HOW TO prepare for a POWER OUTAGE : LIGHTS
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Portable Lights can be so very important when the power goes out. Here are two battery lanterns that work very nicely. They are light...very portable, and should be a good and necessary addition to your emergency kits at home or even on the road.
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How to Prepare for a Power Outage: Lights
Hello everybody, this is Dennis with Home Rehab Pros. We have a winter storm coming, and one of the things my wife wanted me to do is get some battery-operated lights, so if the power went out, we were good. So, I got two. I got them at Home Depot. One is this Defiant LED Handy Lantern. It runs on double A batteries – four of them, and the batteries are included in the package. So, we're going to open this up and see how that works. Then, I got this Energizer. This is a thousand lumens; it's supposed to be pretty bright. It requires four D-size batteries, which are not included in the light package. Therefore, I got Energizer D batteries – four of them. We're going to see how all of this works, so stay tuned and watch the video. We're going to turn our lights off and let these lights shine to see exactly how well they work.
We won't be able to see the longevity of these lights, but we will be able to see how they work when the lights go out. So, stay tuned, and you know what, let's get to it. Let's do this!
Defiant LED Handy Lantern: The first one I'm going to try is this Defiant LED Handy Lantern. It's called "Defiant Candy Lantern." It's ideal for camping or emergencies, with a unique capsule design and a built-in recessed hook for hanging. Let's see what we can do here. Let's open this up and see if it's ready to go.
Well, it's not, so let's check this out. Where are the batteries? Ah, the bottom unscrews, and there are the batteries. This is simple; the bottom unscrews, and the batteries are already in there. They're protected with a strip that I have to pull out. The last battery in the sequence has that. So, I just took that out and let's screw that back together. The power button is right here. Let's turn that on – oh my goodness, yes!
Now, let's turn this off. Okay, so that gives you some nice light – perhaps if you have to walk around the house when your power's out. It illuminates pretty nicely. It's 300 lumens, so maybe you can walk from your room to the bathroom or the kitchen when your power is out and there are no lights. That was very simple to set up. It has a lower mode and a strobe, and then it turns off.
Energizer Lantern: Now, let's take a look at this Energizer lantern. It's a little different and packaged a bit more difficult, so I'm going to have to cut off these plastic strips on the corner – be careful when using a sharp knife. Always cut away from yourself, and there we go with that.
Let's see if I can just pull that down and pull that off. Then, we've got a bit of direction here. This is interesting because they say when you have your four D batteries in here, you can even charge your phone on this. In case of an emergency, when the power's out and your phone's battery is running low, and you've got your stock of four D batteries, you need four of them in here, then that could work. It could possibly charge your tablet or your phone, so you can stay mobile even when the power's out.
This requires a screwdriver. You might see this – where we have to take this off – that's probably where the batteries go. So, we're going to go ahead and do that. Let me get a screwdriver here and pull that out of there to see exactly how that works. It even has little arrows that tell me which way I have to turn them, so it's a no-brainer. Although I always liked to use the "lefty-loosey, righty-tighty" idea, that's not always the way it works.
Let me check and make sure I put these batteries in correctly. The left one is positive up, the next one is positive down, and of course, they have it marked on the battery – positive and negative sides. The third one is positive up, and the last one is positive down. Now, I should be able to click the effect in there, and there is a lot of pressure. Let's get this screwed back in. Okay, that's nice and tight – it should be that easy.
Oh my goodness, wow! Let's turn the light off. That is also very portable, of course, and it can light up a larger area than the small one. That's very nice; that's a very nice light. This Energizer is a thousand lumens, and it should tell us how long it will last on full batteries – 170 hours in low mode. So, that low mode, let's look at that – that's high, that's low. So, 170 hours with that mode – let's see how the difference is.
If we put it on high, it doesn't light up nearly as much, but it's substantial. It needs 170 hours, and while you charge your phone, it would probably take more. So, that's very nice. What I would use that for is my main room – I'd just let it sit there. Then, we could use this to go from room to room, because that's very nice and it did very nicely.
So, let's take a look at that. That again is 300 lumens, and it tells us it lasts eight hours on low mode. In my opinion, both are worth the price. You know, it's important to be stocked in your home with lighting, food, water, and things you need if the power goes out. Thanks for tuning in – this was an important video because when storms hit, they can take our power and utilities away from us. We need to be prepared. This is Dennis again with Home Rehab Pros. Thank you for watching; your time is valuable to you, but it's also valuable to us. If you liked this video, please hit that subscribe button and the thumbs up. Your support helps us continue producing these videos. Until next time, take those tasks and just do them. We'll see you in the next video.