Sorry, Ed. I see that my comment didn't come across in the way that I intended. I laughed because it was, even though unintentional, a brilliant comedy piece. Have you watched it back? Man, it's funny. I've watched it a few times since and it still makes me laugh. I meant absolutely no offence to you but I thank you for the chuckles, and I mean that in a nice way.
Hahaha! That was me 5-6 years ago! I even broke some globes by being a butterfingers. Now that I have 150+ kerosene lanterns, lamps, and pressure lanterns, I can overhaul them, fill them, and light them like a Marine can disassemble and reassemble an M16 in pitch dark. Here are a few helpful hints. Grab a donut and coffee first: Use the bail in one hand and use your middle finger to lift the loop on the chimney to tilt the globe out. Be sure the globe is DOWN, not raised by the side lever. See, your middle finger can be used for things other than driving. Twist the burner out ...1/16 turn! and remove it from the fuel font to replace the wick....IF you ever need to. Put the new wick in from the bottom, screw it out of the top by 4'' and dip the whole thing into the fuel font. Replace the burner and roll the wick down to 1/8'' above the wick guide to light it. Long nosed butane BBQ lighters are the most convenient to use. No need to soak a new wick for 30 minutes like this. Dip, install the burner, then light. NEVER mix fuels. Doing so will most likely clog the wick and reduce the capillary action necessary to feed the flame. I prefer the $10 a gallon Klean Heat from Home Depot. It has the least amount of odor when the lantern is used indoors. K-1 kerosene also works very well but smells. Tiki torch oil, citronella, paraffin oil, perfumed oil, diesel fuel all work to some degree but mixing them will clog the wick for sure. Olive oil belongs on your salad, not in your lantern. A clogged wick will make a strange flame shape, it may flicker, it might get smoky spikes on the sides, it will need adjustment every 20 minutes as the flame and light output will die down. The wick will form hard carbon nodules on it or it might show a burnt tip that shrunk down from the 1/2'' unburned wick width. Clogged wicks are troublesome. They might look OK but the capillary feeding action is ruined. Just install a new wick, flush out the old fuel and fill with the good fuel and hardly ever worry about the wick. I have burned a Dietz No. 100 lantern with its 1/2'' wick for 36 hours straight using Klean Heat without touching the wick raiser. The No. 100 designated that it can burn 100 hours on a tank of fuel....to mark 1950's construction zones. It will burn unsupervised for many hours with clean fuel and with the wick at medium flame setting. I trim most wicks straight across with sharp scissors, then nip the corners slightly at a 45 degree angle. In a pinch, you can get away with rolling the burnt tip of the wick in your fingers to knock crust off. I have a 1912 Deitz D-Lite top lift lantern that has an ancient wick decades old. I chose to keep it as original as possible and probably only used up 1'' of wick mostly by trimming over the last 5 years. A wick burning proper fuel can last for years. If the lantern runs out of fuel it will char more off the wick end. No big deal. I use Weiman Glass Cooktop Stove Cleaner to clean cold globes. It leaves no residue or greasy streaks or fogginess after the glass gets hot. The glass will really get polished with this stuff. Brawney paper towels let you see the gunk left over on the inside of a dirty globe. To extinguish my lanterns, I roll the wick down until the flame is almost out. Then I gently shake the lantern and it will puff out. Storing it with the wick very low and inside the guide lets the fuel stay fresher over a year or more as it does not evaporate much. I have my favorite 20 lanterns stored in plastic deck boxes in the hot sun. Some lanterns might get lit over a year later after sitting in the box. They light and burn with no trouble. I got 2 Deitz red globed Monarch 1940's railroad lanterns as a gift 6 years ago. Its a lot of fun restoring these antiques and having them light my roof deck on nice evenings. But I got a case of new Wallyworld lanterns like yours for the neighbors in case the lights go out for days.
LOL, That brought back memories of me filling my oil lamps this year. Haven't used them in about a decade so I was out of practice and didn't think so things through because I was in a hurry when filling them. Remember to open it up away from the fuel cap side and it opens all the way up easier.
Hopefully you've learned a lot since making this video. Some commenters are exactly on point and others have no clue. The lever on the side is only for raising the globe base to light the wick. If you place the bail (carry handle) straight up and place the palm of your hand on the bail you can pull up on the small loop on top of the chimney and use your other hand to pivot the globe. A properly trimmed wick that is never allowed to run dry should last a very long time with only occasionally needing to trim the wick again. Others have commented on how to pour from the container and not to have the wick too high. If you light it with just 1/16 inch of wick sticking out of the burner tube (not the cone) it shouldn't soot when you light it. Kerosene can sour easily. Keep it in original container as much as possible out of sunlight and as cool as possible. If it turns yellow it will not make a good flame and will smell horrible. The Dietz lanterns, as someone stated, are superior and some come with larger burners if you have any interest. The Junior model ($11.00 through Walmart) has a 5/8 burner and the Blizzard ($15.00) a 7/8 burner with substantial fuel reservoir. Those are just two examples that happen to be very low priced. They ship from Lehman's and there is a modest shipping charge but no sales tax. Any of this type lantern will leak if over filled. Never use anything but the recommended fuel.
i don't know why I always removed the burner and put in the wick from bottom up all these years. glad I watched this vid because it's easier and faster to load it from top like you did! wanted to mention that it's easier to lift the top chimney if you grip the carry handle in its upright position and reach down with thumb to lift the chimney ring and lift up.
