I’ve learned something that I’ve seen in only one video that works so well for me. To remove the globe you can also lift the carry handle, grabbing it by that, and using one finger to pull up on the chimney handle. They sure make these things so well! I think what impressed me is how well made and how so conveniently functional they are designed! Or maybe the word is cleverly designed for something very old/ancient technology! That’s why I’m hooked on using these even when a modern day flashlight is tons brighter. These lanterns are more fascinating!
You don't need to push the wires down. You can take the globe out, and replace it without doing that. Bend the wires too many times and they will break.
There's no need to remove the globe from the assembly in the Oztrail lantern used here in order to maintain the wick or burner. The Oztrail lantern has a hinge to allow the globe and retention arms to be rotated flat onto the table and out of the way when servicing the wick or burner. Bending the arms doesn't just risk damaging the arms it also risks damaging the lift. We know he already damaged one lift and had to have it replaced for the one in the video.
That genuinely hurt me inside when you bent those wires! 😂 The metal wire assembly is not a spring, you aren't supposed to bend those to remove the globe. The globe should be able to slide right out by angling forward slightly as designed 😊
After a number of tries at getting a heater to work in a small closed space like a tent .. or in my case, the inside of a 2dr Ford Explorer. All the propane burners I tried are basically dangerous. After watching a few videos on lanterns seems one of the problems is heat! I now own a Dietz 90 and a 76 .. filled with ultra pure paraffin they do throw off a fair amount of heat. The 90 I use in the colder weather and I just got the 76 so I'm experimenting with it. Neither of these is going to keep your tent or enclosed area hot or warm even .. but they will take a chill off and leave you quite comfortable.The ultra pure paraffin is totally safe .. you could run into a problem with lack of oxygen but that's a low probability. I always keep a window cracked. I have a special box that's part of my build where I sleep inside of the Ford .. that's my heater box. The lantern sits in the box with a tin foil pie plate on top to radiate the heat. That way the light doesn't bother me and the heat can rise up safely.
Thank you!!! I got a one of these yesterday and by this morning the only thing I hadn't figured out was how to get at the wick when it had to be replaced. You did that just past the 7 minute mark and immediately I tried it out. What I'm looking forward to is, if I need this in the winter, it also burns warm. Great video.
Bought my first Dietz today, I'm very excited. That little chubby one is SO cool. This was such an informative video thank you so much for uploading this
Thanks, just bought one like the blue that's in good shape. My grandparents used these on the farm but I was too young to learn how they worked in detail.
wonderfully done ! i have seen those before, but did not know about how those type lanterns worked [ the lighting was obvious ] . and yes, the fuel that the manufacturer recommends is best, because anything else is literally playing with fire that one will not be able to control. awesome video !! 3000 thumbs up !!
Tysvm for sharing this with me. I am very excited about my very first hurricane lamp I've learned so much from this video & can't wait for my first camping trip with it I've only had my first hurricane lamp for a couple of days so I'm still getting familiar with how it works. I've also named it little red bc it's red and the name is the cb handle that my dad gave me
The batteries never go bad because there aren't any 😵 they are good low level light . Very good video on lanterns.running 2 to 3 in a area will give you fair amount of light your eyes will adapt to the lower level of light.
Pointers from my Grandma-- Don't fill the lamps on wood furniture! Any spills will damage your finish. Don't fill a hot lamp! Especially if using kerosene, you run the risk of a fire where it doesn't belong. If using scented oil no more than one scented lamp per house. All others should be scentless. You'll permeate the house with that smell and get tired of it really quick. Lamp black (soot from inside the globe) gets on EVERYTHING you touch if you don't handle it well.
My grandma passed away 35 years ago. I wasn't smart enough to see the joy of using old technology and ask her about it. I've got two aunt's left though, and will be hitting them up on what they grew up with as far as these go.
Most lamp oil is liquified parafin wax. Kerosene will work, but smokes more and does smell so best for outdoor use if you must. When I roll the wick down to extinguish I leave it down then just barely turn it up enough to light it when ready. Less smoke that way.
Excellent video. I just Odette little red lantern and wasn't real sure about the ins and outs of it. I have used Coleman lanterns before but never these types. Thanks!
I have two lanterns from "Import Bazaar" from the 70's and they are just glass but was wondering about those two pipes on those Hurricane lanterns and you've shown me very well. thanks
They're very clever in design, the older 'Hot Blast' lanterns produced a more yellow flame and didn't run for as long on the fuel, the newer 'Cold Blast' design was a revelation and has performed well all over the planet to this day.
