Lightcap 300 - Solar-powered lantern and water bottle

Normally the Mazamas web gnomes avoid pitching a specific product, but this one is so cool looking it’s worth a mention here.  Also, it’s that time of year . . .

Check out the Lightcap 300, a solar-powered lantern and BPA-free water bottle.  The one liter bottle has a small solar panel on the lid, which charges a tiny battery.  The battery powers 5 LED bulbs, which shine down through the water.  This makes an effective lantern from your water bottle, illuminating tent, campsite, RV, picnic table, off the grid cabin, snow cave . . . you get the idea.

(This is a modern take on an old climber’s trick of making a lantern by taping a headlamp on an upside-down Nalgene bottle, a crafty move that has somehow not yet made it in Tip of the Week.)

And if you read the testimonials, you’ll see it’s endorsed by Lou Whittaker; how much more encouragement do you need?

Read all about it and order online here:
http://www.sollight.com/products/lc300.cfm