Are there no Tiny Gas Lanterns?

Was thinking of buying a tiny gas lantern for my up and coming vacation this year.
I have a dual mantel white gas Coleman lantern, and love it. Lot of light, great runtime.

I was looking today for a single mantel, tiny one, but couldnt find one.
Does such a thing not exist?

I am basically after something like the Osram or Brinkman lanterns,
but brighter, and gas (white gas, gasoline, camping fuel) powered.

Thanks
~John

John-

I do not know of any liquid fuel lanterns that small. The smallest I know of is the Coleman Peak 1. I do not have one.

Part of the limitation is the need to have a fuel tank that is big enough to give decent runtime, has a pump and the other plumbing needed for a lantern.

I have a coleman 286 which is the standard traditional one mantle lantern. I car camp, so this size is not an issue.

The smallest one mantle lantern that I know of is propane. Century Lantern.
The lantern is small, but needs a 16 oz. propane bottle.

Mark

This place may give you some ideas.

There are a lot of compact canister lanterns, but check out the Coleman Exponent if you want to stay with white gas. It's a single mantle.

Paul

How about one of these http://www.rei.com/product/643063 ? I have a Snow Peak stove and it's really tiny. The fuel canisters aren't too expensive, and they're quite handy compared to traditional white gas. No pouring (spilling) necessary.

Thanks alot for the input guys.

As I was afraid of, it seems there are no small single mantel ones that run off white gas.
There are some nice ones that use fuel tanks, and propane tanks, but then the tank is the big part.

Oh well, guess I will stick to LEDs for this purpose then

~John

Hey how about the Coleman Exponent Xcursion Lantern 9970-725?

http://www.campfirestore.com/site/849894/product/9970-725?

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http://tentsandbackpacks.com/ProductDetails/Lanterns/9970-725_XcursionLantern.html

http://www.campdawg.com/servlet/the-53/Coleman-exponent-xcursion-lantern/Detail

http://store.camping-cooking-supplies.com/9970-725.html

the brunton glorb is the same size as the osram. it uses butane like a lighter and will run with or without a mantel.

Well, my post isn't going to give any *solid* information, but it should give you some hope. A few years back (maybe, as much as 5 years), Biglots actually had a really small single mantle lantern that ran off of butane. I believe it used one of those butane tanks that the portable single burner stoves use. I can't remember, though, if it was a recharged, or if the tank sat inside the enclosed base. The unit was perfectly cylindrical, from the base to the top (and even). I'd say it was only about 3 - 3.5" in diameter and about 11" tall. So, keep looking, because THEY are out there! I wish I would have bought one. I kept looking at it and wanting it, just because it was so cool, but I didn't see any need for it because I had a two mantle Coleman. It was $19.99 and the box it came it was just big enough to fit the lantern. It was orange, too.

Edit: I just checked eBay--not there. There is this (link), though, which isn't quite the same, but it's similar and appears to function the same way, with the electric ignition and all. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Brunton-Glo...ryZ36112QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Edit2: Oh, it looks like the above poster just mentioned it!

CHC said:

Hey how about the Coleman Exponent Xcursion Lantern 9970-725?

http://www.campfirestore.com/site/849894/product/9970-725?

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http://tentsandbackpacks.com/ProductDetails/Lanterns/9970-725_XcursionLantern.html

http://www.campdawg.com/servlet/the-53/Coleman-exponent-xcursion-lantern/Detail

http://store.camping-cooking-supplies.com/9970-725.html

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The description in the second link states the the output is 10 candle power. Does that sound a bit low to anyone else?

http://www.gleasoncamping.com/browseproducts/Coleman-1-Mantle-Compact-Propane-Lantern.HTML
I love this little guy, about the brightness of a 100 watt bulb but you can dim it to around 50 to conserve gas, but either way it runs forever

Never purchased one, but used one in a group camping trip...but the propane tanks a bit bulky if you decide to use it as a hiking lantern

Thanks alot for the links guys ! :thumbsup:

The Excursion, and that Brunton were ones I saw before,
and as far as form factor and size, they are great !
But, I am not all that sure about using butane
I suppose its not a big deal, and would be less messy to refill for sure.
but I need to look around to see if I can get the fuel tanks locally, and at a good price.

I can get the white gas and propane tanks locally, even at walmart.
I have propane tanks on hand for a torch that I have, but never tried them for lighting or cooking.
I like that one single mantel that goes on top them, that seems nice and small.
But, then it goes on that bulky propane tank lol.

I may have to get one of those small butane ones sometime though, they do look nice!

Thanks
~John

Patriot36 said:

The description in the second link states the the output is 10 candle power. Does that sound a bit low to anyone else?

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It is about 80 lumens, last I tested.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=9975-A35&categoryid=24756

Is replacing the excursion, it runs off powermax or butane. The Smallest white Gas lantern coleman makes is:

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=229-725&categoryid=24756

It is about double the light of the Luminous/excursion, but quite a bit larger. Still a nice compromise, and a great lantern.

The Coleman Guy

if you are going to be going into extreme cold weather, remember, white gas has better performance than butane or propane, and costs cents an hour to run (I was blown away at the efficiency, when we did the testing).

Hmm, do you think that single mantel Coleman is worth it?
Is it small enough to warrant getting if I have the dual mantel version already?

That new butane Coleman looks nice, I still need to see if I can get the refill cans locally.
If I can, and they arent $$$$$, I may grab one of those also.
Sad thing is, I have led lights that are about that size or smaller, than are just as bright.
So it wouldnt be filling a nitch all that well.

Nothing beats a nice dual mantel Coleman for output, it will LIGHT up a campsite.
I have absolutely loved mine, just trying to get a nice output to size ratio in a smaller package.

~John

There is the Eos Lantern from Kathmandu.

They are about the hight of a SF A2.

Hope it helps.

On the Nuwai website, they've got new LED lanterns. I think one of them uses 3 or 5 Cree or Seoul LEDs. Those might make some of these pointless.

oo: just looked on the Nuwai site, didnt see anything like that, got a link??

Let me see if I can find it. I actually saw them in a link I got from here (CPF).

Ok, I'm back! I found it. I don't know why I thought it was 3 Crees, though. It looks like they may only have 1 Cree. There are three of them, and the brighter ones (D and C batteries) claim 176 lumens. (130 for the smaller, 3AA powered one)

I couldn't find it on the Nuwai site, either, but it's there, somewhere, because some CPFer located it. It's a PDF, here -->http://www.nuwai.com.tw/new_products/2007_03_FL.pdf


They look pretty slick! I don't know why, but based on looks, the C powered one has me interested Ooooo, and just check out that headlamp!

ohhhhhhhh hey those look promising
Saw a 3xAAA one the other day, and was thinking how much of a waste that was.
The 3xAA version should be nice.
And the 3xD should have killer runtime.

Looks like these might not be out for a while though,
eh, maybe next years camping trip

~John