The #920E, also a great fit for the Coleman Northstar® lantern, installs easily with two Warkinz Quick Clips®, and can be ordered through National Mantle Co., LLC, the authorized online store for Warkinz at: https://nationalmantle.com/tube-style-mantles/.

National Mantle offers the Warkinz #920E at unbelievably low pricing, with all orders in the continental U.S. shipped at no additional cost for postage and handling!

Coleman® Northstar® and Northern Nova™ are trademarks of the Coleman Co., Inc. Wichita, Kansas 67219.

The best way to answer that is to ask, “Why am I buying a lantern?”

The first and foremost reason, of course, is the desire for light.  LED lanterns have low light output compared to a white gas or propane mantle lantern.  The LED light is a harsher light than the softer, more pleasant light given off by a gas mantle lantern.  Gas lanterns featuring mantles emit much brighter light that is far more effective and can be fully controlled from low to high by a twist of a knob to adequately light any campsite.

Some LED lanterns offer only one light setting.  Others do not provide true dimmers, but have only low and high settings, which are just switches that operate different numbers of the LED, and don’t provide the full range of adjustments of a gas mantle lantern.

Gas mantle lanterns have an added benefit in emergencies.  Such lanterns can be used as a heat source in an emergency situation (although, never indoors).  LED lanterns, of course, provide no warmth when in use.  A spare tire isn’t useful until it’s needed, and gas mantle lanterns as an emergency heat source should be thought of in the same way.

Don’t forget, that while gas mantle lanterns require fuel, utilizing LED lanterns means carrying a number of rechargeable lanterns or extra batteries.  Those are an extra burden (and of course, dead batteries can be hazardous to the environment).

For anyone truly after superior lighting and the best camping or outdoor experience, gas mantle lanterns reign supreme over trendy LED lanterns.

Gas mantle lighting was originally used in Europe and North America for lighting up the city streets. Gaslights with mantles eventually made it possible for people to improve lighting in their homes, and work night shifts at factories and workshops, which contributed to the industrialization boom of the late 1880’s and early 1900’s. Wider application of gas mantle lighting included signal lighting for railways and navigating ships.

In 1914 William Coffin Coleman introduced the Coleman lantern, eventually including models featuring one or two gas mantles. For decades outdoor lanterns depended on mantles being secured with tie-on strings, which were difficult to use in cold and dark outdoor situations.

It wasn’t until 1991 that George Kinzel patented the Warkinz “Quick Clip®” gas mantle, adding a metal wire clip to the gas mantle for quick, easy installation under the worst conditions, revolutionizing the industry.

Today, Warkinz popular line of gas mantles, known for quality, longevity and brightness, includes the Quick Clip® for lanterns, and porcelain ring connections for gaslights.  They are used in outdoor gaslights for steady, dependable, charming lighting; indoor gaslights for cabins, cottages and homes that don’t depend on electricity; and in outdoor lanterns for the bright lighting that is favored by sportsmen and campers around the world.

The founders of National Mantle were previously in sales for a variety of outdoor products, including Warkinz mantles through wholesalers and retailers.  At that time they came to respect and appreciate the consistent high quality and reliability of Warkinz mantles.  Realizing there was an opportunity to offer Warkinz mantles direct to consumers online for the first time, National Mantle was created to be an authorized online store providing superior Warkinz mantles direct to consumers at deep discount pricing.

Warkinz has been a well respected leader in the gas mantle industry for many years.  The gas mantle category had been stagnant for decades, with virtually no innovation for what was considered to be a basic product that could not be significantly improved.  However, Warkinz Industries changed all that in 1991 with the invention of their patented Quick Clip® mantles for indoor gaslights and outdoor lanterns.  The ingenious idea of having squeeze clips replace clumsy to use string ties changed the mantle industry forever!

As the patent holder, Warkinz private labeled Quick Clip® mantles for well known gaslight and lantern manufacturers, including some of the industry’s best known brands.  At the same time, Warkinz built a following with its own Warkinz line of mantles.

The Warkinz product line now features a variety of superior quality mantles for indoor and outdoor gaslights and outdoor lanterns.  Warkinz mantles burn bright, last a long time, are safe, and thorium free.

National Mantle is excited to be able to offer Warkinz mantles to the public online at amazingly low prices.  National Mantle’s commitment to customers throughout the continental United States is to always ship orders promptly with no additional charge for shipping and handling!

National Mantle is now open for business and ready to take your orders!  Check them out and place your order at nationalmantle.com.