I use the LED's in the shop, and carry one in each vehicle. But in camp
- I prefer the yellow glow of a kerosene lamp or none at all. Actually,
if you give your eyes time to adjust, and don't turn on a white light,
when you step out of the van for nightly duties, the night-glow from the
universe is enough to see by - unless it is totally overcast and/or a
"dark and stormy night". If/when rustic camping out in the boonies - you
can get feeling of the ancients.

John

On 9/2/2012 12:58 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> I almost never use any light except a headlamp or flashlight outdoors when camping.  In summer, I seldom even use that, except for those excursions after bedtime that nature demands.  I do have LED lamps in the van, and use those if need be.  But gosh, even at my home latitude, there is plenty of light for camp chores until after 9 pm, and up north until 10 or later.
>
> On the other hand, I know folks who haul a generator and run it so they can string up a perimeter of incandescent bulbs around the camp.  I have seen such run all night in places where there was no generator police.
>
> Me, I go for solitude and natural dark.  Quiet, too, when I can get it.
>
> mcneely
>
> ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> Too bright. I used to bring bright lights -- three dual-mantle Coleman
>> "white gas" lanterns -- to light up the campsite (and the sky); now we
>> like a little Dietz kerosene lantern. A nice mellow light, sufficient to
>> keep from tripping over rocks and guylines, bright enough to find the
>> spoon that one drops, but not eye-searing.
>>
>> But, CYOC: camp your own camp.
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 09/02/2012 09:39 AM, Jim Arnott wrote:
>>> On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:13 AM, JRodgers wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Designers Edge Clamp-On or Magnetic Bar-B-Que Grill/Workbench
>>>> Utility Light
>>>>
>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Designers-Edge-Clamp-On-Bar-B-Que-Workbench/dp/B000A7BMK0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1346601903&sr=8-4&keywords=Designers+Edge+Barbeque+Light
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's the one I have.
>>>
>>> Absolutely great porch light.
>>>
>>> Jim
>
> --
> David McNeely
>