Removing the burner is useful for emptying and thorough cleaning. Also, sometimes these leak around the bottom seam. Thoroughly cleaning and drying, then adding just enough liquid epoxy to cover the bottom will fix a leak. After the epoxy has cured completely, reassemble the burner, globe, and refuel. A turkey baster works well for fueling without a large chance of spillage.
Jugs like that pour from the side more smoothly than the front. The wicks will last as long as the fuel lasts. If you let the fuel run out, the wick material will burn instead of the fuel.
I have several of these lanterns. I've had them for two years. Tonight at five the power went out across our section of town. I had these lanterns and I am glad I do.
@@kratomseeker5258 thank you!! so tired of the myth that cutting wick in arc or v shape throws off more light.plenty of vids disproving this myth and there's a reason the lantern makers even advise to cut straight across.
Trimming the wick. To make them work better. Got a table lamp. Uses a quart of oil. The owner told me it is old. a antique, and would heat /light a room no problem. His parents told me it was used in the depression. To give idea how old it is. Tks for fine show.
I love prepper/review videos!!! I agree with the look of a traditional lantern. You just can't beat $7. I purchased wick in a 15 foot roll off eBay. Wicks lasts a very long time if you use a low flame. Nobody can say how long a lantern will burn because the height of the flame dictates how fast it'll burn. You should get a whole nights worth of burn at a reasonable size flame. I prefer using the liquid paraffin because it can also be used in candle lamps made from wine bottles and such. I believe it all comes from crude though. Thanks for keeping the splash on film. I'm sure it will help a lot of us to think ahead. I'll keep a glass measuring cup handy.
Years ago I found one of those lanterns in my mom's basement. It's been sitting on my kitchen shelf every since. I was afraid to use it. Now I'm no longer afraid, well, maybe a little. But I'm going to try it. I also appreciated the comment section. Thank you for showing me how!
If you're a little afraid, practice lighting/extinguishing outdoors a few times. Then you will not be afraid indoors. Beware of carbon monoxide poisoning indoors with poor ventilation.
I picked up a few of these last year as well as 5 or 6 of those $.97 fishing knives Walmart had last fall. Mainly just for the possibility of bartering it's if SHTF
Well top marks for showing us warts and all , I’ve just ordered one on line , nothing like that for sale in our little town in the UK …practise makes perfect..I hope .
LOL, yeah, I think you need to practice using the lantern a little more. ;) I do believe if you push down on the lever with out pulling up the top, it will lift the glass for easy lighting, and blowing out the flame. If you have the wick too high you will get a soot coating on the inside of the globe. If you keep the wick at a moderate height you will get very little soot. Nice addition to the homestead.
My son and I use these for night fishing. I can usually get 4-6 hours before I have to refill. Obviously height of the wick changes the burn time. Those wicks will last you a lifetime.
Hey there PN1 I was watching one of your older videos on the Walmart oil lamp, it did bring a well needed smile on my face. EZ way to lite/blow out flame.. First, lower the wick, then push ONLY the lever down in the direction of the fill cap, and lock the lever by sliding to the right towards the the fill cap. This keeps the glass up and out of your way. Slide the lever to left to lower the glass. 👌🏻👍🏻😉
I have my lanterns hanging from snap hooks under the eaves on my roof deck. Its a pain to take them down so I roll the wick down until the flame is almost out, then give the bottom a light shake. The flame will go out right away. No smoke, no fuss, no need to lift the globe. Then leaving the wick down in the wick guide, the kerosene stays fresh for the next nice evening outside, even if its months later.
The ancestors always have the better ideas. Having an aluminum foil (or thin aluminum/tin sheet) molded into a half circle, 2-3 inches away from the lantern glass, wrapped onto the lantern arms, ... and you can have a focused light lantern for greater illumination, but the heated metal sheet provides additional focussed room heating.
You should tilt the glass globe back into the lantern before lighting. Fumbling with tilting the globe over a burning wick results in unnecessarily sooting the globe. Also exposing one side of the globe to the flame can result in cracking or shattering.
The little lever is to raise the globe up so you can light it or blow it out. To move the globe out completely, pull out the top and keep the lever handle all the way down. Sometimes I think they make these for people with 3 hands! lol
Great video.,.I bought that lantern a while back.,.seeing your video made me try it out.,.and your right great lantern for the price.,.had a hard time with the lid at first., I subscribed,.,great content buddie
Using a turkey baster for filling works well but kerosene will attack some plastics. The glass globe shouldn't be tilted for lighting. Use the lever to raise the globe and reach the wick with a match. Tilting the glass unnecessarily deposits soot on the glass and runs the risk of cracking the globe due to being directly above the flame. The globe need only be tilted to remove it for cleaning.
