** The Big Gas Lantern Thread! **

Other Types of Lights Non-LED Lanterns, Incandescent, and HID Lights
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So lets see your Gas Lanterns !

Below are some of the ones in my collection:

As number in the pic, here is are the info on them.

  1. 1. An all Brass Multi-fuel Rivertrail lantern. This classic style will burn Naptha, Gasoline, Kerosene, Diesel, Furnace oil, BioDiesel, Alcohol, etc. a great Apocalypse lantern :stuck_out_tongue:
  1. 2. Coleman Model 335 , Date stamp 1976.
  1. 3. Coleman original Model 200, Date Stamp 1966
  1. 4. Coleman Model Easi-Lite 321B, Date Stamp 1981
  1. 5. Coleman Gas Table Lamp, Model 159, Date Stamp 1942
  1. 6. Coleman Easi-Lite 222A ā€œPeak-1ā€ compact gas lantern, DateStamp 1989
  1. 7. Coleman EasiLite Model 321a , Date Stamp 1979, This lantern is in New original condition, and was never used. ( still have original box)
  1. 8. Coleman Model 22D, dual-Mantle, Date stamp 1949
  1. 9. Otto Bernz Co. ( BernzOmatic) TX-700 Propane Lantern, Date Stamp 1955. I completely restored this very rare vintage lantern, (along with its equally rare sister TX-500 single burner Stove) This Lantern was the first commercially available Portable Propane-powered Lantern, with a very unique design. This lantern still has the original BernzOmatic propane cylinder with the unit. ( i have more photos of the lantern and stove together)

All these lanterns are functional and working great. ( # 4 & 6 i use regularly on camping trips.

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Going to be watching this thread. I have a couple of Coleman lanterns around 60 years old. They have a real large reflector on the top and give off a lot of light, much larger than the more recent ones. The plungers seals or what ever you call them are made of leather. Canā€™t remember if I replaced those with newer ones or not. Those were bought by my father when he was young. Have another one I found scuba diving in a lake, maybe 30 years old. Must have found it just after it went swimming because it was still in real good condition.

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i like no.6 :bigsmile:

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Most all Colemanā€™s have the date (last two digits of the year) stamped in the bases of lanterns. (underneath the bottom )Its easy to restore & soften most of the leather pump washers on older vintage lanterns and stoves with soaking them in mineral oil.

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The small Easi-Lite 222A model ? its a nice compact ā€œbackpackingā€ style gas lamp.
( his is the same one i compared the light output of the Steam Pipe Light to on week-long backcountry Canoe Camping trip here:

Its one of the two gas lanterns i use regularly on camping trips.

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is there any place i can still get one of these gas lantern?
never have the gas one but i do have a kerosene lantern

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Most outdoor stores still carry the Coleman classic Naptha lantern, or you cna lok on Ebay or the lantern Collectors forums.

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Cool thread! I donā€™t have any but will enjoy reading about them. The title of this thread also made me thing of this ad, I hope itā€™s good for a chuckle for those of you who havenā€™t seen it before :slight_smile:

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Add Primus and Optimus and Radius lanterns for a Swedish touch.

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The Rivertrail i have is built by Optimus i believe. Though i been keeping an eye open for Optimus, Primus, and AFC (Ashflash) lanterns.

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Or maybe a German Petromax clone from China.

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The two older oneā€™s are model 220F, 228F from 66 and 67. The newer one is a model 12 from 86. Both of the older oneā€™s have 220F and 228F stamped on them.

People down here use them for fishing lights at night for catching white perch/crappie. Hang a couple off the side of the boat to attract bait fish and the crappie come to feed. Some people swear by the old fuel lanterns and wonā€™t use propane or 12v lights.

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Nice thread subject :-)

Camping gaz made a compact butane lamp classic based on the standard cheap butane/propane disposable tank that is still widely used, but it is not as handsome as the Coleman ones (all Campingaz products are 'ugly but convenient' btw)

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my brother has an old vintage CampingGaz i have been trying to acquire for years for my collection. Those were super compact & lightweight for backpack camping. One day. >)

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found one of these in the neighbors trash when they moved.what drew me to the pile was a 60ā€ plasma tv.
as i loaded it in the truck i notice this and several other interesting items.like mine
gotta get some mantles to try it with.
who makes good ones?nos is fine as the thorium thing is way overblown.

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You should be able to find the Primus mantles at some Outdoor/camping supply stores in your area or even on Ebay. I seen the mantles to fit those at Cabelaā€™s Outdoor store recently.

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Awesome photos, thanks for sharing. I only have a Coleman propane lantern which Iā€™ve had about 10 years and itā€™s unused in the box. Someone had given me a fluorescent lantern which I loved, and then at some point I switched to LED lanterns and LED flashlights with diffusers. Those gas lanterns sure look cool though, and I remember using them growing up.

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i noticed they are seemingly standard double tie type.