@@rrrandommman "newer" of course is a relative term. I love using them. My large lanterns will easily light up my family room with ample light. My small one I use mostly in the bedroom before going to sleep. I prefer the softer light these Lanterns give off unless I need a super bright light
The design is called cold blast, lantern air is drawn through them to the tank, and pressurizes the tank. After the lantern has been burning a few minutes you will have to readjust the wick (turn it down a little) for that reason.
Hey... nice vid....but there is a real time saver for a new wick.... Since you have the burner out anyway, fuel the lantern, screw out 4'' of wick from the top of the burner, dip it into the tank to wet the wick. Then screw the wick back down to 1/8'' above the burner and install the burner and globe as normal. Presto....no waiting to soak up kerosene for 20 minutes to an hour. Light it and go!
Very well made instructional video, except the part that shows bending the glass globe springs-retainers. Doing that couple times, on a chinese manufactured oil lantern that retainers will brake. Thank you for everything else. Great vide overall
Well done. I was a total noob at using a lantern. Honestly, I'm city and have no real use for one, but I figured I would play 1800s and get a feel of what life may have been in those days.
@@gsp49 I'll give that a try. But, I found if I just keep the flame low for 30 minutes or so the K1 "burns-off" and after that I am burning clean lamp oil.
“Play 1800’s” Go to bed at sundown, wake up at “0” dark 30. Light your lantern then light your wool stove. It takes about a half hour to get a cold wood stove hot enough to cook breakfast. That’s playing 1800’s or 1700’s it’s fun…
Cool saftey feature on these is that they self extinguish in seconds if knocked over, if you're using kerosene it will extinguish faster when knocked over than it takes the spilled kerosene to ignite.
I got one of these recently as part of my "Oh sh*t" kit, because power outages and extreme blizzards have been getting more common in my region so I can't really rely on bettery powered stuff when power could be out for a week or more.
I've noticed the the Feuerhand lanterns are a little nicer quality, made in Germany. The Dietz ones are made in China now and are more for old-time style decoration than actual use, it seems.
i heard if you cut the wick to a point ^ it will have a better flame that will be a little more efficient with fuel like there would be more of a flame with less wick and less fuel or something like that. kinda makes sense like a thinner taller flame needing less fuel to produce more light vs a wider smaller flame. looking a getting one and thought id ask. very good and very informative video. thank you
Hold the Bail of the lantern Exactly as if you were carrying it reach down with your middle Finger to grab the pull loop on the chimney That's the easiest way to do it without breaking the globe or having to move the retention springs back and forth with a chance of breaking them
I usually won't even select a CZcams video that is over 3 minutes long, and if I do, I fast forward. My attention span is like an ADHD squirrel on amphetamines. I liked this video so much, I restarted it (to compensate for my fast forwarding) I like thorough information, especially when it's concerns burning flammable liquid in my home! The only thing that threw me was the comment about kitchen shears being used to cut chicken bones. I have never prepared birds as food (but I have prepared food for birds lol) Why would you cut a chicken's bones? Do you eat them? Why isn't a steak knife suitable? If you're out of steak knives, I have some that I don't use... Lol anyways, I subscribed and I promise to refrain from commenting.
Well actually, if a squirrel had been diagnosed with ADHD by a doctor and then took some amphetamines, the amphetamines would cancel out the ADHD symptons. The squirrel might be a little drowsy from the side effects but otherwise his attention span would be just fine. He would be just a drowsy squirrel.
Thanks so much. I just finished your other video on oil lanterns. Both are well made and informative. What are your suggestions and thoughts on how to safely and appropriately carry the lantern and fuel on medium to long range hikes? A short answer or video would be very welcome....Thanks again
Da Ga : I wouldn't suggest one for hiking. They're far too bulky, the glass is, well, fragile, and they're not meant to be packed in a backpack. It would be too easy for the fuel to spill or leak out. Better to use them around the house & ranch and use LED flashlights out on the trail.
triglycerides of olive oil are less volatile than diesel and burn inefficiently. fatty acids of olive oil are still mostly hydrogenated and will burn with the volatility of diesel at most, which means that the lantern will have a very faint flame, even if the glycerin backbone were to nbe removed from the olive oil via transesterification. in order to run a paraffin lantern one would need to crack the fatty acids into c10-13 long hydrocarbons, so you would effectively have to turn the olive oil into paraffin and at that point you might want to change the feedstock to something better like sunflower oil, or alternatively you could pressurize the combustion system and atomize the injected oil under high pressures of injection shortly before combustion, which is how oil foundries work and why higher volatility compounds boost their efficiency. it would be like running a petrol car on diesel if one were to run a paraffin lantern with vegetable oil, which is as volatile as heavy motor oil that's burnt by ships as big as oil tankers as it's the cheapest and worst type of fuel on the market.
