You'll have plenty of white light for your picnic-table dinner, the red light that's easy on the eyes, and a range of options for hanging and placing with the red and black Helix Backcountry LED Lantern from Princeton Tec. You turn the lantern on and off, choose settings, and dim to exactly the brightness you want using a swipe panel, rather than a traditional push-button interface. The lantern collapses for transport and expands for use. Its folding legs have notches to hang the light from a rope, and there's a hanging loop on the top. The diffuser globe can be removed to reveal a spot beam, and you can configure the legs to aim the beam where you need it. The lantern is also a good tent light with the globe off. The maximum output on a fresh set of AAA batteries is 32 hours.