Gear Review: Coleman's Micro-Quad LED Lantern--Bright, Portable, And So Cute

By Steve Casimiro, editor of Adventure Journal

It’s so cute!

A year or so ago, Coleman brought out the very clever Quad Lantern, a beefy car-camping light that featured four snap-off panels so you could break it into more portable, usable illumination. Now comes the Micro-Quad ($34.99), which repackages the same innovation in a Lilliputian size. It’s smaller, far less weighty, and easier to pack, without yielding much useful light.

At 77 lumens, the Micro’s four LED pump out enough brightness for making dinner, lighting up a family-size tent, or reorganizing the back of your rig while you search for the toothpaste. Usable light is 19 feet, after which the shadows deepen and spookiness reclaims its territory.

As with the big daddy, the light panels pop off (they’re held on by magnets) for convenience. Not surprisingly, they cast a much smaller glow, useful for smaller tasks but not, say, major navigation. The coolest thing about these micro-micro lights is the rubber strap that encircles each of them — unhook it from its groove and you can use it to hang the light or, most usefully, grip it in your teeth. The only improvement could be to flatten their bases so they could stand up on their own.

 

Comments

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[Snilla]

I saw it at some expo a couple of months ago and even though I liked it I'm not to conviced of the light being enough.

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I really like LED lights. They bright better than standard ones.

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These lights are certainly cute!

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Awesome product. LED's are the way to go! Thank you for this review!

[Jeane]

A very low inventions with many new applications.
The LED (Electro Luminescent Device) is a very old gadget but with very new features.
It seems is going to extinct the traditional bulbs and many other lighting devices.

Regards!!

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This is great because it consolidates the light and then when a family member needs to go dig in a bag they don't remove the light from everyone. They just take a piece of the light.

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19feet is pretty good.
Led is getting more useful every year.

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Very cool product. Thank you.

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LEDs use so much less electricity than other lights. This is great.

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What a cool light. Very sharp looking!

[chris]

I like the idea of low batter LED lights, but no so sure cute is high on my list of things to demand for my equipment :)

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