Big Mantles, small lantern 

Oh it's been a long, long time since I lit a lantern. The other day I noticed some Peerless mantles on my bench. Maybe it's time to fire one up and take in some Coleman meditation. Thanks for another great, well thought out video!!

I just wanted to say thanks all of your expertise I used it to rebuild my 228E

I stumbled upon an ebay listing for 100 of the chinese made "butterfly" brand mantles and put in a stupid low offer...like $12...and they accepted. I use them to do my test runs after rebuilding a lantern and I was blown away at how bright they are on my 300 series Colemans (335/321/325). Just blinding and actually better than the 99 they are supposed to use. But a 1111 or 11 just don't compare. I recently got a large lot of silk-lites in all sizes and I was shocked to find ones with brown tops instead of the blue or green all the other Coleman mantles have. They are in original silk-like packs (pre barcode era) and still sealed so I am confident they are genuine. What was even more amazing to me is that they are completely cold to my geiger counter. All the other silk-lites are "hot" but these ones do not register at all. They burn in like regular silk-lites but have the same yellow colour as modern yttrium mantles. I cannot find any info on when Coleman might have made these. They are definitely not the gold top ones either.

This is such specific information, but helpful so thanks

Seeing as Peerless 2CHG's are a little hard to come by at the moment,that's a great piece of advice! Thanks for your video's Kurt!

I gambled and ordered a bunch of really cheap mantles from China. They looked to be 21 size in the listing, but turned out to be much larger, like 111 size. Good to know they might still work. I'll tie them high on the burner if I have to.

U just saved me some time and money. Thank u!

A long time ago you did not send us videos and thank you for all your submissions👍🏻

Thank you for posting

Great info...i always wondered if this would be an isssue and apparently it isnt. Very cool. Thanks ! 👍

PS, i ran 111's all day on a 220, shrank up nice and have better output. It would be a little tight to service gen if need be though.

Looks brighter. I like em better.

Good morning, I have a question, what other peerless mantle functions like a Lancaster ? Thank you . I appreciate all your helpful advice

I sure miss your programs

I tried this a while back with Coleman 111 mantels on a 295. If anything I though it was dimmer. In the end I just ended up wasting two good 111's

So do you find that for a given 220/228 lantern that the 111’s are noticeably brighter than the standard size 2C-HG or Silk Lite 21’s? Cool video. Thx

Nice,thanks

What would happen if you put something like a 236 or 200 tip on a 220 gen while running those 111's?

should your coleman lantern lantern fount get hot

Are the larger mantels on the lantern in this video producing significantly more or brighter light?

I have a Coleman 295 that uses #21 mantles. I have a lot of #20 mantles left from another lantern. Can I use the #20 mantles on the 295? It's rather confusing, but from what I understand the #20 will not be as bright, but will work. But as cheap as they are, should I just buy some #21s?

How do i identify the diff between a 200a gen and a 220 gen? i have a batch of the gens (all either 200a or 220), are the gen bodies the same dimensions?

I want to ask if you use thorium mantles or the less bright replacements