My Boy Scout mess kit.
I have not gone camping in at least 25 years and now designated the stoves, lanterns, etc as emergency equipment. My camping days are more than likely behind me..
Has anyone ever experienced expired or otherwise bad Coleman fuel?
I have a couple cans given to me by a neighbor long gone, a leftover can from when my father passed in 2010 and an almost empty I bought can't remember when. At least a couple are 30+ years old, over the years I've used the least full and haven't opened a couple to see or smell. I've never experienced other than a clean burn while using.
One of these days I'm going to use the never-opened camping gear that the ex made me buy because the gear I already had wasn't luxurious enough. I honestly think that when it comes to outdoor gear less is more. Although I'm not as minimalist as my friend who swore that one day he'd hike the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim with only a loincloth, a Bowie knife and a Big Gulp.
That is some costly firestarterAs for how long fuel lasts I had two cans of Coleman fuel. The top of the cans are rusty so I don’t trust the fuel to use in the lanterns. However I used one this past winter for lighting piles of brush on fire and it lite quickly.