Stansport Propane Mantel Lantern – Outdoor Light with Adjustable Brightness, Carry Handle, Ventilated Hood, High-Output, Portable, for Emergency, Backpacking, Camping – Mantels Included

I have several of these lanterns. Have used them on many kayak trips where weight is an issue. They are light and compact. We would run the lantern on its lowest setting when we went to sleep, let it burn all night long. After several nights like so, we never did have to change the propane tank. Provided enough light to see on low. They simply work.

Was a bit smaller than I thought it would be, but it works great. I prefer a single mantle lantern and this one definitely fits the bill. It is a hard item to find. Glad I seen this one.

DOES NOT COME WITH PROPANE TANK. Works very well. Reliable. Just what I need in an emergency. I bought the single flame to conserve on fuel. In my experience there are a very reliable, economic 'cheap' way to have lighting in an emergency. This lantern can also hook up to a 5 gallon BBQ tank' using an extension hose. The lantern is plenty bright. If indoors always crack a window to the outside so Co2 build up. Stay safe.

All great, will get to that in a minute, I did not realize this particular model did not come with a base. Not a deal breaker, my bad in fact for not reading the details or presuming by just a picture. It is all in the details....read them. Anyway back to the great part, it came securely packaged, easy to assemble what little there was to assemble, tied on the mantle, screwed in a bottle and fired it up. I have a coleman as well and they both work fine, but I like this one because of the fully adjustable gas knob. The coleman has a series of clicks, but works fine too, just not quite as adjustable. This one has a bit larger glass area and is very easy to light from the vent in the bottom plate inside the head. The handle is solid as compared to the coleman being a chain, although the chain is longer, this handle is large enough to where you do not feel it being too hot when you handle or move with it lit. Mantles are easy to obtain, use the coleman 21, just tie it on and snip the extra tie material. good to go. I do like both but from a price point this one is it.

I bought the single and the double mantle versions of this product and my single is brighter than the double for some reason. The trick with these is lighting it through the tiny hole without the match going out. Had luck with a bic lighter instead. The irony is that you essentially need another light in order to see the hole location so that you can turn this light on. Again, a bic lighter works nice because it provides enough light to see the hole. Mantles are ridiculously fragile so plan to buy a load of extras or you will be out of luck in the middle of the woods. I also bought an LED version by another maker and it's so much easier. You can turn that one on with your eyes closed. I feel like this propane style is for old timers.

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!

Good value. Sturdy stand. Puts out a lot of light, some heat and can be turned up and down in intensity.

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.

solo porque tengo un enorme amor y fijación por este tipo de lamparas, este modelo lo quise agregar a mi pequeña colección de lamparas de "manto" y me decepcionó totalmente la calidad de los acabados y materiales que contenía vidrio irregular, tapa mal ajustada y colgante que topa en el vidrio, solo la válvula parece tener buena calidad, una verdadera lastima, por que la luz de estos equipos es bellísima.

It throws a decent light for its size. And is well made.

affordable and effective

nice little lantern

Simple, compact, de qualité... difficile de trouver mieux à si bas prix!