This was gifted to me, as Men In Shed Donation. Even The mantle was in Good condition. Even hd a lot of gas.
Nice! The lantern should run for a long time on that size of gas cylinder. As well as the lantern, other attachments were available for those Camping Gaz bottles. I originally obtained one with a screw-on regulator and radiant heater attached with a rubber hose, I've seen camping stoves connected in the same way. I re-used the heater by replacing the Camping Gaz regulator with a normal push-on regulator and Calor Gas / Flogas Butane cylinder. Then in a car boot sale I came across a very cheap radiant bowl fire heater attachment which exactly fitted my now spare Caming Gaz cylinder. I put the two together and it worked, but since it was last summer I didn't need to use the heater then. However, a couple of months later, I discovered the Camping Gaz cylinder was empty. The gas must have slowly escaped. This worried me as it was indoors the whole time. Luckily there was no explosion. I didn't smell anything so I had no idea about the gas leak. That's what worried me. I suggest checking yours for leaks with some soapy water, and perhaps disconnecting the lantern from the cylinder when not using it. I think in my case the heater attachment became slightly unscrewed from the cylinder, just enough to cause a leak. In theory these camping Gaz bottles are refillable. You can take them back to a Camping Gaz stockist and exchange them for a full bottle, which is cheaper than buying a new bottle. However, when I looked in to it, Camping Gaz is significantly more expensive per Kg than other suppliers such as Calor Gas or Flogas. I found an interesting video on YouTube which shows what happens to the empty bottles. They are sent back to a factory in France where they are refurbished, refilled and sent back to the local dealers. This adds to the cost.
