The lightweight Coleman® Kids 44 Lumens Adventure Mini LED Lantern works well when camping with kids or as a portable bedside light. It has one of the longest runtimes you’ll find in a light of its size—up to 16 hours on 4 AA batteries (sold separately). Plus, the lifetime LEDs run cool and never need to be replaced. This past fall my buddy Phil got me interested in Coleman’s classic lanterns.
The detents in the bail tabs (image below) hold the bail upright. Model 227 preceding (right image) has flat spaces in the ventilator where these brackets and bail tabs were not used. This ventilator is from an MF-125 in Russ Baldwin’s collection.
We lit campfires, cooked, played board games, had parties, and even chopped wood on moonless nights with this lantern. During one of our parties, we put the Northstar near Grandma when she was chilly. This lantern does make a bit of a hissing sound when it is coleman grill lit, and when the fuel is about to run out it makes a rather loud whistling noise. Light a match or lighter and hold it below the mantle(s). Open the valve one-quarter turn and wait for the mantle(s) to ignite. Install a new mantle or mantles on your lantern.
The Coleman will not make it through a week long camping trip unless you use it sparingly. If you need a lantern that burns really, really brightly, this is your product. It’s a large, heavy propane lantern that can put out some heat.
It is really just a big flashlight with an on off switch. You don’t need to find a propane tank, or look for a funnel and a gas can. It lasts what seems like forever on one battery change. There is no assembly required, its weather proof and you can store it just about anywhere. I measured out 26 ounces when filling the lanterns tank.
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We were hanging around drinking coffee on a chilly November day at Old Mill Stream Campground in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania when he asked a fateful question. Would I want to go with him to the Coleman outlet store nearby? He needed a new globe for one of his gas powered lanterns. I thought the propane lantern was going to be my favorite. It turned out to be such a pain to use, that I don’t use it much anymore.
Its great not having to worry about bringing extra fuel along. August 1917
First mention of a in Outdoor Life. Because you’d always have a little gasoline handy. Hey there, I’m Ryan, the face behind Beyond The Tent. With decades of camping experiences – from childhood escapades in southern Minnesota to adventures across the state – I’ve garnered a wealth of knowledge. Simply turn the knob to high for a bright 400 lumens or low to conserve battery life.
I’ve had it over 40 years, and it’s still going strong. It can get messy trying to refill it with gas, but other than that, I don’t mind using this one. It has a nostalgic feel to it, and brings me back to the days when I’d go ice fishing late at night with my Dad. Of course you still have to buy the lanterns, so lets take a look at the cost of buying a new lantern. Prices will vary from store to store, but they are all going to be in the same ballpark. I put new batteries in mine the beginning of the year, and it was still going strong at the end of the camping season.