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I am checking out the Britelyt, never heard of it before. Thanks for that Forest, you are as usual way ahead of the curve on "redneck tech"!
I have a bunch of antique Dietz and etc. regular kerosene lanters, and a couple of Aladdins - the Aladdin is an un-pressurized mantle type kerosene lamp, decent light output but it's kind of "fiddly" - you have to trim the wick square, and to get near-max light output you have to fiddle with it or it will build up soot on the mantle at least in places.
Aladdins are nice, and a bit finicky. It takes practice to be able to light one and have no problems getting it up to burning at full brightness with no adjusting for hours.
I've found the earlier ones (model 11's and before) are less finicky (model 12's and B's are also good but I find the lox on mantle design caused more problems than it solved and made them more finicky to light), but a bit slower to start, and of course, parts are more expensive (those kone kap mantles are really expensive, a dozen of them cost more than many of my actual lamps...). The earliest ones do have some drawbacks though, mainly weaker wick raising mechanisms more prone to stripping out (never turn the knob if the wick is gummed in). But at the same time the finer gearing lets the light be fine tuned for maximum output easier.
If you use one of these pressurized multi-fuel lanterns indoors, during a power outage for instance, how much ventilation is required to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning?
thanks those do look good and solid. during our last outage, during and after Ike, heat was a problem. And people didn't stock enough Fuel. It was in the summer. So I have also collected me some of those solar sidewalk lights, as I find them on sale. (very cheap I might add) One in every room, gives good moving around light, but not enough to read by.
I have several Deitz #90 D-Lite Cold Blast Lanterns. Very happy with them, the design has been around for about 80 years so they must be doing something right.
I am glad to hear the newer kerosene lanterns are very good.
We didn't have electricity til I was 13 years old, and those old kerosene lamps ( house) and lanterns ( barn) sure didn't produce much light.
I remember the first day coming home from school and the power company had turned on the electricity to our newly wired farm buildings and house.
When evening came, I was totally amazed !
Unlike every other kid in my school who was born with elctricity in their house, I am very thankfull for something that all my classmates took for granted.
I am glad to hear the newer kerosene lanterns are very good.
We didn't have electricity til I was 13 years old, and those old kerosene lamps ( house) and lanterns ( barn) sure didn't produce much light.
I remember the first day coming home from school and the power company had turned on the electricity to our newly wired farm buildings and house.
When evening came, I was totally amazed !
Unlike every other kid in my school who was born with elctricity in their house, I am very thankfull for something that all my classmates took for granted.
Man I sure hear ya. Our first "Home Lights" where when we moved to Houston. also my first running water in the house, with a tub. . I couldn't get enough of it. I thought I was in Heaven. When we do loose power, it all comes back to me.
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