Comments by "Gunner Asch" (@GunnerAsch1) on "Technology Connextras" channel.

  1. as a life time liquid lantern user.. 1. Fill. 2. Pump. 3. Stick in a match, 4, open the valve slowly. 5. When flame is established, open valve to light level you want. The only difference between kero and white gas/unleaded.. is the "air valve" on white/gas lanterns..which is akin to the choke on a car. The reason the kero lanterns go out immediately.. is flame temperature. You may not be able to see it but on the screen its quite significant. The white gas lantern burns MUCH hotter with little soot and it burns quite "white", while the kero lantern burns much cooler with a more yellow flame. When running any lantern on unleaded gasoline, it will soot up a little more than kero, but not as clean as Naptha (Coleman fuel). Gasoline is the cheapest fuel by far. However.. gasoline will gum up if it has any alcohol in it. If you can find pure gasoline (and I use Aviation gas, about 7.50/gallon ), it will last up to 5 or more years in storage. But it will.. will..over time, go bad. Naptha on the other hand.., will store forever. Literally. It never goes bad and will outlast the sun (Grin) If you can find a 5 gallon can of industrial naptha.. its very cheap, around 50 bucks . Coleman/etc has a huge mark up on it, shrug. I hit a lot of yard sales and estate sales and always buy any partial cans of Coleman/etc fuel. Most often people will completely ignore these cans and I get them very cheap. Bring them home, and simply combine partial cans into a good gallon Coleman can., I keep at least 10 gallons of naptha on hand at any one time, and have cans that were purchased 50 yrs ago that are still good. I have at least 15 lanterns of various types and sizes and at least 4 stoves, from single burner micro stoves to 3 burner suitcase stoves. I should also mention that Naptha is available at any hardware/big box store in the paint department. Its used as a solvent/cleaner for paint brushes etc etc and can..can.. can be had cheaper than a gallon of Coleman fuel. Just saying... Propane is Ok.. but it burns cooler than naptha. If you run a propane device, get the hose attachment so you can run off a 5 gallon bottle..a BBQ bottle and it will last a fair amount of time. The other advantage of propane, is the hose attachment "tree" can be used to fire a lantern, a stove etc all at the same time. And like naptha..it lasts forever. As you noted.. its not as cost effective as naptha, but if you have the space..it works well enough. The single issue/advantage of any flame burning lanterns is heat. When running.. they are hot. Not so good in the mid summer, marvelous in deep winter. Fortunately in summer, you are out in the open, winter you are closed up. That being said.. they HAVE to be used in an area with ventilation. CO will kill if you are in an air tight tent or room and run one of these without ventilation. I consider rechargable lights to be 'temporary spot sources". Battery tech currently is not good enough to supply lighting that will last more than a few hours in a very small area and you have to have a significant number of lithium batteries on charge at any time, or run a big multi amp hour battery and a big solar charger to keep it topped off during daylight hours. But..., if you do have access to both solar cells and a big battery.., it is quite doable. But it doesnt pack well and is best consided to be used at a fixed location. I belive your channel comes out of Canada? US prices are slightly different than Canadian prices as I recall.. Canadian dollar being worth.. 65-75 cents ?, American so one has to use a bit of mental conversion figureing out the price differences. I typically find used Coleman lanterns for 5-10 dollars American, used with stoves about the same. The single most expensive part of these devices is replacement globes (they are pyrex) and mantels. One can buy Coleman mantels or chinese knock offs for very very little money. Ebay of course is great for New Old Stock and chinese globes are...ok but expect them to not survive rough movement. Oh.. a standard old style NON dual fuel Coleman/et al will burn gasoline quite well, but the generator will fail in a few years, rather than in 20 yrs, so keep that in mind as well if stocking up on spare parts. Burning gasohole will reduce the life span as well, if not emptied when putting them back in storage after use. But you can indeed safely use gasoline of any kind (including skunky gasoline) in any Colman type device. Skunky gas may not provide as clear white a light as a lot of the lighter products have evaporated out of the fuel. But in a pinch.. will work.
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