Title: Poor design and quality control
Product review: The quality control on this lantern is extremely poor. The piezoelectric starter produces a usable spark perhaps one out of seven pushes, making lighting this an exercise in frustration. I ended up lighting it with a match the first time and getting a sore thumb on subsequent attempts to start it with the push button. The threaded coupling is cocked at an angle, leaving the lantern leaning on an otherwise perfectly straight propane cylinder. The regulator knob has a very sloppy feel and a finite number of poorly placed levels rather than the smooth, continuous settings on my 10 year old Coleman dual mantle lantern. Last but not least, the regulation of the gas flow is very poor at the higher settings, producing a sputtering sound and an annoying, flickering light. This lantern uses a single, accordion shaped mantle that will require you to stock spares specific to that lantern. Avoid this product and stick with the older design.
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