Your wick needs to be perfectly straight and even if you don't want that soot. It only sooted on the high side. The old alladin heaters (of which I have one) come with a wick trimmer which does need to be used from time to time to get the blue burn.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s my parents heated our home with paraffin heaters, as did millions of others. We would have frozen to death without them in winter. We had one coal fire in the kitchen-living room and two paraffin heaters upstairs. If they are designed properly (as they were back then), they are an amazing and cheap way to keep warm. People of my age will remember the old adverts for Esso Blue! If you want to give it a fair trial, first make sure you know how to trim the wick properly!!
I have the Winnerwell Iron stove version and it is brilliant for quickly heating a small space (my campervan) used under very close supervision and ventilation. I use lamp oil. The flame is very controllable and feels very safe.
Hello from across the pond. I have looked at purchasing either brand for about 2 years, I am glad I didn't. You have saved me some money! Thank you! I enjoy your videos.
1. Trim your wick for even burning. 2. If you change fuels you need to change your wick. 3 Cast iron is your friend. The original design was for heating sad irons, before electric irons came into use and as a means to reheat food during the hot summer months. Also it could be used as a heater in a small sod house. I use one in living history presentations.
I avoided these because of the price and I’m glad I did! Considering these were intended to heat irons for clothes there must be a clean burning fuel that they used in the past as you can’t iron with soot and to heat an iron you’d need a decent sized flame.
After doing some research, it looks to me like your wick is too high. Now that the wick is completely soaked with oil, light it and adjust it as low as it will go before putting the burner on it. The wick must be below the top of the burner. I hope this helps. Thanks again.
Dave Canterbury has a video out on the winnerwell stove. It performed beautifully. I was considering trying one of the Chinese stoves, but I will have to do some more research. Please don't give up on the stove yet, usually that heavy soot is caused by incomplete combustion caused by a lack of oxygen. Thanks for sharing your results.
Thanks for reviewing. I was thinking about buying one. Not so sure anymore. Pretty pricey for a stove that doesn't cook well. But creates a nice ambience.
Thank you so much for this review. A video on the Winnerwell stove got me looking at these types of equipment. Always on the lookout for ways to increase redundancies in my preps, and a light, heat, cooking all in one seems like a viable and valuable tool. Winnerwell has a price point above budget; Thous Winds looked better price wise, but I did have my suspicions. I appreciate your sacrifice and honest assessment.
In the US, paraffin oil is technically not an oil at all. It is a liquid form of paraffin wax and it will gel at or above freezing temperatures. I restore a wide variety of oil lamps, lanterns, pressure lamps, parlor lamps… I would suggest what we call clean K1. It is a highly refined kerosene without the red dye. That would be your hottest, safe fuel to run in this little stove. Next step up is what we call white gas for pressure lamps. That is one step below automotive gasoline. But the volatility could be an issue. Side note, at least for those in the US. The cheapest but best fuel I have found for oil lamps and lanterns is 90% on road diesel/10% clean K1. Off road diesel is cheaper, but the red dye seems to foul the wick faster. Same with standard red kerosene. Lamp oil is pricy, and still has an odor. Paraffin is pricy as well. I burn this 90/10 mix every night in my night lights in my mostly off grid homestead. One oil lamp is on the same wick going on 4 years now. No trimming ever. Just brush off the light charring every few days to a week. Maybe 1/4 inch of wick used per year and used every single night year round.
Thank you for the demonstration, good to know. Greetings from an old veteran, retired in the US, foothills of the Smoky Mountains. P.S. This failed as a stove, not even a great light source, too much smoky suet, absolutely not for indoors. GOOD TO KNOW
Thanks for the review. Years ago had an Aladdin Lamp that was stainless steel except for the glass chimney. It ran on "lamp oil'' which was less smokey than kerosine. It heated up a small mantle and put out about 60 watts of light. Was a great lamp light back then and was certainly hot enough to cook over.
