EXHIBIT 23.1



                                 [LETTERHEAD]




                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
dated February 25, 1993 (Form S-8, No. 33-58726) pertaining to The Coleman 
Company, Inc.'s 1992 Stock Option Plan and in the Registration Statement 
dated January 18, 1994 (Form S-8, No. 33-74144) pertaining to The Coleman 
Company, Inc.'s 1993 Stock Option Plan, of our report dated November 21, 
1995, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Seatt 
Corporation included in the Current Report on Form 8-K of The Coleman 
Company, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 
17, 1996.


             /s/  Friedman Eisenstein Raemer and Schwartz, LLP



January 16, 1996