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We use White gas in this type of lantern because it burns cleaner and I can use it with the coleman stove and just carry one liquid fuel. Burns great in low temperatures. We also keep a couple battery powered lamps and headlamps too. We use them more often that the white gas.
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I have a propane one that I won as a door prize and uses the same canisters as my stove so easy to keep the same fuel for both. Fuel lights are easier on the eyes than most modern flashlights (high speed LED flickering) so I plan to use it more when with other people so they don't need to turn their lights on as much.
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We use propane because it is very cheap. I refill the camp size bottle from a larger tank (like the typical ones found on a BBQ grill)
After the deep fried turkey fad went away I was given quite a few larger, full tanks. The little bottle is very easy to fill and the gas is free. Speaking of lanterns, Zach do you still collect lanterns?
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White gas, or unleaded gasoline if you have a dual fuel lantern is usually the most economical, and if like us you also have stoves that will use the same fuel it makes more sense than propane. However as far as lights goes, the battery powered dim-able lights in our Camp-Inn teardrop are usually our first choice for lights when we need them in camp, and multi-brightness level LED flashlights/headiamps for illuminating the trail to the facilities at night.
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Although I have used them all, I prefer naptha, white gas fuel. As an owner of a few old style coleman lanterns, it has become a nostalgia thing for me. The priming, the smell and the sound while burning evokes memories of camping from many evenings and campouts. I do agree that flash lights and the camper side lights are musts for safety on a dark night ... but there is still something about hanging the old lantern on a tree that completes the evening.
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Originally posted by swoody126 View Postsince you asked about "lantern" it is Kerosene
usually prefer no lantern opting for small flashlight or headlight if light is a MUST
like a headlight to read myself to sleep
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White gas or battery-powered
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Originally posted by Scott Seyler View Post... As an owner of a few old style coleman lanterns, it has become a nostalgia thing for me. The priming, the smell and the sound while burning evokes memories of camping from many evenings and campouts. I do agree that flash lights and the camper side lights are musts for safety on a dark night ... but there is still something about hanging the old lantern on a tree that completes the evening.
The only two reasons I don't have the old style lanterns are 1) I figured if they were finnicky/didn't work, it would mean more items to add to the "must repair" pile (and/or I'd spend x amount of time during the camping trip working on the lanterns, and I already "work" too much when I camp, as it is), and
2) I worried about fuel spilling during storage/transit (same reason I don't transport tiki torches, though I love them).
So, I take the easy route, and use battery-operated and small solar lights. Looking at Zach's beautiful collection of vintage lanterns is giving me "nostalgia pangs" again, so I may have to buy a vintage Coleman lantern, nevertheless... .
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I rebuilt an old AIDA lantern last year and due to safety concerns prefer burning kerosene in it. This lantern gives off a tremendous amount of light so for general local lighting we prefer Luci lights. We throw the Luci lights on the dash and they are charged when we get to our destination.1 Photo
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