I tried that lamp with kerosene and got a runaway flame it smoked up really bad and my house smells like a dirty old diesel mechanic garage...lol (I finally got it working right though) so now I'm gonna use regular lamp oil or citronella (if out night fishing or camping) or olive oil. just a tip, once you are ready to light it, put the globe on under the spring vent cap, then lift it with the lever, it will rise straight up and you can light it with the globe already in place then lower it back down with the lever.
@@linannskillings5050 I use lamp oil. it worked the best. do not use citronella based oils inside your house they are for outside only. trim your wicks when they get too burnt and use a very small flame height, also give the wick time to soak up the oil, dont just dry light it.....good luck and stay safe.
That type of bottle will always "glug" when poured in that direction. Turning it upside down will help immensely. Those particular lamps have very narrow wicks 3/8", or 1/2" I believe. The wider the wick, the more light you get. Turn off your lights and try it at night alongside your old fashioned lamp with a wider wick. There's another style that curls a very wide wick into a tube. They got a lot wider wick material in a small burner by doing that. A 1 inch tube times pi equals over 3 inches. These were called Center draft, or side draft lamps. Both Aladdin, and Rayo were common lamps of this style in North America. I think the rayo's were about 2 inches in diameter, while the Aladdin's were about 1 inch in diameter. The Aladdin had a neat trick though, which actually made it brighter, while using less fuel then the Rayo. Along with the wick, it uses a mantal like a Coleman lantern. The Aladdin's are the brightest I know about, they say it's around the same amount of light as a 60 watt electric light bulb. They are so good that they are in business still today! Although you always get what you pay for, they are somewhat expensive. Even the old ones from the 1920s through the 1940s and beyond cost almost as much as a new one. They really hold their value.
When you pour liquid from a gallon container of that type when it’s full turn it so you tip it back towards the handle that allows air in and liquid out without the glug glug and you have more control.
K1 kerosene is the cheapest fuel. The most expensive may be refined jojoba oil. But you can burn liquid paraffin and oils for lamps from stores from Coleman kerosene and tiki torch oil and lamp lite or oil for oil lamps.
If you don't like the smell of these lamps you can hang them from the eves or on a shelf outside your windows. You can also burn less aromatic fuels like diesel this way to.
Check your local thrift stores from time to time. I find the old school table top style (glass) oil lamps for cheap, all the time. They make a nice decorative piece, work extremely well in a power outage, and would be great for use or barter in shtf.
you need to find a antic center draft oil lamp they wear brighter then the flat wick lamps and put out more light then the flat wick lanterns you can find them on e bay they might be more pricey but to have a few of them would be good on hand if you can find them the draft lanterns had 2 wicks instead of one like the flat wick lanterns did i am look for them my self i got a few of these walmart lanterns there good for the price and i got a old flat wick deitz no 50 comet as well great video
I have the lamps like that too...I have some for outside that I put kerosene in, I don't like to use the kerosene inside because of the fumes. You can buy more wicks by the roll I usually cut them to 10 inches. You should keep and eye out at yard sales and at flea markets for extra chimneys or you can buy some online probably cheaper then going to Walmart... same for the wicks.... barter item if nothing else.
I like the oil lamps BUT I would end up spending a small fortune for fire extinguishers.I feel much more confident and safe with my dynamo/solar charged led lanterns.
Yeah,when I was a kid a friend of mine had his house burn down killing his mother and little sister(he was 11 at the time).Since his father was already gone he ended up in foster care.I never heard from him again,one day he just stopped coming to our boy scout meetings.It was a very sad thing to witness.
I have same one,lost power this storm,lit my lamp , wasnt on but 10mins , had to bring it out side it was smoking sooo bad and i did use lsmp oil in can
Tell Heather this live U-tube for her. Still works great just ventilate the room to keep fumes down.A piece of spaghetti dry of course for liting wick beats burnt fimners now.
As long as the lantern never runs out of kerosene, the wick will never burn up, it will last indefinitely, you or your children will never use the amount of wicks in either of your or their life time by always keeping kerosene in the tank. To light use the lever on the bottom of glass globe, push it down and the globe will raise high enough to light the wick. Also the wick should have been trimmed to the curvature of where it comes out of the flame adjustment slot. To safely extinguish the flame, push that lever down raising the globe and blow out. Having the flame adjusted too high not only uses excessive fuel, it will also cause the glass globe to blacken with soot very quickly and will decrease the amount of light the lantern is capable of, also the above mentioned soot will be released into the area and will settle on everything including windows especially and can be breathed into the lungs. A properly adjusted flame will be a well rounded flame at the top and NEVER have a teardrop shape to it. Once you see a thin string of flame going up to a sharp point, it is adjusted too high, lower the wick until it goes away and gets back to a rounded top.
if the glass keeps turning black fast means the wick is to high when its light but it will always trun black over time. also are these the big lamps? they had a small one at my Walmart your lamp looks a lot bigger.
Your homestead and preps are coming along great. You remind me of a character in one of my new favorite prepper series I'm listening to on audible book called 299 Days, by Glen Tate. You should check it out; ( especially on audio book, so you can listen while working ) I think you'll see yourself and the national situation in the story. God bless.
