Coleman Table Battery Powered Table Lamp

I chose these lamps because my parents had great success with Coleman products since the 1940s. I purchased three for our camp in the Adirondacks where the power goes out at least once a summer, and I didn't want the young ones using kerosene or candles.

Unfortunately, the first time we needed them (1) even the best batteries didn't last, (2) a bulb burned out right away, (3) the bulb was missing from the second and (4) the bulb assembly fell apart on the third.

This was about 12 years ago. Very disappointing as they were hardly used at all. Sounds like others are having the same problems....

I bought this lamp for times when the power goes out. So far, I have had to use it once and it was excellent. I would highly recommend it.

i have this lamp and it gives out bearley any light and to top that it is very very very very very ugly, this is a waste of your hard earned money

I bought two of these lamps last year and neglected to take them out of the box until I needed them this past weekend for Hurricane Ike. I loaded up the batteries and they worked well for about 15 minutes, after which the light bulbs just popped out! Very strange to say the least. So they weren't much help as we endured a power outage of 40 hours.

I would have loved to give this item 5 stars. It's a wonderful little lamp. It emits a warm halogen glow and really lights up my 6 person tent.
Unfortunately, very shortly after receiving it the krypton bulb assembly broke and I had to glue it together inorder to take it on my Burning Man trip. Fortunately, this is a replaceable part.