Silva
Silva Discover Hybrid (500 lumens)
- Brightness: 7/10 How much light it gives at full power, for finding your way in the dark.
- Runtime: 6/10 How long one charge or set of batteries lasts at a level you can walk and cook by.
- Weight: 6/10 How much it adds to your pack and your head.
Hiking and camping where you want a rechargeable lamp with an AAA backup
- Brightness
- 500 lumens (maker's figure)
- Runtime
- 5 h at 100 lumens
- Weight
- 93 g
- Power
- Both
- Water rating
- IPX5
Where to buy
Fresh Air Junkie £53.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free UK mainland delivery on orders under 3 kg (Fresh Air Junkie banner).
View at shop: Fresh Air JunkieUltralight Outdoor Gear £54.99 In stock. Free delivery. Free tracked UK delivery on all orders (Ultralight Outdoor Gear shipping page).
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearSilva £59.99 In stock. Free delivery. Black in stock, Green sold out. Silva's UK store ships from the UK in 2-4 working days. Delivery £6 under £49, free over £49 (Silva UK shipping policy).
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Brightness
From maker's figures 7/10How much light it gives at full power, for finding your way in the dark. 7: Better than most.
Maker's figure, 500 lumens in Max mode (2 hours) with no test standard stated: the 500-799 band (maker's figure).
Runtime
From maker's figures 6/10How long one charge or set of batteries lasts at a level you can walk and cook by. 6: A bit better than average.
The 100-lumen Med mode runs 5 hours (maker's figure), in the 4-5.9 h band. Max 500 lumens lasts 2 hours; the 15-lumen Min mode runs 25 hours but is under 80 lumens, so it doesn't count. The Great Outdoors measured about 5 hours at 100 lumens and 2 hours at 500.
Weight
From maker's figures 6/10How much it adds to your pack and your head. 6: A bit better than average.
Silva lists 93 g with the included rechargeable Hybrid battery (68 g without it), in the 90-109 g band. The Great Outdoors says 97 g; Ultralight Outdoor Gear's table says 72 g, which Silva's pages don't support.
In short
Good for
- Hiking and camping where you want a rechargeable lamp with an AAA backup
- Trips of a few days, where three AAA cells can replace a flat battery
- Walkers who want a helmet mount in the box for biking or climbing
Strengths
- Hybrid battery included, and it also runs on 3 AAA cells (Silva)
- 500 lumens for 2 hours and 100 lumens for 5 hours (maker's figures)
- 93 g with the rechargeable battery
- Wide beam, tilts 90 degrees; red and orange light modes and a button lock
- Helmet mount included; 5-year warranty (2 years on the battery)
Weaknesses
- IP65 only: dust-tight and rain-proof, but not rated for being dipped in water
- Burn times are short: 100 lumens lasts 5 hours and 500 lumens 2 hours
- No burst mode (The Great Outdoors)
- Only one independent review found, so comfort and beam are estimates, not reviewed scores
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.