AYL Starlight 700 - Water Resistant - Shock Proof - Long Lasting Up to 6 Days Straight - 1300 Lumens Ultra Bright LED Lantern - Perfect Lantern for Hiking, Camping, Emergencies, Hurricanes, Outages

Just received today. Initial observations: Love the compact but sturdy design...VERY bright! The D-Cells give it enough weight to be stable and not easy to turn over. Yes, there are some confusing instructions as to how to insert the batteries but you can figure it out easily in a few seconds. The flashing (4-second interval), low-brightness green LED on the side is a great feature to help you locate the lantern when you're standing in the dark during a power outage. It will certainly NOT keep you awake at night even if it's close to you or on a shelf facing you. The instructions clearly state that the green LED does NOT affect battery life. Personally, I would not even think of reboxing the lantern then trying to insert batteries in the dark when you need it quickly…that might be a challenge indeed. Having it ready-to-use is what being prepared is all about. For much of my emergency-related gear, I put a repetitive note on my Google calendar to remind myself to check the batteries once a month. A simple task that helps to ensure that the device is working and the batteries are good. I think this will be a great lantern for use at our home and our mountain cabin. Everything seems harder or more worrisome in the dark. This lantern will help with that.

Good Product. Fast Delivery.

Love this set of light lamps, 2 thumbs up 👍!

Junk

Well, one never wishes to test a lantern in this way - but this is why I bought it - for emergencies. We are in the midst of the great power outages that are occurring in Texas due to extreme cold and a power grid collapse. I purchased 6 lanterns months ago - for our emergency cabinet. I keep them prepped with batteries in them, and a date taped to them as to when the batteries were put in - so I am able to always keep good batteries in them to respond in an instant when needed. That system and this lantern worked well this February. Our electricity went out - along with about 4 million other people's electricity and we had temperatures as low as 3 degrees for long periods - we still aren't out of this and only get power part of each day- sometimes for 30 minutes at a time, with many hours with no power each time the electricity fails. Thus, we are lighting our house with lanterns. These are much better than candles - obviously. They are easy to carry by its handle - easier than flashlights, so the ease of portability has been helpful. We do have some lanterns that are lighter, but their batteries ( AAs) aren't lasting as long. This lantern has held up for 3 nights so far and it has been bright enough for our needs. I have it on our kitchen counter, with another lantern on our coffee table. I have not had it in continuous use, as we don't need it in the day, and I turn it off by 2 a.m . each night. It has been a real help to us in an actual emergency. I feel for neighbors and others that only have flashlights, or candles. It is not possible to get lanterns once the emergency is upon us. Stores have no electricity and are closed, roads are in terrible shape, not safe to drive. There is no mail delivery. So unless you have these already purchased, stored and ready to go, only a helicopter landing in your backyard could get these to you during an emergency. So my message is - this has been a great lantern for our needs. Get several lanterns. Keep batteries in them . Label them noting when the batteries were put in. Keep fresh batteries in them. Keep extra batteries in storage as well. We may be without power for a week. We were able to stay in our home because we have reliable lighting with lanterns, and our heat source is a gas fireplace. Others have fled to hotels - if they could find one with power and with an available room. I am so happy to have been prepared with lanterns, this one included. Great lesson for our kids - even adult kids. I gave one adult daughter one of these same lanterns - her batteries are old, so she doesn't have a lantern to use. So - good for her to learn the importance of keeping emergency gear in working order. The first night our power went out, I went to our cabinet, took out the lanterns, put them on our kitchen counter ready to go, took one back to the bedroom, etc. Didn't miss a beat.