Is this the perfect Christmas gift for adventurers? This compact camping lantern from Black Diamond doubles as a backpacking flashlight and it's only $18

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The Black Diamond Zip lights up the camping table for meals and turns into a precise flashlight for the walk to your tent

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The Black Diamond Zip lights up the camping table for meals and turns into a precise flashlight for the walk to your tent (Image credit: Getty Images)

If you're looking for Christmas camping gift under $20, you can pick up the highly-rated Black Diamond Zip Lantern for just $18.72 at REI. That's a generous saving 46% off the list price for this nifty camping lantern, which also doubles as a flashlight.

This compact camping gadget boasts 5 LEDs with 150 lumens to cast ambient light in lantern mode when you want to light up the table for mealtimes and playing cards. When it's time to go to bed, 1 LED with 90 lumens provides a bright, precise beam in flashlight mode so you can find your tent.

The whole package weighs just 3.5 ounces so it's great for both car camping and backpacking, and it's all operated by a single switch for ease of use. This deal applies to both the Powell Blue and Octane colorways.

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Black Diamond Zip Lantern:$34.95 $18.73 at REISave $16

Black Diamond Zip Lantern: $34.95 $18.73 at REI
Save $16 A lantern that doubles as a compact flashlight or backpacking light, the Black Diamond Zip lights up the picnic table for meals or cards, and turns into a precise flashlight for the walk to your tent.

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Julia Clarke
Julia Clarke

Julia Clarke is a staff writer for Advnture.com and the author of the book Restorative Yoga for Beginners. She loves to explore mountains on foot, bike, skis and belay and then recover on the the yoga mat. Julia graduated with a degree in journalism in 2004 and spent eight years working as a radio presenter in Kansas City, Vermont, Boston and New York City before discovering the joys of the Rocky Mountains. She then detoured west to Colorado and enjoyed 11 years teaching yoga in Vail before returning to her hometown of Glasgow, Scotland in 2020 to focus on family and writing.