There are lots of worthy recommendations in the comments but I think that instead of asking others it would be better to consider the available models in person. Talk about lanterns, not long ago, I was also confused with the number of options and had no idea which one to choose. I live in the...
I bought one of these NEBO Poppy flashlights on Amazon for 20 bucks. Definitely good for emergency power outages. I was quite surprised at the amount of light these lanterns produced. Great product for such a price.