Jim Yanik wrote:
"Eigenvector" wrote:
Personally I stock up on those glow sticks that kids use at Haloween -
best portable source of light I know of. You can take them in the
shower with you, leave them on the floor to guide you, and hold them
to walk with. They last forever too - much longer than a flashlight

Not the newer LED flashlights,or the battery-powered fluorescent lights.
My FL. camp light runs 20 hrs on two tubes,40 on one,using 4 D cells.
Then I have a single tube battery FL light[8 AA cells] with an adapter
cable to clip onto any 12V source.They kept me well lighted after Hurricane
Charlie and 7 days without line power.You can even buy LED camping lanterns
now.

I have one of the lanterns. 12 LEDs, 4 D batteries. Variable brightness.
We use it on low brightness as a night light; it's been on every night
for no less than 6 hours, typically 8, since about last July with no
visible change in brightness, on the first set of batteries.

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