Coleman MicroPacker Compact Battery Lantern
Coleman MicroPacker Compact Battery Lantern
Coleman MicroPacker Compact Battery Lantern Reviews
My wife and I bought two of these on a Tuesday for a weekend camping trip and, lo and behold, the next night a storm knocked out the power. These were a godsend. Absolutely fantastic. They aren’t the world’s brightest things because of a reflective sleeve that casts the light in a fairly uniform direction, but once it gets darker, they’re easily brighter 2-3 candles and without the fear of accidentally leaving one on to burn down your house. With good alkalines, they could easily run for weeks due to the low power draw of the LED’s. These are fantastic emergency lights for the house, car, etc. And at the going price of $10, they just can’t be beat. I highly recommend them and have already urged my entire family to stock up.
They work very well for camping too. 
PS I would recommend staying away from the “exponent” line of Coleman LED lanterns. They’re designed poorly as far as light distribution and LED placement.
Coleman Micropacker compact battery lantern proves to be a highly useful camping device. The lantern stands 6.5 inches tall, about 2 inches in width and weight only 6.5 ounces. Its armed with two LED lights that gives off plenty of good light for its size and the three AA batteries got excellent life span which really help. The lantern itself isn’t waterproof but it seem to be well sealed so several times I took it out in foul weather, it held up without any problems.
There is sliding reflector that goes up and down. While it up, the lantern can serves as a directional wide flood light while when it down, it serves as an surrounding light in all directions. There is enough light there to read a book or play cards.
Small size, good battery life and lightweight carry load make this an ideal backpacker light to used inside the tent. It also got a fold out handle on the top to you can hang it almost anywhere for any situation. While it won’t turn night into day, it will shed enough light for you to function.
Overall, a pretty good product from Coleman.
Our friends had one of these when we went camping a few weeks ago, and it was so great I ordered it the minute we got back home.
We used it for the first time this weekend, and it was perfect. Small and lightweight, it uses 3 AA batteries (supplied!), and gives off a very even light.
Inside the tent, we hung it from the top loop and used it to read by.
The light isn’t extremely bright (I wouldn’t want to do brain surgery with this as the only light source), but it’s very even and doesn’t create any glare.
Earlier in the evening, my husband allayed our fears of its fragility by dropping it on the cement – it didn’t break, chip or even show a scratch, and worked perfectly afterwards.
It takes up the same space as a flashlight, but is way more useful for our needs – so the flashlight’s out, and the Coleman’s in!
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