Nice review bro, finally someone showed the lights in a working scenario. I bought them by mistake, thinking they were rechargeable but I'll keep them, I just ordered a pack of rechargeable 4D batteries.
Good call with the rechargeable batteries. Yeah that’s the downfall. I feel like they’re good for emergencies but going through D batteries too often is pricey.
I got mine about the same time (~1 year ago), also at Costco. One of them now doesn't turn on at all. I tried 4 fresh "D" batteries, and still nothing. So far as I can tell, the only part that disengages is the bottom (where the batteries are installed). So, if the bulb burned out, how would I know? And how would I replace it (assuming that's even possible)? I can't find a manual for this thing. The only results from Google are for a 1000 lumen Duracell flashlight.
I kind of hate to ask but I really need to know something about these and I can't find the info anywhere (so far). I know this would cost you a set of batteries but could you do a runtime test on one of these lanterns? The reason I ask is that I bought the newer version of this at Costco. The new one is almost the same except it is 1500 lumens max and has a built in Lithium rechargeable battery. However, I always do runtime experiments on everything I buy and I found that even when I charge the battery full, if I turn the lantern on high and leave it there, after about 20-30 minutes, it gets noticeably dimmer. I was very pleased with the initial brightness on high, as it would light up my entire bedroom almost as bright as my overhead light does. However, I did buy it for emergency backup lighting and I need to know what's going on with it. At first I thought this was because of a faulty battery but this version has an option to use D cell batteries or a charging cable for power as well. It still does it with new D cell batteries. So I'm thinking it must be that the lantern can only output it's full brightness for a certain amount of time and then needs to ramp down due to heat. But I'm not sure. The manual doesn't say. I don't want to return it if this is normal. Does anyone know?
Same here. I bought the ones from a few years ago and it wouldn't stay lit after 5 seconds...returned got a new one plus new batteries.. same deal. Now I have this updated version and looks like the same thing happening. So I'm going to try to call the company itself.
Nice review bro, finally someone showed the lights in a working scenario.
I bought them by mistake, thinking they were rechargeable but I'll keep them, I just ordered a pack of rechargeable 4D batteries.
Good call with the rechargeable batteries. Yeah that’s the downfall. I feel like they’re good for emergencies but going through D batteries too often is pricey.
Thank you so much for your video. I hate reading instructions, your video was very helpful
I got mine about the same time (~1 year ago), also at Costco. One of them now doesn't turn on at all. I tried 4 fresh "D" batteries, and still nothing. So far as I can tell, the only part that disengages is the bottom (where the batteries are installed). So, if the bulb burned out, how would I know? And how would I replace it (assuming that's even possible)?
I can't find a manual for this thing. The only results from Google are for a 1000 lumen Duracell flashlight.
I just picked one up from the Goodwill for $5. Couldn't be happier. They should have made it rechargeable, but 240 hours on low is a win in an outage.
I kind of hate to ask but I really need to know something about these and I can't find the info anywhere (so far). I know this would cost you a set of batteries but could you do a runtime test on one of these lanterns?
The reason I ask is that I bought the newer version of this at Costco. The new one is almost the same except it is 1500 lumens max and has a built in Lithium rechargeable battery. However, I always do runtime experiments on everything I buy and I found that even when I charge the battery full, if I turn the lantern on high and leave it there, after about 20-30 minutes, it gets noticeably dimmer. I was very pleased with the initial brightness on high, as it would light up my entire bedroom almost as bright as my overhead light does. However, I did buy it for emergency backup lighting and I need to know what's going on with it.
At first I thought this was because of a faulty battery but this version has an option to use D cell batteries or a charging cable for power as well. It still does it with new D cell batteries. So I'm thinking it must be that the lantern can only output it's full brightness for a certain amount of time and then needs to ramp down due to heat. But I'm not sure. The manual doesn't say. I don't want to return it if this is normal. Does anyone know?
Same here. I bought the ones from a few years ago and it wouldn't stay lit after 5 seconds...returned got a new one plus new batteries.. same deal. Now I have this updated version and looks like the same thing happening. So I'm going to try to call the company itself.
Well, this will not win any trophy for design, but it does it job
I couldn’t agree more haha
I just ordered my from Amazon 29$