River Rock Lantern on Primary Lithium AA's?

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Since this is a regulated lantern, has anyone tried using Battery Station's AA Lithium primary batteries? I'd like to but BS lithiums measure 1.9V no load and I'm a bit hesitant.
 

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I'd be a bit hesitant to try those. With the supplied Duracells, I found that the circuit board in mine got pretty hot all by itself with only a minute's use.

The top cover has a bayonet-style mount (like an SLR camera lens) and comes off easier than the battery cover (go figure). Try running yours for a few minutes on regular alkalines and then see how hot it is.
 
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