Those walmart lanterns aren't really all that great. for a few bucks more you could get any number of Dietz products that give more light and you can also get replacement parts for. The Walmart lantern was the first one i bought and it was ok to start and learn with but its really just a toy that only aluminates maybe 2 candlepower. not what i would call a good prep. Looks like your still kinda learning, it gets easier.. If you want a exceptional lantern get a Feuerhand. Thick metal, thick wires, very efficient and good light. A feuerhand will set you back a few dollars though 30-40 bucks. I have two and im thinking about getting a couple more.
I bought the cheapest lantern at Walmart just to see what a $6.00 lantern will do. I was not surprised it was not remotely close to my Feuerhand in performance nor was I surprised when the globe shattered in my hand while cleaning it. The surprise was how well the cheap lantern's burner worked in the Feuerhand. It has a larger, brighter flame and perfectly formed for maximum light with no soot. The flame was so much larger it would melt the paint on the inside of the chimney and effectively glue the globe to the chimney when it cooled. If I need to remove the globe I have to light the lantern first and let it warm a bit to release the globe. The cheap lantern is Floresense brand. Burner is 1/16 inch smaller than the Feuerhand. Remove the rubber gasket from the burner and it fits the Feuerhand like it was made for it.
You may want to take care when you lay the globe over for maintenance. Once when I did the same to my brand new Dietz....... crash. My home is in the Philippines and after one of my Buddies sent me a replacement globe it only cost me about $45 USD. Lesson learned.
I bought one from Walmart that runs on Florasense oil, does anybody know if you can fill it, use it once or twice and then store it full of oil? Would appreciate it.
These cheap Walmart lanterns are complete junk they don't draft like the better ones like the Dietz so they never give you a good flame I've given away several of those Walmart lanterns when I got my dietz
Lol... Good Stuff. Your daughters commentary was gold. Why don't you have the kids do an episode of their thoughts on off-grid vs. on-grid? I'd be interested in hearing some of their perspective.
That was pure comedy. How to show how to do it without actually getting a grip on it first. :)
We learn as we go.
Sorry, Ed. I see that my comment didn't come across in the way that I intended. I laughed because it was, even though unintentional, a brilliant comedy piece. Have you watched it back? Man, it's funny. I've watched it a few times since and it still makes me laugh. I meant absolutely no offence to you but I thank you for the chuckles, and I mean that in a nice way.
I did not take it bad at all. Don't worry I did fumble my way threw the video. But I wanted to keep it real that's why I put it up as is.
Hahaha! That was me 5-6 years ago! I even broke some globes by being a butterfingers. Now that I have 150+ kerosene lanterns, lamps, and pressure lanterns, I can overhaul them, fill them, and light them like a Marine can disassemble and reassemble an M16 in pitch dark. Here are a few helpful hints. Grab a donut and coffee first:
Use the bail in one hand and use your middle finger to lift the loop on the chimney to tilt the globe out. Be sure the globe is DOWN, not raised by the side lever. See, your middle finger can be used for things other than driving.
Twist the burner out ...1/16 turn! and remove it from the fuel font to replace the wick....IF you ever need to. Put the new wick in from the bottom, screw it out of the top by 4'' and dip the whole thing into the fuel font. Replace the burner and roll the wick down to 1/8'' above the wick guide to light it. Long nosed butane BBQ lighters are the most convenient to use. No need to soak a new wick for 30 minutes like this. Dip, install the burner, then light.
NEVER mix fuels. Doing so will most likely clog the wick and reduce the capillary action necessary to feed the flame. I prefer the $10 a gallon Klean Heat from Home Depot. It has the least amount of odor when the lantern is used indoors. K-1 kerosene also works very well but smells. Tiki torch oil, citronella, paraffin oil, perfumed oil, diesel fuel all work to some degree but mixing them will clog the wick for sure. Olive oil belongs on your salad, not in your lantern.
A clogged wick will make a strange flame shape, it may flicker, it might get smoky spikes on the sides, it will need adjustment every 20 minutes as the flame and light output will die down. The wick will form hard carbon nodules on it or it might show a burnt tip that shrunk down from the 1/2'' unburned wick width. Clogged wicks are troublesome. They might look OK but the capillary feeding action is ruined. Just install a new wick, flush out the old fuel and fill with the good fuel and hardly ever worry about the wick.
I have burned a Dietz No. 100 lantern with its 1/2'' wick for 36 hours straight using Klean Heat without touching the wick raiser. The No. 100 designated that it can burn 100 hours on a tank of fuel....to mark 1950's construction zones. It will burn unsupervised for many hours with clean fuel and with the wick at medium flame setting.
I trim most wicks straight across with sharp scissors, then nip the corners slightly at a 45 degree angle. In a pinch, you can get away with rolling the burnt tip of the wick in your fingers to knock crust off. I have a 1912 Deitz D-Lite top lift lantern that has an ancient wick decades old. I chose to keep it as original as possible and probably only used up 1'' of wick mostly by trimming over the last 5 years. A wick burning proper fuel can last for years. If the lantern runs out of fuel it will char more off the wick end. No big deal.
