I've been using LED flashlights as lanterns. I just tape a piece of aluminum foil onto the side and bend it at at an angle into the light path to reflect it where I want it.

However, I'm tempted to try this lantern with a hand crank that I just spotted over at Harbor Freight:
http://www.harborfreight.com/12-led-hand-crank-lantern-96200.html

I am using the Black Diamond Orbit.

Super light. 3oz.
http://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en-us/shop/mountain/lighting/orbit

hotrod150 wrote: I'm tired of messing with a new mantle every time so today I bought one of those $5 Walmart LED lanterns.....

Rounded up some batteries & checked ut the mini-lantern op's last night after dark. The moderate amount of light is OK-- the distribution not so much. The reflector/diffuser throws the light out in a sort of narrow band, so if the lantern is a bit too high or low you don't get any illumination on what you're trying to see. Better would be a transluscent (instead of clear) chimney, with the LED's aimed at it inside. That would tend to diffuse the light more evenly.
It is hard to go wrong for $5, but it's truw that you get what you pay for. It does provide some light but it's a pretty poor substitute for a regular Coleman gas or propane lantern. Back to the drawing board I guess.

I think the main advantage to the LED lanterns is that you can recreate the romantic tent effect in your home without huffing white gas fumes.

LED is were it's at. Bright, light, and no fumes.

And you can walk under the fuel vents with it!