Even after charging the battery, we were to able to get the light to work. We contacted the company and they sent us a new lantern. The second lantern works, but even at the brightest level the light not very bright. In addition it projects light to a small limited area.
I am not sure what the light is good for. You can’t have it next to you and tried to read, it doesn’t project enough light, can’t see a large area if you use it to walk the dog at night. Disappointed