Hi Andy, a tip if you don't have a funnel: Cut a thin stick about the length of a knitting needle, clean the bark off it with the back of your knife. Then position the stick with one end just inserted into the filler opening of the stove, lamp, engine oil filler cap, screenwash filler neck.....etc, etc, and while holding the top of the stick, gently touch the neck of the bottle you are pouring from, against the stick a little way up from the bottom, and then gently pour. The liquid will run down the stick directly into the hole without spilling. If the liquid is thick, like engine oil it works very easily. You can also top up the oil on your car or boat or aircraft engine by using the dip stick in much the same way. I learned this trick from a pilot, many years ago, while working at an airfield as ground crew. We were often asked to prepare a customers aircraft before they arrived to go flying and occasionally the oil filler neck was difficult to access easily with a large funnel. So I was shown how to use a dip stick or thin plastic rod, to pour in engine oil. Neat trick that has saved me from making a dreadful mess on many occasions. 😊
As a means of ambiance it looks good. For cooking or heating up some water, it sucks canal water. However, the one thing that I question that was not addressed was if it would heat up a hot tent. In particular, the Onetigris Conifer or the Onetigris Northgaze.
I thought this was really attractive and might be a good option for a bit of heat and light in my camper van. It may still work for that, but if it’s not great for cooking and it needs special fuel, it may not be the best choice. I still like its looks, but it’s dropped a few spots on my Wish List! Thanks for the review from way over in western Canada!
Thanks for the video. I like the looks of that stove and wondered how well it worked. Another kerosene stove I have is an Alpaca stove. It is also a wick style stove, but the wick is circular. It does fine frying breakfast, but I put a gallon of water on it to boil, and it never got it up to a rolling boil. Just thought I'd share that and maybe save you a few dollars.
This will save you a lot of spilling. If you want to avoid spilling, use a small twig or a utensil handle. Something drinking straw sized or larger. Poke one end in the tank and press to the mouth of the bottle to the side of it as you're slowly pouring and the liquid will follow the twig right into the tank. Do it right and the twig will catch the last drop on the mouth of the bottle. I use this to transfer liquids all the time. Like a spoon handle when pouring soup from a pot without a spout or at a restaurant I'll use a drinking straw while pouring the rest of my drink into a to-go cup. I don't understand why more people don't do it.
Seen allot of Japanese camping youtube cook on the things with a square handle less cast iron pan/grill? Probably smaller size and better heat retention helps. But glad to see you try this, it's been sitting in my shopping cart for a allot. Might wait a bit longer until the price drops or i find a better alternative. 😅
I have always regarded these as a stove for heating cloths irons so cooking a steak on one is like cooking a pizza in a trouser press. If it works...it works
I saw this stove on a Japanese guys channel, his didnt give out black smoke or behave like that, glad to see you found a way round it. Dont think I will be getting one lol
I have an antique 100+ year old version of that stove. Mine actually works properly, burns quite clean, yours has issues. Definitely not a novelty, but not meant for normal cooking, more like a crockpot or slow cooker. You might find them under sad iron heater or Beatrice boiling stove. Edit: I paid $10 for my antique, burns kerosene and diesel perfectly.
Great vid, I bought the Winnerell over this brand for a few reasons. The Winnerwell does not have a front door to let air leaks in, all the air must pass the wick giving a cleaner burn. I use Feuerhand lamp oil in both my cooker and lantern with great results.
I guess your guys paraffin U.K. is our U.S.A. kerosene . I say that because paraffin over here in the states , people might think it’s paraffin wax so not to confuse the two , so guys if you pick one of these up in America , never use paraffin wax in it , it’s kerosene in the states.
Fantastic new review Andy 👍👍. As it looks great . So it was the type of fuel. Like the Tekky touches, don't use citronella lamp oil . The bugs WILL eat you. A Dame shame it couldn't really work as a bivvy/ tent heater
If you use a cast iron plancha which is a rectangular cast iron surface it's flat some of them have two sides to it one is plain and flat and one is got these little ridges to give you that seared effect if you don't understand my meaning it will work on that.
