The dad who can still hear the hiss of one of these from a childhood campsite
What it is
The green Coleman liquid fuel lantern, running on unleaded or Coleman fuel, with two mantles and a ventilated globe.
Why we picked it
For a certain age of Australian this is the sound and smell of every family holiday before 1995, and it is still genuinely one of the brightest lights you can put on a table. It is also a job to run rather than a switch to flick, which for the right man is the point rather than the drawback.
