Aloha Swedish Chef,

I have never used a generator so have no experience with them.

For lights, I really like my Petzl Tikka XP. I have used it nightly on three camping trips so far and haven't had to change batteries. Very useful. I will probably change out the batteries soon and burn the old ones up in my kids flashlights or something. I am going to buy a Fenix P1D CE. It is a keychain size light but throws 135 lumens for one hour on high and 12 lumens for 21 hours on low.

A Coleman propane lantern is also plenty bright and runs a long time. Coleman claims 7 hours on high and 14 hours on low. I am not sure how long the propane really lasts as I almost never use it on high.

I use one of these



for home power outage back up cooking along with an outdoor grill. I even use the portable stove for family camping. It's like bringing your kitchen stove with you.

During our last extended power outage, I used a Grundig radio to listen to the only station that was online for news and updates. It runs on batteries or a built in crank generator.

Good luck to you in your preparations efforts.