The 12 Best Small Lantern Lights (2023 reviews)

Compared with other light in this category, the vont small lantern light has a design with broader appeal. This tiny lantern is bright and super handy. It is warranted for life, it is covered against loss, theft, and defects in materials and workmanship for as long as you own your camping lantern. Since it's so light, it is great for backpacking, and in the tent walks in the dark.

The lantern provides an incredible amount of light and is perfect for camping and other things. The lantern has a storage container on the top that conveniently holds the batteries. It is sturdy and compact. This is an absolute great small lantern.

Why We Like This:

Simple, lightweight, bright, and very useful
Very bright and love that they turn on and off by simply opening
Durable and has proven itself useful for camping
Perfect for anything from camping to when the lights go out after a storm

Best With USB charger: MPOWERD Small Lantern Light

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It is great to have at any camping trip. The Luci lamp is lightweight, bright, easy to use, has a great battery life, and conveniently recharges via solar power. They deflate to less than an inch thick so it’s perfect to throw in a backpack or duffle. It is ideal for lighting up an area as opposed to a flashlight which sends a much narrower beam of light.

The light is soft, and there are three settings with a flash option for emergencies. They are super lightweight and tiny, but have a strong light. You will love the new design and the extra brigheness setting.

Why We Like This:

Water proof so you can take it out in the rain with no problems
Great for any outdoor activity at night
Like the light weight, craftsmanship, collapsible, solar rechargeable, long battery life
Perfect for camping trips or power outages

Best For Lighting Up A Tent: Eveready Small Lantern Light

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The eveready small lantern light is suitable and reliable and fits well with your regular usage. These would be perfect for camping, walking, and other activities. It can be carried or hung with the built in convenient hanging hook. It comes with convenient top handles, it can be carried as a lantern or collapsed into a single beam flashlight with side holding handle for up to 91 meters of distance. The features include a hook to hang it, a handle to carry it and a magnet to attach to metal, all of which are great. The magnet and the various hanging and handle options are very nice additions.

These are super bright, lightweight, and long lasting battery life. These will be great to keep in the car, to use when the power goes out, for camping, and when having to work in spaces direct light cannot reach.

Why We Like This:

Great for outdoors and emergency situations
Doubles as a flashlight and emergency red beacon
High quality, versatile and comes with batteries

Best For cabin: Lepro Small Lantern Light

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These lanterns are perfect, they light up an entire room. They are lightweight, battery efficient, and bright. The light is adjustable as it lifts from the black cylinder housing to give a little light, medium light or almost blinding brightness. The foldable handle can be used to carry or hang the lantern as needed.

These are easy to store and really light up an area very well. It is small and compact, so it doesn't take up much unnecessary space. These are lightweight, battery efficient, and bright.

Why We Like This:

Well designed and easy to store for emergencies
Great for small spaces, lits up the area with light
Bright light and excellent quality and very handy perfect size

Best For Smaller Size: Mallome Small Lantern Light

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It takes 3 aaa batteries and also makes a thoughtful gift. They're bright, reasonably solid, and light weight. They are just as bright as a decent flashlight, but better because it stands on its own so your hands are free for cooking (on a camptove, lol), reading, knitting, etc.

The pros are that the lights are super bright, very affordable, come with batteries, have a super easy on and off and convenient handle to carry around. These are sturdy but lightweight and come with the necessary 3 aa batteries, which last a long time with the efficient led light source. They are perfect if the electric goes out. This is a must have product in case of any emergency.

Why We Like This:

You can also walk outside in the night and carry with the handles
Handy for working in dark areas
Provide great light for the smaller size and weight of them,batteries included
Great for kids camping as well

Best For Outdoor activities: Lighting ever Small Lantern Light

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Not everyone likes to purchase light for their daily purpose, but the lighting ever small lantern light would be an anomoly. These things are easy to use and light up the room nice and bright. It appears to be quite sturdy, gives off strong, solid lighting, and has very good battery life. The flashing green LED is pretty nice for locating the lantern in the dark. It's super bright and has useful hooks. The button also functions as a dimmer when pressed continuously.

This light is perfect for any tasks after dark. They offer bright and soft light, a mix, and emergency flashing. It is good in emergencies and camping.

