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Could anyone give me some pointers on the duel fuel lanterns. Do they give of fumes? At the minute i use campingaz lanterns, which are good, and keep you warm, but i find they don't give of much light. Some of the duel fuel one seem to have 150 watt and i've found one that gives of 200!! BRIGHT The other idea i had was to get battery ones???

i run a Scout Group and we have half a dozen twin mantle Colemans. they do give off some fumes that would only be noticeable in a confined space, and they are very bright. I have now acquired a couple of Tilley paraffin lamps and they do give off fumes and I still dont think they are as bright but thats probably because they only have one mantle. I still favour the colemans for convenience but can see how some people like the "classicness" of the Tilley lamp.

Nigel

Can anyone point me in the web direction of the best priced coleman dual fuel lantern, the single mantle jobbie please.

Thanks

Thanks for the info everyone. If i do get some of these duel fuel lanterns, which i think is the right way to go, is the fuel as easy to buy as the gas canisters for campingas. Availability wise? Could i buy from local shops around camping sites or does it have to be camping shops? Its a stupid question, but my last trip camping we ran out of the gas canisters and we searched all over town for the right ones. Ended up making a day of it  travelling to another town to get them.

We find that it is worthwhile to run the coleman fuel through the lamp on each 4th fill. We have never had a problem with any blockages although we never store the lamps with fuel in them over the winter period.

Nigel