coleman lantern ?

[snowcone]

was diggin thru my ice gear spot in the garage and found my old coleman lantern,  back in the days of home made shantys and colemans heating the shed  these were the cats meow.   now i havent used this in 20 yrs but its in good shape.  with led,s  nowadays  the old coleman is dinosaur.  hahahah   point is i dont need this anymore and im wanting to donate it to someone who could put it to use.. im in cuyahoga falls .   so if interested  give me a heads up and i will give ya my cell and ya can shoot me a text....  ok i tried to post a pic but this site is a pain to post pics....................

[slabslayer]

I know.   I’m trying to get the pic thing figured out.   

[Evinrude58]

I know you have to change the pic to a GIF pic to post as the site doesn't seem to like any other formats. Still better than another site I visit that in order to post pics you have to first download them to something like Pinterst or a site like it.

[snowcone]

yea i even tried to re size it , didnt help  hahah

[holehopper]

rick,call me old school,but i still use one,during the day i use my buddy heater,but if fishing after dark i use the coleman,double duty,heat plus light,,,,,,,,,,,

[holehopper]

have you seen the price for a gallon of lantern fuel? crazy..........

[snowcone]

lantern  fuel about 5.$  ?     because i always used un-leaded high test, then came ethanol  you need aviation  or boat fuel ( no alcohol )  ..   theres even mantels with the lantern  lol      speaking of mantils, they used to put rare elements in them  to get them to glow really bright,  they used alot of wood gas to fuel the street light posts..        

[toadfish]

I would be very careful using gasoline in a coleman lantern inside a shanty.  I think it might even be pushing it using coleman fuel.  Beware of carbon monoxide and lack of oxygen.  I guess that might be why I can't think clearly enough to find fish when I heat my shanty with my lantern!  I thought about going to propane, but dispise having to carry extra 1# bottles around and I don't want to  lug around a 20# bottle or spring for a 5# bottle.

[snowcone]

i know the fumes were strong and ya had to ventilate to the point of loosing heat.  but since i have 2  buddy heaters  one single and another 2 panel w fan they run you out    hahahahah   

[Ntoiceman36]

Love hearing about the old Coleman lantern,  it brings back so many memories of fishing with my Dad when I was little. I can almost smell the fuel burning and feel that big channel cat starting to tug my line.🤗

[ice hole 2]

Same here,36. Still have a 2 mantel Coleman lantern I used for night fishing for shovelhead cats in the Little Miami River in Cincinnati. Caught one 29 lbs. 12 ounces 42 in. long on a 5" gill fishing from a 12 foot Jon boat. The largest Shovelhead  I've ever seen! Tricky to land him but had plenty of light and a little heat for chilly nights. Memories, yes, are unforgetable !!!

[toadfish]

Hey snowcone, let me know where i can get coleman fuel for $5 a gallon.  My local wally world has it for $10 or 12 last time i checked.  Still beats paying $3 per pound of propane.

[snowcone]

wowser   coleman fuel was just white gas  back in the day  no lead  high oct  and  no  stinkin alcohol   

[trapperjon]

I have a OLD red single mantel that I still use mainly in the summer while camping,  wish I could find a way of dating it. I'm 57 and remember my dad stopping by a service station that used to be on tallmadge circle for a gallon of white gas on the way camping.

[ice hole 2]

Just came back from Wal Mart  Propane - 16 oz.- 1 bottle - $3.97   2 bottle - $7.37
White gas - $8.86/ gal.   Coleman fuel - $12.92/gal.  Kerosene - label says for heaters , lanterns and stoves - $8.86 / gal.