For times when you’re looking to enjoy the outdoors during nighttime, one of the most essential gadgets to have with you is a portable lantern. Whether you’re camping outdoors or even just planning to wind down outside in your backyard at night, having a lantern with you will ensure a decent visibility within your surroundings, thus making that space both safe and inviting to relax at. While you could just use a flashlight or headlamp, using a lantern will allow you to illuminate a much larger space while also making two-handed tasks much easier to perform. So, if you’re looking for a portable lantern for nighttime illumination that’s powerful enough, as well as reliable and versatile, then consider getting yourself the Solight Design MEGAPUFF.
The Solight Design MEGAPUFF is a portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank which features an innovative origami design that allows it to be easily expanded and collapsed, and Eco-friendly construction that’s rated to be recyclable, a IP68 Waterproof Rating, boasting between 40 to 300 lumens of light and 7 different light settings that range between Low, Medium, High, a Red Solid Light for attracting less mosquitoes, and also a Red Blinking Light for signaling your presence or for emergencies, while also featuring built-in controls, plus a powerful 4000mAh rechargeable battery that provides up to 12 hours battery that also doubles as a power bank for recharging your devices via USB-C, along with support to both USB-C charging as well as to solar charging via its included 300mA 7V solar panel.
Designed to illuminate vast spaces, this 2-in-1 solar-powered LED lantern and power bank can be used to explore the outdoors, for illuminating your camping site or for traveling in the dark, all while also allowing you to recharge your smartphone or other USB-C-enabled devices while you’re exploring the outdoors or while you’re on-the-go.
Now, let’s have a mode detailed look at the Solight Design MEGAPUFF and check out everything that this portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with its size, the Solight Design MEGAPUFF comes at a very compact size, measuring just 6.2 inches long by 6.2 inches wide by 6.2 inches tall (15.74 x 15.74 x 15.74 cm) when having the lantern expanded into its cube shape for nighttime illumination, or only 5.5 inches long by 5.5 inches wide by 0.75 tall / thick (13.97 x 13.97 x 1.9 cm) when collapsed / folded flat into its storage form. Moreover, this lantern is also extremely lightweight, as the unit only weighs a measly 2.6 oz (74 g), which makes very easy to carry with you in any scenario.
The MEGAPUFF’s gets its ultra-portable form factor from its innovative and truly ingenious origami design that’s based on the company’s Origami technology, which allows it to be easily expanded into a beautiful cube by simply pulling its handles open and then gently twisting them, and also collapsed / folded back into its flat shape once you’re done using it.
What’s more is that this sleek solar-powered LED lantern also sports a gorgeous and minimalist design that kind of resembles one of those Asian (i.e. oriental) lanterns, which makes it astonishing and mesmerizing to look at and be in the presence of, while also creating a very cozy and inviting area within its surroundings to sit back and relax at.
Moreover, the Solight Design MEGAPUFF also packs a durable and Eco-friendly construction, as the lantern’s outer cover is built of sailcloth, which not only is rip-proof and tear-proof, but is also a biodegradable material, ultimately rating its outer cover as being recyclable.
The lantern’s sailcloth cover is structured and woven in a unique tri-axial pattern, allowing it to provide a great source of illumination while simultaneously creating a beautiful dispersion of light within its surroundings.
Lastly, it’s also worth noting that the lantern’s sailcloth outer cover is also rated to have a IP68 Waterproof Rating, meaning that it can withstand extreme weather conditions, while also making the lantern itself capable of floating above water.
INTERFACE / CONTROL PANEL & FUNCTIONALITIES
Moving on to the lantern’s interface, meaning its dedicated control panel. Integrated at the top-side of the lantern, we have a set of built-in buttons controls that are used to control its different functionalities.
Going from left to right, first we have the lantern’s dedicated power button, which also doubles as its Light Mode button, then by set of four (x4) LED Status Lights that indicate the device’s remaining battery power, and finally, integrated on the right-side, its USB-C charging port, for which the lantern can also be used as a power bank to recharge your smartphone or other USB-C-enabled devices.
As mentioned before, the MEGAPUFF can illuminate its surroundings with its internal light, which can be set to work from just 40 lumens of light all the way up to 300 lumens of light, for which it features a total of seven (x7) different light settings to choose from.
The lantern’s 7 light settings range between Low with a warm yellow light at just 40 lumens, Low with a cold white light at 90 lumens, Medium with a more intense warm yellow light at 160 lumens, Medium with an equally intense cold white light at 160 lumens, High with an ultra-bright cold white light at 300 lumens, along with a Red blinking light at 90 lumens for signaling your presence during nighttime or during emergency situations, and a Red solid light for attracting less mosquitoes while still illuminating your outdoors space during night hours.
By pressing the lantern’s power button at least one (x1) time or repeatedly pressing it from two (x2) up to seven (x7) times, users are able to respectively cycle between each of the lantern’s previously mentioned 7 light settings.
BATTERY & BATTERY LIFE
For its power, the MEGAPUFF utilizies a powerful 4000mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer rechargeable battery, from which users can expect to get around 8 to 10 hours of battery life on a full charge, or ultimately up to 12 hours of battery when using the lantern only at its lowest light setting (Low with a warm yellow light at just 40 lumens).
The device’s battery life will mainly depend on what light settings you decide to use, and also how much you use it to recharge any of your USB-C-enabled devices.
Know that on a full battery charge, the MEGAPUFF is rated to being capable of recharging your smartphone’s battery from 2% to 82% in just one hour.
When it comes to recharging the device’s internal battery, know that the MEGAPUFF features support to USB-C charging, for which its battery takes approximately 2 hours to charge from 0% power back to 100% power, as well as support to solar charging with the sunlight during daytime by connecting it via its USB-C charging cable to its dedicated 300mA 7V solar panel, for which its battery will take around 10 hours to recharge back to full power.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
Inside each package users will find: their Solight Design MEGAPUFF, along with the lantern’s dedicated USB-C charging cable, and also a User’s Manual.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Solight Design MEGAPUFF is a portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank which features an innovative origami design that allows it to be easily expanded and collapsed, and Eco-friendly construction that’s rated to be recyclable, a IP68 Waterproof Rating, boasting between 40 to 300 lumens of light and 7 different light settings that range between Low, Medium, High, a Red Solid Light for attracting less mosquitoes, and also a Red Blinking Light for signaling your presence or for emergencies, while also featuring built-in controls, plus a powerful 4000mAh rechargeable battery that provides up to 12 hours battery that also doubles as a power bank for recharging your devices via USB-C, along with support to both USB-C charging as well as to solar charging via its included 300mA 7V solar panel.
All in all, this 2-in-1 solar-powered LED lantern and power bank is the perfect solution for all of your lighting and charging needs. It’s ideal for outdoor gatherings, as well as for camping and other outdoors activities such as hiking, biking, and boating, can also be used as a night light, a car light, and most importantly, it also provides an outstanding illumination during emergency situations where maximum visibility is necessary, all while also allowing you to recharge most USB-C devices like your smartphone.
Best of all, it would also make for a wonderful gift choice for any outdoors enthusiast.
If you’re in purchasing it, all you have to do is to pledge a minimum of $38 (saves you $18 from its future price-tag of $68) to Solight Design’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which you can access via the provided link.
Once the company’s Kickstarter campaign is over, you can purchase the MEGAPUFF for $68 per unit via Solight Design’s official shopping page.
