Energizer Folding LED Camping Lantern, IPX4 Water Resistant

Funciona genial y desdoblando la linterna ofrece luz 360 grados

Ilumina bastante en su modo alto 1000 lm en su modo nocturno es también útil la luz ámbar que ofrece, es una pequeña luz útil en la oscuridad. El que tenga posibilidades de cargar un dispositivo usando la carga de la linterna lo hace especialmente útil le añade un plus, explico por qué, las pilas D que utiliza ofrecen gran capacidad de carga. Los materiales se sienten resistentes sin llegar al uso rudo, debe tratarse con cuidado para mantenerla sin rayones o fracturas que si se te cae posiblemente se rompe porque pesa bastante con las pilas D. Un pequeño golpe sin problemas lo resiste. Entre los inconvenientes que halle los reduzco a la tapa de las pilas, hay que hacer bastante presión para recolocarla.

So, since we are currently in the end times and every day we wake up wondering what chapter of Revelation we are in, I decided I needed some flashlights for “just in case”. This is awesome! Super bright, great quality, portable, lightweight, and a great price. The only reason I didn’t give it a 5 is because I don’t think I can wield it to kill a zombie.

Updated review: 2/13/2013 – PRICE HAS COME DOWN OVER $5 TO A MANAGABLE $19.88 – but make sure you spend another $5 or so to get the free shipping this is sold by amazon. Everyone should have more than one type of emergency lighting in a family to cover all your needs.

Original review:
Start off – not cheap, not cheap in price (cost), NOT cheaply made either. You get your monies worth but it takes a few uses to get the full effect & benefits.

The upright front facing light (bulbs) at first seem like poor design, however, since it has significant weight to it when you lift the front to expose the doublesided lighting it doesn’t tip over (which you might think will happen) but DOES NOT. It is VERY stable. When it is lifted completely upright and vertical it lights up a small/medium sized room, but many more reasonably priced lanterns do that too (I own a few by energizer).

For TASK or AREA lighting it is GREAT – place on dinner table and lift half way up (in an inverted L) it lights the table beautifully. You can read by it in the same manner. The bulbs are bright and can affect your eyes so the lifting of the bulbs to a more upward angle is the best position for really close work. It does have a reflective mirror backing behind the bulbs when closed it makes it reflective enough if above your head on a cabinet or frig to cast a fairly bright light out forward, but casts shadows so close work is impossible (like meal preparation or hygene issues).

This lantern is not a universal light or lantern you’d rely on alone but is an excellent companion to other emergency lighting used for general illumination.

Battery compartment is behind the mirror and what gives it the weighted stand needed to open the light up, be careful turning the plastic screws on the mirror backing when changing batteries.

Added bonus: Girls a good self defense item if you are alone in the dark – nice & heavy with a good grip if you need it! lol

I am very happy with this product. I use it for a night light.

I did not buy this lantern on Amazon but I have three of them which I picked up, at various times, at Lowe’s when they were on sale for about a dollar more than the Amazon price.

As far as I am concerned, this is THE lantern for hurricane country down here on the Gulf coast. I guess they sell well too because all the hardware stores seem to have a constant supply of them.

They run on four D size batteries which are very secure. To access the battery compartment, you use a dime or small screwdriver to turn unlock type fixed in screws to the unlock position.

Behind the main twin LED columns, which are exceptionally bright, there is a metal mirror which does a dandy job of projecting the light from the lantern forward if you are outside and night walking with it. You can also swing the light “tubes” upward and light will then come out of both sides of the tubes.

This light is identical to a fluorescent type lantern that was sold before LEDs. I had the fluorescent lantern my dad had given me as a Christmas present and, for some reason, had never opened it but when the LED lantern came out, I gave the fluorescent one to a neighbor and we compared the output. The LEDs seemed as bright or even slightly brighter and will, of course, burn longer on the 4 D batteries.

The little amber night light burns for over a week, I think, and it is dandy in motels as a nightlight to find your way to the bathroom. I keep one by the bed at home and switch the night light on when I have to go to the bathroom at night. I provides sufficient light when your eyes are night adjusted.

The only down side, if you want to call it that, is that the Hi power and the Low power seem almost the same but, if the low power does make the battery pack last longer I guess that that is a good thing. Both high and low compare favorably to a Coleman butan lantern for camping and to a bright Coleman LED camping lantern I use. I imagine that butane lanterns are almost a thing of the past since the mantles are so fragile and the gas a bit dangerous.

If you do live in storm country, you do NOT want to burn candles or oil lampts. In a Cat three hurricane like Ivan, your house would burn like an inferno if you had a fire. LED lights of every kind should have replaced anything with fire by now. I hear that they have revolutionized the third worl sine the battery life is good.

I would recommend this lanter for anything you need a lantern or a six volt light for. The only thing it would not be good for was throwing out a high powered beam to search with though it will more than suffice for midnight navigations. The light has less glare than a Coleman camping LED though I like my Coleman too.