Really informative video Andy! I had been looking at these and just could not bring myself to spend that much money on the Winnerwell and had considered this one. Thanks for confirming my fears!! Keep the testing up and stay safe!! Would like to see other versions of this if possible! Cheers, vr, S
That Bird Brand Lamp oil burns really hot and is probably the best stuff you can use for anything with a wick. Especially for indoors. It isn't cheap but you can mix it with Veg, Olive, Sesame Oil etc. I use 1/3 non lamp Oil to 2/3 Lamp Oil in Lanterns, Valor Paraffin Cookers etc. Always use in an area with a carbon monoxide detector just to be sure.
Oh wow! I soent yesterday trying to buy one of these but didnt have any luck.. Thanks goodness for your review because it doesnt suite my purpose. Phew! Thanks Andy!!
The paraffin fuel available in the UK is different from the kerosene we use in the USA. I normally use Bacardi 151 to fuel stuff like that because its multiple uses from heating to first aid
Sizzle to fizzle. All good Andy. We call them kerosene heaters over here in USA. Not so many used these days. Twenty five years back they were all over the place. Fire hazard mainly, In the right application they work great. Do smell some. People tried to fill them up while they were burning which was a disaster generally. They just don't put enough heat out to cook on. Warm water is about it. Fry some spam on it, that pink as it is going to get look. Dingo can be the judge on the steak. All good mate. Next time. All good from east Kentucky USA You might consider donating it to some auction winner. Draw a name. Free shipping.
I experimented with heating water for tea with a candle lantern using a Sierra cup. This item did a slightly better job, but not by much. It's a great mood lighting item if you are car camping though!
Hmmmm.... I'll stick 3 candles on a plank and that'll give the same ambience and cooking power!! I must admit, I'd been looking at these, but equally, I've been looking for some reviews I could trust... Cheers mucker, that's saved some pocket money😂😂👍
I cook on oil like my grandmother did. The trick is patience. There is no way a 4 inch wick gives off enough heat to get a real hot pan. Straighten the wick and keep the flame not higher than 0.5-0.7 inch with no sooth forming at all. And slow boil a nice stew. For cooking you need a 3 wick stove. But a nice video!
Cheers Andy but at that price and performance I expect it to come with real gold edges. Thanks for helping me to save money, I can see it's use as a lamp and small heater in a small space and that's it to me.
Very good test 👍. A repeatable equipment failure is valuable information. Try browning your steaks with a little kitchen blowtorch, works great, also with sous vides.
Thanks for doing this review. I’d seen these online and thought they were pretty but wasn’t sure if they actually worked well. Now I know they’re not worth it.
I’ve seen a mount that fits the top of a deetz lantern that seems to try for a similar technique. Top of that thing gets pretty hot, always wondered how it might work. Seems like a good spot to keep your coffee warm.
Back in the 60s and 70s my parent had paraffin stoves in the house. They were used to heat up various areas of the house. This was long before central heating. "The Paraffin Man" came every Friday to the front door and delivered however much we wanted at that time. Paraffin stoves were very common then. Ours was round, made of iron, and the smell at first was horrible!
Don't know about elsewhere, but in Australia kerosene and paraffin are definitely different. The latter is a more highly refined version of the former and doesn't stink to high heaven.
These type of stoves were originally made to heat up Clothes Irons way back in the day before they made them electric. Somehow the camping community decided to use it as a camping stove.
As a teenager back in the 1970s I had a paraffin heater in my bedroom so that I could hang out alone because only our living room had heating and that was a gas fire.
I could be wrong, but I believe kerosene is less refined than paraffin. I suspect that what is commonly called lamp oil in the US is probably the same.
