Daily Giz Wiz 131: Coleman Remote Control Camp Light

Episode 131 of the podcast

Subject: Review of Coleman Remote Control Camp Light
Released:Monday 21 August 2006
Length:about 15 minutes
Download file:dgw0131.mp3 (6.8 MB)

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Short info

A tent light with remote control, so you can scare away the varmints before you venture foot inside.

Detailed information

A tent light by camping specialist Coleman that gets attached to the roof of the tent by magnetic force.  The remote works from about 20 feet away.  There's a non-remote-control version, or as Dick calls it, the nun remote control version.

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First housing project from Alfred E Newman's own corporation Alfco, the Leaning Tower.

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