Gerber® Hornet Flash Lantern
From GERBER
Compact, bright, multi-talented Gerber Hornet Flash Lantern! It's a Lantern, flashlight, tent light, even an emergency beacon... all with brilliant, super-efficient LED bulbs! For backpackers and anyone else in search of highly portable, highly reliable lighting, loaded with Gerber engineered excellence: White LED basically lasts forever for either bright spot lighting or Lantern flood lighting; Red LED makes it either a night vision Flashlight or a flashing emergency light; Just 3 AAA batteries (included) offer 40 hrs. continuous light, or 200 hrs. flashing; Made water-resistant and rugged, with adjustable tripod legs; Big 30' visibility area; Just 5"l. collapsed, 6 1/8" extended, and a mere 6 ozs. with batteries. Gerber Hornet Flash Lantern
Amazon Sales Rank: #235364 in Sports & Outdoors Brand: Gerber Model: 80053 Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
Great Emergency Light The Gerber Hornet is a great tool to have around. Its dynamic body allows you to use it for several applications. It can be used as a flashlight, a lantern to light up your tent or part of a room in case of a power outage, and it also has an emergency beacon that flashes in red. Pros: The Gerber Hornet uses LEDs, which provide bright light and use the batteries more efficiently. The Hornet runs 40 hours in continuous on, or 200 hours in flashing/beacon mode. The Hornet has a dynamic body which lets you convert it from a flashlight to a lantern with a simple push of its body. It has a tripod which allows you to stand it up. This is particularly useful when using the Hornet as an emergency beacon. The Hornet runs on AAA batteries (included with purchase). These are inexpensive and easy to find. The hornet also includes a tough and generously shaped lanyard which allows you to hang the light as a lantern or to strap it to a backpack in case you need to be visible at night. The light has 3 LEDs, and with 5 modes. The modes are off, superbright spot white, flood white, nightvision red in constant on, and a fast red flashing emergency beacon. Cons: The same dynamic structure can be considered a flaw. I had a somewhat hard time putting the head back on after installing the 3 included batteries. The light is bright and it serves the purpose of emergency lighting. However, there are obviously brighter lights on the market. If you are looking for a tactical light, this is not it. However, this is an excellent survival/emergency light that is good for camping, hiking, traveling, taking on roadtrips, hurricane/disaster preparedness kits, etc. If you're looking for extreme brightness you will be disappointed, but if you're looking for a decent survival light, this is a good choice. Overall I was not disappointed with the light. It seems sturdy and reliable. I would definitely recommend it. another good product from gerber for the size of the light it works great, it is small which came in handy on the camping/caneo trip were space and wieght are tight a little hard to use like a flashlight with the tripod in the way but being able to set up the tripod or useing the rope to hang it like a lantern makes up for that small problem i will keep using it Great light, but fragile This was a great compact light with multiple lighting options and positions. Suitable to take backpacking as a flashlight, for playing cards around the table in the evening, lighting the inside of a tent, or using as flashing beacon. Unfortunately, the cover on the battery compartment broke the second time I opened it - appears to be very thin, fragile plastic.
