Coleman gas lantern vs Coleman Led lantern

We used to light up a battery unit to give enough light to get the naphtha units running, new mantles, top up the fuel etc. A lot easier to flick a switch if you just need light for a few minutes...

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

We live a lamp on at night for my son

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Try dollar store glowsticks as a nightlight. They come with both strings and hooks so you can even hang them in the tent. If I'm camping in a provincial park, I leave one hanging in a tree by the kaibo so it's easily found at night.

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Originally Posted by hllbllyby

I have a Coleman led lantern now that runs on 4 D cells and I like it i a lot! I put one set of batteries in it last year and camped numerous times throughout the season without having to replace the batteries. I went camping a couple of weekends ago and was still using the lantern with last summers batteries in it. There are a couple different sizes. I believe mine only has one high output led and a inverted cone shaped reflector and it lasts forever.

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X2 - lots of hours on it and very bright. Still on the first set of D's. Costco sells a great LED lantern as well for about $30.

FishFrenzy

I have both, the mantles on the propane units suck.

Has anyone found mantles that last for more than 1 walk down the stairs?

They are so brittle now that they are almost useless.

Had an led one.. Found the light to be a little different.. also the bugs it attracted was crazy...

I have the Coleman LED and find it awesome. You have the option of using 4 or filling it with 8 D size batteries. Puts out a lot of light and has 3 settings. Was gonna buy naphtha lamp lamp till I saw price for fuel. Probably gonna go propane instead as a backup but gonna use LED as the primary

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Originally Posted by topher

Had an led one.. Found the light to be a little different.. also the bugs it attracted was crazy...

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That's actually an interesting comment...I wonder if the light from LED lamps attract more specific 'bugs' than the old white gas lanterns...

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Originally Posted by MikePal

That's actually an interesting comment...I wonder if the light from LED lamps attract more specific 'bugs' than the old white gas lanterns...

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Or maybe the bugs that land in the gas ones burn off and die so it's not as noticeable? Personal preference I prefer gas.. I find the light to be "warmer" battery operated units have many more uses though.. mine floated.. and was water proof.. had a remote etc..

For people looking for tougher mantles... try looking here. http://products.peerlessmantles.ca/ Ships from the GTA for a couple of bucks... good prices

The advantage/disadvantage to the gas lanterns is the heat they produce... if you're out in the cold and get chilled they can supply heat to warm you up. I used one under my truck last winter at -30 to warm the oil when out in the bush.

I do believe you can find small solar trickle trickle charger units that you can plug small inverter into and charge the rechargeable lights.