EverBrite Headlamps, Camping Lanterns and Flashlights

What EverBrite makes for hunters and campers

EverBrite is a lighting brand owned by Great Star, a tool company in Hangzhou, China. On this site it covers three types:

• Headlamps: AAA-style multi-packs, rechargeable lamps, a kids' lamp and a clip-on hat light
• Camping lanterns: AAA mini lights, puck and collapsible tent lights, and rechargeable lanterns
• Flashlights: AAA minis, C-cell tactical lights, penlights and rechargeable pocket lights

That's a wide grid for one brand, and it's all small, hand-held or head-worn light. No fuel, no mantles, no flame. The grid above shows what's on Amazon right now, filtered by type. It changes week to week, so I'll write about the groups and what separates them, not about how many are listed today.

EverBrite headlamps by group

The headlamps sort into four groups by output and power. The names mostly carry the lumen figure, which makes the grid easy to read and the box easy to lose track of.

The multi-packs

The 5-pack and the 2-packs are the low-cost end of the lineup. Their listings give modest numbers: the 5-pack lists a short beam distance and a tilting head, and one 2-pack lists a runtime of about 10 hours and a tilting head. Another 2-pack lists 300 lumens with red and green light.

The power source isn't in our data for these, so check the listing for battery type. Multi-packs are the camp-drawer lamps: one on the hook by the door, one in each truck, one in the outhouse, one for the person who swears they brought theirs. (It's Walt. He brought it in 2019. It's in the glove box of a truck he sold.)

The rechargeable middle

This is the biggest group: lamps listed from about 300 to 400 lumens with a built-in rechargeable battery. Most add red and green light and a tilting head. A few names to tell apart:

• 350LM Rechargeable and the 350 Lumen 2-Pack: same output class, single or double
• 360LM and 400LM Ultralight: the maker's "ultralight" name, red light and tilt
• 2-Pack with Zoom: spot and flood beams and red light, 300 lumens

The names say ultralight, but our data has no weights for them. If grams matter for a long walk in, read the listing for a weight before you buy.

The high-output lamps

At the top sit lamps listed at 600, 700, 1,000 and 1,100 lumens, all with built-in batteries. Each has its own extra, per its listing:

• 600LM Motion Sensor: spot and flood beams, tilting head, a wave-on sensor
• 700 Lumens: red and green light, tilt, and a long listed beam distance
• 1000LM: the longest listed beam distance among EverBrite headlamps here, with tilt
• 1100LM Magnetic: red and green light, and a magnet in the name

A magnetic lamp sticks to the truck hood or the steel stove pipe of a wall tent, which beats holding it in your teeth while you tighten a trailer light. The high end is for scanning a field edge or a long gravel lane. For tying a boot, it's a lot of lamp.

The hat light and the kids' lamp

The Clip-On Hat Light skips the strap and clips to a cap brim. Its listing gives 500 lumens, a long beam distance, a rechargeable battery and a tilt. For a hunter who already wears a cap every day, it's one less band on the head.

The Rechargeable Kids Headlamp RGB is the gentle end: a 50-lumen output and a short beam distance, per its listing, with colored light. That's about right for a tent and a flashlight-tag game, and not meant for a walk to the stand.

EverBrite camping lanterns by group

Mini and AAA lanterns

The 3-Pack LED Camping Lights run on AAA cells. The 2-in-1 Mini Lantern and Flashlight comes in a 2-pack with a listed 60 lumens. These are table and tent lights, small enough for a coat pocket, and the AAA ones take the same cells as most of the camp drawer.

Small rechargeable tent lights

Three small rechargeable options hang from a tent loop:

• Rechargeable Camping Light with Memory: puck-style, 150 lumens, a hook
• Mini Rechargeable Camping Lantern 300LM: stepless dimming and a hook
• Rechargeable Collapsible Mini Lantern: folds down for the pack, with a hook

The puck light lies flat against a ceiling. The collapsible one packs smallest. Stepless dimming means the light turns down smoothly instead of in a few fixed steps, which matters when one person is reading and the other is trying to sleep.

Rechargeable camp lanterns

The bigger lanterns are listed from 250 to 1,000 lumens. The 250-lumen model adds stepless dimming. The USB-C 2-pack lists a 60-hour runtime. The 450LM 2-pack, the 1000-lumen lantern and the 2-in-1 Flashlight and Lantern all list hanging hooks. The 1000-lumen lantern is the one for a cabin porch or a whole camp table.

EverBrite flashlights by group

The flashlights sort by what feeds them and how they ride in a pocket.

AAA minis

The 9-LED Mini Flashlight and the Small Flashlight have plastic bodies and run on AAA cells, per their listings. The Glow in Dark Mini Flashlight is the shortest of the group, with an aluminum body, also on AAA. These are glove-box and junk-drawer lights. They take the same cells as the AAA lanterns, which keeps the battery box simple.

C-cell tactical lights

The 600 Lumen and 900 Lumen Tactical Flashlights run on C cells, per their listings, with aluminum bodies, a zoom head and a strobe. Both list long runtimes, the longest of any EverBrite flashlight here. C cells are the middle child of the battery drawer: nobody buys them until a light asks. Pack spares, because the gas station on the way to camp may only have AA and D.

Penlights

Three slim lights clip in a shirt pocket. The Rechargeable Pen Light charges by USB-C and has a zoom head. The Dual Power Pen Light lists an aluminum body, USB-C charging and a zoom head; check the listing for its second power option. The UV Pen Flashlight adds ultraviolet light, a built-in pack and USB-C.

