Primus Mantle Lanterns

The Primus Mantle Lantern brings a reliable, gas-powered light to any camping setup. As part of Primus’s outdoor lighting range, this mantle lamp is designed to keep your site illuminated whether you’re cooking, reading or just hanging out after dark.

Rather than relying on batteries, this lantern runs on pressurized fuel to heat a small mantle—a fabric bag coated in metal oxides—which then glows and fills your camp with steady, white light. That steady glow frees up your hands, so you can stir the pot, shuffle a deck of cards or simply enjoy the view without fussing over a fading flame.

The mantle itself is a bit of science made simple: once it’s heated by the gas flame, it turns almost ceramic and emits a bright glow. This gives you clearer, more consistent illumination than an ordinary flame, though mantles do grow fragile over time and need replacing to keep the light crisp.