Abstract: A lantern has a housing with a front end portion, a handle portion and a base portion with an incandescent bulb and a reflector in the front end portion and a fluorescent tube in the base portion. The base portion can be rotated by means of a rotatable joint through 180.degree. so that, using the front end portion as a base, the fluorescent tube can be positioned and angled to give optimum illumination for any particular use.