6 Ways to Use an Outdoor Solar Lantern

An outdoor solar lantern is very versatile. The solar capability means it can be placed anywhere you want, regardless of electricity. It will recharge during the day and an additional battery means it can shine all night if you desire. There are many uses for an outdoor solar lantern. To make them really useful only takes a little imagination and a willingness to experiment.

Camping

Taking a solar lantern with you when you go camping means you can have light at night after you’ve set up the campsite. It was a way of being green and can prove very helpful if you need to cook or to find things in the dark. The outdoor solar lantern is light and easily carried. Attach it to the outside of a backpack so it can recharge during the day.

Parties

Have an outdoor solar lantern or even several of them at parties. They provide little oases of light where people can gather outside. By dotting them around the garden you create areas for people to come together. Light the way between them with solar lights along the paths to stay particularly green.

Car

Keeping an outdoor solar lantern in the car can help if you break down at night. The lantern can be hung from the hood, allowing you to see as you perform repairs. If you need to change a tire, it can sit on the ground, allowing you to see enough to work.

Emergencies

From time to time everyone experiences power outages. Having an outdoor solar lantern around will let you have light in the house for the time that the power remains out (most power outages aren’t more than 4 hours). It allows you to function, even if it’s not quite normally, and enjoy card games, to read, or do many other things. Having several outdoor solar lanterns around will let the family enjoy themselves in different rooms in the house.

Decoration

An outdoor solar lantern can also be used for decoration in the garden, to highlight different areas. Although it’s not something you’d use all the time, it can be very effective for special occasions. If there’s a statue or water feature on the property, having an outdoor solar lantern to pick it out can work very well.  When there are people over, having these highlights in the garden can enhance the garden and leave people inclined to stroll around it.

Sheds

Where there are sheds on the property that don’t have electricity, an outdoor solar lantern can be used to bring light to them. Even in the daytime there might be areas in the shed that are dark, and an outdoor solar lantern can help out.

It’s important to usually keep the lantern in a place where it can be recharged by sunlight. Without that the lantern will be largely useless and forced to run on backup batteries. Think outside the box a little and there are many different uses for an outdoor solar lantern.