EVEREADY LED Camping Lantern, Multiple Light Modes, Lanterns for Camping, Pack of 4

Edited: These lanterns are great. Read other reviews if you want to know all the details, but they are very lightweight, compact, easy to carry, easy to use, decently built, and give off a good amount of clean white light. The light output can also be adjusted by simply opening and closing the lantern a bit, so you can get just the right amount of light that you want/need.What I like best though is that you can use BOTH the lantern and flashlight functions AT THE SAME TIME, it really comes in handy when I sometimes go out walking at night. The red flashing lights are great too, they are highly visible and should catch the attention of anyone within I'd say 100 feet, probably more, so if you are like me and can never feel too safe when you're out at night, especially when crossing the street, it's a nice feature to have. It can also be used in conjunction with the lantern light, you don't have to close the lantern to use the flashlight or red flashing lights which have two modes, either a quick steady flash or morse code SOS.The lanterns have three handles to easily carry them, two that are "folded down" and can be turned upwards to carry the lantern upright, they can also be used to hang the lantern. There is also a handle on the side to hold the lantern in a more horizontal orientation, this is particularly useful when using the flashlight on the top to shine the light forward and not straight up. Each lantern also has a recessed hook on the bottom which you pull out to use, as well as three magnets that allow you to hang them upside down or attach them to something magnetic; it works great when working on your car, you can stick it right to the underside of the hood. The bottom/base of the lantern where the hook and magnets are located easily twists off to access the battery compartment. Trying to describe everything in words makes it seem much more difficult than it really is, suffice it for me to say that these lanterns are really well designed and thought out making them very easy to use.Okay, now, about the rechargeable batteries...First, let me be clear that these lanterns require three Double-A, that is 3x AA batteries.It is true that these lanterns do NOT work with NiMH rechargeable AA batteries(as other reviewers have stated), even if you charge the batteries to a high voltage. I've charged AA NiMH rechargeable batteries to over 1.4 volts each, and they still won't make the lanterns work, at least not with the three brands I've used.However, if you have AAA rechargeable batteries, put them into adapters, AAA to AA adapters(you can buy them here on Amazon if you don't have any, I did), then use them to power the lanterns, they'll work, just don't ask me why, I don't get it myself.I don't think it's the voltage of the batteries. I've run the lanterns on three AAAs (placed into AA adapters) with just 1.1 volts in each battery, and it works great, but three AA batteries charged to 1.4 volts plus won't work, I don't know why. Maybe it's the internal resistance, but I checked that too using my battery charger/tester/analyzer, and the readings were similar for both the AA and AAA batteries.Anyway, I cannot tell you why, it doesn't make sense to me(I'd actually love it if someone could explain it), but I can tell you that it works, at least for me, with the rechargeable AAA batteries I've used, and they're not Eneloops.Cheers

Not only are these better, brighter, more well built with a longer battery life than ones I purchased last year, but they hand or are held in three different positions. Lanter, flashlight or hanging light. They are great and worth the money, compared to the cheaper ones I bought last year, The batteries leaked in the cheaper ones and ruined the lanterns. These LED lantern/flashlights are VERY bright and great to keep around for power outages in extreme weather, but also great out of doors at night. You can hang them on your patio or keep them in your car. THEY ALSO HAVE A FLASHING LIGHT IF YOU BREAK DOWN ON THE ROAD IN WINTER. Or anytime of year. They work as both a flashing warning light or a flash light for the car. Great product, I feel. So far no burn out.

Super bright! Battery lasts! I have 3. Good value

Rule #1, ya get what ya pay for! With that being said these are a pretty good value for the price and are great as emergency lanterns which is what I bought them for.They will illuminate a 6 foot circle of area effectively when suspended with either the hook or magnet base. The wire feet are ok but don't count on them in the long term if you use it a lot.It's white light and I really don't get the whole "it's too bright thing" You can temper the brightness by just not extending the collar all the way out. This in no way compares in output to a dual mantle coleman at full burn... so there.I'd wrap it in a can cozy, couple of socks or similar items if it goes in the glovebox.The flashlight function gets points off in my opinion, the most lackluster part of the ensemble. Maybe 10/15 feet at best? why? throw a few more LEDs at it with a focus collar and that would have been awesome.. but noooooo, the red beaconing light is actually brighter than the flashlight function ...go figure.But hey, its got 6 bucks worth of batteries included, all ready set to go?It's a deal.. you want something better ..go out and spend the money and you'll get 1 for probably 3 times the price.It works and my chickens certify it for late night work in the coop

I ordered these for a recent camping trip and I was not disappointed. I mean, honestly, for the price of these things, one would expect it to be a gimmick or something, but there are 4 legit lanterns in the package AND they come with batteries!!!I paid $20 for 4 lanterns with batteries. Bang for the buck, you can't beat that. My kids loved having their own personal lantern while camping. And the built in flashlight function is also awesome. They even put a little hook on the bottom of the base of the lantern so you can hang it easily. AND there are magnets on the base so you can stick it to metallic object too! They are very light weight but they seem sturdy enough. The lights are very bright and there is even a red emergency flasher function you can activate. Really neat little product! No issues encountered whatsoever. Would highly recommend.