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| Amie C. |
Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 06:05:42 AM
I don't know if this is an old trick that everyone knows, but it seemed like a miracle to me when my husband thought of it on our camping trip last week. So let me brag on him a little, even if you've heard this before.
We don't own a lantern, just flashlights. It was after dark when we pulled into most of our campgrounds and had to pitch the tent and cook a meal. It was so frustrating trying to set up the stove and get out dishes and food with a flashlight in one hand and a narrow beam of light.
So here's the trick: if you have a flashlight and a large clear water container (we had a gallon milk jug), just set the jug on the flat surface that you are cooking on and set the flashlight up against it so that the beam is shining through the jug. The water diffuses the light and your jug gives off a cozy glow that illuminates a 2-3 foot radius. Just enough light to cook and eat by, hands free. |
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Feb 12 2013 : 8:04:30 PM
Ya' gotta have back up plans for things!
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| katmom |
Posted - Jan 14 2013 : 11:15:18 PM
I just saw this on Pintrest as well on one of the Camping FB sites I visit... {attach a headlamp style flashlight or flashlight backwards onto the milk jug so the light shines through the milk jug} it will illuminate/diffuse the light... what a great idea.
Another trick is to use those $1 stick in the ground Solar lights,,, we put them in a cluster...to create more light... you can also pop the top part off and put a couple in a large glass jar to give off more light.
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Dec 13 2012 : 04:57:48 AM
That's a great idea. We typically bring gallon jugs of water when we came. Thanks for sharing this.
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| Katlady93 |
Posted - Dec 09 2012 : 07:56:13 AM
clever, we have set up camp by the headlights once, but i like this idea a lot better.
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| JoyIowa |
Posted - Dec 08 2012 : 2:49:55 PM
Another variation of this is to strap a headlamp style flashlight backwards onto the milk jug so the light shines through the milk jug!
Have fun!
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| Hideaway Farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 10:46:03 AM
Your DH deservers some bragging! What a great idea! My Dad discovered a few years ago during a power outage that shining the flashlight right at the big white refrigerator in their kitchen bathed the whole room with light.
Jo
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| mima |
Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 07:23:51 AM
very clever!!!!!!!!!
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Jun 03 2008 : 07:06:13 AM
What is it that they say? Necessity is the mother of invention! That is a clever idea you had.
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