Best Emergency Lantern - Why I Chose The Coleman Dual Fuel Lantern

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[traditionaltools]

Excellent video. Ironically I found my way here after watching a video on the invention of gas mantles. So simple but so clever. They're actually cloth mesh treated with chemicals that turn into ceramic when burned. Once that's done, it's actually the ceramic that glows with heat that creates light. Not the actual flame.

[robpinter]

After use and when the lamp is cool, I spray the mantle with hair spray which prevents the mantles from breaking, used this method heaps of times when taking the lantern in the back of the 4x4. I also love the cool off white colour and hissing.

[JS-qiou]

The moment you were ashing the mantles I swear I could smell it through my phone screen. It makes me want to go camping every time I see a coleman lantern.

[artfisher]

Ok. Gotta share one more lantern story. When I was in college in the 70’s, the dive club went to Florida to dive the keys and go to Disney World. It was a low budget trip, so we tent camped. One of the other guys was lighting a Coleman lantern and the match went out before the lantern lit. Realizing that the globe was full of fumes, he decided to ventilate it before trying to light it again. He bent down and blew in the match hole. What he didn’t realize was that the match head had fallen off inside and had an ember. When he blew, the ember got hot and WHOOF! The look on his face was priceless. I think he also had little balls on the ends of his eyebrow hairs.

[ronhardin]

I have a Model 228E, vintage 1963, and a Model 220K, Vintage 1981. My dad bought the 228E new in '63 and I have wound up with it and I am in the middle of a rebuild on both. As far as lighting the lanterns I have been shown to light them without the lid and globe in place so if you encounter the big flareup you don't smoke up everything. A lot easier to put the match to the mantles that way. Enjoyed your video.

[trevorpeters]

Got one at an garage for 12$ this weekend thanks for the information. Yes I checked the pressure was good still.

[OnTheRiver]

Great demonstration and instructions, brings back camping memories! The old mantles used years ago (not the ones sold today) had some thorium oxide in them, which is slightly radioactive. Not a problem unless you change the mantle and ingest the dust that is on your fingers or breathe the dust in. I don’t know when they stopped using thorium in the mantles but it was years ago. Again, not dangerous if you wash the dust off and make sure it doesn’t get into food or drink or inhale it. It is not dangerous outside the body. If anyone has old unused mantles I would throw them away. You can still buy thorium containing mantles for use in checking your Geiger counter, but do not use them in your lantern (I think they come from China). This is a great lantern for camping or when the power goes off. Thank you for explaining about the danger of carbon monoxide! I’ve also camped with old kerosene lanterns but the Coleman gives much more light without scooted glass needing to be cleaned often, and I believe the Coleman is safer than the kerosene lanterns. We used to put aluminum foil over one side to use like a spot light when moving through the woods.

[DSHLL]

Thanks for posting. I like that you showed the trickiness of lighting it, storing it etc..

[garyaanderson]

I have lanterns that date to 1952.I have one of those in the box full of fuel ready

[connorchubbuck]

This is the best video on this lantern on the internet. Thank you!

[redsorgum]

I have two Dietz oil storm lanterns. Those duel fuel lanterns are cool, but I do like the simplicity of my oil lanterns. I definitely like their duel fuel stoves.

[albertwaggoner]

some where around here i have my father in laws WWII Army gasoline lantern and stove. Plus several 1960 era kanterns and stoves of mine. and time to ckean up and get in shape Thanks for letting me remember the great times. Appreciate what you do regularly.. take care and thanks again

[socalRooster]

I picked up two Colman lanterns at a yard sale a few days ago 1975 and 1976 my dad loved them I also got a stove and fishing poles Zebco 77 and 202 with few more I’m sure someone will want to poles being there vintage

[Kay-rffp]

This was perfect thank you. I just got one of these and the written instructions are pretty confusing for a beginner.

[tom_olofsson]

The hiss from a Coleman lantern is part of the soundtrack of my youth.

[oleboy]

Great video! I just picked up one made in 1966 and it looks great still. I’m gonna light it for the first time. Possibly purchase a rebuild kit and go through it. By the way, your tree stump sure comes in handy!!

[tundramanq]

I have a pair of single mantle 200s. They are on my list of back up ways to heat my house also. With a window cracked of course.

[salvationknight]

those are nice i had one, but the coleman lanterns i use are from the 60's abd 70's with original globes made in the USA still work perfectly

[raymondn]

This vid was super helpful thanks for the info! I found a Coleman lantern in the garage and now I know how to use the thing.

[MP-iztf]

Thanks for the vid. I have a Coleman lantern from 1984 that has the original mantles. I used it many times including this year. I don’t know how the mantles didn’t break. Traveled thousands of miles in cars, trucks and boats.