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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nThe green\/brown parts are where the one I have is a shiny silver.
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\nFrom: Phil White
\nSent: Monday, July 03, 2006 12:44 AM
\nTo: consumerservice@coleman.com
\nSubject: Lanterns (Coleman Pack-Away)
\nTo Whom It May Concern:
\nWe recently received a Coleman Pack-Away lantern as a gift, and I have a comment\/concern about the design of this lantern.
\nA few weeks ago I personally was looking at this lamp at the store, they had one on display, and I was looking at it, and not too long after I was looking at it I severely pinched myself while closing it. It has a really bad design in its closing or sliding of it. There is nothing to release it to close it smoothly, you just push on it and it all of a sudden will snap down on you.
\nThe reason I\u2019m sending this is because well, like I said we just got one as a gift, and my girlfriend opened it up, put the batteries in it, and guess what: she was trying to close it, and severely pinched herself as it suddenly closed on her.
\nI have a feeling that most people who have these or have looked at them have pinched themselves and it just brings up a concern to me of why they don\u2019t have a smarter closing mechanism on it, or something to not have it close suddenly on you, which causes the severe pinching between the top part (silver part in my case) and the bottom base of the lantern. If you need more information of where I\u2019m talking about, I can provide it; I just find it a quite obvious pinch point.
\nI can\u2019t see how this can be marketed as a \u2018family sized\u2019 light, bringing the \u2018family\u2019 hence KIDS into this. They would get hurt the most with it. We do not have kids but I feel that this is a huge safety factor for children.
\nThere is no documentation in the user manual that comes with this unit of how to open or close this lantern. This leads me to believe that there is no good way to open or close the lantern.
\nI hope this letter is not ignored, but taken into consideration. You may contact me with any questions or concerns.
\nThanks for your time.
\nPhil White
\n630-xxx-xxxx
\nphil@xxxxxx.com<\/em>
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