So, my old mum lives alone, area seems prone to power outages, anyone have and recommendations/advice regarding LED Lanterns, prefer small and can run on AA , long run time being prob most important facet, switchable brightness maybe?
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Thanks for the replies guys (mostly 
), outages can last 3 days (last winter), mostly though 5-6 hours. I already have got her some of THESE, which have been really good tbf, I have them positioned tho so if outage happens she can see ok to move around/stairs etc, recent cuts have got me thinking about something better as I would hate to be thinking I should have got her some better stuff etc AFTER a fall or mishap.
D cell ones certainly seem great run times etc but slight preference for AA smaller type, as I have eneloops n charger etc and could maybe get two or more etc.
For clarity, I did indeed research these and there seems to be so many variants but haven't really seen a high quality smaller one etc.Again, thanks for the input and certainly in part my original request was because people's personal recommendations can be valuable.
), outages can last 3 days (last winter), mostly though 5-6 hours. I already have got her some of THESE, which have been really good tbf, I have them positioned tho so if outage happens she can see ok to move around/stairs etc, recent cuts have got me thinking about something better as I would hate to be thinking I should have got her some better stuff etc AFTER a fall or mishap.D cell ones certainly seem great run times etc but slight preference for AA smaller type, as I have eneloops n charger etc and could maybe get two or more etc.
For clarity, I did indeed research these and there seems to be so many variants but haven't really seen a high quality smaller one etc.Again, thanks for the input and certainly in part my original request was because people's personal recommendations can be valuable.
From memory I think they were around £15 each, they were/are decent as the top part detaches to be used as a torch,maybe a little less than 20w.
Agreed, I already have two of those hometek ones placed strategically.
If you do go non rechargeable* its probably best to make sure you have spare batteries (located next to the lanterns, only for lantern use) for when they inevitably aren't changed and run out of power when you need them most. Probably teaching someone to suck eggs but worth pointing out...
*Not that rechargeable are any good if they aren't recharged to full every time they are used!
No, you are correct, she's 86, obv cognitively not as sharp as us, I`m trying to get the best solution, that includes ease of use/avoidance of any issues/config etc that *may* befuddle an 86 yr old non tech savvy in the dark.........its not so easy lol. One of the reasons for using eneloops being they hold charge for long time, AND I have some and charger.