Decko OutDoor 30300 LED 300 Lumen Camping Lantern

The media could not be loaded. I bought this lantern for my husband to take hunting, to the cabin and camping. We own the same lantern made by Rayovac. When I say they are the same they are "identical" shape, size, and function. My husband started playing with both lanterns and the parts interchange! They MUST BE made in the same factory. The only difference is the Rayovac is green and the Decko is gray. The Decko lantern seems a little brighter but it is hard to tell. Rayovac is 240 lumens and Decko is 300 lumens. I will ask my husband to shoot a video with his iphone and load to Amazon later.Rayovac Sportsman cost $26.38 today at Amazon and the Decko Lantern is $20. 25% cheaper price. After using this lantern last week at the cabin we found the battery life on both lanterns to be about the same. My sister asked me which I would recommend and I told her Decko because of the price. If you want to pay more for the name brand buy Rayovac.This item qualified for Amazon prime when I bought it from Amazon. 2 day service. I like buying from Amazon and not the merchants selling on their site.

Smaller than I expected and not as bright as a propane burning lantern, but easier to use and should work for seeing around inside the tent at night.

I'm surprised this was rated so well by the other customers. I ordered five of these for emergency lighting in my business. We opened the first one to check it out but I didn't have any batteries. The employee who brought it into my office tried to put the bottom back on but was unsuccessful. I said maybe it needs to have the batteries installed. I got the batteries, and I still couldn't get this thing back together, even though a was aligning the arrows you are supposed to align. A third person tried, and finally it went back together, but didn't know why-she apparently was just lucky. I either got a defective unit or this is just a bad design. Am returning the remaining four and choosing a unit that is easier to deal with.

It puts out good lite, but it blinks when it is shut off might be nice if you need to find it but keeps me awake with a little flash every few seconds from one led by the switch. The only way to shut it off is to take batteries out of it. That lead to another issue with it, because it is very hard to line up two arrow when putting batteries in don't try it in the dark just won't happen.

Good light but putting the battery cover back on was a royal pain.

five stars from me! i have the 300 lumen. I purchased it for lighting up the inside of my tent while camping and for lighting the cooking area and also walking to the out house at night. On low power it is very bright, plenty of light and more for all of my needs. When I first put the batteries in I was so impressed and surprised how bright it was and then I realized it was only on low so I turned it on high and WOW! This little thing is almost to bright! if your worried it wont be bright enough. don't worry its bright. Its small and compact and the base is heavy because of the 3 Dcells. Im amazed that this bright light can give so many hours of use. It seems very solid and sturdy. The best light for the money or maybe for much more. I cant see how it can be better!

It's a little early, but it's bright. Jury is out on battery life

I'm not sure what use an battery power lantern is if you need bright light and the printed instructions to install the batteries. There are NO polarity markings for the batteries on the housing and there is no way to keep the printed instructions with the lantern. Not only that, but the battery contacts on the removable battery cover spin freely and there is are no indication of the correct orientation.I have a rule of thumb; if you need the printed life throughout the life of a portable product, you have purchased the wrong product. In addition, you will likely end up throwing it away before it's worn out because you will have forgotten how to use it.One star is charitable.