ROCAM LED Solar Camping Light, Rechargeable Camping Lantern, Hand Crank Emergency Lamp with 3000mAh Battery for Camping, Hiking, Fishing, SOS, Outdoor, Hurricane-Yellow

Why did you choose this product over others?: This got good reviews. It’s brilliant is compact but the light is very powerful. My son took it camping for 5 days. The solar panel charged it during the day and he used it as a light and charged his phone as well. It also has a flashlight on the bottom. Excellent value am going to buy more.

top marks, its lightweight, easy to use, decent battery life, come with a solar panel and hand crank, can be used to charge you phone, or as a torch, for the price couldn't ask for more

Bought for friend who lives through tornado seasons. It worked well during 3 weeks I was on holiday. It was mainly bought because it can be charged by winding or solar

The lantern works well and is bright enough to move around the house during a blackout or rummaging through the garden shed at night, but would not be your main lantern on a camping trip, it isn't bright enough. The solar panels are really only good enough to maintain the battery, it would take a year or more of sunny days to fully charge the battery - possibly longer. The hand crank is enough to get the lantern on, but you'll have to crank for half an hour to get ten minutes worth of light, so it's only good for emergency use - but I think that's the intention anyway. Generally you'll want to power the battery via USB. The torch is weak, but functional. In the write-up, it says you can dim the lantern by lowering the lights into the case, but this doesn't turn off any off the LEDs so it still consumes more power - but as it says, it will dim the light the lantern offers. The above comments are all negative, but the lantern is well made, collapses into a small package that is easy to find a spot for, and good value for the price range it sits in. If you want a camping lantern, you'll want something else, but if you want a lantern for emergencies, blackouts, and rummaging around in the garden shed at night, this is a good option. It is also useful as a battery for giving small charges to other devices such as a phone.

So far, so good! Even though it's small, it gives a very strong light, easy to recharge (3 different ways)

Easy to use, good value for money. Really versatile and lightweight. Charge rate really quick

Useful for camping

perfect second one purchased as my niece lives oin mobile home and they get regular power cuts and she says theses are fantastic