Camping Lanterns

When I was a little girl my dad would take us camping gear as a family, and along with camping would be fishing at night and early morning.  We would wake up in the wee hours of the morning to go catch the first biters of the day.  We would light our Coleman lantern, grab our fishing gear and get going to try to catch fish for the day.

Back then the Coleman lanterns were Coleman kerosene lanterns which had the butane tank and the mantles that we would use for not very much time.  We would have to push down the button that would suction the gas enough to be able to light.  When we had our kerosene lantern ready we would go walking in the dark to the location that we where we would try to catch fish, we hardly ever caught anything, but it was sometimes fun and sometimes very boring.  You had to light it with a match and hold it over the gas entry until the lantern was lit, sometimes you would even burn your finger. 

Using these Coleman lanterns were an essential in camping so we had to take so much care not to break the globe and not to lose the mantles.  The lanterns would go even to the bathroom with us, hence it had to make it through the night.

Now there are even more choices in lanterns for your next camping trip.  You can use one according to your needs or choices you can find Coleman propane lanterns, Coleman butane lanterns, dual fuel lanterns, electric lanterns, Coleman battery operated lanterns or with even a remote control adjustable system there are so many different lanterns that it will be interesting to decide which one is better.  You can chose to buy a rechargeable lantern which is great in not having to buy more batteries or carry around the tank of gas. They can come with a matchless ignition you can find them with their own protective carrying case, you can choose between a one mantle and two mantle lanterns.  They now have more hours of use then before and options which are such an advantage for the avid camper.

They now have so many replacement items that you can buy ahead of time in case of an accident.   You can find replacement globes, extra mantles, lantern stands, extra conections, so many things that can help you to not be out in the dark on your camping trip.  Your camping trip can be so much more fun than in the days past when you had to go through a lot more to start your lantern. 

A camping lantern no matter what type it is can be very useful when camping out with your family.  If you don´t bring one along you will realize how much you missed when you have to use your headlights from your car to keep the place lit up.