3 watt LED lantern from LLBean - any good?
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Phaserburn
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hey, those lanterns look nice! Which Target lantern does that second one resemble? The River Rock 4AA is a luxeon lantern; this one has 4 x 5mm leds. But it looks nice nonetheless.
Anyone have one of these? The first one looks interesting; they claim 9 hours on high, yet it's using 4 D cells. The RR lantern gets 3-4 hours on 4AA IIRC. Shouldn't it be alot more than this?
Anyone have one of these? The first one looks interesting; they claim 9 hours on high, yet it's using 4 D cells. The RR lantern gets 3-4 hours on 4AA IIRC. Shouldn't it be alot more than this?
Yooper
Enlightened
The AA lantern uses 5mm LEDs, while the Target/River Rock lantern uses a Jupiter emitter, similar to a 1W Luxeon. You can see the LEDS in the catalog photo: http://cdn.llbean.com/products/sporting_gear_apparel/45881/images/L45881_Red.jpg
Yooper
Enlightened
The 3 watt looks NICE though. 4 D cells and a 3 watt LED emitter will be bright (80 lumens supposedly) and have a nice runtime...
Found some interesting LED lanterns - 0.5W, 1W and 3D cell 3W - at
www.vitalcoop.com Look under "camp/hunting LED Lantern". Prices look to be quite good. The 3 watt/3D with Hi/Low/Flashing is 29.99. Looks a lot like the
River Rock/Target.
www.vitalcoop.com Look under "camp/hunting LED Lantern". Prices look to be quite good. The 3 watt/3D with Hi/Low/Flashing is 29.99. Looks a lot like the
River Rock/Target.
Yooper
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Outrider said:
Those are VERY interesting...
CLHC
Flashaholic
Interesting lanterns here and the comment that John2551 made is an eyebrow raiser too! Hmmm. . .
Phaserburn
Flashlight Enthusiast
For me, the problem is that when you get into 4D lanterns, fluorescents produce far more light (200 lumens or so) and with better runtimes. That's the reason the RR 4AA/Jupiter is such a good combo; the size/output/runtime setup is just right.
Yooper
Enlightened
Wow, yep, same logo. Good catch John!
markdi
Flashlight Enthusiast
do the 4d fluorescent lanterns produce 200 lumens with 3 watts ?
most cheaper fluorescent lanterns have a cheap - too low powered inverter in them and they mess the bulb up -
one end tuns black - the bulb dims etc.
most cheaper fluorescent lanterns have a cheap - too low powered inverter in them and they mess the bulb up -
one end tuns black - the bulb dims etc.
