I was glad I had this lamp for our tent, but I was disappointed at how dim it was. I also didn't manage to figure out how to attach it to the tent pole (though admittedly, I didn't try to hard, either). I'm not sure I'd recommend it, but it was good enough.

This light is perfect for camping. The magnet is strong and the light is equivalent to 2 medium candles. If you are going to be doing some reading, bring a book light. If you need a cozy, soft light to help you find your shoes for late night nature calls....it's perfect. We had no problem with the magnet, batteries or "dimness." Perfect price too.

We are just came back from our camping trip. Although I bought this product more than one year ago, this is my first time to use it. We put this one at the inside tent ceiling which is close to the tent door entrance, so we can just turned it on or off upon get inside or out. It's easy to set up, no problem at all; and easy to use. The reason I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that the light beam is not very strong; which could be good or bad. It's good for general use, but if you need to see something more clearly like I did when I took off my contact lenses and put them into the carrying case, I still need to turn on my flash light for a close look. But, that may means I need to buy another one and install it close to my carrying case. Anyway, it's a good and useful product and good use of the money.

SUMMARY
Meets expectations. Easy to attach to tent and will not move once attached. However, the light is not very bright and is best used as a secondary light in a larger tent. It may be okay in a 1-2 person tent, but in a family sized tent, you will need additional light if you are going to be reading, playing games, etc. Overall, a good value for the price, but not quite a 5 star product.

PLUSES
Easily attachable to the tent. The magnet is very strong and once you have the light positioned where you want it, it is not going to go anywhere.
Lightweight and compact. Its' small size means that you can shove it in the tent bag so it is there when you set up camp.

DELTAS
The light is not very bright. Guessing that it is approximately the brightness of a 40-60 watt bulb.

I just love clever camping gadgets! This inexpensive light worked great in our tent. We put in right inside the tent door and found it to be very conventient. Easy enough for the kids to use.

This tent light worked great. Very easy to use and gave off just enough light to light up my tent.

When my son and his family camp out they read to the boys at night. This light has worked well as an overhead light and is bright enough to read by. They place it right above the door. One person can do it and it's protected under the tent fly. A great product!

The light connects easily and securely to the tent and it's easy to take off. It's easy to use and nice to have a push button light in the tent. Its only drawback is that it's not all that bright.

Coleman makes good products, but this is more of a novelty item. The magnet feature is cool as you can virtually locate the magnet anywhere on your tent surface (easier to do with two people), by placing the magnet bar on the outside and light inside. The Xenon bulb puts out enough light to see what you are doing in your tent (I have a small two-man Eureka tent), but it definitely is not a reading light source. The four "AA" batteries that it needs will last for a good long weekend, but probably not a week. Also, keep in mind that it weighs about ten ounces with batteries if you are backpacking. However, it's a lot safer than a candle or a hot Coleman lantern. I would suggest a small pen-light would suffice for rough backpacking.

Great light!! The magnet is VERY strong. We have a Columbian Gazebo on our patio. It's pretty large, the light is bright enough to make anything inside visible. Not too bright, everyone commented how nice it is. Perfect for our tent too!! For ten bucks it's a great deal!!

This is a great light my only complaint is that I wish it was a tad bit brighter.

The Coleman Tent Light is a great idea. This wedge-shaped light is backed with two powerful magnets and a removeable metal mounting plate. Take the mounting plate off, put the light wherever you want to in your tent, put the mounting plate on the outside of your tent behind the light and viola! You now have light, and it easily clicks on and off with one hand, which is important when camping. The magnets are strong enough to mount the light to either horizontal or verticle surfaces. It takes AA batteries and it's easy to get the unit apart to put the batteries in or replace them.

In fact, it's too easy, and that is one of my complaints. The magnets are so poweful that pretty much anytime I take the mounting plate off, the light comes apart, too. I guess it's not that big a deal, but seems to me that it just could have been designed to avoid that. Things that continually fall apart have that "cheap" feel to them, and that's not what I want to feel when I'm in the middle of the woods. I want to have confidence in my gear!

My second "complaint" is that the light is also not that bright. I put this in a four-person tent and it was just a little more dim than I would have preferred. It was certainly bright enough to see and get ready for sleep; this is not going to be a reading lamp, though.

All-all-all, this is not a bad product and I'm happy I have it for the price at which it was sold. I just wonder if there maybe isn't something a little better out there.

I like these lights quite a bit. We do not hang them in the middle of the tent, though, so I can't attest to it lighting up a whole tent (plus our tent is big, 15x12). We use these right above where we sleep in the tent for reading, etc. They hold well and don't pull on the tent too much. We use rechargeable batteries in them, too, so I don't know how fast they go through regular batteries, and each takes 4 AA, so rechargeables would be a good idea. And yes, the lights are an oval shape, just as an FYI. They have a rubberized push button on/off on the side and the batteries are easy to put in and take out.

The only problem with this order was that it took a little too long to receive.

This light is fine, but heavy. When you hang it in the tent, it weighs it down. If it were to rain, you would probably have a leak. We actually use it in our camping kitchen and our camping grill. I can't recommend you use it with a grill because it isn't designed for that kind of heat- so be careful. But it's great with the camping kitchen!

I bought it based on Amazon reviews. If you have a closet or cupboard that needs extra light use it there, not out camping. It is heavy duty with the emphasis on heavy. Just about any camping light would be more practical than this. I am dissapointed in the reviewers who gave this a glowing review.

This lamp will attch with no problems onto your tent. It lights up the interior well enough to see what you're doing, but I wouldn't strain my eyes to read a book with it if I were you. My particular tent is 6'3" high so you may have better luck if your tent is smaller. Overall, I'm very happy I purchased the tent light.

