Looking for a buy it for life option for a lantern. Will mostly be used during power outages and only occasionally otherwise. Ideally it would hold a charge well and be bright enough to allow reading/puzzles/games/etc.

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    32 days ago

    For that use case, I’d invest in a USB power bank instead.

    Use it to keep your phone charged, and use the phone’s light.

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      2 days ago

      My preferred solution: an USB power bank with an integrated LED light. The power bank is a DIY version which is sold empty and can be filled with second-hand 18650 cells pulled out of broken power tools or laptop batteries (6 cells in parallel).

      They’re sold from China for about 6 € and provide light for tens of hours when filled with 6 x 1700 mAh cells. I think the brand was “Haweel”.