Review - Fly2Sky Camping Lights

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Fly2Sky Camping Light Review – 4/5
 
Specs:

·       510 lumens
·       800mAh internal battery
·       USB-C rechargeable
·       IPX4 water resistance
·       1.75in x 1.75in x 1.25in
·       1.3 oz each
 
Review

The Fly2Sky Camping Lights are simple, rechargeable LED hook lights that are intended for use in a tent, or anywhere else that you might need a bit of light.  The reason that I picked them up (given that I already have dozens of different lights) is that I wanted something I could hand off to people at events or wherever they might be useful, without needing to be worried about them getting lost or damaged.  Why?  Because these are cheap!

If you've ever seen those cheap, colorful lightbulb-shaped lights that run on AAA batteries, this is the same company.  I paid less than $4 each for these after the sale and discount on Amazon, which is pretty typical for these.  From what I've seen, they're usually on sale to some extent (except for the 4-pack of them for some reason).

Box with all three lights and three USB-C charging cords:
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There are three light modes:  high, low, and strobe.  Like many of these cheap lights, you have to scroll through each of them to get it back to being off.  They're tiny lights at just 1 ¾ inches square and 1 ¼ inches tall and they only weigh 1.3oz.  They're all plastic and there's a pretty good cover for the USB-C port on them, which allows them to be IPX4 water/dust resistant (splash proof). 

Are they really 510 lumens?  Maybe, maybe not.  It's hard to tell with area lights like this, as the light is all spread out.  It's bright enough to dimly illuminate a decent-sized space, even something like my living room.  In a smaller space, like a bathroom, the room is fairly well lit.  Up close, the low setting would work nicely as a reading light (I used the hook to hang one on my collar and it worked perfectly). 

There is a fairly good magnet on it if you want to stick it onto a steel surface, easily strong enough to hold up the light.  They do have a carabiner-style hook that can swivel out on the back, but it's quite small and doesn't feel very sturdy.  I wouldn't trust it to work all that well, but you could also run some rope through it if you want to hang it somewhere (there's a notch in the middle of the hook to keep a rope centered if you use that method). 

The real party trick is the battery life.  I was truly impressed by these cheap little lights!  On high, the light lasted for about 5.5 hours before it began to dim down.  I tried to periodically compare the output to a fully-charged one and that seemed to be the point at which the light level started dropping.  Then it slowly became dimmer and dimmer until it finally went out around 5 hours later. 

On the low level, the light lasted for almost 24 hours before it began to drop off!  I didn't see how long it took to finally run out (I was out of the room at the time), but it was for many hours after that.  Again, I was checking the output compared to a fully-charged light to try to judge when it finally began to dim.

Recharging took about 4 hours and the amount of charge that went into the battery before it displayed the blue "fully charged" indicator ranged from 775mAh to 990mAh, depending on the light.  I don't know if the batteries vary that much, or if one of them was more completely drained than the other.  Either way, those numbers bracket the claims of having an 800mAh battery, so they seem reasonable.

Size, compared to a quarter:
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Conclusion

For a cheap, basically disposable light, these impressed me.  Would I want to bet my life on them in a critical situation?  No.  Do I think that they're a good purchase at $4-5 each, sure!  I bought mine as a 3-pack, but they also come in 2 and 4 packs and are available in either white or black plastic.  They're small, easily recharged, water-resistant, reasonably bright, cheap, and seem to live up to their specs.  What's not to like?

[NT2C]

Sounds like they're made just right for their intended purpose.