I use Weiman Glass Cooktop Stove Cleaner to clean cold globes. It leaves no residue or greasy streaks or fogginess after the glass gets hot. The glass will really get polished with this stuff. Brawney paper towels let you see the gunk left over on the inside of a dirty globe.
To extinguish my lanterns, I roll the wick down until the flame is almost out. Then I gently shake the lantern and it will puff out. Storing it with the wick very low and inside the guide lets the fuel stay fresher over a year or more as it does not evaporate much. I have my favorite 20 lanterns stored in plastic deck boxes in the hot sun. Some lanterns might get lit over a year later after sitting in the box. They light and burn with no trouble.
I got 2 Deitz red globed Monarch 1940's railroad lanterns as a gift 6 years ago. Its a lot of fun restoring these antiques and having them light my roof deck on nice evenings. But I got a case of new Wallyworld lanterns like yours for the neighbors in case the lights go out for days.
Keeping it real is one thing, endangering people who are trusting you is something else.
LOL, That brought back memories of me filling my oil lamps this year. Haven't used them in about a decade so I was out of practice and didn't think so things through because I was in a hurry when filling them. Remember to open it up away from the fuel cap side and it opens all the way up easier.
Hopefully you've learned a lot since making this video. Some commenters are exactly on point and others have no clue. The lever on the side is only for raising the globe base to light the wick. If you place the bail (carry handle) straight up and place the palm of your hand on the bail you can pull up on the small loop on top of the chimney and use your other hand to pivot the globe. A properly trimmed wick that is never allowed to run dry should last a very long time with only occasionally needing to trim the wick again. Others have commented on how to pour from the container and not to have the wick too high. If you light it with just 1/16 inch of wick sticking out of the burner tube (not the cone) it shouldn't soot when you light it. Kerosene can sour easily. Keep it in original container as much as possible out of sunlight and as cool as possible. If it turns yellow it will not make a good flame and will smell horrible. The Dietz lanterns, as someone stated, are superior and some come with larger burners if you have any interest. The Junior model ($11.00 through Walmart) has a 5/8 burner and the Blizzard ($15.00) a 7/8 burner with substantial fuel reservoir. Those are just two examples that happen to be very low priced. They ship from Lehman's and there is a modest shipping charge but no sales tax. Any of this type lantern will leak if over filled. Never use anything but the recommended fuel.
i don't know why I always removed the burner and put in the wick from bottom up all these years. glad I watched this vid because it's easier and faster to load it from top like you did!
wanted to mention that it's easier to lift the top chimney if you grip the carry handle in its upright position and reach down with thumb to lift the chimney ring and lift up.
Removing the burner is useful for emptying and thorough cleaning. Also, sometimes these leak around the bottom seam. Thoroughly cleaning and drying, then adding just enough liquid epoxy to cover the bottom will fix a leak. After the epoxy has cured completely, reassemble the burner, globe, and refuel. A turkey baster works well for fueling without a large chance of spillage.
Jugs like that pour from the side more smoothly than the front. The wicks will last as long as the fuel lasts. If you let the fuel run out, the wick material will burn instead of the fuel.
Ok thanks for that info I will keep that in mind.
I have several of these lanterns. I've had them for two years. Tonight at five the power went out across our section of town. I had these lanterns and I am glad I do.
Supposed to trim the wick into a light arc to get the best burn, with it like it was you will get less light, burn more fuel and eat wicks faster.
Ok thanks I will redo that so it works better. Thank you.
your supposed to trim it straight to get the most light
@@kratomseeker5258 thank you!! so tired of the myth that cutting wick in arc or v shape throws off more light.plenty of vids disproving this myth and there's a reason the lantern makers even advise to cut straight across.
@@germanshepherd13 yes and it makes perfect sense. If you cut it in a arc you have less wick above to burn.
Trimming the wick. To make them work better. Got a table lamp. Uses a quart of oil. The owner told me it is old. a antique, and would heat /light a room no problem. His parents told me it was used in the depression. To give idea how old it is. Tks for fine show.
I love prepper/review videos!!! I agree with the look of a traditional lantern. You just can't beat $7. I purchased wick in a 15 foot roll off eBay. Wicks lasts a very long time if you use a low flame. Nobody can say how long a lantern will burn because the height of the flame dictates how fast it'll burn. You should get a whole nights worth of burn at a reasonable size flame. I prefer using the liquid paraffin because it can also be used in candle lamps made from wine bottles and such. I believe it all comes from crude though. Thanks for keeping the splash on film. I'm sure it will help a lot of us to think ahead. I'll keep a glass measuring cup handy.
That's a lot of wick. And keeping it real is what its all about.
Years ago I found one of those lanterns in my mom's basement. It's been sitting on my kitchen shelf every since. I was afraid to use it. Now I'm no longer afraid, well, maybe a little. But I'm going to try it. I also appreciated the comment section. Thank you for showing me how!
Your very welcome they are very nice to have.
If you're a little afraid, practice lighting/extinguishing outdoors a few times. Then you will not be afraid indoors. Beware of carbon monoxide poisoning indoors with poor ventilation.
I appreciate you shedding lite on this subject.
