Rayovac SE3DLN Sportsman Xtreme 300-Lumen LED Lantern
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Rayovac SE3DLN Sportsman Xtreme 300-Lumen LED Lantern
Customer Review: All That I Wanted
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this lantern; because when compared to all the others that I looked at - it was smaller, lighter, more durable, and used less batteries but provided more light. After using it on a 2 week camping trip - it didn't let me down.
When we lost "house" power in our RV, I placed it on the kitchen table to play cards. The couple that we traveled with complained that it was too bright. Rather than turn it down to the lower level, I unscrewed the top and used the bottom hook to hang it upside down from the ceiling. This application provided more than enough light to play cards and see everything else within the entire RV. It was no longer "too bright"; because it was above eye level.
I also hooked it to a tree branch above our picnic table. It provided enough light to cook on the camping stove and eat dinner for four. At the end of the camping trip, I couldn't detect any depreciation in battery power. The couple that we traveled with has been camping for years, with all kinds of equipment. Yet, they too are going to buy this lantern from Amazon.
I'm going to buy the Coleman Multi-Purpose Lantern Stand in case the next time we go out, there isn't a tree branch above our picnic table. I'm also going to buy another one of these lanterns to put in our emergency kit in case there's ever a prolonged power outage at home. With two of them, we'll have "his" and "her" lanterns.
Customer Review: Almost blinding
Summary: 5 Stars
This lantern is more than I expected - super bright, feels durable, relatively compact and runs only on 3D batteries. So pleased that I bought 3 more. As far as closing the battery compartment lid, I got it to close the 1st time and every time thereafter. Just pay attention to the large red arrows and lign them up.
Update 2/2/2011: I'm so impressed with this lantern that I've so far ordered six (6) of these for relatives and friends.
Customer Review: Amazing lantern
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazing Lantern!...Don't bother with propane anymore...this is the real deal at 300 lumens...runs forever on 3 D cell batteries w/3 modes and very compact...You wont regret buying thisCustomer Review: An Excellent LED Lantern
Summary: 5 Stars
I bouught one lantern first and checked at home. It was amazing bright. Then I thought to order 6 lanterns for christmas gifts. I am sure that everyone will be happy with this great product. I have seen all other brands of LED lantern
but this is the best one.
Customer Review: Awesome lantern
Summary: 5 Stars
BRIGHT! This thing is definitely good enough for any scenario I could imagine. Tried it out in our dark basement, and this thing lit the place up.
I read all the "bad" reviews and these are the two biggest complaints... Battery cover and "easy find" blinking LED that slowly drains batteries.
Battery cover - not bad at all if you line up the RED ARROWS!... although changing in the dark would be tricky, I don't think it would be impossible.
Blinking LED (that's only really visible if you're looking directly straight on at the front of the light, so I don't really see it being that useful anyway - Easy solution if you don't mind taking it apart and voiding the warranty, which at this price I was willing to take a shot. There are 3 screws in the battery compartment that you have to unscrew to separate the battery and light assembly from the outer case. Once I took this out I used a pair of needle nose pliers to GENTLY twist and break the blinking LED off of the circuit board. No LED = no completed circuit to drain the batteries. Put it back together and the light works same as it did before, and now I can confidently leave the batteries in and know that I'll have a working light a month or two from now. Problem solved. I'm sure the manufacturer wouldn't recommend this, but I'm a problems solver and I couldn't help myself.
So in conclusion... this is a compact and super bright lantern that is built to last. The only flaw is the (barely visible) blinking light, but as you can see... it can be remedied. For the price... you can't go wrong.
Update 5/21/2010: Took this thing camping for the first time last weekend in the Shenandoah National Park, VA. I was very excited to try it out, and was not disappointed! First night there were some strong T-storms coming through, but we managed to get tents up and a small fire started before they hit. I ended up using the lantern in the tent to get stuff situated, and used the tent hook on the bottom of the lantern(some reviewers are skeptical about the sturdiness of this) to hang in the tent. Well, it didn't rain much, so we stood out by the fire in our ponchos to enjoy what was left of the fire. The wind was the worst part of the storm (I'd say 15-20mph)and bounced the tent around quite a bit. That lantern was swinging around inside but never fell, and was so bright it made our tent this glowing pod that cast plenty of light that we could see perfectly out by a now smoldering fire. It was actually pretty enjoyable to watching the top of the tent dance around in the wind with the light swinging around inside. So after that, I feel very confident and pleased with the design of the tent hook on the bottom of the lantern... it comes in very handy.