LED Lantern Brightness and quality

I have two Colemans at home for power outages and they are bright enough. I refuse to take them camping, that’s where I want fill, pump and light my old, trusty liquid gas Coleman.

I'm very happy with my Streamlight Seige lantern. Great quality, not too big or too small, good light output and excellent color quality (not harsh blue). It comes apart so you can easily hang it in a popup awning or tent and have the LEDs directed downwards. The D batteries in it last forever. This is the 300-something lumen model. Won't compete with a gas lantern but plenty to light up a table, porch, or workspace. Plus bonus red and red-flashy mode if you don't want to ruin night vision or are changing a tire or something.

In fact even though it works fine I'm considering upgrading to their new 1100 lumen rechargable model.

One figure to remember is that the old incandescent 60 watt bulb produced 800 lumens.

I've been happy with a lantern I purchased at Walmart some time ago. It's very bright and has a built-in rechargeable battery. The brand name is "Ozark Trail". Since I'm not in a camping environment at this time, I keep it handy at home in case of a power outage. As I recall, the price was under $20, but it may have been on sale at the time. It's light weight and appears to be well made.

Check out something like this:
https://smile.amazon.com/Portable-Outdoor-Camping-Rechargeable-Emergency/dp/B077YMKVF1/ref=pd_sbs_468_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B077YMKVF1&pd_rd_r=SPNK9AXV7WRV8MRNP4V5&pd_rd_w=sxJqb&pd_rd_wg=19ceH&psc=1&refRID=SPNK9AXV7WRV8MRNP4V5
I got one of these portable LED lanterns a couple years ago - a LOT of light for little money! Mine was under a different name, but similar specs.

DarthMuffin wrote:
I'm very happy with my Streamlight Seige lantern. Great quality, not too big or too small, good light output and excellent color quality (not harsh blue). It comes apart so you can easily hang it in a popup awning or tent and have the LEDs directed downwards. The D batteries in it last forever. This is the 300-something lumen model. Won't compete with a gas lantern but plenty to light up a table, porch, or workspace. Plus bonus red and red-flashy mode if you don't want to ruin night vision or are changing a tire or something.

The Streamlight Seige gets my vote as well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N523B2E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've got a couple Coleman Propane lanterns I'll pull out when we have a big group or a double site and need to light up a large area but for the times it's just my family and a friend (3-4 people), I use the above.

They are USB rechargable, last me about 4 hours, have magnetic mounts and carabiner clips (which fit perfectly on my pop up canopy and can therefore be aimed). They also stick well to the arms of my manual canopy on the trailer giving us enough light but not blinding anyone.

A couple of these and a couple Mag-light flashlights take care of us unless we have after dark cornhole tourneys going, then the colemans come out.

I'm on my 4th season with the first two I bought and bought 3 additional last year just to have some extras for friends that join us and tent camp. They work wonderful for the inside of a tent and 1 lights up a 14x14 tent well.

They also have 3 settings (Low, Med, high) and an emergency flashing strobe.

If the price on the first one scares you off, they have one that is slightly less bright (150 vs. 180 lumens) for under $10. This is actually the one I bought first and the most recent order was the brighter ones.

I have a collection different makes and models some are "Cute" all are functional. Can not recommend one over the other.. But they sure are handy.