Black Diamond Apollo

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The Apollo is a lantern made by Black Diamond. It has an average rating of 5 stars (out of 5), based on 1 user review.

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From Backcountry.com:
"With Black Diamond's introduction of the LED Apollo Lantern, gas lanterns have officially become a thing of the past. This compact lantern packs down to only 5 x 3in and then extends to a nine-inch height when you need some light. Black Diamond added folding aluminum legs to make the Apollo Lantern stable when it's on a table, and a top loop lets you hang it inside the tent for those storm-bound card games. The three LED bulbs light up a 30-foot radius for outside use, and the Apollo dims to save energy when don't need the power. You can use Black Diamond's NRG rechargeable battery system or four AA batteries."

From REI:
"The Black Diamond Apollo lantern provides comfortable lighting for campsite cooking and nighttime tent reading. 3-watt LED with frosted globe creates bright, non-glaring light; dual reflectors effectively capture and output light. Fine-tune your lighting needs with the dimming switch simply hold down the on/off button to activate dimmer. Collapsible legs fold down and adjust to uneven terrain; legs fold up for compact transport. Small LED lights indicate battery status; green indicates 50% - 99% battery life, yellow indicates less than 50% and red indicates less than 25%. Top loop allows lantern to be hung from a tree branch or inside a tent. Operates on four AA batteries, sold separately. Compatible with the Black Diamond NRG rechargeable battery kit, sold separately. Integrated charger port accepts NRG wall charger so you can recharge batteries without removing them from the lantern."

From EMS:
"A bright, non-glaring, soup-can sized backcountry lantern, the Black Diamond Apollo is equipped to illuminate all of your nighttime camping activities such as cooking, reading in the tent, or playing a three hour, no-mercy game of Rummy 500. Bright 3 watt LED throws out 50 lumens of light providing illumination for a 10 meter radius. Foldable legs have non slip grip and adjust to uneven terrain. Dual reflectors and frosted globe help disperse even light. Dimming switch provides adjustable brightness. Powered by 4 AA batteries or the Black Diamond NRG Rechargeable Battery Kit. Charger port for charging NRG Battery Kit. Battery indicator with green, yellow and red LED's let you know your battery reserve. Battery indicator LED's also display status charging when using NRG battery kit."

From CampSaver.com:
"The Black Diamond Apollo is a bright, non-glaring, soup-can sized backcountry lantern with foldable legs.The Apollos frosted globe combined with its inset 3-watt LED, eliminates glare while the dual reflectors capture and maximize light output, casting off illumination to brightly fill a four-person tent.A unique dimming switch provides adjustable brightness, and the distinctive fold-down legs increase the Apollos height to 9.5 inches 24.1 cm, boosting light dispersion.The lantern runs on 4 AA alkalines or, better yet, Black Diamonds NRG Rechargeable Battery Kit, and has a handy battery power indicator with green, yellow or red LEDs that display either the amount of battery power left or the"

User Reviews

Apollo
Reviewed by mjongewaard, Mar 15, 2008

"This lantern has the smoothest and most useful beam I've seen out of all of the LED lanterns on the market. Check them out side by side at any store allowing you to turn them on. It also avoids any direct view of the LED so it's never glary.

On top of this, it's nice that it takes the BD NRG rechargeable battery pack and can be dimmed to help the batteries last even longer."

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