Once again your videos show their value by demonstrating failing products as well as successful ones. I suspect that long wick would be pretty inefficient without some kind of forced draught, and the need for special fuel makes it useless as a kero stove. I do like the label on the front though - "go out with wind" sounds like a wonderful exhortation to try extreme flatulence while camping 😁
It looks like a copy of the old beatrice stove (clips available on youtube) that was available with either a single or double wick. Your wick either needs trimming or turning down a bit.
Yeah, those stoves were designed, for warming what were called sad irons. For domestic ironing. Used indoors at low heat, they worked great. For clothes ironing. Don't waste your money. In the 80's, as a teenager, I bought one thinking I'd use it for car-camping. Yeah that was a disaster for cooking. Now, it just warms a bathroom if the power goes out.
Stoves are not bushcraft. They are camping equipment. Hint... to make a sooty pot easier to clean, rub "THE OUTSIDE" of the pot with a bar of soap. (Ivory soap works well.)
do have a hurricane lantern even with lamp oil it can get sooty. after reading some of the comments. lamp oil yes. alcohol burner ??? for more btus would be worth a test.
I have just recently viewed different videos of the winner world stoves larger filler hole. Cleaner burning and with the factory cast iron reversible plate it seems to work quite well. But it would be a cold day in hadees before I pay over $500 for one extremely over priced.
Novelty! Cheaper buying a full size original...not designed for camping but actually for heating cast iron 'irons'. I have an original one in my garage.
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Your wick needs to be perfectly straight and even if you don't want that soot. It only sooted on the high side. The old alladin heaters (of which I have one) come with a wick trimmer which does need to be used from time to time to get the blue burn.
Always worth showing that not every gadget is a winner.
This is user error. His wick needs to be just poking out of the wick tube, completely below the burner cone.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s my parents heated our home with paraffin heaters, as did millions of others. We would have frozen to death without them in winter. We had one coal fire in the kitchen-living room and two paraffin heaters upstairs. If they are designed properly (as they were back then), they are an amazing and cheap way to keep warm. People of my age will remember the old adverts for Esso Blue! If you want to give it a fair trial, first make sure you know how to trim the wick properly!!
Yes, Esso Blue and Pink Paraffin.
I have the Winnerwell Iron stove version and it is brilliant for quickly heating a small space (my campervan) used under very close supervision and ventilation. I use lamp oil. The flame is very controllable and feels very safe.
Hello from across the pond. I have looked at purchasing either brand for about 2 years, I am glad I didn't. You have saved me some money! Thank you! I enjoy your videos.
1. Trim your wick for even burning. 2. If you change fuels you need to change your wick. 3 Cast iron is your friend. The original design was for heating sad irons, before electric irons came into use and as a means to reheat food during the hot summer months. Also it could be used as a heater in a small sod house. I use one in living history presentations.
I avoided these because of the price and I’m glad I did! Considering these were intended to heat irons for clothes there must be a clean burning fuel that they used in the past as you can’t iron with soot and to heat an iron you’d need a decent sized flame.
£150 is an awful lot for something like that. i am glad you do these reviews it saves me wasting money.
I paid £99 (including delivery) for one from a company called SOOMLOOM.
After doing some research, it looks to me like your wick is too high. Now that the wick is completely soaked with oil, light it and adjust it as low as it will go before putting the burner on it. The wick must be below the top of the burner. I hope this helps. Thanks again.
Dave Canterbury has a video out on the winnerwell stove. It performed beautifully. I was considering trying one of the Chinese stoves, but I will have to do some more research. Please don't give up on the stove yet, usually that heavy soot is caused by incomplete combustion caused by a lack of oxygen. Thanks for sharing your results.
The winnerwell is great. Even for Steak.
Tabi-ie from the japanese youtubechannel "Tales along the way" has one a similar one too in his homemade pickup camper for heating and light cooking
Look for antiques, you want a Beatrice or sad iron stove. I have a 100+ year old version that still functions perfectly.
