You burn oderless mineral spirits in the Dietz lantern?  The web page
that you referred us to has a very dramatic safety advisory concerning
that.  Seems that heat is transferred to the tank when the lantern is
operating.  With mineral spirits, or other low molecular weight fuel,
the tank develops pressure -- boom.  Not good.  Kerosene is pretty
cheap, why not use that?  That's one of the recommended fuels.

I have two Coleman gasoline lanterns.  Haven't used them in years.  Gets
dark pretty late in summer.  A flashlight (and lately an led lamp with
batteries) seems to serve perfectly adequately.

However, the Dietz lantern looks interesting, and it is inexpensive.
Might think about it, sans mineral spirits.

David McNeely

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> Wick kerosene lanterns are nice, and the Dietz brand seems like the
> good
> ones. Wick lanterns are dead-quiet, not intensely bright or insanely
> hot
> like a pressure lantern. No fragile mantle. I burn odorless mineral
> spirits in them for lower-cost operation.
>
> If I was in the mind to light the entire campground,* I might get one
> of
> these kerosene pressure mantle lantern jobbies:
>
>
>
> ==============
> * If zombie movies teach us anything, it's that bright lights at night
> can
> attract unwanted attention. Chose your lighting equipment accordingly.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 10/31/2009 9:07 AM Loren Busch wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>>