Customer Reviews With Photos

I purchased this as extra bedding for guests, in the office, where we have limited space. The cot is mostly good, but I do NOT like the awkward way that that it folds up for storage. First, you have to remove the sleeping mat from the top of the cot ... and set that bulky thing aside somewhere .... Then, you have to FLIP THE WHOLE DARN COT OVER, so it's upside down. Now you can grab the sleeping mat again and tuck it in under the bars by the legs. Next fold the legs down so they squeeze the sleeping mat. And finally ... you get to the step that I had assumed would be the FIRST STEP ... that is, folding the cot up, like you're closing a book. There is some velcro to help keep it closed for storage. I've only seen one other person mention this awkward folding up of the cot in the reviews. I imagine if you're using this out in the great outdoors, with wide open spaces, you wouldn't notice this inconvenience. But at home, where I've just got a tiny little office and not much space to move around ... it's definitely a downer that I have to do all this acrobatics just to get the darn thing folded up. I thought that would be the easy part. But oh well. The cot does fit my space wonderfully, and it's one of the few compact and portable sleeping options I've found, which gives you the full 80 inches of length. I'm not tall, but some of my guests are. I know the tall folks appreciate being able to lie down without having to dangle their feet over the edge. The sleeping mat that comes with it is OK, but it's not comfortable enough to sleep on more than just a night or two. It's has a stiff plastic feeling but it's cushiony at the same time, like a gym mat. To make it more comfortable for guests, I bought the Downlite (down alternative) Dorm Twin XL Fiber Bed, which has a 3-inch gusset, and the Cool Touch 400 Thread Count Waterproof Mattress Topper Protector, which accommodates mattress toppers from 2 to 5 inches thick. All three of these work perfect together. I tried lying down on the camping mat that comes with it, and it felt too spartan (would have been fine for camping). The weird thing is, it wasn't actually firm (which I would have liked), it just felt sort of insubstantial. Then I tried lying down with just the fiber bed / mattress cover combo on the cot (without the camping mat), and it felt too saggy. Finally, I tried it with the camping mat plus the fiber bed / mattress topper combo, and it was good. I tried it out by sleeping in it all night. Comfortable and firm enough for me. The camping cot is lightweight enough to move around the house, and it does fit in the back of the car, flat, if you have a large trunk. The camping cot folds up and out of the way, against the wall. For the big fluffy fiber bed / mattress cover combination, I got some bungee cords for holding them tight in a bed roll. Then we put 2 hooks on the wall and hung a carabiner from each hook. Now when the fiber bed is rolled up, we hook the bungee hooks into the carabiners, and voila ... the fiber bed roll is up and off the floor, out of the way.

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It's a fairly straightforward citronella candle, I like that it comes in a tin can am pleased by the fairly slow burn. This will be so helpful as the weather warms up and mosquitoes become prevelant.

There are several features to really like about this propane lantern. Most importantly, it produces an enormous amount of light, as you can see from the accompanying photo taken at dusk. Unlike other mantle lanterns this one has a built-in push-button spark igniter that I found quite convenient. The three fold-up/fold-down legs give this lantern good balance. Attaching a propane cylinder gives the lantern ballast to reduce the chance of tipping. This lantern comes with a convenient padded zip-up case that provides some protection for transport. Except for installing the included mantles and attaching your own propane cylinder, this lantern is ready for use. It needs no flammable liquids to store or spill. A metal handle attached by chains provides for carrying or hanging this lantern. Like other fuel-burning lanterns, this one gets very hot and its extra brightness is the source of even greater heat thereby making the lantern a potential burn hazard. It needs to be in a well-ventilated open space to avoid carbon monoxide. Once the cylinder mantles have been carbonized, they're extremely fragile and cost about $8 per pair to replace. If the mantles are broken the lantern is useless, so carrying spares is a necessity. When this lantern is cranked up to produce its maximum 3,000 lumens, it burns through the gas in a propane cylinder quickly. Judicious adjustment of the brightness control (gas valve) can significantly prolong the burning time if maximum brightness is not needed. In summary, this large, heavy, expensive propane lantern produces enough light to illuminate a sizable outdoor camping area, cannot safely be used indoors, is better suited for RV camping rather than backpacking and is far quieter than running a generator to operate electric lighting for equivalent illumination.

