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Rayovac SE3DLN – Best Camping Lantern

by Jim on July 27, 2011

Looking for a bright energy efficient light for all your camping and outdoor needs? An outdoor lantern sounds like something that could just be what you are looking for. Unlike regular flash lights, lanterns are built to cover a large area with its laminating capabilities. So here I’m about to tell you about one of the most suitable and entirely reliable camping lanterns that I have ever had: the Rayovac SE3DLN.

Rayovac SE3DLN

Rayovac SE3DLN

Compact and Bright

This camping lantern looks like any average one that I use to have, and the best thing is that it is smaller and doesn’t take up much room. It doesn’t come with batteries and it uses 3 “D” size batteries which are easy to obtain so no worries there. The entire setup feels quite sturdy and durable except for the hook located at the bottom of the lantern; this little hook is made of plastic. It does fold away for safe storage though. The outer parts are made of rubbery plastic, but I’m glad these don’t feel like they are going to break anytime soon.

The Rayovac SE3DLN comes with two settings; bright and low (even low is still bright). There is also a strobe function for this lantern that may come in handy during emergency. The single large LED bulb is a real strong man in its class, at 300 lumens this lamp is really something, the unit was extremely bright and that was before I took off the cap to reveal an even brighter bare bulb, the 3 D sized cells sure are putting out a lot.

I noticed a blinking green light at the front part of the lamp, apparently this is for you to find the lantern in the dark even when it is off. This might be a good intention on the designer’s part, but people who don’t need the use for it are worried that it drains the battery.

Slight Trouble with Battery Installation

Some users have complained that inserting the batteries is a real pain as the cap underneath the lamp has problems aligning itself properly with the base, which will then cause the connectors to not touch the battery terminals and not complete the circuit. I have found this to be quite true as the unit did not come with a manual explaining how the cap should be closed, apparently there are two notches which are highlighted on Amazon which have to be aligned before closing the cap. But that’s not the only problem, I found out that if the metal connector at the bottom can come free from its place which makes the process of replacing batteries even harder, but so far I have never experienced this.

So the Rayovac SE3DLN is super bright and entirely capable of handling your camping needs, with a few downsides however, so just remember to bring some extra batteries and an extra flashlight, but for the price and the amount of light it puts out it’s a great buy. I would recommend fishermen and camping enthusiasts to buy this.

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