I found this while looking through SHOT Show videos. In the video they say it is powered by a lithium rechargeable battery.
No price yet from Zippo Outdoor.
Interesting. I couldn’t see how he changed modes? Anyone knows?
With his thumb on the switch. Right after he’s done switching modes you can clearly see his thumb still on the switch when he tilts the light. 
I think the red rectangle on the lower side is the power/mode switch. At about 40 seconds into the video it briefly shows his thumb on the red rectangle.
Doh! Beat me to the answer, thanks!
I meant how the modes were changed on the switch… It seems like just one big button. Will it have to cycle through all modes? The UI is what Im asking for 
pretty cool.
might be easier to add a heatsink if the emitter was on the top, but i don’t think it is.
a reflector that snaps onto the metal bars to block at least one direction might be handy
I’d pay $20, maybe $30 if it has a good battery - but I bet it is like $50…
You know technology evolves, this is a step backwards. If you’re going camping and space and weight is at a premium why would you want to lug around such a giant lantern?
They could have easily packed a much higher capacity battery in 1/4 as much space and used a single high power emitter in a lantern style reflector like the Solarforce lantern head.
I guess this is for all the car campers who like to look like they’re camping and not actual backpacking camping campers who care about the size weight and performance of their gear. Because seriously my antiquated Trustfire TR-801 with a ping pong ball for a diffuser likely works better than that lantern and is tougher to boot.
Other than having a wide base to stand up easily, I don't see how it's any better than a good flashlight with a diffuser wand.
I don’t think they are targeting backpackers, or for that matter, anyone that’s very far from a power source for recharging. Like you said…car camping.
It will be a long time before anything electronic can surpass liquid fuel lanterns for size/weight/stamina. I have 4 sizes of coleman liquid fuel lanterns, and this is easily my favorite.
That thing’s huge. Who is telling people we need sos on everything?
among the people i’ve discussed flashlights with, there are four types
1. flashaholics - no sos
2. flashaholic that are boaters, bikers, etc. - occasional sos
3. folks that use, and are maybe even a little enthusiastic about flashlights but are NOT flashaholics - sos is cool!
4. people that don’t care about flashlights - care even less about sos
THIS is why it is our duty to convert almost flashaholics :bigsmile:
pulsar - i’d loose at least one of the side of that thing somewhere between beer 2 and beer 5 S)
somewhere after about 45 beers and who knows how many hits off the bottle on a 4 day weekend… they are both there and WORK surprisingly lol
its great for the kids or women going to the bathroom and for retiring to the tent for the night too
I usually bring cheapie HF lights and such for other campers, so that they won’t touch my nice stuff…as much…
I find the gas lantern helps conserve fire wood - if it is not on, people pile a lot more wood on the fire….
It doesn’t serve my needs, but for kids and car camping, it looks pretty good.
I always think of big lanterns as kind of a dad’s duty, regardless of how many good flashlights and diffusers he has for his own backpacking and hunting trips.
In an emergency blackout, I think that a big bright lamp in the family room can make all the little ones feel much safer and nested.
While it might not be real sensible to us think about the general public who are still probably buying incans and florescent lanterns and using up a ton of C/D sized alkaline’s to fuel them.
Something like this makes a good amount of sense to those who can’t be bothered to properly charge batteries, store and maintain lights or just leave things laying around all the time (without the ability to fix/maintain them).
It’s still probably cheaper to lug it around if you use the light often than a liquid or propane lantern with the convenience of not setting things on fire and being useable in public most of the time. Fire is a hazard and while I’m not afraid of it there are those who certainly should be (Look for the next home set on fire during a blizzard, outage, etc).