Old Coleman Lantern

[spinyeel]

Picked up this old Coleman Air O Lantern from a junk store recently in pretty rough shape.
A bit of tinkering,a good clean, new mantles and globe and I've got the brightest lantern you will ever see.
Amazing for a lantern made in 1919.

[Giffo65]

Is it a Kero job and pump up the tank with air as the name suggests ?.Looks like a beauty.

[spinyeel]

It runs off Shellite or Coleman fuel and has a separate pump.
Modern lanterns have the pump built in.

[Chas & Clarry]

We love it when old stuff is given new life, reuse, repair, restore or re-purpose it is all good.

Lantern looks great...I wonder what it has seen in its 93years of existence?

Tim and Trace

[spinyeel]

I often wonder about the history of old relics like this.
It will probably still be going in another 93 years.
I have a small collection of lanterns from the early to mid 1900s and they all work.
They're fun to tinker with as well.

[Kero]

They still make these lanterns today. They are simple, efficient and very bright. I've got one that I run on unleaded petrol when camping.
They also have a much warmer/comforting light than the LED lanterns (feel like your camped at a public toilet block).

[spinyeel]

They still make these lanterns today. They are simple, efficient and very bright. I've got one that I run on unleaded petrol when camping.
They also have a much warmer/comforting light than the LED lanterns (feel like your camped at a public toilet block).

Some of my mates use LED lighting. I call them Fairy Lights.