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Best camping lanterns

Top 30 models by score, from our catalog.

updated Oct 21, 2026models from 2020 on
Petromax LM500 Complete
#1

Petromax LM500 Complete

9.5 / 10
500 lm
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2 Origin Outdoors 1000ml
Origin · 2022
Outdoors 1000ml
1,000 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po345 g
9.4 / 10
9.4
3 Ledlenser AF12R
Ledlenser · 2024
AF12R
8,000 lm
9.2 / 10
9.2
4 Fenix CL26R Pro
Fenix · 2023
CL26R Pro
650 lm15 m21700 Li-ion199 g
9.1 / 10
9.1
5 Fenix CP50R
Fenix · 2025
CP50R
5,500 lm450 m21700 Li-ion759 g
9.0 / 10
9.0
6 Nitecore LA10 Mini
Nitecore · 2024
LA10 Mini
135 lm57 g
8.8 / 10
8.8
7 Ledlenser AF4R
Ledlenser · 2024
AF4R
2,000 lm
8.6 / 10
8.6
8 Fenix CL27R
Fenix · 2024
CL27R
1,600 lm180 m21700 Li-ion300 g
8.4 / 10
8.4
9 Fenix CL28R
Fenix · 2023
CL28R
2,000 lm58 m376 g
8.3 / 10
8.3
10 Goal Zero LIGHTHOUSE MINI
Goal Zero · 2021
LIGHTHOUSE MINI
210 lm18650 Li-ion227 g
8.2 / 10
8.2
11 Fenix CL22R
Fenix · 2024
CL22R
500 lm80 m135 g
7.9 / 10
7.9
12 BioLite Luci Charge 360
BioLite · 2024
Luci Charge 360
360 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po
7.8 / 10
7.8
13 Fenix CL20R V2.0
Fenix · 2025
CL20R V2.0
300 lm12 mAAA122 g
7.6 / 10
7.6
14 Brunner Outdoor Syrma Fold-Away Zeltleuchte
Brunner Outdoor · 2023
Syrma Fold-Away Zeltleuchte
520 lm350 g
7.5 / 10
7.5
15 Robens Lighthouse
Robens · 2023
Lighthouse
1,000 lm
7.3 / 10
7.3
16 Ledlenser ML4
Ledlenser · 2020
ML4
300 lmAA71 g
7.2 / 10
7.2
17 Fenix CL20R PRO
Fenix · 2025
CL20R PRO
400 lm15 mAAA122 g
7.1 / 10
7.1
18 Robens Dunkery Beacon
Robens · 2023
Dunkery Beacon
180 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po89 g
6.9 / 10
6.9
19 NEBO Galileo 500
NEBO · 2022
Galileo 500
500 lm15 m230 g
6.8 / 10
6.8
20 Ansmann Mini
Ansmann · 2022
Mini
70 lm120 g
6.7 / 10
6.7
21 Brunner Outdoor Globe
Brunner Outdoor · 2023
Globe
394 lm180 g
6.5 / 10
6.5
22 Goal Zero Lighthouse 400
Goal Zero · 2021
Lighthouse 400
400 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po498 g
6.4 / 10
6.4
23 Ledlenser W5R
Ledlenser · 2023
W5R
999 lm
6.3 / 10
6.3
24 Coleman BatteryGuard 600L
Coleman · 2020
BatteryGuard 600L
600 lm12 m494 g
6.1 / 10
6.1
25 NEBO Galileo 1000
NEBO · 2022
Galileo 1000
1,000 lm21 mBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po230 g
6.0 / 10
6.0
26 MPOWERED Luci EMRG
MPOWERED · 2023
Luci EMRG
25 lm79 g
5.9 / 10
5.9
27 EcoFlow 600545
EcoFlow · 2025
600545
400 lmBuilt-in Li-ion / Li-Po
5.7 / 10
5.7
28 EuroTrail Leon
EuroTrail · 2021
Leon
1,000 lm490 g
5.6 / 10
5.6
29 Campo Libre Leni
Campo Libre · 2026
Leni
Built-in Li-ion / Li-Po
5.4 / 10
5.4
30 Barebones Beacon
Barebones · 2023
Beacon
220 lm
5.3 / 10
5.3

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