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HomeLaundry, Washing & SanitationRayovac SP1W3AALN-B Sportsman 65-Lumens LED Mini Lantern With Batteries |
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22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Potent lighting in a petite package Jul 31, 2009
By Weston Walker
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.
44 of 51 found the following review helpful:
 Ok for it's size and battery limitation Nov 12, 2008
By Bargain Finder
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.)
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
Small package, big suprise Sep 30, 2009
By Shoe Lover
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.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Buy! Jul 14, 2010
By N. Rengler
I think I'll order a second of these. I haven't had mine long enough to evaluate battery life, but the light output, hanger hook, removable diffuser and hi/lo power option make this a very nice lantern at this price. I also like the small size and light weight.
I don't think the tiny, flashing led to help locate the lantern in the dark is necessary. Also, the "carrying handle" is kinda silly... the lantern doesn't get hot and you can easily hold/carry it in your hand without the handle. That said, neither the flashing led nor the carrying handle hurt anything, so I'm sticking with my 5 star rating.
Oh, and removing the bottom, inserting batteries and replacing the bottom seemed logical and obvious to me; and I am no genius. Darned if I know why some folks had so much trouble. The only "trick" in replacing the bottom is to make sure the little slot in the screw-on bottom is lined up with the tab inside the battery compartment. That feature assures the battery contacts will be lined up correctly.
Buy one, you'll like it!
10 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Looks well built but has a serious flaw Apr 18, 2011
By Jesse Knight
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.
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