Coleman Lanterns
I once worked a summer at an US army surplus store, there I learned to understand the art and science of the pressurized lamp and stove by repairing dozens of duds.
My trusty old Coleman 229 arrived today in the snail mail from the US. This is a 1/2 size single mantle Coleman lantern meant to burn unleaded or coleman fuel(white gas). In Israel neft or kerosene is easier and cheaper so before I left I tested the lantern with this new fuel. Once the lantern is burning it makes a good 30 watt bulb worth of yellowish light but when compared to the 50-60 watt worth of whiter light you can expect using unleaded. The only real mod I did was to put a wire loop inside to stabilize the mantle and prevent it's breakage. I have been running with the origonal generator but replaced the rubber pump cup with a Coleman leather cup. A knot of fiberglass around the base of the generator tube might be nice for preheating when using kerosene, I expect diesel would burn in this lantern as well although the kerosene is what I have on hand now.  ¶ 12:07 PM