![]() ![]() "special long life triphosphor lamp rated for 8,000 hours" With the batteries installed, it's substantially base-heavy and feels stable. The lantern has a generally sturdy feeling, with a metal swinging handle and open metal grill around the clear plastic lantern shroud, and the base and top of the lantern are both part metal, part plastic. And speaking of hanging it - they've got a nice handle design - a comfortable plastic hand grip that pulls down to reveal a small hook it can hang by. Light output is good enough to be able to read from, I'd say, more than 8 feet away, and probably a bit more, if you hang it higher than what you're reading. The on/off switch is not my favorite - I've been able to get momentary on with it, but there's sometimes not enough positive feeling of the switch engaging (clicking on) to feel when you've got it engage - sometimes it would come on and stay on and I really didn't feel the click happen. ![]() They take 4 D-cells, and have a fluorescent bulb. GE SteelBEAMįor $15, I think they're a steal. Hi - just saw these at Costco the other day and couldn't pass them by.
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