Nice pun.
I picked up a few of these last year as well as 5 or 6 of those $.97 fishing knives Walmart had last fall. Mainly just for the possibility of bartering it's if SHTF
That is very good thinking.
Well top marks for showing us warts and all , I’ve just ordered one on line , nothing like that for sale in our little town in the UK …practise makes perfect..I hope .
LOL, yeah, I think you need to practice using the lantern a little more. ;) I do believe if you push down on the lever with out pulling up the top, it will lift the glass for easy lighting, and blowing out the flame. If you have the wick too high you will get a soot coating on the inside of the globe. If you keep the wick at a moderate height you will get very little soot. Nice addition to the homestead.
Yes I fumbled my way threw it.
My son and I use these for night fishing. I can usually get 4-6 hours before I have to refill. Obviously height of the wick changes the burn time. Those wicks will last you a lifetime.
Very cool I want to make sure we are all set.
Hey there PN1 I was watching one of your older videos on the Walmart oil lamp, it did bring a well needed smile on my face. EZ way to lite/blow out flame.. First, lower the wick, then push ONLY the lever down in the direction of the fill cap, and lock the lever by sliding to the right towards the the fill cap. This keeps the glass up and out of your way. Slide the lever to left to lower the glass. 👌🏻👍🏻😉
Thank you I was having problems with that for sure.
I have my lanterns hanging from snap hooks under the eaves on my roof deck. Its a pain to take them down so I roll the wick down until the flame is almost out, then give the bottom a light shake. The flame will go out right away. No smoke, no fuss, no need to lift the globe. Then leaving the wick down in the wick guide, the kerosene stays fresh for the next nice evening outside, even if its months later.
Great lamps...brings back memories!
Yes they do that's one of the reasons I got them.
The ancestors always have the better ideas. Having an aluminum foil (or thin aluminum/tin sheet) molded into a half circle, 2-3 inches away from the lantern glass, wrapped onto the lantern arms, ... and you can have a focused light lantern for greater illumination, but the heated metal sheet provides additional focussed room heating.
That's a very good idea I will use that thanks.
You should tilt the glass globe back into the lantern before lighting. Fumbling with tilting the globe over a burning wick results in unnecessarily sooting the globe. Also exposing one side of the globe to the flame can result in cracking or shattering.
Please dont put or leave fuel soaked rags in the garbage. It will combust spontaneously. Move them outside.
I will do that thank you.
Kerosene will not spontaneously combust.
BareFoot Ralph, Fake News!
You can put the globe in before lighting. To light you use the lever to raise it up after you have the globe in to light the lamp.
The little lever is to raise the globe up so you can light it or blow it out. To move the globe out completely, pull out the top and keep the lever handle all the way down. Sometimes I think they make these for people with 3 hands! lol
Ok thank you for the tips.
No, just for people with brains...
probably better to fill them outside! lol. and I recommend blowing the wick out, safety first! :)
From now on that's the way I will fill them. lol And yes I will blow it out next time.
great video, thanks, ive been eyeballing these for a while, guess I'll pick up a few. i appreciate it
Your very welcome.
Great video.,.I bought that lantern a while back.,.seeing your video made me try it out.,.and your right great lantern for the price.,.had a hard time with the lid at first.,
I subscribed,.,great content buddie
Using a turkey baster for filling works well but kerosene will attack some plastics. The glass globe shouldn't be tilted for lighting. Use the lever to raise the globe and reach the wick with a match. Tilting the glass unnecessarily deposits soot on the glass and runs the risk of cracking the globe due to being directly above the flame. The globe need only be tilted to remove it for cleaning.
Don't you just love how things never go right when the camera is on lol
That's the way it always goes.
I tried that lamp with kerosene and got a runaway flame it smoked up really bad and my house smells like a dirty old diesel mechanic garage...lol (I finally got it working right though) so now I'm gonna use regular lamp oil or citronella (if out night fishing or camping) or olive oil. just a tip, once you are ready to light it, put the globe on under the spring vent cap, then lift it with the lever, it will rise straight up and you can light it with the globe already in place then lower it back down with the lever.
So whst did u use for fuel,omg i had to take mine out of my house it smoked sooo badly
@@linannskillings5050 I use lamp oil. it worked the best. do not use citronella based oils inside your house they are for outside only. trim your wicks when they get too burnt and use a very small flame height, also give the wick time to soak up the oil, dont just dry light it.....good luck and stay safe.
This was a fun educational video. thanks for making it.
To clean the lamp globe take it out and wash it in warm water and dish soap. You can then use a good lens cleaner after ward and dry it well.
That type of bottle will always "glug" when poured in that direction. Turning it upside down will help immensely.
Those particular lamps have very narrow wicks 3/8", or 1/2" I believe. The wider the wick, the more light you get. Turn off your lights and try it at night alongside your old fashioned lamp with a wider wick.
