This moveable mild is nice for far more than tenting

It’s meant for tenting, however BougeRV’s T1 light is so versatile that it additionally makes for a terrific summer time journey companion that’ll proceed to mild the darkish corners of your life lengthy after you come back. I used it for a number of months throughout a latest highway journey in my camper van, and it’s the sunshine I preserve reaching for repeatedly now that I’m dwelling.

The telescoping mild options three articulating LED arms that collectively direct as much as 3,000 lumens of white, heat, or crimson mild in any path you need. It can illuminate an space over 1,000 sq. toes and performance as a flashlight, a temper mild, and a 57Wh USB-C energy financial institution that may ship as much as 30W to your telephone or perhaps a laptop computer in a pinch.

The T1 is an improve to the BougeRV tenting mild I reviewed final yr. It extends to over 5.5 toes (168cm) to simply illuminate a campsite, workspace, or engine block, and its IPX5 score ought to let it survive a thunderstorm should you go away it exterior.

This BougeRV mild is so helpful that I preserve it in a seat pocket by the door of my van — a holy spot reserved for devices I have to shortly entry each inside and out of doors with ease. Here’s how I’ve used the T1 tenting mild in almost six months of testing:

It lit this campsite for an outside film evening.

It helped me assemble this bike.

It helped energy my laptop computer at a restaurant the place I wrote this assessment.

It helped my creepy buddy renovate his caravan.

It helped me examine this subfloor after a water leak.

With the bottom retracted it match into this tight area to assist me clear this sandy toilet.

The hook made it straightforward to test the fluids in my van.

The lengthy telescoping arm helped me search for harm after just a little off-roading.

The flashlight helped me get dwelling.

And set the temper upon my return.

The solely factor this mild lacks is a magnetic base to shortly connect it to steel surfaces. Its largest draw back is the plasticky-ness of all of it — and the value. The BougeRV T1 telescopic tenting mild lists for $119.99, however is usually discounted to $84.99, which I believe is a cut price for this do-it-all mild.

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