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Coleman lanterns work so well, in fact, they’ve been used in blood tracking classes for decades, including law enforcement courses.
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Coleman lanterns work so well, in fact, they’ve been used in blood tracking classes for decades, including law enforcement courses.
my father has a very old Coleman lantern like that. we take it camping every time and dont need anything else. lights up the whole campsite like its daytime still. to this day i havent found anything like it and doubt i will.
I have two mostly for decor at the camp.
But I did track a bear with one and gutted it a few years ago.
It’s hard to improve on the lantern.
I have a big old one use to use it in sugar shack only thing that would actually show light with all the steam
My wife and I do a fair bit of off grid crown land camping up rough old bush roads. I have two of these that get used regularly and as has been said, they will light up the whole campsite. Hung from a pole high enough and on each side of the area, there's no shadows to trip you up when you go to top off your mug (hot chocolate, get your minds out of the gutters). Maybe not as convenient as some battery/solar lights, but I haven't spilled a drink yet!
Although Coleman doesn't recommend it,we use three of them at our off-grid camp,one in the kitchen and two in the main living room when not using the generator. We hang them from the rafters on heavy gauge wire to stop heat transfer. They light the whole camp up like the airport. I hope Coleman never goes out of business.
For you who may have experience-if the Propane Coleman lantern matches the White Gas one in light emission?
I have a propane lantern(bought if for tracking-used it once,found the deer.....).Wondering if it is par to the traditional one?
I have 4 or 5 but expensive to run these day's. I use battery powered LED Lanterns.
You're still a pup non traditionalist.Quote:
Originally Posted by greatwhite
Yes I'm a Pup only 36 years old. ;)
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Originally Posted by Bushmoose
They do,but,the propane canisters don't last nearly as long as the conventional Naphtha gas,especially,in very cold weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by gbk
Even though it poses about the same danger as background radiation, is everyone aware that radioactive thorium is used in the manufacturing process of Coleman Lantern mantles? Yes, Coleman lantern mantles are radioactive. Don't believe me, look it up. From this article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6706595/
"Gas lantern mantles contain thorium to produce incandescence when lantern fuel is burned on the mantle. Although only thorium is initially present on the mantle, the thorium daughters build up, some over a period of weeks and some over a period of years, and significant quantities of these daughters are present when the mantle is used. Some of these daughters are released when the lantern fuel is burned on the mantle. The amounts of radioactivity released during burning is studied by measuring the gamma radiation emitted by the daughters. Results of this study show that some of the radium (224Ra and 228Ra) and more than half the 212Pb and 212Bi is released during the first hour of a burn. The actual amounts release depend on the age of the mantle."
The study is almost 40 years old. In the grand scheme of things,it doesn't really amount to anything. The average wrist watch with luminous dials emits radiation,too. It's actually inconsequential.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pioneerfreq
So does your cellphone !Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
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I have one I scooped out of a river years ago smelt fishing north of Goderich. My guess is some one was after trout and dumped it when they heard us coming. Cleaned it out and bought a new glass and it was good to go. I have used it to track deer as well, and it works great to light up the toboggan hill at night too, plus makes a great hand warmer. Some guys mount them in homemade sleds with a grate at the top for night ice fishing as well.
That's how I found one of mine,too,SCUBA diving south of Peterborough in the Otonabee River on the bottom in the middle of the channel. No doubt,it fell off a boat. I dried it,cleaned it,put a new generator on it (even the glass hadn't broken) oiled the plunger shaft and added a new mantle. I still have it and still use it. Those things are virtually indestructible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony
Use mine to light up the field decoy spread. Find it easier to set out the decoys when you got a couple of lanterns mounted on poles to illuminate the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loony
That’s all we ever used at my dads fishing/hunting camp when I was young.
We had 2 going every night. Drank many beer and rye’s by the mantle light.
Camp rules was to go out on the deck to fill them up.
Made me think, not that long ago we also used them at my buddies moose camp in Quebec, some rules about no generators.
Yep, there's something about the "hiss" of those lights that bring back a bit of nostalgia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
Yes my Dad used to say if your too drunk to fill them up, it’s time to go to bed. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bushmoose
When you did turn them off they still burned long enough to get to the bunk!
Lots of nostalgia in this thread premise.
I'll take LEDs for tracking, thanks.
Haha yes forgot about the best part.Quote:
Originally Posted by fisher178
Found these old pre-Coleman oil lantern at an old logging camp. Not much left but you can still see the Beacon logo.
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Yes, I agree, much better choices out there nowadays.Quote:
Originally Posted by blasted_saber
I use a rechargeable Miners lamp! 14 to 16 hour charge.
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Next year I will probably give away one lantern, cause I have 3 and I have two Coleman stoves so give one of those away to. Local only.
But can't give them away until I clean up and then it I will put them on here for young new to camping. People on here have given me stuff in the past and I always believe in contributing back.
What's old is new again ? LoL ! Wish I could say that about myself.... LMAO ! There is something about those lanterns , as already stated, the hiss and smell and warmth they give off not to mention the amount of light they give too. Kinda like Zippo lighters... never really go out of style and works when most new stuff doesn't.
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Always ready to go!
We got the same one !Quote:
Originally Posted by Deer Hunter
Like my dad says. They use to make things to last back in the day. Now things are made to break so consumers go back and buy it again.
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Oh yes, I don’t plan to part with them anytime soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob