Nitecore LR40 lantern

The light that turns a blackout into a normal evening.

The Nitecore LR40 is a rechargeable lantern built for the kitchen table, the tent, or the hallway shelf during a power outage. It throws light in every direction, runs for days on a single charge, and doubles as a power bank when your phone needs topping up. Designed to sit ready in a cupboard and work exactly as expected the one night a year you actually need it.

At 222 grams and about the size of a large mug, the LR40 puts out up to 100 lumens across three light sources, warm, white, and warm white, plus a red SOS mode for emergencies. A single rotating dial lets you dial the brightness up or down without cycling through fiddly button presses. On its lowest setting it will run for up to 65 hours, so one lantern can genuinely see a household through a multi day outage. The built in 4000mAh battery also works as a power bank through the USB-A port, so you can keep a phone charged from the same unit.

Key features

• Up to 100 lumens maximum output
• Three light sources: warm, white, and warm white, plus red SOS
• Stepless brightness dial for precise control
• Up to 65 hours runtime on lowest setting
• Built in 4000mAh Li-ion battery
• USB-C charging input, USB-A power bank output
• 360° omnidirectional light, can sit, hang, or be carried
• Durable ABS construction with a stable base
• 117mm x 96mm x 96mm, 222 grams

When you will reach for it

A blackout during dinner. A storm that takes the power out overnight. Camping, where a single lantern lights the whole tent instead of everyone holding a torch. A dark garage while you find the fuse box. Reading in bed when you don't want a harsh overhead light. The kind of lighting a torch cannot do well, because a torch lights a point and the LR40 lights a room.

Why this one

Nitecore is one of the most trusted names in portable lighting. The LR40 earns its place in the Urban Resilience range because it covers a whole room, and because the low mode runtime means it will still be usable on night three of an outage, not just the first. No batteries to buy, no fuel to store, and the power bank function means it earns its keep even outside a blackout, on a camping trip or a balcony dinner when the sun goes down.

Pair it with a Nitecore TUBE V2 for close up tasks, or with one of the Urban Resilience Blackout Kits for full household coverage.

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