Ozark Trail 300-Lumen LED Lantern — variant clarification: 200-lumen model
Published · Researched 2026-09-21
Variant clarification (read first): the exact verified model is the Ozark Trail 200 Lumen LED Battery Powered Lantern, 4 AA Batteries, IPX4 Weather & Drop Resistant (Walmart item 55443504) — the gray-and-orange lantern with folding top handle and front USB port. Its retail packaging reads "200 LUMENS" (visible in image 5). No standalone Ozark Trail 300-lumen LED lantern SKU surfaced in the Sept 2026 sweep; the 300-lumen figure belongs to the separate Ozark Trail 20 Lumen Mini Headlamp + 300 Lumen Lantern Combo Pack. The slug
ozark-trail-300-lumen-led-lanternis retained for continuity; specs below are the verified 200-lumen model.
Overview
The $5 lantern that empties Walmarts before hurricanes: 200 lumens, IPX4, 4 AAs, fold-up handle that turns it on. The 3-pack bundle (one 200-lumen + two 100-lumen minis) is the version most reviewers actually bought.
Key Specs (Walmart item 55443504)
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Output | 200 lumens high / 33 lumens low |
| Runtime | 7 h 45 m high / 78 h low |
| Beam | 9 m high / 4 m low |
| Power | 4× AA (not included) |
| Ingress | IPX4 water-resistant; drop-resistant |
| Size | 3.6 × 7.0 in |
| LED life | Rated for life of product |
Pricing
⚠️ Prices move constantly — re-verify live before quoting.
- Walmart (crawled Aug–Sep 2026): $14.97 current; out of stock at crawl. Deal history: $4.96 (Dec 2024, reg $14.97) per Hip2Save.
- 3-pack bundle: $19.96–$22.97 ($6.65/ea) per Aug 2026 crawl.
Community Verdict (qualitative social pulse, 2026-09-20)
- Value pulse: the go-to "buy before the storm" lantern; 3-pack holds ~4.7★ across 1,300+ Walmart reviews; reviewers praise high/low modes and that batteries ship included in the 3-pack ("survived a week of no power during Hurricane Zeta on the original batteries").
- Failure modes: 4 AAs eat through on high — bring spares; the pull-handle on/off of the 3-pack minis can activate in a pack; rubberized base ring can stain/discolor with age (cosmetic).
Honest tradeoffs
- Versus a headlamp: lantern is camp-lighting, not task lighting — pair with the OT LED headlamp 2-pack (~$5).
- The 200-lumen single vs 3-pack: the 3-pack is almost always the better per-lantern price.
- Not rechargeable — AAs only. Ozark Trail's 4000-lumen rechargeable ($29.97) exists if you want USB-C power.
UNVERIFIED / needs live re-check
- Live single-lantern cart price after the Sept 2026 crawl (was out of stock).
- Whether the combo pack's 300-lumen lantern shares this exact housing design.
Images
See [internal image manifest — not shipped] section ozark-trail-300-lumen-led-lantern.
Images
Research image inventory (filenames as archived; the gallery above shows the selected images):
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