I’m a city girl. On my first camping trip, I was a young adult, I bought a Coleman lantern and the case. I used it once and it sat in my garage for over 30 years. I just took it out and lit on in the backyard on a dark cold night. I’m enjoying this new love for the Coleman lantern.
Love your video, I like your enthusiasm an passion about the lantern, i don’t hunt but I have five of them in working condition an they are the best for portable light even just to sit on a porch or patio an also power shortage, last for a lot of years.These lanterns would be tied on a long stick from a plow mule so small farmers could turn soil well after sunset. They helped build America an explore it for camping.
An inexpensive option to keep the dust and bugs out of your lantern when not in use is a kitchen sized trash bag. After the lantern is cooled down and ready to be stored, just place it in a new trash bag and seal it up good. I’ve been doing this for a couple years and, in face, Coleman even suggests this. Another option, if your wanting a case for it, you can pick one up at Cabella’s or Bass Pro shop. If your not near one of those, Amazon sells them for less than $20.00. I hope this is useful information.
Great Video, As you say these are great for out door use although many folks use them indoors which is not a good Idea, But If you want that style of Lantern to use indoors buy the Coleman 390 Twin LED Lantern that has a 299 hour battery life per set of batteries, It's 100% safe and puts out more than enough Light, I have a couple of them and the Coleman Powerhouse Unleaded 295 and also the Coleman Kerosene 639C, The 390 Twin is not a replacement for the 295 or the 639C but it is a safer option in the Home during powerouts and around Kids and pets, All three have their uses, Hope that helps.
The flareup on the dual-fuels is caused by the jet-size compromise to rin both CF or auto gasoline. If you preheat the gen with lighter, no flareup will accure.
I find that unless you plan on running it for a long time, it's better to only partially fill the tank. It leaves more air space so you can go longer without having to pump it back up.
I have a fifty-year-old 60s "Big Hat" Coleman lantern which I was surprised to be able to find a plastic case that actually fit the wide ventilator shade. I also have owned a little one mantel Coleman Peak 1 lantern for more than twenty-five years. A couple of years ago I had to take it apart and replace the o-rings in the fuel valve. Ever since, it doesn't leak fuel anymore, but I have to pump it up every twenty minutes or so. I'm sure that it has some air leak somewhere that I need to get around to diagnosing so I can correct it. Coleman lanterns and stoves are great. It's too bad that a lot of their other stuff these days isn't always all that great of quality. I live only an hour and a half north of Wichita, KS......Coleman's home....if they haven't moved everything off to China by now.
That's my experience with older lanterns too. Most certainly there is an O ring that's letting the pressure bleed off. Coleman certainly makes some good lanterns, and I really like the older ones.
@@frontiersmanselfreliance3621 there is no "oring" in older colemans. 90% of time it is your gascap gasket causing leak-down. Add a drop of oil to cap gasket and see improvement, or replace w new cap or gasket. A coleman 200/220/228/242 should run 3hrs before repumping. The checkvavle under pump is second place for a leak.
No I haven’t, but I don’t disagree that it would work. The gas and Coleman fuel burn in a vapor state so the logic matches up. The only issue I would foresee is a jetting issue like a cabureter not being adjusted correctly so it could produce a rich air/ gas mixture. I had a buddy that used gas in a dual fuel and he had some smoke issues after lighting but I considered that normal until things get heated up.
I’ve found that storing lanterns with no cases can be done with the right size plastic bags or go to your local dollar store an find a suitable size card board box , they will let you have it free by asking.
Thanks for the video, been around Coleman lanterns and stoves for about 50 years. Please, please keep the fuel away from lanterns and stoves. I worked with a guy who had burns from gasoline, just not worth it.