I have the thousands wind one it does not smoke works perfectly he must be using some bad oil and his wick is up way to high
This was attractive to me as it LOOKS like something you might find in a 1930s camp, but thankfully you have saved me from wasting money.
Thank You, I had one on my Amazon list. You saved me from a mistake. A cooker is worthless if it can't boil for tea let alone a supper.
Appreciate these videos where you test the expectations of buyers against reality of the product.
Thanks for reviewing. I was thinking about buying one. Not so sure anymore. Pretty pricey for a stove that doesn't cook well. But creates a nice ambience.
Thank you so much for this review. A video on the Winnerwell stove got me looking at these types of equipment. Always on the lookout for ways to increase redundancies in my preps, and a light, heat, cooking all in one seems like a viable and valuable tool. Winnerwell has a price point above budget; Thous Winds looked better price wise, but I did have my suspicions. I appreciate your sacrifice and honest assessment.
In the US, paraffin oil is technically not an oil at all. It is a liquid form of paraffin wax and it will gel at or above freezing temperatures. I restore a wide variety of oil lamps, lanterns, pressure lamps, parlor lamps… I would suggest what we call clean K1. It is a highly refined kerosene without the red dye. That would be your hottest, safe fuel to run in this little stove. Next step up is what we call white gas for pressure lamps. That is one step below automotive gasoline. But the volatility could be an issue.
Side note, at least for those in the US. The cheapest but best fuel I have found for oil lamps and lanterns is 90% on road diesel/10% clean K1. Off road diesel is cheaper, but the red dye seems to foul the wick faster. Same with standard red kerosene. Lamp oil is pricy, and still has an odor. Paraffin is pricy as well. I burn this 90/10 mix every night in my night lights in my mostly off grid homestead. One oil lamp is on the same wick going on 4 years now. No trimming ever. Just brush off the light charring every few days to a week. Maybe 1/4 inch of wick used per year and used every single night year round.
I can attest to the volatility of white gas in these stoves. DO NOT use white gas in these stoves. My personal experience.
Thank you for the demonstration, good to know. Greetings from an old veteran, retired in the US, foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
P.S. This failed as a stove, not even a great light source, too much smoky suet, absolutely not for indoors. GOOD TO KNOW
You looked like Dave Cantebury at first glance..😄
Glad you reviewed this.
I was thinking of getting one.
Not now.
Thanks for the review. Years ago had an Aladdin Lamp that was stainless steel except for the glass chimney. It ran on "lamp oil'' which was less smokey than kerosine. It heated up a small mantle and put out about 60 watts of light. Was a great lamp light back then and was certainly hot enough to cook over.
Thanks for reviewing this stove. I had this one on my wishlist for a while now. Think I might skip this one 😅
Thank you for reviewing this. I love your videos. Like the tents, sometimes they're top notch, sometimes not!
Hi Andy, a tip if you don't have a funnel: Cut a thin stick about the length of a knitting needle, clean the bark off it with the back of your knife. Then position the stick with one end just inserted into the filler opening of the stove, lamp, engine oil filler cap, screenwash filler neck.....etc, etc, and while holding the top of the stick, gently touch the neck of the bottle you are pouring from, against the stick a little way up from the bottom, and then gently pour. The liquid will run down the stick directly into the hole without spilling. If the liquid is thick, like engine oil it works very easily. You can also top up the oil on your car or boat or aircraft engine by using the dip stick in much the same way.
I learned this trick from a pilot, many years ago, while working at an airfield as ground crew. We were often asked to prepare a customers aircraft before they arrived to go flying and occasionally the oil filler neck was difficult to access easily with a large funnel. So I was shown how to use a dip stick or thin plastic rod, to pour in engine oil.
Neat trick that has saved me from making a dreadful mess on many occasions. 😊
Thanks for a very useful tip.
@@inaclowder9240 👍🏻😊
Yeah, glad you tried the other fuels. Thanks for testing!
