Like several other reviewers, I couldn't figure out how to remove battery cover.  (It really isn't that obvious, guys...does it slide off, snap off, screw off, does bulb have to come out, etc.)  Its plastic, and I'm pretty strong, so I didnt want to break it. 

Fortunately, as I found in a youtube video: ...the square base plate unscrews from the main body.

nice lantern, otherwise.  The slippery base in previous models has been corrected.