Nice of you to join us here on CPF. I have the yellow Micropacker lantern and think it's great for short range area lighting. With the addition of the new Exponent Micropacker and Pack-Away, you may just take the lead in LED lanterns. My concern with the Exponent series would be glare coming off the cone-like reflector, like on the River Rock models sold at Target. Have your engineers addressed the glare issue with the Exponent series? The diffuser tube on the yellow Micropacker, plus the sliding glare shield, have been really good ideas.Blacklight said:I am actually the one responsible for lighting at Coleman. I try not to butt in too much here on the forums, and just read what people have to say. See what people are looking for. I try to get in here a couple of times a week, to see what the crew has to say here. There are some very good people on these forums with great input. So if anyone ever has a question on Coleman feel free to shoot me a PM.
Blacklight said:I am actually the one responsible for lighting at Coleman. I try not to butt in too much here on the forums, and just read what people have to say. See what people are looking for. I try to get in here a couple of times a week, to see what the crew has to say here. There are some very good people on these forums with great input. So if anyone ever has a question on Coleman feel free to shoot me a PM.
Welcome to CPF. The Cree X-RE is the new super efficient LED that has been all the talk here on CPF since about October. Look at the LED section and you'll find many many threads on it. To XRE mod is to replace the factory LED with a Cree X-RE, which yields either double the brightness or double the runtime, or thereabouts.sackettboys said:Hi, new guy here. What is a XRE mod?
TIP AND RING said:Blacklight, I own two of the Coleman Pack- Away 4D lights. #5317 Series with the 15 watt compact fluorescent tubes. I can't say enough good about these lanterns. Great build construction for the price, multi-level for excellent runtime, a 6500k lamp for a "sunny" ambient light during power outages, and easily stored lantern as well. I hope Coleman continues to market and improve these lanterns as the compact fluorescent products evolve.