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wab54

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www.harborfreight.com

250 Lumen Pop-Up Lantern

Amazing deals on this 250 Lumen Pop-Up Lantern at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
www.harborfreight.com www.harborfreight.com

Harbor freight is having a big sale in March. These lights will go for $3.49 at the big sale. My opinion, these lights are great for emergency lighting because......

#1 They are cheap
#2 Wont set anything on fire.
#3 Use AA batteries.
#4 Wont stink like kerosene.
#5 You can use rechargeable batteries with them.


I have about 20 of these lights. I have taken the batteries out for storage, so they wont leak and ruin the lights.

WAB
 
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WalknTrot

Veteran Member
For quick-grab off grid LED lamps, I like these. Very bright, (1800 lumens =100watt incandescent bulb). The handle is magnetic so it sticks to the inside of your car hood, or my favorite...the exhaust fan hood over my stove when I'm cooking/working in the kitchen and the power is out again.

Use 4 AA's or rechargeable. Had a couple of them for going on 3 years and still haven't replaced the standard alkaline batteries.

Smart Electrician®1800 Lumen LED Rechargeable Work Light
Model Number: Z-1800-A6-A01 Menards ® SKU: 3705480
Regular price: $19.99

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Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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I found a similar one a few years ago, except it had a little PV panel on top. Also has USB port and place for AA batteries.

Lives in a window and still lights up when I ask it too.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
wab54 said:
www.harborfreight.com

250 Lumen Pop-Up Lantern

Amazing deals on this 250 Lumen Pop-Up Lantern at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
www.harborfreight.com www.harborfreight.com

Harbor freight is having a big sale in March. These lights will go for $3.49 at the big sale. My opinion, these lights are great for emergency lighting because......

#1 They are cheap
#2 Wont set anything on fire.
#3 Use AA batteries.
#4 Wont stink like kerosene.
#5 You can use rechargeable batteries with them.


I have about 20 of these lights. I have taken the batteries out for storage, so they wont leak and ruin the lights.

WAB
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I have these. I actively use the two that remain functional. That's a good price for them. I'll have to watch and grab. That requires in store because I won't use their online again.

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Oh I'd like some of those.

I'm debating some of the light bulbs that you can put in your regular light fixture. I need to research more because one of the possible issues I see is turning them off when power is out but you no longer need them. In a light fixture, you can't as far as I can find. Maybe I just need to buy one and test it.
 
TKO

TKO

Veteran Member
kyrsyan said:
I'm debating some of the light bulbs that you can put in your regular light fixture. I need to research more because one of the possible issues I see is turning them off when power is out but you no longer need them. In a light fixture, you can't as far as I can find. Maybe I just need to buy one and test it.
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I purchased a few of the battery backup light bulbs that go inside your lamps. They are good bulbs by themselves...but the backup lighting feature is just OK. Nothing spectacular...at least the brand I got. They do give off enough light to keep you out of the dark in a power outage. I'd buy them again. You can take them out of the lamp and carry them around like a flashlight, too. I got this brand... GE LED+ Backup Battery Light Bulb, Rechargeable, Soft White, Medium Base. It take 10 hours to recharge. No big deal if that is a lamp you turn on everyday. These will fail you if you put them in a lamp that rarely gets turned on.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

Has No Life - Lives on TB
TKO said:
I purchased a few of the battery backup light bulbs that go inside your lamps. They are good bulbs by themselves...but the backup lighting feature is just OK. Nothing spectacular...at least the brand I got. They do give off enough light to keep you out of the dark in a power outage. I'd buy them again. You can take them out of the lamp and carry them around like a flashlight, too. I got this brand... GE LED+ Backup Battery Light Bulb, Rechargeable, Soft White, Medium Base. It take 10 hours to recharge. No big deal if that is a lamp you turn on everyday. These will fail you if you put them in a lamp that rarely gets turned on.
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Interesting. I may get one or two. I just don't want to pay that price and then have them die as frequently as regular bulbs do. But I also have a few fixtures that I could pop them in that I don't use frequently, but use frequently enough to charge them. But honestly, I think I prefer the lanterns. They are much more useful. And at one point I had some that you could recharge. I may just look for those again.
 
Dobbin

Dobbin

Faithful Steed
Owner LOVES his kerosene lamps. He even has a couple of "Aladdins" which get short term use in a short outage. Still, he has the rule "No fire in the barn EVER."

Owner has also pointed out to me (your guess why is as good as mine) that kerosene or propane lights/lanterns need - you guessed it - fuel.

And in a long term grid-down situation, fuel is likely to be in short supply.

Owner tells me of his trying to keep the sump pump running during a long term outage/hurricane/whatever. The pump when it runs uses the generator continuously, and the generator uses about four gallons a day in that service. So in effect, Owner has to scrounge up about a 5 gallon can of gas EACH DAY the generator runs.

The power in his case had been off for a week - every four days he would go out with four 5 gallon cans and try to get them filled. He tells of finding a gas station inland about 15 miles which was selling gas - but would not fill your vehicle. The pump aisle was cordoned off with orange cones. You could "walk" up to the pump with any number of cans and get them filled. THEN you could bring the can anywhere you want to say "refill your car." The Owner of the station says "This keeps the customers from fighting with each other in their cars for position in line."

But - in a LONGER term fuel interruption - this opportunity may not present itself.

Which is why Owner has a Harbor Freight Solar Panel (two of them actually) and a 12V battery sitting spare he can use to power utilities in the house.

Or charge my LED Lantern.

I don't like the dark.

Dobbin
 
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etdeb

Veteran Member
kyrsyan said:
I have these. I actively use the two that remain functional. That's a good price for them. I'll have to watch and grab. That requires in store because I won't use their online again.


Oh I'd like some of those.

I'm debating some of the light bulbs that you can put in your regular light fixture. I need to research more because one of the possible issues I see is turning them off when power is out but you no longer need them. In a light fixture, you can't as far as I can find. Maybe I just need to buy one and test it.
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They are great. I have given as gift to all family mumbers that never are prepared.
 
medic38572

medic38572

TB Fanatic
I actually bought 2 with a coupon last year, still have them in the camping box. They are bright. Have extra batteries for them. I get their coupons via email so when the sale comes I will scramble to get several more. Thanks.
 
marsh

marsh

On TB every waking moment
I have the lightbulbs that go on automatically when the electricity goes off. They work in a short term situation of less than a day. I am happy with them. They let me see where I am going. Last thing you need is to fall.
 
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