It pays to shop -- LED Lantern

[tjwilhelm]

Dick's had a nice looking LED Warrior lantern on a clearance rack since the beginning of the year. It's list price was $69.99. When it eventually came down to $30.00, I bit.

It's a doggone nice lantern, with a remote control, no less. But, the remote is (IMH0) unnecessary fluff, and it's not worth 70 bucks.

When I got home I looked on line to see if I could have gotten it cheaper off of E-bay or Amazon. Well-l-l-l...yes AND no.

No, because the Eureka Warrior was only down to about 40 bucks at the cheapest i could find it on the web...

Yes, because I discovered the exact same lantern, sold under different brandings for as low as $18.50. I liked the lantern so much, I immediately bought two at $18.50, each.

The Eureka and the Nichia both have infrared remote controls. The Rayovac and the Lighting EVER do not; but, like I said, I think the remote is an over-rated feature (although it does double as a small flashlight).

The Eureka, Nichia, and Rayovac are all rated at 230 lumens. The Lighting EVER is rated at 300 lumens; however, when I used the Eureka and the EVER side by side, the EVER just seemed slightly brighter, if at all.

Being LED light sources, and especially at low light settings, these lanterns run for many hours on a single set of batteries.

Eureka Warrior: List = $69.99, Amazon price = $50.18
www.amazon.com/Eureka-Warrior-230-LED-Lantern/dp/B006IAU0HE/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1362670610&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Eureka+LED+lantern

Eureka 01 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr

Nichia 40451: List = $39.99, Amazon price = $37.99
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045W9Y0Q/ref=pe_153240_28531720_email_1p_8_ti

Nichia 01 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr

Rayovac Sportsman: List = $29.99, Amazon price = $23.78
www.amazon.com/Rayovac-Sportsman-LED-Lantern-SE3DLN/dp/B0018S4XIS/ref=pd_cp_hi_0

Rayovac 01 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr

Lighting EVER: List = $39.99, Amazon price = $18.50
www.amazon.com/Lighting-EVER-Lantern-Camping-Lanterns/dp/B0078ZTWP4/ref=pd_cp_hi_1

Lighting EVER 01 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr

[cajunlady87]

I needed to update my camping lantern which runs on a six volt battery and the lamp is miniscule, so thanks TJ for posting this, I did order one. The only drawback, my Fenix LD20 flashlight is further back on the wish list. Just biding my time again.

[thywar]

Well I'm in for two.. looks good (Lighting EVER)

[missasip]

Sweet TJ. Sounds like a deal for sure.

Jimmy

[marc]

TJ,

Lower power than yours at 190/100 lumens, and may not be up to the same quality......and no remote control - but I have to say that these have exceeded all of my expectations for $20. at Walmart.

I bought 6 of them in 2011 when we had no power for a few weeks after a monster forest fire took out 1700 homes. Using 4 D cell alkaline batteries running all night on "low" in order to make the house look occupied, one week was about what we got.

Four of my grand kids (and their parents :-)) moved in with us last July, so the lanterns get dropped, beat up and left out in the rain. Still have them, still use them, still love 'em.

www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-2.00000267E9-Coleman-LED-Classic-Lantern/13848593

Marc

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I wouldn't mind getting a couple of the Rayovac Sportsman lanterns. Thanks for the info. I have steered clear of battery lanterns simply because I didn't want to get burned. I think I will go ahead and take that leap now!

[geauxfish]

Mar 9, 2013 3:07:30 GMT -7 Dink said:

I wouldn't mind getting a couple of the Rayovac Sportsman lanterns. Thanks for the info. I have steered clear of battery lanterns simply because I didn't want to get burned. I think I will go ahead and take that leap now!

I agree Dink. I've had a couple of small ones that did not seem to be worth the $$. I might have to give one of these a try.

[tjwilhelm]

Keep in mind...the Lightning EVER, 300 lumen units were the least expensive from Amazon -- only $18.50, each!