Guyot Designs FireFlye Lantern Bottle Top, Slate

by Guyot Designs

Product Features

• Fireflye Bottle Lantern
• BPA Free
• Turn your reusable water bottle into a lantern
• Made of granite-grade nylon

Product Description

Fireflye is the perfect addition to your reusable water bottle. It emits a warm light and is perfect for reading in your tent or having a little extra light at night.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 3.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LGZWJW
• Item model number: 340045
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,126 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best gift ever, October 14, 2009

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Edward K. Neumann "CFO" (Bend, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guyot Designs FireFlye Lantern Bottle Top, Slate (Sports)

I received this as a Christmas gift and after 10 months still think it is one of the best gifts I ever received. Its versatile: on the bottle it gives soft light to help one find the way in the dark, bright enough to read by off the bottle. It's a great conversation piece, ice breaker and, I suspect, could be used as a small aquarium. It has survived all the abuse I've handed out at home and in the field and is still going strong.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Campsite glow, September 14, 2009

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arsinmsn "arsinmsn" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guyot Designs FireFlye Lantern Bottle Top, Slate (Sports)

Like another reviewer I would be mildly bummed if I'd paid $30 for this, because it does the very basic job of lighting up a water bottle. Still, this has its uses at the campsite, where a soft glow is often preferable to a full-on, dual-mantle Coleman-style beacon. In addition, one of these can go into the tent as both night-light and water source; indispensable for certain campers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little addition to any backpacker's stash, December 5, 2010

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S. Richards "green bean" (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guyot Designs FireFlye Lantern Bottle Top, Slate (Sports)

This is a great little addition to any backpacker's supply stash. Since it fits on a standard wide-mouth Nalgene that most people would already be carrying in the backcountry, it doesn't require any additional space in your pack AND it turns your water bottle into a multipurpose item.

The quality of the light is perfect for providing enough light to see around inside the tent. It's not enough light to read by, and it's not enough light to use as a task light, but I would use a small headlamp for both of those needs anyway. It is perfect for a night light or for "mood lighting" inside the tent (or for when your 3-year-old nephew rolls off his air bed in the middle of the night and you don't want to blind everyone in the tent by turning on a bright headlamp), and it's also enough light to light your way through the woods if you don't want to kill your night vision.

Please be aware that it does not give off enough light for what most people want for car camping. It will not replace your Coleman propane or liquid fuel mantle lantern. But it's not supposed to, and that's not what it's designed for. To be honest, I hate the blinding light of fuel lanterns in a campground anyway. I love the Firefly for what it is. And when I need brighter task lighting, I use my headlamp.

The only cons are the added weight (though it doesn't weigh much, it's still a few additional nonessential ounces) and the fact that a tiny jeweler's screwdriver is necessary to change the batteries. But to counter those drawbacks, I will say that I consider it a luxury and not a necessity in the backcountry, and I always check the batteries before I head out.

I have mine on a purple Nalgene, which puts off a really pretty glow.

The construction is sound. I have had mine for more than two years and have never had any problems with it.