Camping Lantern Rechargeable, 1500LM Dimmable LED Vintage Lanterns Waterproof High Capacity Portable Lantern Flashlight COB Lightweight Tent Light for Courtyard Outdoor Hiking Power Outages Emergency

I mainly got this lantern because I have a bunch of extra 18650 batteries and I thought this would be a cute little light I could have handy for power outages and have a good set of extra batteries to pop in. I wasn't disappointed there. Replacing the battery on this is super easy, barely an inconvenience. You just unscrew the entire bottom plate and there's the battery compartment. Just a basic compartment with a spring for the negative and a button for the positive. It had no problems at all with my unprotected flat-top 18650 batteries.In fact, the battery it came with is a flat top, unprotected 18650. Which surprised me because you can charge the battery using the included USB cable, and I would have assumed they cheaped out and used protected cells. Since it's a flat-top battery I'm assuming the charging feature is at least intelligent enough to stop charging the battery when it reaches max voltage of 4.1 or whatever they have it set to. I don't see any temperature sensing probe so I'm not sure I'd really trust it.In my case I plan to just have charged cells available using my intelligent external 4-port charger and I'll probably never use the built in charging, but I could if I had to, in a pinch.The included battery only measured out at 860 mAh which is pretty weak for an 18650 cell. I've pulled stronger *used* batteries from various things, but it's all good. I didn't buy this for the included battery... goodness knows I've got a lot of them already. I'll probably keep a handful of stronger 2000+ mAh batteries handy and just use those, stuffing this puny one into my drawer of other old ones "just in case".I did a runtime test of the included battery just to get an idea. At max brightness it made it to about 1.5 hours before I really noticed it dimming. At about the 2.5 hour mark it was down quite a bit, and it's now 5 hours and the light output is so dim it would be hard to see anything in an unlit room, but as a night light or something it's still hanging in there.Before starting my test, I topped it off using my external charger and it was at a healthy 4.1V. Just now after 5 hours on max it was reading just a little over 2.5V so it really does keep on going and going. I'm not so sure there's a cutoff where it would shut itself down below a certain voltage to protect the battery which is disconcerting. Maybe I'll sacrifice this included battery and let it keep running down until either the light stops entirely or it does some kind of internal shutdown. One way or the other I'll let it keep going until there's no light and then check the voltage to see where it's at. Since I wouldn't know for sure if it shut off or if there's simply not enough voltage to drive the LED strips, I'll let it go a little longer after that and see if the voltage dropped any further, and I'll update my review with whatever I discover.In any case, it's a good looking lantern. Lightweight (it's just plastic after all) but I think it'll be a good back up light source for power outages or just going camping with.ADDENDUM: I did a follow up test using my own 2000 mAh battery and it lasted about 3.5 hours on the max brightness before I noticed it dimming. It started out with a full 4.16V charge and after 3.5 hours it was down to 2.6V which should be about the point where a good system would shut it down, but this lantern didn't. I still like the lantern but you should be aware it doesn't seem to have a safe cutoff point.On the included battery, I let it keep running for over 24 hours and it was still putting out light but not very much. The voltage on the battery got down to 2.45 V and I finally stopped the test. It was using so little energy when the light was super dim (because of the low voltage) that it took about 20 hours to drop from 2.52 to 2.45 volts... really just sipping it there. At some point I'm sure it would have shut off entirely because the LED strips need a certain voltage to work at all, so I guess if you left it on somewhere and forgot about it for days or weeks, it would hit some point where it can't work and maybe that would protect your battery, although there would still be a parasitic draw.On the "bright" side, I noticed that if you take out the battery entirely, you can operate the light just fine using the charging cable plugged into a USB port. That means, if you want, you could operate this lantern entirely from an external power bank, which might be something I'd do. I'm building a couple power banks using 8-10 18650 or 21700 batteries with a USB output, and something like that would power this lantern at full brightness for at least a day, or multiple days in the case of a 8x21700 battery pack.When the charging cable is plugged in, it seems to constantly output around 3.6-3.7 volts to the battery terminals, even if no battery is installed. That's enough to run the lights for sure, but if that's all the voltage it's applying to charge the battery, that's really just a "storage" charge. It might boost the voltage more when it detects a battery though. The little charging light (it's a soft red glow in the micro USB port itself) changes from solid when a battery is installed to a slowly blinking red when the battery is removed, so it does know if a battery is there or not).I hope all this detailed info is useful. I loved this one so much I also bought the black version (battery in that one was pretty similar in capacity, FYI)

This lantern is adorable. It has a great look and is built sturdy. It is holding the light well. The light is bright for the size. I would buy it again.

Works good for what it is use it while camping in the tent as a night light for the grand kids while on the low setting will last 2 or 3 night

Nice little lamp for my back porch - or just about anywhere you need extra light:Appreciate the quick out of box / plug in.

Very bright and adjustable. I do wish the light wasn't so white though.

I waited to write this review in order to have a good assessment of its performance. I bought these items in March of 2024 based on the price along with the small compact design and the light output. I am sorry to say that both have died only 4 months in. The first went within the first week, the battery would not hold the charge and after testing found out the battery was indeed no longer working. Now I am into July 2024 and the 2nd one has also died. The batteries are not stamped with a product code for replacement. The lumens are less than bright but work well in small places or holding over a small task for extra light. Over all, the price looks good they are light and attractive, but in the end this product does not meet up to its specs. I wish they had more life, I hate to see them go.

Seduced by style. I liked the way this lantern looked so much that I chose it over the thousands of other choices on Amazon. I also liked the following functions: dimmer switch, rechargeable battery, and the ability to charge mobile phones. Great stuff at a reasonable price.The drawback, for me, is the color of the light. It's not the clear white light of a home LCD lightbulb. Instead, it's a very yellow-green light, reminiscent of a fluorescent lightbulb.. I don't know the purpose of such an addition to what otherwise is a very good tiny, personal light.

oh yes its light weight! flimsy feeling. so sorry I have this. will not last long and the light is not efficient even when turned up =. used while tent camping