The video is of kids making finger shadow figures while inside the tent. The packed pictures of after we took it down. We took this tent with us camping this weekend and we make a rookie mistake, we didn't do a dry-run before leaving the house, but given the tent arrived during the week, I opted to take the chance since I trusted the name, Coleman. I am happy we took along, we are a family of 4 and we could EASILY fit another 4 people with no crowding issues. It did take us longer than the advertised 5 minutes to assemble but it was the first time and in the dark. A few observations: -This tent is huge when open, it was great for our toddlers to play inside while we were outside having adult time, or when we wanted them to get ready for bed. Our kids had plenty of room to move around and play, without worrying about them walking all over the sleeping bags/pads. -We did NOT use the LED feature, as it didn't come installed and we didn't bring extra batteries. Can't comment on that specific feature, but it's a nice add. -I DON'T like the zippers, the zippers have a two-piece cover to prevent rain from getting in, but the two-piece cover causes the zipper to constantly jam every time you try to open/close the door. Even though the jam is easy to clear, it's annoying. I am sure my technique will improve over time and this will be a non-issue, but between now and then, it continues to be annoying. -It's sturdy and well-made, and it held up well over our weekend of camping through plenty of abuse. -It has very nice venting, you move the rain fly to increase the circulation of air, but it also has a flap in the rear/bottom that you can open that allows for cooler air to circulate very well. -We poked a pinhole in the floor but it was due to a very sharp rock and a very active toddler constantly running over the rock. Any tent would have suffered the damage, so no negative points there. Overall I like the tent, it packed up well, took plenty of abuse from my kids, was more than enough room, and worked well for our off-the-grid camping. I don't think this tent would fit in a standard camping site, so check before you take this tent along, but for our purposes, it was perfect as we camped out in the woods with our jeep. Assembly tip: -Pay attention to the pool colors, it will save you time. 5 stars, overall a great tent.

Perfect replacement and fits perfectly. What I don't like is the printed, Made in China for Coleman on the glass.

On our Northern Minnesota Sasquatch hunt over Memorial Day weekend at night it got down to 30 degrees. This sleeping bag out performed any others I had in the past. I bought two, my son loved his also. I am 6'3" 250lbs my son 6' 180lbs. I always sleep with socks on and a hoodie camping. But with the drawstrings closed it was toasty inside at 30 degrees. I had a foot exetra while inside (length and width) you could be 350lbs and 7 foot and be good with this bag. I was able to butterfly my legs inside the bag and that is a first. If you where going to use this winter camping 15/0 degrees maybe bring a fleece inside liner. The only draw back it was a little difficult re-stuffing it into the sleeping bag carrier. I just had to punch it in and lay on it to get the air out.

I bough this for my Coleman cooler and it MELTED my adapter piece that connects to the actual cooler! I bought this as a back up and wanted to test it out. I come back a few hours later to this! Now I need to but a new replacement part for my cooler.

Both handles broke on both containers on the first use. The part for the eggs is solid. The handles are pretty much paper. Cheap flimsy plastic

Watched a youtube vid on how to remove clip the plastic snapped see picture

Kingman tent pegs arrived instead of Coleman pegs. 11 arrived also when I ordered 12. Is this a joke?

I don't know why they put a screw into plastic and expect the hinge to hold. Cooler ends up in landfill in a year. look elsewhere, second lid gets forced a bit the screws for lid pull out and cooler ruined. this is a problem w all Coleman coolers, terrible design. too bad. cooler did do a good job retaining ice. 1st pic this cooler tried to repair, 2nd is smaller Coleman same hinge system.

I'm impressed with how heavy duty this really is. I debated on which version of this to order. The other one on colemandiscount.com looked the same, but was a little more expensive. Also, I couldn't find a picture of the grate from the top down. All of them were at an angle, and didn't show how far into the center the support "fingers" went. I'm happy I bought this one because as you can see from my attached pictures that is not a concern now. Buy this with confidence. It will support small pans or even coffee pots if needed.

I received this yesterday and was irritated to read on the box, new and improved 'polyester fill'. The ONLY reason we purchased this sleeping bag was because it was the only one we could find that had cotton fill and a cotton cover in our price range. Unfortunately we needed them for this weekend so I decided to keep them. These are for my kids and they had a pretty strong dye smell. I put them in the wash per the tags instructions and of course one of them ripped along the seam. Not only is there a 4 inch hole I get to sew up before we've used it, BUT there is polyester fill all in my wash and sticking to the outside of the gray flannel. The green flannel also started to pill up....it looks like it's been washed 50 times. UGH!

As described, brand new, works on first try. Rebuilt these two single mantle lanterns, missing parts. This really helped.