Into the Open

Our light was born for the outdoors. We built it in 2013 to replace candles and paraffin lamps — for places where no socket waits at nightfall. A campsite by a lake is, strictly speaking, such a place. No grid, no switch, just daylight in storage.

Which is why a Sonnenglas at the water's edge is not on a trip. It is on home ground. By day it stands in the sun and collects what the day offers. By night it lies on the table between bread and playing cards and hands everything back. You could call that engineering. At the lake, it just goes by "light".

For the road, the SOMO gets a second home: the Adventure Mount. The light module clicks in and becomes a mobile lamp for camp — with a magnetic mount, a ¾-inch tripod thread, two strap slots and a detachable lanyard. Stood upright it is a small lantern; in your hand it is the torch for the path down to the water.

That is the quiet trick of the system: one module, many places. The same SOMO that lives in the jar at home hangs in the tent on the weekend — charged by the sun, topped up via USB-C, IP65-protected against dust and water jets. The luggage doesn't grow. Only the light comes along.

In the end, every night outdoors is a homecoming. The light glowing by the lake tonight was built for nights without a switch — and the world holds more of those than you can see from a campsite. Pack it, and the story travels with you: catch sun, share light.

The adventure brings the scenery. The jar brings the evening.