Emergency Lighting

I excluded our flashlights/head lamps and focused on our LED lanterns.

Most emergency don't require bugging out and having a good safe light source is beneficial.
Sometimes gas and candle lighting isn't feasible for what ever reason and or situation, these are our emergency lights that we have had to use on several occasions. Here are some of our lanterns we have in our emergency supplies, I keep enough alkaline batteries to run these lights for 60 days, I also have D spacers giving us the option to use AA batteries in these lights, after 60 days we switch over to our Eneloop batteries that we charge with solar panels.


Here are the lantern operating specs;

Super Nova
Battery Life (3 D)
72 hours in high mode
144 hours in low mode
Lumans
300 in high mode

Streamlight
Battery Life (3 D)
30 hours in high mode
70 hours in medium mode
295 hours in low mode
Lumans
340 in high mode
175 in medium mode
33 in low mode

Weatheready
Battery Life
With three AA batteries,
29 hours in high mode
58 hours in low mode
With three D batteries,
195 hours in high mode
380 hours in low mode
Lumans
55 in high mode
28 in low mode

UST 30-Day Lantern
Battery Life (3 D)
32 hours in high mode
84 hours medium mode
720 hours in low mode
(360 hours in SOS strobe mode)
Lumans
300 in high mode
150 in medium mode
29 in low mode

Coleman MicroPacker Mini Lantern
Battery Life (3 AA)
125 hours
Lumans
20

have none of the above,but a fairly good collection of glow-sticks,both in my EDC,IFAK,BOB and vest and flashlights here and there..maybe later when money is little better

I have several flashlights like Mag light and U.S GI anglehead lights . I keep the lantern type too , My lanterns are LED . I also keep light sticks and have some of the covers that you can put them in to control how much light gets out .

im not sure of the luminess.but yet their not real bright.but bright enough to see by...the green one.i got a wal-mart.it can be recharged by electric outlet,or car lighter..other one.i have 2 of.brooklyn lanterns.they use 2 d battries each.i dont know exactly how long they'll last.but they will last the night.and if i have to.i can plug my power converter into my car lighter.and use my electric battery charger that way..this i know.on acount i did so on my camping trip..i just had to find out if it'll work or not..lol..and i still have my solor powered charger in which i can use on clear days..

Personally, I too have a variety of emergency lighting.

LED - great for reading, playing games, or anything where you just need more light. Most of these are all portable and we keep a small LED lantern in each bathroom, and other larger LED lanterns throughout the house.

Oil Lamps - these are my favorite, as you can adjust the light level, and they are decorative, but functional. Eventually, I'll have even more of these all around the house in each room.

Candles - like the oil lamps, decorative also, but a lot less light. Still, better than nothing. Most of these are scented.

We also keep a variety of flashlights around, including large Maglites and the headband types (great for keeping your hands free).

By the way, neat idea for a tactical flashlight for your shotgun....get a walker flashlight (designed for an older person's walker). Goes great onto the barrel. LOL.