Hi there. Thank you for posting this video. I’ve just bought an old Kwang Hua ‘245’ hurricane lantern. Do you know how I might find out what sized wick to use in this please? Thanks.
Why are you bending the retention arms? That's a BIG no. You don't even need to remove the globe at all on the oztrail lamp you're using in the video, it drops backwards to the table without removing it. That's how the mechanism is intended to work What you are doing bending those arms is *not* how the manufacturer intended use. By doing so you run the risk of not only damaging the retention arms themselves but also the lift mechanism. You know like in the one you had to replace the body for? All hurricane lamps burn kerosene. "Lamp oil" is just further refined kerosene so that it doesn't smoke, smell or soot as much. They're interchangeable fuels and in some countries (like Australia where the oztrail lamp you have is made) "Lamp Oil" is packaged as "low odor kerosene". Some hurricane lanterns, such as the Coleman dual fuel, are designed to run on either kerosene or *unleaded petrol*. You absolutely should not put petrol in the Oztrail or other lanterns not rated for it. However there certainly are lanterns designed for petrol and nothing harmful will happen from using it in such products.
Warning the 5 to 10 buck whalmart lantern redesign the globe without redesigning the body the result is that the lifter dos not work properly, the globe dos not sit properly, put those to together and you get globes that like to slip out and shatter live already broke 2 or 3, and the glass is paper thin so it only has to fall about 10 inches to get it to shatter. If you want a cheap lantern from whalmart for 5 bucks hop over to the home decor section and pick up a mini lantern they don't throw as much light do to the smaller globe but they burn the same size wick and the more spherical shape of the global prevents the problem with the larger ones.
When topping up the tank, how can you see if you're 70% full without a gauge? When you're putting away the lantern for a few weeks, do you need to drain the tank and how? When transporting the lantern to a campsite, is there any tips or gotchas? I'm thiinking a lantern with fuel in it may leak? Will the fuel evaporate if left too long on it's own? Thank you!
Go to the manufacturers website (or search online) for the lanterns capacity. I've never drained one. It will only leak if tipped over. I've never had an issue with evaporation. Maybe the fuel does, but at such a slow rate I've never noticed it.
Kero will not degrade noticeably over months. Even rust won't ruin the kero If they tip in transit they will leak through the wick housing. You may consider setting them in a used large coffee can. There are funnels with floating gauges, but hard to find one that small. Best to have a fill measuring dollar store measure cup or bottle. Know what will fill an empty lamp to the correct level. Put your fuel in that and pour from the measurer.
I got a cheap hurricane lantern and I'm not sure if I'm using it right. It's gone out twice now. Is it important to have the wick quite high? I think I had it too low.
If you have it too high, you'll start to get a lot of smoke. Having it too low only cuts down on the light output (and by extension, fuel consumption). Are you sure you're using the right fuel?
@@BackPackHack thanks. I'm using citronella oil. I had another go with it last night and seem to be getting better at getting a consistent flame. I read somewhere that the flame should be around half an inch high roughly. Higher than that even without soot it seems to run out of oxygen after a few minutes and starts to splutter. I also topped the tank up from half full to 3/4 full.
Great video. So many hours on average should one of those wicks last?? I ask this because my wicks burn out completely in about 5 minutes!! But you mentioned that once you fill the tank, you should let it sit for about an hour. I think that's where I went wrong because I would install a new wick, fill the tank and light it right away. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong?? But I remember when I was a kid up north at the cottage, and my grandmother would leave a lantern lit throughout the night so that we could see if somebody had to get up to go to the bathroom, because there was no electricity at the cottage at that time, and the lantern would burn all through the night and by morning, it was just about out.
Ken Belmont : You have to wait for the wick to get soaked with the lamp oil. This takes some time, several minutes in most cases. Your grandmother's wick burned off enough during the night that it started to extinguish itself by morning. Turn the knob and raise the wick and repeat the process. The more you use a lantern on a daily basis, the quicker you'll go through a wick. If you have a lantern strictly for emergencies, you'll probably never need to replace it.