Always worth showing us great stuff on your review cheers Andy absolutely enjoy 😉 👍 😊
As a means of ambiance it looks good. For cooking or heating up some water, it sucks canal water. However, the one thing that I question that was not addressed was if it would heat up a hot tent. In particular, the Onetigris Conifer or the Onetigris Northgaze.
We call it Kerosene in Canada and I had no idea paraffin meant something other than wax
I thought this was really attractive and might be a good option for a bit of heat and light in my camper van. It may still work for that, but if it’s not great for cooking and it needs special fuel, it may not be the best choice. I still like its looks, but it’s dropped a few spots on my Wish List!
Thanks for the review from way over in western Canada!
Thanks for the video. I like the looks of that stove and wondered how well it worked.
Another kerosene stove I have is an Alpaca stove. It is also a wick style stove, but the wick is circular. It does fine frying breakfast, but I put a gallon of water on it to boil, and it never got it up to a rolling boil.
Just thought I'd share that and maybe save you a few dollars.
This will save you a lot of spilling.
If you want to avoid spilling, use a small twig or a utensil handle. Something drinking straw sized or larger. Poke one end in the tank and press to the mouth of the bottle to the side of it as you're slowly pouring and the liquid will follow the twig right into the tank. Do it right and the twig will catch the last drop on the mouth of the bottle. I use this to transfer liquids all the time. Like a spoon handle when pouring soup from a pot without a spout or at a restaurant I'll use a drinking straw while pouring the rest of my drink into a to-go cup. I don't understand why more people don't do it.
Good Morning from Idaho Andy ! TAKE CARE..
Seen allot of Japanese camping youtube cook on the things with a square handle less cast iron pan/grill? Probably smaller size and better heat retention helps. But glad to see you try this, it's been sitting in my shopping cart for a allot. Might wait a bit longer until the price drops or i find a better alternative. 😅
I have always regarded these as a stove for heating cloths irons so cooking a steak on one is like cooking a pizza in a trouser press. If it works...it works
😅
That's exactly what it is. A "sad iron" heater/stove
I saw this stove on a Japanese guys channel, his didnt give out black smoke or behave like that, glad to see you found a way round it. Dont think I will be getting one lol
I have an antique 100+ year old version of that stove. Mine actually works properly, burns quite clean, yours has issues. Definitely not a novelty, but not meant for normal cooking, more like a crockpot or slow cooker. You might find them under sad iron heater or Beatrice boiling stove. Edit: I paid $10 for my antique, burns kerosene and diesel perfectly.
Thanks for the info . I've been wanting one of these . I appreciate your efforts in giving this a fair try .
Great vid, I bought the Winnerell over this brand for a few reasons. The Winnerwell does not have a front door to let air leaks in, all the air must pass the wick giving a cleaner burn. I use Feuerhand lamp oil in both my cooker and lantern with great results.
A BIG Thank You for saving me an Unnecessary Waste of money for a kitchey little gadget!!! 🤠👍
I guess your guys paraffin U.K. is our U.S.A. kerosene . I say that because paraffin over here in the states , people might think it’s paraffin wax so not to confuse the two , so guys if you pick one of these up in America , never use paraffin wax in it , it’s kerosene in the states.
We also have parafin oil in the states. For parafin lamps. Different from kerosene.
I think it's more refined. Less smell when burned
Keep up the great work! Thank you for all your efforts. I recently found your channel, and I'm doing a lot of catching up. Ketchup, keep the faith!
A lovely little stove.
Fantastic new review Andy 👍👍. As it looks great . So it was the type of fuel. Like the Tekky touches, don't use citronella lamp oil . The bugs WILL eat you. A Dame shame it couldn't really work as a bivvy/ tent heater
If you use a cast iron plancha which is a rectangular cast iron surface it's flat some of them have two sides to it one is plain and flat and one is got these little ridges to give you that seared effect if you don't understand my meaning it will work on that.