Great for tent nightlite. We had 2 tents and used 1 in each, can't read by it, but good for having to rise in middle of night or quick search through camp gear. worth the purchase.

This is the most handy portable light. We attach it to a hanging shelf in our tent or on the side of the tent and it works great.

I purchased 2 of these lamps for my 10x12 tent,
actually 1 would be enough
I got one with clicker an one regular
I like the one without clicker more,
never use the clicker, thats why

it gives a good light in a big tent
we already went camping couple times and had to change the battery once,
we dont have it on all the time, only when we go in a tent for a while

Im glad I have it
it is a little heave becasue of how may batteries go inside
but otherwise its fine
on the picture it looks like its round, so I was a little surprised that its oval,
but got used to it

This is a really nice piece of camping kit, as it "clips" with the magnet to any part of your tent in seconds. (It's got a pretty strong magnet bar, which goes on the outside of your tent, and the metal bracket of the light anchors it on the inside.) At first I wondered if the tight contact of the light would cause the tent to leak, and so far the answer has been a very clear and dry no.

The light is incandescent, inside a more or less traditional sealed bulb. I have had no problem with the light or bulb in the 2+ years I've owned this light. The lens diffuses the light nicely, so if you put this light at the crown of your tent, you will have light throughout.

My only problem with this unit is that it's kind of big and bulky. It's not that heavy, even with the four AA batteries installed, but it's kind of large. In a camping world in which we've got wind-up LED systems and increasingly smaller lights which provide more and more light, I would think that an up-tech'd version of this light could be smaller and throw out more light. If you're doing backwoods trekking where every ounce counts, this is probably not the solution you need. But if you're doing family camping, car camping, or going to camps that have existing tents (summer camps, scout camps), then this is a really fantastic piece of gear.

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Update, 24 July 08
Now about a year on, here are additional comments on this piece:

It continues to function just fine, but I have one complaint. I do not store this unit with batteries in it, so each time I go camping I open the case to install and then later remove the batteries.

(The case opens by way of gently pinching the two sides together at the lamp's waist, between the on/off switch and the lower magnetic housing. There are no locks, springs or mechanical latches; the two parts of the lamp are kept together only by the flex of the upper lamp housing itself.)

After a year of easy and careful use the upper plastic housing around the pinch points has started to crack. The unit still works just fine (I just got back from a week in the woods), but it's only a matter of time now until the housing splits or a large chunk of the plastic comes off, preventing the unit from coming together and thereby ruining it.

We do a lot of offroading, not only is this light great for use in a tent it really comes in handy if you need to work on you vehicle on the trail. It will stick on any magnetic surface....under the hood, in fender wells, on the underside of a vehicle.
We keep quite a few of them on hand.

fortunately this light is inexpensive. The picture is very deceiving. Better off buying a lantern light

Coleman Tent Light
what a bargain. For just under $10, you have more than sufficient light to see inside a tent and as a bonus you can put it anywhere you want just by moving the magnetic holder. No more rigging up cords and bumping your head on a swinging lantern, no more lamps buried under sleeping bags. This is terrific!

Great for camping. Small tent ( 3 person) 1 unit will be fine. Bigger tent ( 4 to 6 person) might need 2. We only used 1 and was just fine. Magnetic plate helps secure it thoroughly. Quite easy to store. Also, comes with mounting screws if needed.

What a great Idea this is. I just used it on my Camping trip and it worked out great. Before I was using a Flashlight or whatever else that was handy and it was a hassle. Only light up a small Area, hunt for the light, etc. This light uses some AA battery's that pop right in. It's Magnetic. Really Strong and a Metal plate that you remove. Just turn it and pull off. You place the light inside the tent on Top. either after it's put up if it's a small tent, or before it's up, and place the metal plate on the outside. This holds the light up. Then you can put the Final Covering over the top of the tent and your done. Then just push the button on the side to turn it on and off. It will light up the entire tent. It's not that large and doesn't weigh very much, but does a pretty good job and the light should last for quite a while. Mine worked full power for a week of camping. If you have a really large tent, maybe having 2 would be a good Idea. The price is right. 1 was more then good enough for my use.

Purchased two Coleman Tent Lights this spring. Worked great! They don't give off enough light to read by but I didn't buy them for that reason. Provided enough light to see and move around in the tent in the dark. Would purchase again.

This was great for camping. We even used it in the trailer--just stuck it to the ceiling.

The best product you can buy if you're into tent camping! No more fiddling with a flashlight in your tent. 'Nuf said.

Not for your light weight hiking/camping. Don't forget to shut it off after a few minutes or you'll be investing in batteries.

This product is unique and versatile. It has a typical hole so it can be hung on a nail, stuck onto a metal surface since the back is magnetic or hung anyplace on a tent using a convenient metal bar. The magnet is very strong and the product is well made. This is a lamp for anywhere!

After reading other reviews I purchased this to use in our screen tent. However, when I received it, the second thing on the instructions said, Do Not Use On Screens. I returned them for fear that the heavy magnet would tear the screen in the screen room.

We purchased two of these lights for our two-room cabin tent. We placed one in a corner of each side of the tent. They provided enough light to see by at night and were easy to take on and take off. Be sure to keep your fingers out of the way when placing the metal back against the magnet- it is really strong!

This cute little light is awesome. I have a small tent, and I haven't used it in a bigger tent, but it gives off a lot of light. On the way home from camping, the light was accidentally turned on, and the battery didn't die! It has been 8 months since my camping trip, and I am still using the same batteries.

First of all: Amazon is the best for shopping on the net!!!!
I am really happy and satisfied with the product that I have bought!!!

I sincerely recomend it...