Solar Camping Lantern with Built-In Fan

Two in the afternoon inside a zipped tent and the air simply stops moving. That is the moment this earns its place in the pack, because it is a lantern and a fan in one body, so you are not carrying two gadgets to fix one problem. Hang it from the loop overhead and you get light with a breeze underneath it.

Power is where it stops being a gimmick. The 1500mAh cell charges off the solar panel on top or off the included DC cable, and if the sun has been hiding for three days you can drop AA batteries into the spare compartment instead. Batteries are not included. There is also a USB output that will give a phone a low-draw top-up. Extending the body switches it on and steps the brightness; collapsing it shuts it down again.

At 99 lumens it is not a floodlight, and it is not trying to be. It is the soft, close light you want over a card game or a camp stove. The ABS body stands 180mm tall with a 100mm fan head, so it disappears into a side pocket. It is life-waterproof, which means drizzle and splashes are fine but submerging it is not.

• 1500 mAh rechargeable cell tops up from the solar panel or the DC cable, whichever you have to hand.
• Three power sources solar, DC charging cable, or AA dry batteries in the backup compartment when all else fails.
• 99 lumens soft enough to read under inside a tent without glaring in anyone's face.
• USB output gives a phone a small top-up or runs a low-power USB night light.
• 100 mm fan head, 180 mm tall folds down and rides in a side pocket rather than eating pack space.
• ABS body, life-waterproof shrugs off drizzle and splashes; keep it out of the lake.
• Gold or silver, small or large same feature set either way, so pick on size and finish.