Might be okay for a bit of visual appeal, but not much more. Thanks for your reviews!
Really informative video Andy! I had been looking at these and just could not bring myself to spend that much money on the Winnerwell and had considered this one. Thanks for confirming my fears!! Keep the testing up and stay safe!! Would like to see other versions of this if possible! Cheers, vr, S
For an old school paraffin stove, you should get a Svea 123. Sounds like a steam train startup.
That Bird Brand Lamp oil burns really hot and is probably the best stuff you can use for anything with a wick. Especially for indoors. It isn't cheap but you can mix it with Veg, Olive, Sesame Oil etc. I use 1/3 non lamp Oil to 2/3 Lamp Oil in Lanterns, Valor Paraffin Cookers etc. Always use in an area with a carbon monoxide detector just to be sure.
Oh wow! I soent yesterday trying to buy one of these but didnt have any luck..
Thanks goodness for your review because it doesnt suite my purpose. Phew! Thanks Andy!!
The paraffin fuel available in the UK is different from the kerosene we use in the USA. I normally use Bacardi 151 to fuel stuff like that because its multiple uses from heating to first aid
Sizzle to fizzle. All good Andy. We call them kerosene heaters over here in USA. Not so many used these days. Twenty five years back they were all over the place. Fire hazard mainly, In the right application they work great. Do smell some. People tried to fill them up while they were burning which was a disaster generally. They just don't put enough heat out to cook on. Warm water is about it. Fry some spam on it, that pink as it is going to get look. Dingo can be the judge on the steak. All good mate. Next time. All good from east Kentucky USA You might consider donating it to some auction winner. Draw a name. Free shipping.
I experimented with heating water for tea with a candle lantern using a Sierra cup. This item did a slightly better job, but not by much. It's a great mood lighting item if you are car camping though!
Hmmmm....
I'll stick 3 candles on a plank and that'll give the same ambience and cooking power!!
I must admit, I'd been looking at these, but equally, I've been looking for some reviews I could trust...
Cheers mucker, that's saved some pocket money😂😂👍
I cook on oil like my grandmother did. The trick is patience. There is no way a 4 inch wick gives off enough heat to get a real hot pan. Straighten the wick and keep the flame not higher than 0.5-0.7 inch with no sooth forming at all. And slow boil a nice stew. For cooking you need a 3 wick stove. But a nice video!
Thanks for saving me the trouble!
Cheers Andy but at that price and performance I expect it to come with real gold edges. Thanks for helping me to save money, I can see it's use as a lamp and small heater in a small space and that's it to me.
Very good test 👍. A repeatable equipment failure is valuable information. Try browning your steaks with a little kitchen blowtorch, works great, also with sous vides.
Thanks for doing this review. I’d seen these online and thought they were pretty but wasn’t sure if they actually worked well. Now I know they’re not worth it.
I’ve seen a mount that fits the top of a deetz lantern that seems to try for a similar technique. Top of that thing gets pretty hot, always wondered how it might work. Seems like a good spot to keep your coffee warm.
It barely works at all.
Thanks for the information. These are visually appealing. I regret that they are not really functional.
Back in the 60s and 70s my parent had paraffin stoves in the house. They were used to heat up various areas of the house. This was long before central heating. "The Paraffin Man" came every Friday to the front door and delivered however much we wanted at that time. Paraffin stoves were very common then. Ours was round, made of iron, and the smell at first was horrible!
Oh well not everything goes to plan but you tried it out and showed us how it works
How,s yersel fae Bonnie Scotland? Respect and a happy new year to you and yours xx
I have always used the bird brand lamp oil and it’s been the only one I have used for my lanterns. I will stick with it then. 👍
Andy are your sauces going to be available in the US anytime soon?
Don't know about elsewhere, but in Australia kerosene and paraffin are definitely different. The latter is a more highly refined version of the former and doesn't stink to high heaven.
I would like to see how good and efficient that would be for heating inside a tent.