There's another style that curls a very wide wick into a tube. They got a lot wider wick material in a small burner by doing that. A 1 inch tube times pi equals over 3 inches. These were called Center draft, or side draft lamps. Both Aladdin, and Rayo were common lamps of this style in North America. I think the rayo's were about 2 inches in diameter, while the Aladdin's were about 1 inch in diameter. The Aladdin had a neat trick though, which actually made it brighter, while using less fuel then the Rayo. Along with the wick, it uses a mantal like a Coleman lantern. The Aladdin's are the brightest I know about, they say it's around the same amount of light as a 60 watt electric light bulb. They are so good that they are in business still today! Although you always get what you pay for, they are somewhat expensive. Even the old ones from the 1920s through the 1940s and beyond cost almost as much as a new one. They really hold their value.
How did you remove the instructions ??? Without breaking the glass?? The instructions are inside the damn lamp.. the manufactures screwed mine up
When you pour liquid from a gallon container of that type when it’s full turn it so you tip it back towards the handle that allows air in and liquid out without the glug glug and you have more control.
Hey PN1 ! That's me also! I'm always spilling something so don't feel bad. Great video! Good to know info thanks 👍
Your very welcome and it happens.
K1 kerosene is the cheapest fuel. The most expensive may be refined jojoba oil. But you can burn liquid paraffin and oils for lamps from stores from Coleman kerosene and tiki torch oil and lamp lite or oil for oil lamps.
Thank you so much, I was going to buy one its looked hard to do so I didn't get one now I will get me a couple.
They are well worth the money.
If you don't like the smell of these lamps you can hang them from the eves or on a shelf outside your windows. You can also burn less aromatic fuels like diesel this way to.
That's very good advice thank you.
daily occurrence in the old days filling and trimming the wick after using trim the wick or it will soot up the glass
Check your local thrift stores from time to time. I find the old school table top style (glass) oil lamps for cheap, all the time. They make a nice decorative piece, work extremely well in a power outage, and would be great for use or barter in shtf.
I have one like that already but this were to cheap to pass up.
you need to find a antic center draft oil lamp they wear brighter then the flat wick lamps and put out more light then the flat wick lanterns you can find them on e bay they might be more pricey but to have a few of them would be good on hand if you can find them the draft lanterns had 2 wicks instead of one like the flat wick lanterns did i am look for them my self i got a few of these walmart lanterns there good for the price and i got a old flat wick deitz no 50 comet as well great video
They also make great heaters when its cool and you don't want a big fire.
It was kicking off some heat in just the short time we had it lit.
I have the lamps like that too...I have some for outside that I put kerosene in, I don't like to use the kerosene inside because of the fumes. You can buy more wicks by the roll I usually cut them to 10 inches. You should keep and eye out at yard sales and at flea markets for extra chimneys or you can buy some online probably cheaper then going to Walmart... same for the wicks.... barter item if nothing else.
That's for sure barter items are good to have.
I like the oil lamps BUT I would end up spending a small fortune for fire extinguishers.I feel much more confident and safe with my dynamo/solar charged led lanterns.
You have to be comfortable with what you are using I understand.
Yeah,when I was a kid a friend of mine had his house burn down killing his mother and little sister(he was 11 at the time).Since his father was already gone he ended up in foster care.I never heard from him again,one day he just stopped coming to our boy scout meetings.It was a very sad thing to witness.
U can't stop buying more of them there neat! Charcoal lighter fluid works in them to.
That's good to know.
You could take the burner out and feed the wick from the bottom
I have same one,lost power this storm,lit my lamp , wasnt on but 10mins , had to bring it out side it was smoking sooo bad and i did use lsmp oil in can
Don't forget to trim, and char your wick when you install it.
Make sure you do not put the globe out on the side of the lid to the kerosene tank as it will make it hard to pull out.
Wash the table down with soap , good I know you already know that just reminder great job tell heather thanks for helping dad ....
She is always giving me a hand.
You may want to fill your lamps up out side on the porch so if you spill kerosene it will just hit the wood.
I've been wanting buy some not just for decorating my house but to use to cut back on my electric bill and for power outages
Tell Heather this live U-tube for her. Still works great just ventilate the room to keep fumes down.A piece of spaghetti dry of course for liting wick beats burnt fimners now.
I will tell her.
Hi i have just filled my lamp using a syringe if you have one to hand it works great hope that helps Nick from England.
That is a very good idea I will use that for sure thank you. And I have a ton of 60 cc syringes.
Hi your welcome keep up the good work like the vids wish i could do what you are doing.
As long as the lantern never runs out of kerosene, the wick will never burn up, it will last indefinitely, you or your children will never use the amount of wicks in either of your or their life time by always keeping kerosene in the tank. To light use the lever on the bottom of glass globe, push it down and the globe will raise high enough to light the wick. Also the wick should have been trimmed to the curvature of where it comes out of the flame adjustment slot. To safely extinguish the flame, push that lever down raising the globe and blow out. Having the flame adjusted too high not only uses excessive fuel, it will also cause the glass globe to blacken with soot very quickly and will decrease the amount of light the lantern is capable of, also the above mentioned soot will be released into the area and will settle on everything including windows especially and can be breathed into the lungs. A properly adjusted flame will be a well rounded flame at the top and NEVER have a teardrop shape to it. Once you see a thin string of flame going up to a sharp point, it is adjusted too high, lower the wick until it goes away and gets back to a rounded top.
