We have 4 of the Coleman fluorescents, 2 large and 2 small. The small ones are for the kids. It was a conscious effort on our part to train the kids not to be scared of lightning/thunder. Whenever a thunderstorm would approach, I would run around like a crazy woman yelling, "Yippee! A storm!! Maybe the lights will go out!!" We would grab our lanterns and sit in the living room praying for the lights to go out & counting by seconds from the lightning to the thunder to get the distance. It sounds trivial, but because of our actions, our kids are the only ones in the neighborhood who aren't afraid of heavy weather. :-)<br> I also bought a 400W inverter from Wal-mart to power a couple of 15W fluorescents off my car battery. A 15W fluor. bulb emits a lot more light than the Coleman and is much better if we need light for a project or long-term. The inverter cost $30.<br> For my birthday I told my hubby to ditch the roses -- I'd *really* like one or two 12V 115 amp-hour deep cycle marine batteries and a charger!! :-)<br> The Colemans, though, are great & we love them.<br>