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29/8/2012 at 4:27pm
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Yep, they are a lovely lantern, Father-in-law gave me his a couple of years back, it had been gathering dust in his garage for 40 odd years.
Cost me around £30 to bring it back to life, including new glass.
BaseCamp do a service kit for all the rubber seals etc.
Sadly FiL passed away last March at 86, so the lantern is now even more special.
It's a Bialladin 300X so same as Vapalux, which are now being made in Korea to a very high standard, new price is around £140 so I guess you got a bargain.
I run mine on Paraffin Extra which has almost no odour, nice to have such a lantern, especially to show the kids, who are always agog when they see it Glowing.
Even in this modern age, there is nothing else that can give as nice a Glow as a Parrafin Pressure lantern.
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29/8/2012 at 6:36pm
Location: Lincolnshire
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Yes been reading up on them the last few days and the company history, very interesting reading. I believe they supplied the army with these from 1938-2010, so they must be good pieces of kit and not just 'built to a price', or so the expert's who collect them tell me.
To buy the same one as mine now (M1) would cost £172.00, so yes £20.00 is a bloody good price! Wish I had picked the other one up next to it now as well! Vapalux M1B
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29/8/2012 at 11:46pm
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We take 2 with us whenever we camp. Brilliant light in all senses of the word. Even keeps the tent toasty on cold evenings. Not really any good if you've got young children around but otherwise peerless. Quick tip, use a fueller bottle to store and fill the meths tray... http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/2051_1_1147350.html Check ebay for cheaper/smaller if required.
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30/8/2012 at 5:49pm
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Hamster bottle
does the same job but cheaper too.
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