Coleman 220K mantle lantern (1982)

[@themaritimegirl]

I realize I incorrectly switch the terms "lantern" and "lamp" a few times throughout the video. Soz. Also, I've finally accepted that there is something wrong with the microphones in my phone, and future videos will be using another method of audio capture.

[@braidenv]

What an unforgivable mistake 🤪great video!

[@simpleforging3339]

excellent overview and thanks for the clarification on fuel sources for the 220. Every year on Victoria day long weekend in May the spring run high water carried our canoes 68km on the southwest Miramichi canoe run from Half moon up by Juniper to Norrad bridge down by Boiestown. These lanterns were the standard. Thanks for putting this together.

[@dysfunctionalwombat]

I feel like a lot of people have a story with these lanterns like yours. When I was a kid I remember burning my finger on one after my mother told me not to, while we were camping. I learned very quickly not to touch the lantern. And for that reason I would like to get one lol. Loved the video as usual

[@kaitlyn__L]

You can of course buy Naphtha from the Zippo company, but it costs a lot more than the Coleman can. However, Zippo do still sell those hand heaters (or did just a few years ago). So I imagine Coleman just wasn’t selling enough of them after those re-boil hand warmers got popular. Zippo’s target market seems pretty niche, at regular winter campers and various kinds of people with jobs in forests (like park rangers). Basically they try to sell at people who are tired of carrying potentially dozens of those boil-at-home hand warmers, and would rather just carry a can of Naphtha.

[@44CT232]

I don't think I've ever seen this type of lantern where I live, only the old-style oil and paraffin ones, so it was quite fascinating to see how these work. Very cool indeed.

[@themaritimegirl]

@@44CT232 I'm surprised. Kerosene pressure lamps made by the likes of Tilley and Petromax are common in the UK, so I figured SA would have them as well.

[@44CT232]

@@themaritimegirl They may well exist here, but I don't believe I've seen them. Paraffin lamps are still very commonly used in rural areas with limited access to electricity.

[@TheMacGeek]

I have two Coleman D-cell battery powered lanterns I run indoors. They both are designed to look like this liquid gas lantern, and even have the metal hanging loop at the top, but are safer. D-cell lanterns are very efficient. I can run it 6 hours every night and the 4 batteries last about a month and a half to two months of use. I seem to get 400 hours of useful light out of a single set of 4 D batteries when set on low. The models I have are: Coleman Classic 500 Lumens LED Lantern, and the Coleman 1900 collection D-cell lantern (which is hard to find, it's always out of stock, or maybe discontinued).

[@Lachlant1984]

What source of illumination do your lanterns use? I assume they're LEDs, right? I know Colman made rechargeable fluorescent lamps back in the 90s.

[@TheMacGeek]

@@Lachlant1984 Mine are all LED's. That's why they last more than a month of light every night on a set of batteries. There's even three brightness settings, but I just use low, which is still bright. on High, it's like a 60 watt bulb but lasts much shorter. Low is like maybe a 25 watt bulb. Still useful for reading.

[@Lachlant1984]

@@TheMacGeek Cool.

[@christophewagner4028]

The look is cool, but no heat... no sound :) Boring... But very convenient for indoors indeed

[@Kennephone]

One day I'm gonna buy a new coleman lantern and convert it to run on leds. You can fit a lot of batteries in the tank area, so you could put a very bright bulb. I wish they made lanterns that take standard screw base lanterns that run on 12v leds, but they don't so the next best thing would be to build my own. I own a dual mantle propane one, and I'd love to fill one of those tanks with batteries, but I'm not spending $20 on an empty refillable tank just to ruin it. And about the ice storm, which I didn't even know you guys got in Canada, my dad lived in a place where his power was on the same line as the street lights, so he only lost it for about a day, so he invited like all his friends over and they partied. I also have this tape called "neighbors helping neighbors" which is basically news broadcasts from the storm, it's really weird.

[@DanT271]

I have watched and am subbed to Alec's TC channel and the 2nd channel also great channel I also enjoy your channel and have been subbed since before changes (sorry I am not sure of a diplomatic way of wording it I don't want to offend you)

[@MontegaB]

The $75 won't hurt as much after a while haha. It was a good purchase. I picked a 220 up at a farmers market for a good price. As soon as I got it home I dropped the Pyrex globe while disassembling it! 😭 They are quite thin unfortunately, be careful with it!

[@TheUniversalDave1]

Great video! I've worked on many of these and have amassed a reasonably sized collection, my oldest being from 1926. If you haven't already, I'd recommend picking up a copy of "Guide to Vintage Coleman Products." It's a wonderful book with great photos of vintage and antique Coleman stuff, not just lanterns.

[@themaritimegirl]

@@TheUniversalDave1 Thanks! I don't suppose you have a 214 or a 639 you'd want to trade for this? 😁

[@Jon-hx7pe]

the key to getting less smell using wick lamps is to use parrafin fuel.

[@CITYPREPPER016]

If the light is to bright for you, you can get a frosted globe which blocks the light out put.

[@themaritimegirl]

@@CITYPREPPER016 Only minimally, and it doesn't save any fuel.

[@Lachlant1984]

Have you seen the video that Technology Connections made about these lanterns? Very informative.

[@williamP1972]

one gallon of white gas for coleman lanterns is 13 bucks in texas.