Posted: 4/19/2009 11:51:35 AM EDT
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Anyone use this before? 100 lumens and 5 hours on high, 12 hours on low power and under 5 ozs. Sounds like a pretty decent small sized battery lantern.
Coleman LED Lantern |
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Haven't used it before but are you sure you want something that takes CR123s? Gets pretty expensive and they aren't the easiest batteries to find...
Great looking lantern though. BTW Sometimes its cheaper sometimes its not but if you go to Coleman.com enter their "Family Store" and enter the code (family). You will get a discount on all Coleman products but like I said, sometimes its cheaper and sometimes its not. |
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Haven't used it before but are you sure you want something that takes CR123s? Gets pretty expensive and they aren't the easiest batteries to find... Great looking lantern though. BTW Sometimes its cheaper sometimes its not but if you go to Coleman.com enter their "Family Store" and enter the code (family). You will get a discount on all Coleman products but like I said, sometimes its cheaper and sometimes its not. You can mail order CR123s at a more reasonable price, and they have one big advantage; excellent shelf life. You can get lithium AAs also, with long life, but without mail ordering them you'll pay a lot more than normal alkalines too. I keep 2 boxes of CR123s both for lanterns and flashlights; as the 'use' box gets used up I order another and rotate the spare into service; 3 year old spares have worked just as well as brand new (Panasonic, Maxell, and Duracell brands so far). |
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Haven't used it before but are you sure you want something that takes CR123s? Gets pretty expensive and they aren't the easiest batteries to find... Great looking lantern though. BTW Sometimes its cheaper sometimes its not but if you go to Coleman.com enter their "Family Store" and enter the code (family). You will get a discount on all Coleman products but like I said, sometimes its cheaper and sometimes its not. You can mail order CR123s at a more reasonable price, and they have one big advantage; excellent shelf life. You can get lithium AAs also, with long life, but without mail ordering them you'll pay a lot more than normal alkalines too. I keep 2 boxes of CR123s both for lanterns and flashlights; as the 'use' box gets used up I order another and rotate the spare into service; 3 year old spares have worked just as well as brand new (Panasonic, Maxell, and Duracell brands so far). Well don't hold out on us, what services have you had good luck with? Website or catalog? |
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Haven't used it before but are you sure you want something that takes CR123s? Gets pretty expensive and they aren't the easiest batteries to find... Great looking lantern though. BTW Sometimes its cheaper sometimes its not but if you go to Coleman.com enter their "Family Store" and enter the code (family). You will get a discount on all Coleman products but like I said, sometimes its cheaper and sometimes its not. You can get them cheap(er) when you buy in bulk plus a lot of my flashlights and other battery powered goodies take 123s. Additionally, two 123s are lighter and take up less space than four AAs. Not really enough to make a huge difference, but sometimes ounces count. Four 123s plus two in the lantern would give me close to 36 hours of light, plenty enough for a week or maybe longer on a hiking or camping trip versus the same for twelve AAs. Was looking for hiking/camping, possible vehicle emergency kit use and on demand lighting around the house if the power goes out. |