Old school. Some like em ...some don't
Many years ago I give an old GF the M12 version as an emergency light for when the power went out for light and USB phone charging. She really liked it a lot
After that I decided to get the same one for myself. Easily lights up my whole kitchen area in an outage.
Especially good for outdoors camping deck etc. They hang by a hook
And can be a decent worklight depending on the situation
Always been considering an M18 version if the price was right...it is a bit taller than the M12 though just a little bit brighter. M18 batteries make good bases.
They were like $20 more in the beginning $89 IIRC. Kind of surprised they haven't gone cheaper yet. Also used to be freebie too choices during certain promos in the past.
RTR had a couple of videos reviews on the lanterns called it one of his favorite lights back when