CORE 750 Lumen CREE LED Battery Lantern

PLEASE . . . read the whole review to see what extended (2 months) of use leads to! WOW! These lanterns are certainly bright! They may or may not suit your purpose, but they are going to work great for us! We will be using them to replace "shore powered" lighting in our home as we more further "off grid" Three of these in the living room and two in each bedroom will mean LOTS of light and NO ELECTRIC BILL! We'll be using our solar grid to keep LSD D-Cells recharged for swapping. Don't hesitate to get these if you need lots of reliable light! ***UPDATE*** We're so pleased with these we've ordered MORE! GREAT lanterns! ***UPDATE TWO*** Been using these lanterns regularly for a while now . . . Regularly meaning a couple are the primary light source in our bedroom. They are in use every night before we go to sleep. I read before bed, so they are in use for a while every night. I also sometimes use the "nightlight" function if I'm expecting to get up in the dark. I can use the lantern for well over a week . . . even two weeks . . . before recharging the batteries. MUCH better power consumption than I expected! We're so pleased . . . we're about to order even more! We'll have a total of about 8 of these providing the primary light in the rooms of our home! UPDATE TWO!!! - 03 January 2018 Purchased originally on 12 October . . . Was beyond thrilled. Bought several. Now for the BAD NEWS . . . Two original lanterns began showing the reported switch problems about a week ago . . . today, the switch on one completely broke off in my hand refusing to turn. I disassembled the lantern to see if I could fix it only to discover the "switch" is not a switch. It's a circuit board with a rotating "stator" attached to the knob. There's a little spring held "detent" piece that springs out when the "switch" housing is opened. It would appear that this "detent" mechanism is the culprit. Apparently, it gets out of alignment or something and prevents the "switch" knob from rotating. I am VERY disappointed. In fact . . . I'm removing four stars because these GREAT lanterns are GOING to fail with very little use. I was planning to buy several more, but no way. If CORE can fix the switch issue these are GREAT lanterns, but as they are currently constructed, they are a money wasted after only two months. CORE . . . Hear me??? If you can fix this issue, I'm open to revising my rating and review . . . BUT . . . if I'm stuck with crap unusable lanterns, I warn EVERYONE to AVOID THESE UNTIL THE PLANNED FLAW IS FIXED. UPDATE : REPAIR YOUR STUCK KNOB!!! Attached are photos detailing the process to fix the stuck knob. It will no longer have a "detent" feature, but the lantern will work fine other than that! The entire "operation" should only take about 10-15 minutes. Back up to THREE STARS after repairs! CORE assures me that this is a problem only in this "batch" and I notice they are not available now . . . hopefully they are reworking the issue, especially after I did the troubleshooting and field repair work for them. LOL