I bought this Rayovac latern off of Amazon after reading tons of reviews
and visiting some other sites about the quality of this product. I did
happen to give this lantern it's full fledged test at a camp out this
past 4th of July weekend and put it head to head with other lanterns.
One of the other lanterns were Energizer's 3D cell 12 led Weather Ready
from Walmart, the other was a Coleman 8D cell CFL type lantern, and the
third was your basic Coleman propane lantern. The Rayovac was the most
compact of the bunch, next was the Energizer, then the CFL Coleman, and
lastly the propane lantern.
Now when it came to my shopping there
were 2 things that were high on my list. 1st was the brightness level.
2nd was the energy (batteries,fuel, etc.) needed to run the product and
the longevity of the energy (how long could I run it before having to
change the batteries etc.
Let me run through the energy and
consumption level. Obviously since the propane lantern runs on "fire" it
did consume it's fuel the fastest, because we had to change the propane
canisters at least twice for the 3 night camp. As for the other 3 I
still have no idea. I would think that the CFL lantern would go out
before the Rayovac and Energizer, that and the fact that it takes 8D
cells make running it a little more costly. The Energizer claims 3
weeks running time at 5 hours a day use and the Rayovac claims around
75-150 hours running time, so I would call it a fairly even match
between the two.
Now let's get to what your really interested
in and discuss brightness level. This is purely based on what I saw and
has nothing to do with comparing LED's with CFL's etc. On an overall
brightness scale reguardless of type, the overall winner was your
standard propane lantern. On max output it clearly outperformed the lot.
To my surprise, the Coleman CFL was the second brightest. It was
equivilent to your standard CFL light in a household setting and we were
all impressed at how bright it was coming pretty close to the propane
output. As for the LED lanterns... the Rayovac outshown the Energizer.
With the top portion of the Ravovac removed and flipped upside down as a
tent light, the Rayovac quickly impressed me with lighting up a fairly
reasonable amount of area with light. The only edge that I thought the
Energizer had was it's adjustablity to brighten and dim at the turn of a
switch while the Rayovac had either bright or semi-bright. Though this
is about light output and 2 of the Rayovacs hung upside down with the
top removed can easily light a 10X20 camping area (the size of our
canopy tent).
My conclusion on overall performance. One of the
three propane lanterns caught on fire due to some kind malfunction and
the fact that you have to light them with a match, change canisters on a
regular basis, and change those bag things every other trip puts
propane at the bottom. 3rd place would have to be the Energizer.
Although it uses only 3D cells and had light adjustment equivilent to
the propane lantern, it was still the dimmest (although still very
bright) of the lot. 2nd would have to be the Coleman CFL. It uses
batteries, although a wopping 8D cells, but is much safer than a propane
lantern catching on fire. It is extremely bright, 2nd only to the
propane. It's only downfalls would be the price and I'm assuming
battery life as compared to LEDs. The winner in my book, is obvioulsy
the Rayovac. It was the brighter of the two LED models, it's very
compact, uses only 3D cells, has long battery life, can change from a
free standing lantern to a hanging light(very good bonus feature), and
is very well priced on Amazon. I am the owner of three of the products
tested and am giving my unbiased opinion. I would highly recomend the
Rayovac and plan on buying one or two more for some serious light.
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