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I have 2 which we bought from TOWSURE.
Find they give off a good clear light and were a godsend during powercuts last year!
http://www.towsure.com/product/Mini_Hurricane_Lantern
We use this in the lanterns:
http://www.towsure.com/product/Lamp_Oil_1_Litre

We also have 2 of the Campingaz Lumoststar lanterns which are excellent:
http://www.towsure.com/product/Campingaz_Lumostar_Plus_Gas_Lantern_Manual_Ignition

Thanks Helen, that's been useful.

I've been having a read and it seems Feuerhand and the best quality and spill-proof which seems a good idea when there's a tent involved!

I'm going to pay a visit to the local army surplus store at lunchtime and see if they have any.

Quote: Originally posted by julian02 on 02/8/2012

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use citrennella oil in them for a nice smell also keeps miges away.

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Lamp oil is just a (supposedly) more purified version of paraffin - that said I've seen lamp oil that was very poor grade and quite expensive!

I've used Citronella indoors (mainly in the boat cabin) for years without any problems - i think it's just no-one is prepared to actually safety test it! At the end of the day there are plenty of skin products with it in. Rather than by Citronella lamp oil in bottles (which tends to be expensive) I just buy decent grade paraffin and add a few drops of neat oil - not always easy to get but you can find it.

I understand the Feurhand lamps are much better than the far-Eastern variety - my wick lamps all date back some considerable time (including one with a Victorian patent burner that came from a ships lamp and a couple of farm lanterns) so I can't comment personally! I can recommend the 500cp Petromax if you want to light up the whole campsite though!

Which has reminded me - must pack one of the farm lanterns when I go away next week for the tent - I'm taking 3 Tilley's but that's for area lighting!

Glen

I have a feuerhand lantern and I love it. The quality seems to be really good and it doesn't leak. There are a few rust spots on it now but it's in its 3rd year of excessive use. I burn citronella in it and it gives off a lovely glow.

They're more expensive than most of the others available ( I think I paid £25 for mine) but if I broke it I'd replace it with exactly the same again.