sol-leks
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I hope it is ok to post this here as it is related to both LED's and CFL.
Right now I am using a coleman 4D LED packaway lantern and it is ok but not amazing. It is only around 120 lumens or so, and because of the LED, has a very bright center that is hard to look at.
I just checked the coleman website and they have a few new lanterns that interested me. They have what appears to be an upgrade to the lantern I have with a better led(xr-e) and a built in diffuser to make the output more usable and pleasing but they also now have a number of CFL lanterns that look quite nice too. They claim to be much bright and although they have significantly less runtime still claim to have quite decent runtime. They are also quite cheap, under 20 bucks.
So what do you guys think? Should I go for the LED lantern or the cfl?
Right now I am using a coleman 4D LED packaway lantern and it is ok but not amazing. It is only around 120 lumens or so, and because of the LED, has a very bright center that is hard to look at.
I just checked the coleman website and they have a few new lanterns that interested me. They have what appears to be an upgrade to the lantern I have with a better led(xr-e) and a built in diffuser to make the output more usable and pleasing but they also now have a number of CFL lanterns that look quite nice too. They claim to be much bright and although they have significantly less runtime still claim to have quite decent runtime. They are also quite cheap, under 20 bucks.
So what do you guys think? Should I go for the LED lantern or the cfl?