Why We Like This:

Perfect for tasks reasonable to its size
Very well made and easy to use
Good for outdoor camping or power outages and feel safe
Super bright and battery lasts a long time

Best For Any outing: Wsky Small Lantern Light

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This rechargeable camping Lantern comes with 60 LED light bulbs to deliver an extremely high 1800 lumens. It is perfect for searching, camping and hiking, while extra steady and strobe red light may be life savers in emergency. It's so bright and works amazing as a soft glow lantern for inside your tent. It comes with a USB light, which is very convenient for studying at night or using a computer.

The Flashlight is surprisingly powerful lights up the whole trail, if you need a cheap lantern for a couple of nights camping, this is the way to go. It is easy to stand upright, lay on its side or hang. The lantern has 2 ports and it can charge iphone or android devices. The power jack in the back is an extra plus during a power failure if you need to charge a dying cell phone just when you might need it the most.

Why We Like This:

Comes with a nice carry case
Small, compact and very bright too
Very sturdy and the light output is really good
Compact, bright light with different type of light, rechargeable

Best For camper: Consciot Small Lantern Light

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The efficient led lantern light consumes little energy, making the power supply to last as long as possible ( depends on the battery performance), perfect for emergency or power outage. It comes with a built-in handle on top, so you can carry the light-weighted lantern as a flashlight to take anywhere.

The camping lantern stands it out with a highest brightness up to 1000 lumens and 360 degrees beam angle. The translucent reflector cover allows the light to pass through to a maximum, providing sufficient brightness for home power outages, emergencies or outdoor use. There is a very bright light setting, a less bright setting, a soft light setting, a flashing light setting and off mode. The light is really bright and there are several different light settings.

Why We Like This:

Perfect amount of good lighting for any occasion
Great value for reliable emergency lighting
Super bright, lightweight and long lasting

Best For illuminating household spaces: Energizer Small Lantern Light

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This bright lamp will be a huge help in power outages. It's light, its bright and it takes EITHER AA or D batteries. Advanced LED technology make this energizer lantern up to 10x brighter than standard leds. It is small, light to carry and gives out a lot of bright light. It’s lightweight and extremely bright.

The low power setting provides enough light for most activities and conserves battery power.

Why We Like This:

Perfect for camping and power outages
Very bright light weight and lights up a small room
Has 3 brightness levels and a usb port for charging phone, etc
Uses two types of batteries so you won't get stuck without the right battery

Best For next Time: Kizen Small Lantern Light

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It is for an inexpensive, solar charging backup that can give you light to see in a small hiking camp but it is really pretty good. It's so compact and light weight that it can fit into a drawer or jacket pocket. It will add about 30% of a charge at night with the lantern fully charged by sunlight. It comes with a rechargeable cord and you plug it in to recharge.

It also folds up and works as a small spotlight or flashlight. The light becomes a soft glow, suitable for inside the tent. It is built to be weatherproof, this wind and rain-resistant device can last you through nature’s torrents.

Why We Like This:

Really nice for camping, van life, or off grid home
Great to pack up for camping
Is lightweight and can be used as a flashlight or lamp
Shines through a diffusing magnifying bottom

Best With Solar panel: Letmy Small Lantern Light

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The letmy small lantern light's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. These compact little lanterns are perfect during blackouts or to use when camping. It is perfect to light a room when you have a power outage. The light is bright and long lasting on the battery. They also have a handle so you can easily hang them up or carry them around.

These are small but bright. It charges faster and more completely if you recharge the batteries with a mini usb cable. These also can be charged with a USB connection.

Why We Like This:

Solar charging worked well and provided over the rated 1 hour illumination
Extremely bright, lightweight and you can charge them with a plug, solar, and usb
Delivers what they promise

Best For money: XTAUTO Small Lantern Light

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Next on the list, we've got yet another light that manages to win our hearts. It's the xtauto small lantern light and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient light you can buy. These are lightweight lights made of flimsy plastic. They are super cool, they have two different light sources, easy to charge, and easy to use. It comes with a USB output port that can be used as a power bank for android in an emergency. These lights also have usb ports to charge your phone in an emergency if needed and also have solar chargers if needed.

Built-in 900mAh lithium rechargeable battery, this upgrade led lantern has two charging methods. It is great for camping and charging up your cellphone. It is very bright at midnight, enough to read a book anywhere in the room.

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