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I bought this lamp as more of a joke than anything. Sure enough i took it on our most recent camping trip and i was blown away at how much light it emits. It will easily light up a tent or room on its full setting plus it only takes 3 AA batteries which is great since 90% of my camping electronics are AA. This is a serious lantern if your backpacking or need something small and lightweight. Infact, this lamp outperforms my 3D 3-LED Energizer Eveready lantern.
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It's advertised at 70 lumens, while other similar size lanterns with 3 AA batteries rarely 'boast' about any illumination measurement. However, this one does have ONE 'configuration' advantage over other similar-priced mini lantern models. You can remove the light diffuser, and hang it as a bare-bulb light, upside down, from the top of your tent (or house ceiling if you've pre-placed a hook in the middle of the room's ceiling). By doing that, you considerably boost the light output...in fact I've tried other mini lanterns in the price range, and none come close to this one--providing that you use it in the bare bulb, upside down configuration I've just described. (With the difusser on, and sitting on a table, it's nothing but ordinary.) If you've ever used a lantern, you know that the higher it's placed inside a room/tent, the more 'even' the illumination. (By the way, it took 2 people 20 minutes to figure out that to insert the batteries, you have to "twist" the bottom...as there are no such instructions or guide arrows to assist you.)Best Deals for Rayovac SP1W3AALN-BA Sportsman 65-Lumens LED Mini Lantern
Probably one of the most efficient on the market. A good engineering design to disperse the light and very bright for 3AA and 72 hours of battery life. Will be buying a few more.Honest reviews on Rayovac SP1W3AALN-BA Sportsman 65-Lumens LED Mini Lantern
UPDATE APRIL 17 2011. What at first appeared to be an excellent product, which I rated 5 star, has a badly designed contact in the battery compartment. This contact is easily bent in the process of closing the battery compartment. Gentle attempts to bend it back repeatedly failed. Finally it broke off, forcing me to make a jumper with #22 wire. While this works fine, if you have a soldering iron available, this is not a failure I would want anyone to experience camping near treeline on a mountain. Fortunately I was only dealing with a power failure and had three other lanterns. The D cell version of this lantern Rayovac SE3DLN Sportsman Extreme 300-Lumen 3D-Battery LED Lantern has much larger contacts and would be less likely to fail.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Rayovac SP1W3AALN-BA Sportsman 65-Lumens LED Mini Lantern
This is a great lantern for camp or for shop use. The lantern uses a single button on the front; click it once to turn the light on high (65 lumens), a second time to turn it on low (25 lumens), and a third to turn it off. From off, hold the button in for three seconds and the light will go into a flashing (strobing) mode in the high setting at about one pulse per second.Output is great on this thing, especially considering that it uses three AAA batteries. Speaking of batteries, it can use any kind safely; alkaline, NiMH, lithium, or even NiCad. Three Duracell alkalines are included. I get a very nice amount of light before it goes dead, perhaps 40 or so hours on standard alkalines. I've dropped mine a few times and while the plastic feels cheap, the light is still crack-free.
The top unscrews so you can hang the light upside-down (with the tent hook in the bottom) and illuminate your entire workspace.
The lantern has a "find me" function as well: when off, a small green LED in the front will blink every five seconds so you can find the lantern in the dark. I read a few reports of the "find me" light causing the batteries to run down even when the light is turned off (parasitic drain) but I fixed this by placing electrical tape between the batteries and the battery door. I'll have to remove this to use the lantern, yes, but it's the only way I know of to disable the "find me" light.
Overall, this is an excellent lighting product.
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