A little goes a long way; I’ve done my small car( Fiat 500) and my lantern with it twice and still have about a 1/4 of a bottle.
I came accross this on Amazon.
Lamplight 52664 Farmer’s Lantern. It seems about 30 cm high.
I dont know anything about it but I have heard of the manufacturer. They make a couple of other glass lamps as well.
The cynical part of me doesn’t expect much for that specific lantern, although obviously it does the key function of holding a wick and and oil. The Amazon listing I see in the US has a surprisingly low price and reports the weight as a mere 6.2 ounces (about 175 grams). I don’t think that is just a mistake due to Amazon mixing up the weight with the oil capacity like they do on some of the Dietz lanterns, because the listed fuel capacity is 5 ounces. The Dietz lanterns are all over 1 pound (450 grams) as far as I have been able to find.
I see WT Kirkman has some of their glass lamps for sale, so I suspect those are at least decent, since he seems fairly passionate about what he sells.
Apparently Lamplight has been around for a relatively long time. They are now a subsidiary of the same company that owns the Tiki torch brand, but I don’t see the lantern you mention listed on any affiliated website, so that makes me suspect just the name was licensed by some other manufacturer.
https://www.wcbradley.com/divisions/lamplight
The best information I found about the company in general was this 40+ year old article about them when they were still a relatively young company. This is actually a fairly interesting read:
Thanks, very interesting.
Ref to this on eBay.com.au, weight is 1.39 lbs !
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/224590601698?chn=ps&\_ul=AU&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960-0&mkcid=2&itemid=224590601698&targetid=&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9071360&poi=&campaignid=15791083372&mkgroupid=&rlsatarget=&abcId=9300816&merchantid=494515004&gclid=CjwKCAjw5NqVBhAjEiwAeCa97cSHKHLcT0WjZA4Y15237S4OJPll8aZLmZHUghhV5HEBEAU5Aa3e3hoCYikQAvD_BwE
at USD19 from amazom.com it may be worth a try.
it would cost me AUD30 from amazom.com.au (inc delivery) sold by Amazom US. so returning if faulty would be a problem for me.
Probably made in China where the quality of these sort of lanterns varies a lot. The most common complaint is that they leak.
Maybe ‘lamplight’ has a better quality control etc. although it got lots of bad ( one star ) reviews on amazon.com - maybe not worth buying.
I have just purchased this large table flat wick oil lamp. It cost $21. I inspected it when I bought it and found it to be in good shape despite slight superficial rust . I was having a hard time getting the lamp to light up well with paraffin oil. I got some kerosene but with things I’ve read about low flash point (below 124F) I did not trust the kerosene but then I figured out I could mix the paraffin oil with the 1-k Crown brand kerosene and it would ensure the flashpoint is high enough to be safe and prevent runaway lamp.
Apparently the name “Kerosene” can be slapped on a variety of petroleum products, some of which are unsafe for lamp use even if marketed as such. That annoyed me and worried me but I was only slightly concerned about the Crown brand 1-k kerosene sold at wal mart as the only source I could find online stated that this brand of kerosene has a flash point bracket between 116F and 159F, which is quite a large gap , and some others had given it good reviews so mixing it with closely related paraffin oil was my insurance against having a risk of fuel with too low of a flash point.
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Long story short, I recently developed a minor interest in kerosene lanterns.
The dye that is sometimes in commercial pump kerosene is purported to clog & contaminate cotton wicks used in lamps. The dye is said to not be an issue with kerosene heater wicks, as the business end of those is fiberglass, with the end that is immersed in the tank being cotton. Contamination at the flame (fiberglass) end can be dealt with by dry-burning, then brushing off the remaining ash.
There’s a product by Klean Strip called Klean-Heat, a no-odor kerosene substitute sold at Home Depot among others. Highly recommended for kerosene lighting. Flash point 152 Deg. F. SDS here:
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Noite that Klean-Heat is often mis-stocked in paint supplies and/or outdoor gardening stuff, on the front wall, etc. Employees might run you all over the store looking for it even when inventory shows 25 or more gallons in stock.
Klean-Strip K1 Kerosene is NOT the same stuff as Klean-Heat; it’s higher odor than Klean-Heat.
I stumbled across this kerosene lantern blog while searching for info on my old Dietz Traffic Gard lantern. Interesting site, with other items of interest to our BLF community:
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