Coleman Twin Tube Battery Powered Lantern (Personal Size)
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Main Features
- Battery-powered lantern with classic Coleman design for car camping
- 7-watt fluorescent U-tube creates brighter, whiter light
- Weather- and shatter-resistant exterior
- Operates up to 23 hours on low and 14 hours on high
- Powered by 4 D-size batteries (not included)
Description
A true classic, the Coleman Twin Tube Lantern two super bright 11-watt spiral fluorescent tubes for bright light with the flick of a switch. Made of weather-resistant with a durable ABS housing, it adopts the styling of the Coleman 288 fueled lantern. It operates up to 23 hours on low and 14 hours on high using four D-sized batteries (not included). Other features include a night light setting and easy bulb replacement with unique, quick-release system.
About Coleman
The Coleman Company has been creating and innovating products for recreational outdoor use since W.C. Coleman started selling gasoline-powered lanterns in 1900. Inventor of the hugely popular fold-up camp stove, Coleman developed a plastic liner for his galvanized steel coolers in 1957--the birth of the modern cooler--and the company has been improving their utility and design ever since. The array of products that bear the Coleman name now includes just about everything you might need to work or play outdoors, from tents and sleeping bags to boats, backpacks, and furniture.
Other Details
- Brand: Coleman
- Color: Coleman Green
- EAN: 0076501603941
- Label: Coleman
- Manufacturer: Coleman
- Model: 5344L700
- ReleaseDate: 2005-04-18
- UPC: 076501603941
- VariationDescription: Coleman Green
- Package Dimensions: 11.00 in x 5.40 in x 5.20 in; 1.45 lb
Customer Reviews
Very Heavy "Personal Lamp requires 6 D-cells NOT 4 as stated.
This lantern requires 6 D-cells -- not 4 D-cells as stated in the product description. The two additional D-cells make this a very heavy "personal" lantern; it feels more like an 8 D-cell "family" lantern.
A good feature of this lantern is it does NOT rely on a removable battery holder which must be loaded with batteries outside the lantern and then mounted back, inside the lantern. Battery installation is easier, and more simply accomplished, in this lantern than in models which use a removable holder.
Using both of this lantern's fluorescent tubes concurrently does not provide much more illumination than one tube alone. In a blackout I would definitely just use one tube for all but the most demanding situations.
This light needs to be positioned above OR below eye level to avoid almost painful glare.
Personal experience coping with blackouts has led me to purchase and experiment with several battery operated light sources -- fluorescent, LED, and conventional incandescent bulbs. The device which I have found to provide the most room illumination (i.e. the largest area illuminated AND greatest brightness of illumination) is a conventional,6 D-cell MagLite Mag Instrument 6 D-Cell Maglite Flashlight, Black #S6D016 set vertically so its beam bounces off the room ceiling. Once a base or holder is used to keep it from tipping it has, in my experience, provided enough illumination to cook (with gas) in the kitchen, eat comfortably in the dining room, and wash dishes afterward. It also provides illumination in the bathroom for showering and brushing teeth as well as enough light for two persons to move around in a bedroom without bumping, stumbling, or stubbing one's toes.
StreamLight is another brand which produces extremely bright illumination using incandescent bulbs but at the expense of or run time. And one might purchase three MigLites for the cost of a similar size StreamLight.
Hope this shed a little light on the subject. -- Sorry! I just couldn't resist :-)
The best Battery Powered latern
We bought this to keep in our house for power outages. We went back to Wal Mart to get another one and as usual when I find something I like they don't carry it anymore. We have not been able to find a comparable latern anywhere. This is big enough that it puts off good light but small and light enough that it is easy to use. It has two bulbs so you have two options as to how bright to use it. It will light up a dark room enough that you can function well enough. If you were sitting at the same table with the latern you would be able to read with it. I am so glad to find that I can now order this lanter off Amazon.