On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:18:51 +0100, Michael Kilpatrick
wrote:

Talking of candles, I've got this stupid rechargeable lantern,
supposedly 1 million candles, or something. I rarely use it, but I
charged it up last week or so. It's rubbish,

They're all rubbish. The only way to make them any good is attach a
decent lithium battery pack and remember to do a maintenance charge on
that every so often.