Here's the one I was talking about earlier. My son is "borrowing" it to augment the oldies design in my 8 month old grandsons room.
Scott
Scott
2manytoyz wrote:
I had a couple of Coleman liquid fuel lanterns for many years, but they weren't as reliable as the propane ones that replaced them. Even when I was trying to take a pic to compare the light output, the Coleman fuel one just wouldn't cooperate.
As time went on, I moved from corded power tools, to cordless ones.
The 18V Dewalt fluorescent worklight is great. It has a cover over the bulb to protect it, and direct the light. If I need 360 lighting, the cover slides off. Stays cool to the touch, no worries of it falling over and starting a fire.
It will run about 3.5 hours per battery. I always bring spare batteries, and the charger. I prefer to do this, rather than haul liquid fuel, or even 1 lb. propane bottles.
I still have two propane lanterns, and I keep them around for extended power outages at home since we live in hurricane prone FL.
I bet by now that they have LED Dewalt lights that would be even more efficient, and more reliable, then your fluorescent.
I had a couple of Coleman liquid fuel lanterns for many years, but they weren't as reliable as the propane ones that replaced them. Even when I was trying to take a pic to compare the light output, the Coleman fuel one just wouldn't cooperate.
As time went on, I moved from corded power tools, to cordless ones.
The 18V Dewalt fluorescent worklight is great. It has a cover over the bulb to protect it, and direct the light. If I need 360 lighting, the cover slides off. Stays cool to the touch, no worries of it falling over and starting a fire.
It will run about 3.5 hours per battery. I always bring spare batteries, and the charger. I prefer to do this, rather than haul liquid fuel, or even 1 lb. propane bottles.
I still have two propane lanterns, and I keep them around for extended power outages at home since we live in hurricane prone FL.
As time went on, I moved from corded power tools, to cordless ones.
The 18V Dewalt fluorescent worklight is great. It has a cover over the bulb to protect it, and direct the light. If I need 360 lighting, the cover slides off. Stays cool to the touch, no worries of it falling over and starting a fire.
It will run about 3.5 hours per battery. I always bring spare batteries, and the charger. I prefer to do this, rather than haul liquid fuel, or even 1 lb. propane bottles.
I still have two propane lanterns, and I keep them around for extended power outages at home since we live in hurricane prone FL.
We have three lanterns. One, a new wazoo 4-D cell LED one that's pretty good and also somewhat versital in that it can sit or hang. The second one we have is a somewhat modern Coleman one that still uses mantles and it has a clear globe. It works too, very nice. as for those that claim they're too bright, THAT'S WHAT THE CONTROL IS FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can turn them down to a low glow!
Then, the third one we have is from what we can determine, a 1925 version. The mechanism inside the globe is ancient and has a cleaning rod that you rotate a small handle and it moves up into an orifice to clean out the burn tube. And, get this, the air pump, is separate from the tank. Yep, that little air pump is attached via a chain and is like a little syringe with a nipple on the end.
When we first light that thing off, sometimes we're afraid the neighbors are gonna call in an FD first alarm. It flames and goes nuts for about 30 seconds or so. Then, all that heat from the flames, heats of the main burn tube inside the globe and that heat, begins to generate the gas that's needed for a cleaner burn and what creates the light from it. It's a cool little lantern.
Scott
Then, the third one we have is from what we can determine, a 1925 version. The mechanism inside the globe is ancient and has a cleaning rod that you rotate a small handle and it moves up into an orifice to clean out the burn tube. And, get this, the air pump, is separate from the tank. Yep, that little air pump is attached via a chain and is like a little syringe with a nipple on the end.
When we first light that thing off, sometimes we're afraid the neighbors are gonna call in an FD first alarm. It flames and goes nuts for about 30 seconds or so. Then, all that heat from the flames, heats of the main burn tube inside the globe and that heat, begins to generate the gas that's needed for a cleaner burn and what creates the light from it. It's a cool little lantern.
Scott