Rechargeable pocket and work flashlights

The rest charge by USB-C. The EDC Flashlight with Green Beam lists a zoom head and green light. The EDC Flat Flashlight and the Flat RGB UV EDC Flashlight are flat-bodied with red light. The LCD Zoom Flashlight 750LM lists the longest beam distance among EverBrite flashlights here. The Magnetic Work Light Flashlight has a built-in pack and a magnet in its name, which helps under a truck hood.

Flashlights across brands are on the handheld spotlight page, and the best rechargeable flashlight list and the best tactical flashlight list sort them by their own rules.

How to choose an EverBrite headlamp

Pick the power source first

My one opinion on this page: at a cold deer camp, choose the power source by where you can refill it. The US Fire Administration advises against charging lithium-ion batteries below 32°F. A November camp often sits below that at night. If you have a warm cabin and an outlet, a rechargeable lamp is easy. If you're in a tent with a truck for a charger, lamps that take spare cells are simpler to keep lit. More of each kind is on the headlamps page and the rechargeable headlamp page.

Then the output you'll actually use

Lumens measure total light output. Streamlight's summary of ANSI/PLATO FL 1, the flashlight industry's test standard, notes that the standard is voluntary and each maker runs its own tests. So use lumen figures to compare lamps, not as a guarantee.

For camp chores, the low settings do the work. The top setting is for long looks. EverBrite's range covers both ends, so buy for the job you do most often, not the one you do twice a season.

Then read runtime and beam distance

Under FL 1, runtime counts from 30 seconds after switch-on until output falls to 10 percent of the starting level. Beam distance is how far out the light falls to 0.25 lux. A lamp with a long listed beam distance isn't brighter at your feet. It just reaches farther. Compare those numbers between listings that give them, and treat a dash in the grid as "not listed", not as zero.

Then red light, green light and tilt

The National Park Service explains that your eyes need roughly 20 to 40 minutes to adapt to the dark, and a few seconds of bright white light undo it. Dim red light doesn't. Many EverBrite lamps add green light too; the listings in our data mark it but don't explain its use, so I won't guess for them. The red light headlamp page compares lamps with a red mode.

A tilting head is on most EverBrite lamps here. It aims the beam at the trail instead of the treetops. More picks are on best headlamp.

How to choose an EverBrite lantern

Battery or rechargeable

AAA lanterns take cells you already stock. Rechargeable lanterns skip buying cells but need power at camp, and the same 32°F charging rule applies. Battery lanterns are on the battery-operated lantern page, and the built-in kind on the rechargeable lantern page.

Size and shape for where it hangs

• Puck light: flat against a tent ceiling
• Collapsible mini: smallest in the pack
• 2-in-1 lantern-flashlight: area light at camp, beam on the trail
• Full lantern: lights a table or a porch

A lantern doesn't need reach; it needs spread. That's why the lantern listings give lumens and hooks and almost never a beam distance. More shapes are on the camping lantern page.

Dimming and runtime

Stepless dimming lets you set the light to the room. A long listed runtime, like the USB-C 2-pack's, is worth more on a three-night trip than a high top output. Remember the FL 1 rule: runtime is measured down to 10 percent of the starting light, not at full blast to the end.

Who should skip parts of the lineup

If you need one lamp for long sits and long walks, the multi-packs are probably not it; their listings give short beam distances and modest output. Look at the rechargeable middle or the high-output group instead.

If you hunt from a tent with no power for a week, skip the built-in battery lanterns, or pack a power bank you keep warm in your sleeping bag. The AAA lanterns are the simpler fit there.

And if all you need is a light for the cabin outhouse path, the 1,000-lumen lantern is more than the job asks. A small hook light does it, and nobody wakes up.

Charging and battery care

Most EverBrite lamps here, and most of the USB-C flashlights, use a built-in lithium battery. The US Fire Administration's guidance for those:

• Charge between 32°F and 105°F: inside, not on a frozen truck seat or a hot dashboard
• Store at room temperature when possible, away from anything that burns
• Stop using it if it swells, leaks, smells, gets very hot or changes color

The AAA and C-cell lights need a different habit. Pull the cells before the lamp goes in the bin for the off-season. A cell left in for a year can leak and crust the contacts, and then last November's lamp won't light this one.

For disposal, the EPA says not to put rechargeable batteries in the trash or curbside recycling. A lamp with a built-in battery goes to an electronics recycler or a household hazardous waste program. Most communities allow alkaline cells in household trash, though the EPA suggests a battery recycler.

One more safety line: inside a tent, use an LED lantern, never a fuel-burning one. The CPSC says never to use fuel-burning portable heaters or lanterns while sleeping in tents, campers or vehicles.

EverBrite facts

The Great Star Industrial site, which lists the company's address in Hangzhou, China, names EverBrite among its brands. It says EverBrite was created in 2011 and was Great Star's first full-category DIY lighting tool brand. The same site lists other tool brands, among them WORKPRO, Arrow and Shop-Vac.

Don't mix it up with Everbrite, LLC, a commercial signage company whose own site describes outdoor and indoor signs, digital signage and scoreboards. Same name, different business.

Write the lumen figure on the strap with a silver marker. When there are five of them on the hook by the door, it's the only way to grab the right one.