Coleman lantern replacement?

Elkins45

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Recommend a Coleman lantern substitute with rechargeable batteries?

Is there a LED lantern that takes rechargeables and can be a functional replacement for my old white gas Coleman lantern? I found this online from a known maker at a good price but it takes 21700 cells and my preference would be 18650's because I already have a bunch of them with chargers so I could just swap in a new battery as needed. Or, if the Sofirn is a really great deal I guess I could just buy a couple of 21700 spares.


I don't need a fancy UI or a lot of modes. It would be used on high 90+% of the time.
 
I prefer Milwaukee's 700 lumen 18 volt lantern with at least a 5 amp battery. They go up to 12 amp batteries now. Light is warm white, it doesn't dim down since it has good heatsinking and a large battery, has warm white l.e.d.s, and you can rotate the beam from 360 degrees to 180 degrees to wrap the light around a tree without wasting it in shadows of the tree (when hung on a branch). Also has a USB port for charging devices and the tool battery chargers work much faster than ones for one or two 18650s or 21700s. That is a true gas lantern replacement, but isn't cheap with battery and charger. Also, it's a bit bulky.

If you go compact, a floodlight will be less annoying than an area light and can be more versatile. There isn't much more versatile than a Nitecore NWL20 worklight. You won't find much cheaper either. $35 with 5 amp protected 21700 battery. Get spare cells from 18650batterystore.com for cheap. Right now, I'd say Molicel P45B if you want cold weather performance, Samsung 50S if you want the best all around cell, or EVE 50E if you want the cheapest now, and buy a 10 pack of Harbor Freight magnets to use as button tops for the cheap unprotected spare cells. You can also go to Illumn.com and get the 6 amp unprotected Vapcell batteries cheap or the KeepPower 6 amp protected cells for $12 each (probably the best option).
 
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