Stansport Compact Single Mantle Propane

Bright. Works well. Just install a small piece of aluminum foil on back of glass to prevent direct blindness.

Super fast delivery. Ordered Tuesday, shipped Wednesday, arrived Friday AM. Well packed. Here’s the important thing… I’ve been through 4 lanterns in the last 3 years. Coleman and Ozark Trails. They all fail the same way. On the underside of the delivery tubes there is a separate piece attached to the tube with a fine mesh screen. On all four lanterns they have simply fallen off. And when that happens you can’t light the lamp. Throw it away. So I thought I’d try Sansport and see how it goes. Otherwise I’m initially pleased with it

Before I bought this, I tried a tiny generic single mantle mini lantern that attaches to backpacking gas cylinders with a mantle sticking up - it had pathetic light output for an incandescent mantle lamp (couldn't read by it!), so I returned it and spent $5 more for this one. Thankfully, this one burns like a Coleman lantern. I think having the mantle hanging allows it to balloon more reliably, which allows more surface area to glow brightly.1) The rated candlepower or watts for the single mantle seems a little low, and it barely costs less than the dual mantle, but you can easily read by the lantern, and only need one good mantle to run it.2) It appears that the mantle will brush the gas tube, but it shrinks down and is perfect.3) I used a peerless mantle 2C-HG from the distribution warehouse - thorium!4) I wish the top hat had a rod and nut so I could light it by removing the top and globe, then replacing... As it is, you need to push kind of hard on the top, and once it's lit, that gets hot. So I will probably try to light it from underneath, as designed.Back in the day, Coleman was king, but a lot of it now is not much to brag about. I don't know if Stansport had a heyday, but this lantern seems a better execution than the modern Coleman, and the price is great!

This is a small one mantle lantern which runs on propane. We hook it up to a gas bottle like one might use for a gas grill. One mantle lamp is hard to find but we use it for heat to keep a small green house above freezing. Two mantles would use more gas so the one mantle saves money on gas. For our purpose, the one mantle provides enough heat to keep the plants from freezing. The lantern is well made, mantles fit it and glass replacement shades are available in case you break it.

Love product will put out enough light for my use

Great camping product

Not packed properly in manufacturer's packaging and zero padding added inside of Amazon shipping box. Glass globe arrived shattered. Sent it back, ordering another one. Hopefully Amazon will add at least minimum protective padding to their shipping box this time.

It is a very good product thats works very well and very good price.i will buy another one soon