For times when you’re looking to relax at night, having a portable lantern can make that experience remarkably better. No matter if you’re spending the night chilling at home, in your backyard, or even if you’re camping outdoors, having a lantern close by in low-light conditions will perfectly illuminate your surroundings, creating a well-lit and inviting atmosphere within that space. Unlike headlamps or flashlights, using a lantern will offer you even lighting over a wider area, while also keeping your hands free for performing other tasks like reading a book. For a portable lantern for nighttime illumination that’s can efficiently illuminate your space, the Solight Design QWNN is a wonderful option.
The Solight Design QWNN is a portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank which has a durable construction that has UV protection and is water-resistant, while also featuring an innovative origami folding design that allows it to be expanded into three different shapes including a star, half-star crown, and cubic dome, as well as easily collapsed. It also integrates built-in button controls, boasting up to 600 lumens of light, 5 different light settings ranging between Candle, Low, Medium, High, and a Blinking Light for signaling your presence or for emergencies, up to 150 hours of battery, plus a USB-C port that offers USB fast-charging for its battery in just 2 hours and also lets you recharge your devices. The lantern also comes with two large solar panels that provide solar charging for its battery in 10 hours.
Designed with a focus on creating a gorgeous spectrum of light, not only is this portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank perfect for nighttime illumination, but it also doubles as a reliable 2-in-1 lighting and back-up power solution for illuminating your space and recharging your devices during unexpected power-outages.
In case you’re still not convinced, check out our review of the Solight Design QWNN, where we go over the many cool features that this portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the lantern’s size, the Solight Design QWNN has a reasonably compact form factor, measuring just 14 inches long by 14 inches wide by 7 inches tall (35.56 x 35.56 x 17.78 cm) when having it unfolded and expanded into a half-star crown shape for nighttime illumination.
When fully collapsed (i.e. folded flat) into its storage form, it measures only 7.25 inches long by 7 inches wide (18.41 x 17.78 cm). This portable lantern is also rather lightweight, as it weighs just 4.6 oz. (130 g), making it super-portable and easy to carry around.
The Solight Design QWNN also sports a sleek and minimalist aesthetic, making it a gorgeous lighting and decoration piece for illuminating any space you see fit, whether that’s a room in your home, your backyard, or even a camping space.
In addition, the lantern also packs a high-quality, durable and Eco-friendly construction, as its outer cover is made from recyclable PET sailcloth, which gives it a high UV protection while also making it water-resistant.
It’s also worth noting that the lantern’s sailcloth cover is structured and woven in a unique tri-axial pattern, making it capable of providing an effective source of illumination while simultaneously creating a beautiful dispersion of light within its surroundings.
What makes this portable lantern so unique is its innovative origami folding design, which allows it to be expanded into three different shapes, including a star shape, a half-star crown shape, and a cubic dome shape, while also allowing it to be easily collapsed and stored away when you’re done using it.
One really cool side feature is that the lantern also comes equipped with a set of carrying straps that allow it to be hung just about anywhere for a wider illumination, whether that’s indoors, at your backyard, or even at the top of your camping tent.
Best of all, the Solight Design QWNN also comes together with a dedicated carrying pouch for storing it and transporting it when not in use.
INTERFACE / CONTROL PANEL & FUNCTIONALITIES
For controlling the lantern’s operation, the Solight Design QWNN comes integrated with a set of built-in buttons controls that are used to control its different functionalities.
The lantern’s dedicated Power button can be found at the bottom-center of its back-side (where its two solar panels come integrated).
When it comes to its illumination capabilities, know that the Solight Design QWNN can provide up to 600 lumens of light, for which it features a total of five (x5) different light settings, which range between Candle, Low, Medium, High, and a Blinking Light for signaling your presence or for emergencies.
Pressing its Power button once turns on the lantern’s LED light (comprised of 28 dimmable LEDs in total), and pressing it again allows you to cycle between its different lighting modes, while holding its Power button for 3 seconds lets you turn off the lantern.
The lantern also integrates a built-in LED battery status indicator located directly above its Power button that conveniently displays its remaining battery power.
BATTERY & BATTERY LIFE
For its power, the Solight Design QWNN comes equipped with a powerful 4,000mAh Lithium-Ion battery that provides up to 150 hours of continuous lighting on a full charge when set to its lowest lighting setting or ultimately up to 48 hours of lighting when set to its highest setting.
As for recharging its battery, the lantern comes with two large solar panels that can be used for solar charging its battery, for which that process takes around 10 hours.
The lantern’s battery life will mainly depend on what light settings you use and how much you use it for recharging your devices.
Lastly, the lantern also integrates a built-in USB-C port at the top-center on its back-side that offers USB fast-charging for its battery, which takes just 2 hours, while also allowing you to recharge your devices via its micro USB to USB-C cable.
FINAL THOUGHTS
All in all, this portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank is great for all your lighting and charging needs, especially during power outages. It efficiently provides a nice level of illumination while also enabling you to recharge your personal devices such as your smartphone, anywhere and at anytime.
If you’re interested in purchasing it, know that each unit is currently discounted from its normal price of $110, and is now going for just $66 (saves you $44). You can order it online directly from Solight Design’s official shopping page.
OTHER LIGHTING PRODUCTS FROM SOLIGHT DESIGN
We’d also like to note that the company (Solight Design) also sells 2 other lantern models with a simpler cube-shaped design, which are called the MegaPuff and SolarPuff.
Solight Design MegaPuff – Cube-Shaped Solar-Powered LED Lantern & Power Bank
Just like the Solight Design QWNN, there’s the Solight Design MegaPuff. This portable solar-powered LED lantern and power bank has a UV-resistant and IP67 Water-Resistant construction, while also utilizing a similar origami folding design that allows it to be expanded into a cube shape and easily collapsed.
While it also integrates built-in button controls, its slightly weaker than its bigger brother (the QWNN), 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 a Red Blinking Light for signaling your presence or for emergencies.
It features up to 150 hours battery, plus a USB-C port for fast-charging its battery or your devices. The lantern also comes with a 300mA 7V solar panel for solar-charging its battery.
The Solight Design MegaPuff is currently discounted from its normal price of $68, lowering it to just $40.80 (saves you $27.20). You can order it from Solight Design’s respective shopping page.
Solight Design SolarPuff – Cubic Solar-Powered Multicolor LED Lantern & Power Bank
Then there’s also the Solight Design SolarPuff. This is a portable multicolor LED lantern which also features a UV-resistant and IP67 Water-Resistant construction. While it is the smaller of all 3 lantern models, it still utilizes the same origami folding design that allows it to be expanded into a cube shape and easily collapsed.
It also integrates built-in button controls, featuring up to 90 lumens of light, along with 4 warm (yellow) light and 4 bright (white) light modes, equally ranging between Low, Medium, High, and Blinking, plus another 8 multicolored light modes that vary between Red, White, Purple, Green, Blue, Yellow, Auto Color and Cycle Mode.
It boasts between 8 to 10 hours battery, as well as support to USB-C charging and solar charging via its 160mA 5V solar panel.
The Solight Design SolarPuff is priced at $42. You can order it from Solight Design’s respective shopping page.