Ok thank you for that info I will do that.
You can burn used filtered cooking oil in them as well.
Ok that's good to know.
Great video, I just bought four , but I cannot hang mine, must buy some hanging lanterns, can you use kerosine in oil lanterns??
Yes you can is says so right on the tag for the lantern.
if the glass keeps turning black fast means the wick is to high when its light but it will always trun black over time. also are these the big lamps? they had a small one at my Walmart your lamp looks a lot bigger.
I am sure they have smaller ones I really liked the size and I know they will come in handy.
I would transfer the fuel into small and more manageable containers and label them
That's not a bad idea.
Your homestead and preps are coming along great. You remind me of a character in one of my new favorite prepper series I'm listening to on audible book called 299 Days, by Glen Tate. You should check it out; ( especially on audio book, so you can listen while working ) I think you'll see yourself and the national situation in the story. God bless.
I will look it up thank you and we have been coming along very well it just takes time.
I have 4 of those. And I love mine .
I do as well I went back and got more.
I have had my boat for 6 years now without replacing reache
That's very cool thanks for sharing that.
Those walmart lanterns aren't really all that great. for a few bucks more you could get any number of Dietz products that give more light and you can also get replacement parts for. The Walmart lantern was the first one i bought and it was ok to start and learn with but its really just a toy that only aluminates maybe 2 candlepower. not what i would call a good prep. Looks like your still kinda learning, it gets easier.. If you want a exceptional lantern get a Feuerhand. Thick metal, thick wires, very efficient and good light. A feuerhand will set you back a few dollars though 30-40 bucks. I have two and im thinking about getting a couple more.
I bought the cheapest lantern at Walmart just to see what a $6.00 lantern will do. I was not surprised it was not remotely close to my Feuerhand in performance nor was I surprised when the globe shattered in my hand while cleaning it. The surprise was how well the cheap lantern's burner worked in the Feuerhand. It has a larger, brighter flame and perfectly formed for maximum light with no soot. The flame was so much larger it would melt the paint on the inside of the chimney and effectively glue the globe to the chimney when it cooled. If I need to remove the globe I have to light the lantern first and let it warm a bit to release the globe. The cheap lantern is Floresense brand. Burner is 1/16 inch smaller than the Feuerhand. Remove the rubber gasket from the burner and it fits the Feuerhand like it was made for it.
Good lamp
Any particular Lantern oil? Or just any? How about White Gas Camp fuel?
What does that black o ring that you wiped off the table go to?
You may want to take care when you lay the globe over for maintenance. Once when I did the same to my brand new Dietz....... crash. My home is in the Philippines and after one of my Buddies sent me a replacement globe it only cost me about $45 USD. Lesson learned.
I will be more careful in the future.
Trying to light candle oil or kerosene in a cup is not possible. But throwing paper with kerosene in a trash can is a very bad idea. ....
I have the same color lanterns PN. lol Nice vid!
wal mart.com sells the wicking in rolls. much cheaper
Well I am all set now but thank you for that info.
I bought one from Walmart that runs on Florasense oil, does anybody know if you can fill it, use it once or twice and then store it full of oil? Would appreciate it.
Yes you can it will not hurt it at all.
Thank you much.
how do you store a lantern like this to get the maximum life out of it ? Do you just take the remaining fuel out?
Yes you just store it until you need it.
Thank you 😊
Whats happens if I put cresco in it ?
You can't have it raised when taking out the globe.
In my boat, it should be sometimes translated programs faults forgive ;-)
I knew what you meant don't worry about it.
Is it safe to burn these indoors for long periods of time? Any risk of carbon monoxide poisoning ?
You would need to have ventilation so that would not be a problem but that could cause problems yes very good question.
Hey Preppernurse1 maybe you already know but WD-40 removes stickers easy
what dept in wallmart
camping or sporting goods.
I see you didnt attend Lantern class. You made that way harded than it needed to be.
Going to "Walmart" to pick these up.
what brand were these?!
Its right in the topic of the video.
As John Null would say your not doing it right unless your making a big mess lol
Well then I am spot on. lol.
Save yourself some cash on those individual wicks and buy a roll
Walmart.com, get online order and delivered to your door.
Very cool.
push the lever not pull it
Thank you I will do that.
good vid
Thank you.
Are you sure. You know what you're doing ?
These cheap Walmart lanterns are complete junk they don't draft like the better ones like the Dietz so they never give you a good flame I've given away several of those Walmart lanterns when I got my dietz
I am happy you found something that you liked better.
Lol... Good Stuff. Your daughters commentary was gold. Why don't you have the kids do an episode of their thoughts on off-grid vs. on-grid? I'd be interested in hearing some of their perspective.
She is a smart ass lol and I can do that.
Who are you? You're not preppernurse!
How not to do things
Then you do a video and show me the right way.
We all have brain farts .
Yes we do.
Diesel can be used in those according to vids on here. It is less than three dollars a gal. Much cheaper than kero or lamp oil.
Like most things, so simple a small child can do it, then go out and find me a small child, cause I sure as heck can't get it to work.