Air from the pump is piped up to the top of the fount. Shipping records show several hundred were sent from July – December, 1924 (Becker). They were the first Coleman model to coleman canopy have a pump as part of the lantern. These lanterns are in Shirley Willard’s (left)& Dean DeGroff’s (right) collections. The Northstar doesn’t have a lot of fancy features.
The propane lantern is so hot, that all the bugs that flew into it, instantly died. Of course you still have to buy the lanterns, so lets take a look at the cost of buying a new lantern. Prices will vary from store to store, but they are all going to be in the same ballpark. The specs say this LED lantern will run for 85 hours on hi. That brings the operating cost to $0.14 per hour. If you run these lanterns on low, it costs much less per hour to operate.
Second, the bottom of the lantern unscrews to reveal a small compartment that can hold your charging cable and plug in. With a bright 400 lumens, the Coleman Rechargeable Lantern doesn’t lack brightness. This is actually a good lantern to set on a picnic table at a state park or national park and illuminate your campsite. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material, both writing and images, without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. That night I purchased an attractive looking limited edition National Park edition of the Coleman Northstar Propane Lantern–in park ranger khaki and green. I loved that lantern so much I bought……a few more…..and then a few more after that.
The center globe cage base disk is stamped Sunshine Safety Lamp Co., Kansas City, MO. Ian Keates, who bought this lantern in Switzerland for his collection, does not believe that it had been disassembled before. Coleman models 228E (left) and 220E (right) had steel founts. The one on the left, in Dean DeGroff’s collection, is date stamped July 1951, the earliest date we have seen for this model. It lacks the Coleman decal under the filler cap which Coleman started using a couple of months later, as on the right which is date stamped October, 1951.
Monte Dodge’s 202, running (right), is dated Mar. ’57 and has a metal burner cap. This Model 220D, in Deems Burton’s collection, is almost like new and is dated B ’48, which we think means it was made in July-Dec of that year. The black handled Coleman reflector, 220D790, fits 220C-F models.
Steel wool and a coil of asbestos “rope” inside the globe rest kept dust from clogging the air intake and fuel from dripping on the floor. These lanterns are in Jerry Engbring’s collection. Coleman made this model for their Sunshine Safety company (post 1923). It has many of the same parts as Quick-Lite Model L327. The collar, generator, and cap nut are different from that model.
Here they are starting from dimmest to brightest. The test was conducted in my shop which is a approximately 30ft X 30ft. The coleman lantern Lantern’s powered stabilizer jacks and power tongue jack make setting up at your next campground easier than ever before.
See the chart below for all the figures side by side. Light a match or lighter and hold it below the mantle(s). Open the valve one-quarter turn and wait for the mantle(s) to ignite. Hold a match or lighter to the bottom and allow it (them) to burn completely. If it has a strong really sharp smell, that is varnish from old gasoline that has gone stale. If it smells real bad you might need to tear it apart to clean the internal parts.