My winnerwell with paraffin works great….price not so much.
These type of stoves were originally made to heat up Clothes Irons way back in the day before they made them electric. Somehow the camping community decided to use it as a camping stove.
As a teenager back in the 1970s I had a paraffin heater in my bedroom so that I could hang out alone because only our living room had heating and that was a gas fire.
I thought of getting one just for fun but when I saw the price, no fun. 😊
Looking at your experience definitely no fun.
Waypointsurvival has a video of an antique "caboose" stove like that he did a while back. It worked pretty good using the US kerosene
A great looking item for people who don't have fireplaces (if you can control the smoke).
"I'm sorry, steak, you didn't deserve this!" 😅
I have the winnerwell an use cleard Kerosine. No smoke like yours.
I already did steak. Went great. But... Winnerwll says: don't use it in Wind.
Oh dear 😅 A case of form over substance. Andy, a thoroughly entertaining presentation nevertheless 😊 Bravo from North Borneo 👏
I could be wrong, but I believe kerosene is less refined than paraffin. I suspect that what is commonly called lamp oil in the US is probably the same.
Paraffin stoves were used by artic expeditions in their early years.
Remember the paraffin man coming round in the early 1970s selling paraffin in a mini tanker
Once again your videos show their value by demonstrating failing products as well as successful ones. I suspect that long wick would be pretty inefficient without some kind of forced draught, and the need for special fuel makes it useless as a kero stove. I do like the label on the front though - "go out with wind" sounds like a wonderful exhortation to try extreme flatulence while camping 😁
Can you tell me where to buy the axe you use and the saw,thanks
its a nice lamp but for cooking? im surprised it got the water hot enough. its like trying to use 4 or 5 tea candles to cook with
You need to properly trim the wick so the flame is uniform.
Fun to watch any way!
It looks like a copy of the old beatrice stove (clips available on youtube) that was available with either a single or double wick.
Your wick either needs trimming or turning down a bit.
Make yourself a makeshift chimney on top and you get hotter burn and a little less smoke. And a grate
What pan is that?! I need it.
Glad I watched this. I have been eyeing this because of Thier athstetics. Would have used same fuel. Think I'll be giving it a miss
Perhaps one with a double wick will kick out a bit more heat.
Yeah, those stoves were designed, for warming what were called sad irons. For domestic ironing. Used indoors at low heat, they worked great. For clothes ironing. Don't waste your money. In the 80's, as a teenager, I bought one thinking I'd use it for car-camping. Yeah that was a disaster for cooking. Now, it just warms a bathroom if the power goes out.
Stoves are not bushcraft. They are camping equipment.
Hint... to make a sooty pot easier to clean, rub "THE OUTSIDE" of the pot with a bar of soap. (Ivory soap works well.)
What about regular charcoal fluid
Cheers Andy, almost bought one on looks but needs to kick out some heat for cooking or warmth…….I’m out !😂👍
do have a hurricane lantern even with lamp oil it can get sooty. after reading some of the comments. lamp oil yes. alcohol burner ??? for more btus would be worth a test.
Coleman sells a small fuel funnel that may work for that.
I have just recently viewed different videos of the winner world stoves larger filler hole. Cleaner burning and with the factory cast iron reversible plate it seems to work quite well. But it would be a cold day in hadees before I pay over $500 for one extremely over priced.
all you can do is give it a try andy ,, thanks for the video
thanks for the review, it's appreciated. but the real reason we watch is to experience you- a mellow fellow who seems to take it all in stride....
good video
Novelty! Cheaper buying a full size original...not designed for camping but actually for heating cast iron 'irons'. I have an original one in my garage.
While it's cute, I'm not "feeling the love" for it! I'm sticking with my awesome twig stove! 😂 Thanks, Andy. 👍😎🇨🇦🔥🪓
Use the gee oil to make fire starters
It's a glamping lantern. When you want a pretty flame stove to stare at.