If I were the engineer responsible I’d make it so light came on when power cut only when the lid was up so when charging it you’d have lid down. Perhaps it’s like that?
Anker Reserve: Camp Lamp + Power Bank
Ahhhh, I see what you’re saying and I like that idea. Based on what I could tell while examining it, there are no sensors to tell whether the lid is up or down. You manually lift up on it to “inflate” it and push it back down when you are done. The light would only turn on/off when pushing the button, and wasn’t affected when “inflating/deflating” the top lid. But I think it would be great for power outages if it did have that feature built in to future designs!
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That’s exactly the example where they should place these in hands of real people before releasing…
I’m a fan of “testing club” as it’s a win-win, better products released, fewer disatisfied returning. Hoping they read this and bring back “we love testing” program. I know not many units can go out at the higher end but something like this giving say 3 to selected community members a couple of months earlier under NDA (I was testing the Soundcore X10 and kept quiet for 3 months til released) would really help Anker.
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If you watch the video on Amazon starting around the 40 second mark it shows a “demo”. I can’t find a pdf of the manual to get more information.
EDIT: Found this in the questions section on the Amazon posting:
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When we did boy scout camping years ago, I had a different thing that was a powerhouse like device. Battery, car jump starter, air pressure, 2 plugs, and a light… We were no where near the car but were in tents. So it was just good to keep phones and stuff charged as you may take video or pics of the kids doing activities.
The SOS thing was more if you had a wreck at night and you do not have the ability to use your cars power or I have even had a few situations where my car battery has went dead. Was just using that an alternate reason to maybe having the SOS. With kids, I have had a few times where they have turned on the inside car light and either ran the battery down or I have caught it before it got ran down.
Yes for the most part a lot of folks would not keep it in their vehicle due to heat but I could see my brother having this and taking it with him when he went fishing which would be a lot during the summer…
I keep such a thing in my car’s boot , got 2 of them for less cost than this 1 new product.
Thinks: why didn’t this product have a jump-starter function? The size of the thing means it suits car-camping so a use for car starting could punch the product to the next level.
Also a flashlight is more useful as you can narrow a beam to do some detailed looking or if to illuminate a space place behind a water bottle or to the roof.
I also like items to be either waterproof or small enough to go in a dry bag.
FYI those 2 starters never started the vehicles of those I gifted to but they loaned to others who vehicles weren’t starting (and they worked too).
And now I just read your responses in your voice 
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Was it incredibly southern? Did you add extra syllables in some of the words?! Ha ha ha!!
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That’s good!! I actually laughed out loud!!
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Confirming this. You can turn on the lamp and it’s lit before you pull it up. IOW, the lamp works whether it’s popped up or not and it works if it’s pulled up partially, too. I don’t see any consumer advantage to that exactly, but maybe you’re in your tent, you think you hear something (and let’s be honest it’s always a bear), so you tap the light while it’s collapsed. A small amount of light is emitted, which is probably good, human eyes being how they are.
@professor I mean this with all due respect, but I wonder, are you aware of how often your comments here are read as criticism? As a company we are very open to feedback, and as a person, I am widely accepting of feedback. But sheesh, your comments are often a bummer to me.
Getting product into the hands of “real users” assumes that opportunity actually exists and that we aren’t testing product at all before releasing it. This isn’t an accurate reflection of how we work.
I saw this product in April.
We released it to our team in April.
We are wide open as a company culture to feedback from real users, and trust me when I say, it’s honest feedback. Why? Because we’re all in this together and continued improvement only happens with a team. No product is perfect at release. It just isn’t. That’s exactly what makes this work so appealing – we iterate.
Testing club will be addressed but my focus right now is on creating a program that incentives members of the forum to share their knowledge of products. I’ve come to realize, respect and appreciate how deep that well actually is.
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I agree. Its size and weight mean it’s suited for home and camp use. I drive a lot of mountain passes in winter in the Rockies, so having safety equipment is important. Chains, an avalanche shovel, flares … or this lamp that also charges my devices should I become stranded. I wouldn’t leave it in my car, but I’d remember to toss it in my emergency kit before taking off for a backcountry trip in winter.
The unit uses LiFePO4 batteries; there are very few jump start type of devices (and none by major brands) out there using that battery chemistry. I’ve tried looking for them in the past and it just isn’t in the market yet.
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If you’re in rural areas often you’ll know there’s dark eyesight adjustment. It’s incredible I can see feet ahead just from my wristwatch’s backlight once dark adjusted. It’s also why I like the Eufy stick-on at home as they are not bright so limit the harm to night vision.
If you have a bright light you can’t control brightness you’re a few minutes less dark-adjusted after seeing it, or worse a red spot in your eyes a little blind for a minute. So it’s key to be able to adjust brightness.
Based purely on the words here that brightness adjustment is based on how high you lifted it?
I’ve also been reading about app support in some such products, is that in this product or coming soon? So remotely control brightness?
I’m not sure I like this meme very much. It seems as though it could be insulting to another member of the forum. Just my perspective.
I’m not sure I like this meme very much. It seems as though it could be insulting to another member of the forum. Just my perspective.
Yes just a nice southern accent, no extra syllables in that one
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Let us in on the joke?
Or better I just remain confused?
Looks like an and interesting item but prob overkill for my normal needs…not much of a camper 
Its a touch of the dry or boisterous humour us brits (and other community members) are known for…
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