier with them. Others on here have used them and because of thier reputation I broke down and bought a few strands. They are very bright and use little battery power. The main reason I purchaced them was because I was sick and tired of the drama thats involved in a lantern, the mantles breaking,the smell, the letting it cool before I could put it in my suv, the filling it up and lighting it ... the list go's on and on and now its as simple as hooking a few aligator clips to the flasher and presto.I dont even need to buy batteries because I already have the power source(flasher). hope this helps BT

[Sandmannd]

Best Hong Kong is hands down the best I've seen.

[zamboni]

DO NOT buy Clam rope lights. I am a huge Clam guy, and if someone wanted to give me theirs, I wouldn't accept them. This is what I have rigged up:

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[TMF89]

Zamboni, why so against clam lights?

[Neiko]

I agree with him. I had some last year and they just didn't give off enough light. I went to Northern and they have a 48 LED round light that runs on 3 AA batteries for 30 hours. They were on sale for $11.99. 2 of these will light up any portable well enough to even tie knots with. Easy and compact.

[zamboni]

My dad bought some last year, a candle is brighter. I paid a little less than $20 shipped a piece for these 30 leds, and they almost blind you on high if you look at them. With them mounted, it's like daylight in my Clam

[SXViper]

Zamboni,

Where did you get those lights from. I am very interested in picking one of those up.

Thanks

Brian

[Glockwinger]

If you are handy you can also use an LED undercabinet light. Many of these are 12V and need a transformer so you can plug them into a standard 110v wall outlet. I made a bracket that hangs over a cross pole and screwed a quartz version of the under cabinet lights to it and it is like daylight in the flip over. It is a 20w lamp. I rigged it up to see how it would work, but will probably switch to a LED version because of how easily the quarz lamps can be damaged.

[zamboni]

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Zamboni,

Where did you get those lights from. I am very interested in picking one of those up.

Thanks

Brian

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[zamboni]

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[pathogen]

I'm with Sandmannd, Best Hong Kong all the way. 48 LED waterproof strip, cheap, very bright, and will run non-stop on a vexilar type battery for a couple of days. No fuses needed, they come ready to connect to a battery.

[Huntin&Fishin]

Does any one have a link?

[fishrguy]

How dumb is it to run a lantern along with a heater in the porty?

[pathogen]

Google BestHonLED, it will be first on the list. Then quick find product [YouNeedAuthorization]

[Huntin&Fishin]

OK thanks

[so haaad]

fishrguy,

I was old school with the ol' coleman lantern for many years, but I got tired of the broken globes and mantles, and changing out empty propane cylinders inside a dark portable. Plus in the long run it's cheaper since the LEDs are not running off propane and run forever on rechargable 12-volts.

[Ferny]

Hey GlockWinger, Nice meeting you at the show.

It looked like you were on a mission and didn't have time to talk!

Just a word on your 20 Watt light. It takes 1.6 Amps to light it. A fully charged 7 amp hour gel cell battery will be DEAD in about 4 hours MAX! I think if it's colder it's dead even faster! Halogens are very bright but are real power hogs! LED's basically sip power with many of them taking 100-200 milli Amps. 7AH battery divided by 0.200 Amps = 35 hour run time.

Food for thought.

Ferny.

[hotrod1]

Has anyone that uses the best hong kong led lights had any problem with them burning out?

I just recieved mine in the mail monday. I got 4 48cm strips. 1 strip has 2 burnt bulbs and and another has 3 burnt bulbs. just wondering if these lights are short lived or something.

I already tried emailing the company and no reply.

Thanks.

[Sutty]

None of mine are burnt out. But I just got them.

[Augusta]

How long did it take you guys to get your lights after ordering them?

[Iceboy]

Couple of weeks it seemed like. Ordered two 48 cm strips last year around this time...