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As a variation on the BOB question as hurricane season approaches I've been thinking a lot about my preparations here in central North Carolina, including of course lighting! This scenario for me is less likely to produce a bug out situation as we aren't likely to flood or have catastrophic damage but can have lots of trees down, some wind damange and the related power outages, often for several days.
The first storms are moving through this week and although we're not expecting really bad weather it will rain and blow some which means it's time to start getting ready. Likely scenario is some storm and wind damage with power outage - my family consists of me, my wife, my 2.5 year old son and two black labs.
As I've been topping off the NiMH AAs and the Strion it has occurred to me that I don't have a really good long runtime light other than my Infinity Ultra (which according to Roys runtime plots is still around 11 hours) and no real usable "flood" type light. So while I have the Strion, Arc4, Arc LSHP with both 1x123 and 2xAA pack, MiniMag with MMLite LuxIII, Infinity Ultra and Arc AAA (red and white) along with some various minimag and 2d/3d mags.
So while I'll have plenty of bright light and some decent runtime with the Infinity Ultra - anyone suggest a reasonably priced lantern of some sort with decent runtime? Any other lighting gaps?
I'm also getting the generator checked out and starting to store up some non-perishable food along with propane for the grill and of course, lots of water!
The first storms are moving through this week and although we're not expecting really bad weather it will rain and blow some which means it's time to start getting ready. Likely scenario is some storm and wind damage with power outage - my family consists of me, my wife, my 2.5 year old son and two black labs.
As I've been topping off the NiMH AAs and the Strion it has occurred to me that I don't have a really good long runtime light other than my Infinity Ultra (which according to Roys runtime plots is still around 11 hours) and no real usable "flood" type light. So while I have the Strion, Arc4, Arc LSHP with both 1x123 and 2xAA pack, MiniMag with MMLite LuxIII, Infinity Ultra and Arc AAA (red and white) along with some various minimag and 2d/3d mags.
So while I'll have plenty of bright light and some decent runtime with the Infinity Ultra - anyone suggest a reasonably priced lantern of some sort with decent runtime? Any other lighting gaps?
I'm also getting the generator checked out and starting to store up some non-perishable food along with propane for the grill and of course, lots of water!