I use a Coleman Dual fuel stove. I actually use Coleman fuel but it can use unleaded gas if I need or want to. Burning unleaded gas does smell funny, it is not my preferred choice of fuel.
I got tired of having to buy the 1# bottles. They are expensive and bulky. I bought 1 gallon of Coleman fuel probably 4 years ago and I just used the last of it so the cost of the fuel per weekend works out to pennies. Yes it is a little more work to pump the fuel. I have never found it to be messy, I have a funnel that I use.
I do carry propane for my grill and lantern.
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Matt O 2006 Skyline Nomad 27' travel trailer. Previously owned 1986 Coleman Columbia / 1992 Coleman Senecca / 1989 Born Free Class C RV.
I cut my eye teeth with gas lanterns and stoves. When the Coleman gas stove finally gave it's last "breath" (well, so to speak!) and we were many, many miles from home and there was this little town hardware that only had the Coleman L/P stove for a replacement, I made that change. The good thing about that model stove is it can be connected to a large refillable tank.
But still use the gas lanterns (two of them in fact) and I prefer them as they are brighter then the L/P bottle lanterns ... and more economical to use.
I use 2 camp fuel lanterns. I also use Coleman camping stove that runs on camp fuel when tenting. The stove works like a champ :thumbup: it was my Dad's and bought in the '60's. I have only had to replace the pump in it.
Only bad thing is my boys are in Cub Scouts :camperkid: and they longer allow camp fuel. Everything has to be LP gas. I may have to go over to the Dark Side :'( some day because of the Scouts :camperkid:. Right now I get buy with battery lanterns and cooking on the fire or using someone else lp stove.
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We have an LP lantern too, bought one year when fire restrictions prohibited liquid fuel; on that trip we used the camper's stove. (We prefer to cook outside, but use the stove when condition merit.) We use both lanterns on a group trip once a year.
I wonder if you could be more specific on those restrictions concerning the Coleman gas fuel ...?
When I heard of this before I tried to trace it down and could find no such restrictions from Nat'l Park, Nat'l Forest, states I traveled through or the Coleman Company.
That's interesting. Seems something similar was posted before about the Coleman gas fueled lanterns and cook stoves (cannot recall where) so I contacted the Forest Service Nat'l Hqrs for clarification and they said no such restrictions were ever in place for camp cook stoves or lanterns of any type. However, there were (and would be) campfire restrictions or even the closing of campgrounds if circumstances called for it.
Currently that's my modus operandi ... gas lanterns for lighting and then a Coleman L/P 2-burner campstove that can be used either with a disposable 16oz tank or a refillable tank. For a past birthday (or was it Christmas ...?) received a 5 lb propane tank just for the cook stove. It sure is a handy size, can refill it for half the cost of buying those 16oz disposable canisters, but could not believe the cost ... you could buy a larger 20 lb for much less!
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Where it is most commonly used is at the C/G picnic table.
We have a 2 burner Coleman fuel stove that's about 25 yrs old. We use it almost every trip. A propane grill that mounts on the side of the camper came with the hybrid & we never even took it out of the packaging. We keep saying one of these days we will try it out... but we're in our 5th yr now & still haven't used it. We have a tabletop charcoal bbq grill & a battery & propane lantern.
I grew up using gas, much like several others have mentioned. I have a two dual-fuel lanterns, two white-gas-only stoves and one LP stove. I usually use the gas lanterns and stoves when tent camping, but use the LP stove and battery lanterns we're using the camper.
DW prefers cooking on the LP stove - probably because of the instant start, no pumping and perceived ease of use. Since she does most of the cooking, she gets what she wants. We try to do a lot of the cooking outside during the warmer months, so the inside stove doesn't get used much. It keeps the smells out (especially things like bacon), keeps the camper cleaner, and just plain gets us out of the camper.
Since the stove can't use the built-in low pressure hookup, and the LP bottles are too far away from the preferred cooking area, we just bring a 20lb bottle and place it under the camp kitchen. While something smaller like a 5-lb tank would be nice, I looked at the price and decided to just throw a extra 20lb tank in the back of the truck. I have one of those plastic bases for it so it can't fall over during transport and use. I figure if I somehow burn through the 20-40lbs on the front of the trailer, I always have the third tank to use in a pinch and vice-versa.
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... A propane grill that mounts on the side of the camper came with the hybrid & we never even took it out of the packaging. We keep saying one of these days we will try it out... but we're in our 5th yr now & still haven't used it.
If it's like the one that came with our '07 Flagstaff, you're not missing out on much ;D Ours was a knockoff of the RVQ grill, and it worked in a pinch, but never worked all that well. We eventually stopped carrying it and it found a semi-permanent home on a basement shelf.
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