Originally Posted by
rkba01
You're going to like that kerosene lantern.
If it is a flat wick non-pressurized lantern you will find out that with very little maintenance it will always be there in case you need it. In the last two decades I have had to replace wicks on lanterns that I use regularly (used up due to yard mood lighting) and one time on a lantern that I accidentally stored 'dry' (it 'varnished'). I got a 33' roll of wick allowing me approximately 50 lantern wick replacements. Five gallons of kerosene will let me burn 4 hurricane lanterns simultaneously for 6hrs a night for about 20 nights. Kerosene does not go bad and stores easily with the lanterns in a shed.
Downside of the hurricane lanterns is the limited light output, just enough to read by if you're close. But it gives great light for regular simple tasks such as walking from room to room, prepare and eat your dinner, bathroom duties, taking a shower, etc.
Quality battery operated head lamps are critical to fill in for the precision tasks that need more light. And during an event you will walk around with one on your head as long as the world is dark. And that world is dark, very, very dark. When a large city looses power it becomes pitch, pitch dark.
So you will also need quality tactical flashlights that illuminates with ease out to a 100 yards. Hand held and weapon mounted. You want to be able to see what that noise was in the corner of your yard and you want it to be a decisive beam that will allow you to identify it with 100%. When to use a hand-held vs a weapon-mounted depends entirely on the situation, typically you can feel it in your gut which one is more appropriate. But that's food for another thread.
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