jmcquown wrote:
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>Flashlights and LED lanterns are a PIA and don't really cast good light.

Um, you're not supposed to shove those LED flashlights into your
bodily orifices for illumination! LOL
Then you haven't used them... one LED lantern will light an entire
room for a week on three D cells as well as a 100W incondescent
bulb... LEDs actually cast better/cleaner light. I've been in the
process of changing all my lighting, indoor and outdoor, to LED...
emits far better/brighter light for 1/10 the cost of incondescent. I
like the outdoor fixtures that come on at dusk and go off at dawn, I
don't mind that they are on all night when they use so little
electricity. I like this for deck and patio, for 14 Watts emits a lot
more light than two 150 Watt incondescent floodlights. I have three
of these:
https://www.amazon.com/MaxLite-MLSEC...g+b y+maxlite
I have the 70 Watt version of this on my barn , lights a huge area
like daylight:
http://www.superiorlighting.com/LED_...101caal068.htm
This one lights a large area behind my garden shed:
https://hyperikon.com/product/led-wall-pack-45w/
I have two of these floodlights, one for each driveway, fantastic
lighting:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F94U1RE..._t1_B00BFJ7IAA
I placed this over the bathroom vanity over the wall mirror, at 10
Watts out performs the old fixture's four 60 W incondescent bulbs:
https://www.amazon.com/Dailyart-Bath...rror+led+light
LED fixtures may at first seem pricey but they more than pay for
themselves within the first 3-4 months with lower electric bills, and
no bulbs to buy or change, a huge advantage with difficult to reach
bulbs. As indoor incondescnt bulbs burn out I've been repacing them
with LEDs. I keep the outside well lit to discourage nocturnal
preditors.

>Know what I used? Actual hurricane lamps. Yes, the kind that take
>oil and wicks. No need to worry about batteries (I've got tons of
>those) or bulbs burhing out as long as you have oil. I used the stupid
>Coleman LED lantern to light the bathroom so Buffy could find her litter
>box.

That's just silly, cats don't need a lantern to find their litter box.

>The room I spent most of my time in was lit by a hurricane lamp.

Oil lamps are neither safe or healthful... they can easily be knocked
over by pets and they smoke... their fumes are a carcinogen... they
were originally intended for outdoor use, and designed prior to the
advent of electric lighting. If yours are highly decorative then
display them but don't use them, if ordinary they belong in the trash.
Even the fumes from paraffin candles are a carcinogen, only beeswax
candles are safe.