Camping lanterns
Both lanterns publish their hours against a named output — so the choice comes down to what each one publishes on top of that.
These are the two listings in this hub that do the thing the hub asks for: every hour figure sits beside the output it belongs to. The LENI publishes 300 lumens for up to 3 hours, 100 for up to 8 and 5 for up to 200. The Glocusent publishes 14 hours at 340 lumens, 130 at 5, and a 1200 lumen mode it states will last three minutes. From there they part company: one publishes four colour temperatures and a battery capacity, the other publishes an ingress rating that its rival does not.
Glocusent 5 to 340 lm stated, 14 h to 130 h across those levels, 5000 mAh
Wins 5 of 9
Check price≈ $20 / £18 / 19 €
| Compared on | 300 lm / 3 h, 100 lm / 8 h, 5 lm / 200 h stated | 5 to 340 lm stated, 14 h to 130 h across those levels, 5000 mAh |
|---|---|---|
| Stated output | 5, 100 and 300 lumens — stated | 5 to 340 lumens over five levels, plus a 1200 lumen mode — stated |
| Runtime per level | 200 h at 5 lm, 8 h at 100 lm, 3 h at 300 lm — stated | 130 h at 5 lm, 14 h at 340 lm, 3 minutes at 1200 lm — stated |
| Colour temperature | Not published | 1800 K, 3000 K, 4500 K and 6000 K — stated |
| Power source | Built-in rechargeable pack — stated, capacity not given | Built-in 5000 mAh pack — stated |
| Battery chemistry | Not published | Not published |
| Charge port | USB-C, cable supplied — stated | USB-C, 3.5 h to full and 10 W reverse charging — stated |
| IP rating | IPX4 — stated | Not published — no IP code and no water claim |
| Hanging hardware | Removable flexible handle for hanging, standing or mounting — stated | Non-slip top handle and a hidden hook underneath — stated |
| Weight | Not published | Not published |
Each tick belongs to its own line and nothing more. The row of ticks is not a score: the two verdicts underneath settle the page, because these two answer different questions on the trail.
The lantern for anything that happens outdoors in weather. It is the only one of the two with a published ingress rating, IPX4, and its three output-and-hour pairs are the tidiest set of figures in this hub — 5 lumens for up to 200 hours at one end, 300 for up to 3 at the other. It publishes no capacity, no kelvin and no weight, so what you get is a small honest table rather than a long one.
The lantern for a pitch under cover, a van or a room, where the ingress rating matters less than what the light looks like. Four published colour temperatures from 1800 K to 6000 K, 14 hours at 340 lumens, 130 at 5, a 5000 mAh pack that charges a phone back out at 10 W. The catch is printed plainly: no IP code and no water claim of any kind.
On the published figures the Glocusent goes higher — 340 lumens on its dimmed range against 300 for the LENI, plus a 1200 lumen mode stated to last three minutes. Neither maker names a measurement convention for those figures, so they are two makers' own numbers rather than results from a shared method.
Because both listings do the same correct thing: each hour figure is attached to the output it was reached at. That is the whole comparison on that row, and it comes out level. The difference is what surrounds it, which is what the other eight lines are for.
Neither does. The LENI is described as extremely light in silicone and the Glocusent gives no figure at all, so a lantern that has to go in a pack has nothing published to plan around on either side.
Rechargeable lantern · 300 lm for up to 3 h, 100 lm for up to 8 h, 5 lm for up to 200 h · silicone body · removable flexible handle · IPX4 · USB-C
A silicone lamp sold equally as a camping, balcony and table light, and one of two here that publishes an hour figure against each of its three outputs.
Best for: A tent, a van or a balcony where the lamp is read by at 300 lumens and left glowing at 5.
≈ £36 / 34 €
Rechargeable lantern · 5 to 340 lm across five dimmed levels, plus a 1200 lm mode stated at 3 minutes · 14 h at 340 lm and 130 h at 5 lm · 1800 K to 6000 K · 5000 mAh · USB-C with reverse charging
One of two lanterns here that publishes an output and the runtime that belongs to it — 14 hours at 340 lumens, 130 at 5 — and it names four colour temperatures as well.
Best for: An evening light for a tent or a van, chosen by someone who wants to know what the middle setting costs in hours.
≈ $20 / £18 / 19 €
Prices in these summaries were read on the dates each review gives. The live figure sits beside every product.
