Customer Reviews

Coleman 4D Pack-Away Battery Lantern

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There are obviously many choices of product in this category.

I choose this one as it's smaller in size and in using it, it does produce a good amount of light given it's size. Nothing fancy with this model, no extra features like night light, etc - but I don't need that fancy stuff, I just want it to light up my night. It does what it is supposed to do and battery life is just fine.

Solidly built and can take a decent amount of abuse.

It is designed where the top of the unit will slide down into the bottom half of the unit, thus covering the light. Nice feature as when you "close" it, it compacts down to a nice small size for traveling, etc.

Recently we had a power cut that lasted over 24 hours. We used an oil lamp and candles.Using battery lamps seemed like a better idea. These lamps fold down for storage into its own neat package.Just a pull up snaps them into position ready to switch on.The light is not as bright as I had hoped but I bought 2 of them and they seem to give enough light for a 18ft x18ft room in an emergency. Great price too

The lamp function works fine. The "pack-away" part, however, is a problem. You can pull it up, but there is no good way to make it stay there. It seems to be held my friction only, so the upper portion wants to start sliding down, but not all the way down. To make it go all the way down you have to push really hard and worry that you're doing damage to the bulbs. Wouldn't buy it again. Bought it for emergency back up light. I think I can prop it up and make it useable.

Lantern is light and compact, the bulb is not as bright as I would have hoped. Only illuminates a small area.

This product has been perfect for camp outs. It's great for use in the tent at night or on the picnic table. Love it.