They are all refined (broken out) from oil. Natural Gas (small molecules) Gasoline (blend of lightest liquid molecules) Kerosene (sour diesel, Paraffin) a blend of tge next bit heavier larger molecules. Diesel next heavier blend of molecules Etc.... to machine oil, gear oil and finally gear grease
The blue one he is demostrating with will burn approx. 24 hours easily on a tank, longer if flame is turned down low. With the flame too high (as the way he demonstrated) it will only go about 12 hours.
These are mainly meant for outdoor use. When full and used on the longest night of the year it will stay lit all night. So you could hang it on your porch to guide expected company to your door. “We’ll keep the light on for you” That’s why the tank is the size that it is. Conserve fuel by lowering the wick.
Lowering the wick to extinguish the flame has me a bit concerned. What if you lower it too much and the lit wick hits the reservoir of fuel?!? Wouldn't that make the whole thing explode in your face?
Lamp oil burns, but can't "explode". It lacks the volatility to do so. Also, there's a physical barrier between the burning part of the wick and the fuel reservoir.
Which are now also made in China, likely in the same factory city as American LaFrance ChinaMart lamps. You're just buying the grade of steel, glass and workings of the winder when you buy different China brands. Look and feel is likely enough. If you fill it and it leaks, then return it....despite the brand name.
Yeah I dont bend the glob wires down. No need to. I notice the new Chinese made Dietz lamp has the globe lifting lever on the right compared to my Hong Kong made 76 lamp which has lever the lever on right side.
@@BackPackHack any site you recommend for lantern globe replacement? I wanna make sure i can buy one when i can. got one antique for cheap at 25 bucks and fixed it up
Been using these for years. We use off road diesel in all of the ones we use for camping use. We have never had a problem, whatsoever. The ones in the cabin, we use kerosene, or odorless fuel. These things are not rocket science.
What is the best lantern???? Brand I'm assuming is Dietz but what model for general use. I had two others no name brands. Leaked all over the place. Junk.
I wish every CZcams informative video was this well done.
I’ve learned something that I’ve seen in only one video that works so well for me. To remove the globe you can also lift the carry handle, grabbing it by that, and using one finger to pull up on the chimney handle. They sure make these things so well! I think what impressed me is how well made and how so conveniently functional they are designed! Or maybe the word is cleverly designed for something very old/ancient technology! That’s why I’m hooked on using these even when a modern day flashlight is tons brighter. These lanterns are more fascinating!
Yes, it was designed that way, and many Dietz instruction pamphlets show this. There are many issues with this video, though it is better than most.
I finally found an oil lamp tutorial that’s clear, concise and isn’t trying to sell me more stuff. Great video. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
You don't need to push the wires down. You can take the globe out, and replace it without doing that. Bend the wires too many times and they will break.
I agree, but you can fashion replacements out of old coat hangers. I did this with a rebuild of an antique Deitz lantern I got for cheap.
The top, the air intake right above the globe, is spring loaded. That will lift, and the globe will rotate out.
There's no need to remove the globe from the assembly in the Oztrail lantern used here in order to maintain the wick or burner. The Oztrail lantern has a hinge to allow the globe and retention arms to be rotated flat onto the table and out of the way when servicing the wick or burner.
Bending the arms doesn't just risk damaging the arms it also risks damaging the lift. We know he already damaged one lift and had to have it replaced for the one in the video.
Why did he do that🤣
@@tjmarx true
As a newcomer to these lanterns this was pure gold - thank you!
They are lots of fun :)
Just don’t bend the globe wires like he did.
The part about barometric pressure causing it to overflow... Genius.
Thank you.
That genuinely hurt me inside when you bent those wires! 😂 The metal wire assembly is not a spring, you aren't supposed to bend those to remove the globe. The globe should be able to slide right out by angling forward slightly as designed 😊
Mr. Back Pack Hack, Thank you very much for teaching us and for sharing your knowledge.
This was very informative and thank you for posting this.
After a number of tries at getting a heater to work in a small closed space like a tent .. or in my case, the inside of a 2dr Ford Explorer. All the propane burners I tried are basically dangerous. After watching a few videos on lanterns seems one of the problems is heat! I now own a Dietz 90 and a 76 .. filled with ultra pure paraffin they do throw off a fair amount of heat. The 90 I use in the colder weather and I just got the 76 so I'm experimenting with it. Neither of these is going to keep your tent or enclosed area hot or warm even .. but they will take a chill off and leave you quite comfortable.The ultra pure paraffin is totally safe .. you could run into a problem with lack of oxygen but that's a low probability. I always keep a window cracked. I have a special box that's part of my build where I sleep inside of the Ford .. that's my heater box. The lantern sits in the box with a tin foil pie plate on top to radiate the heat. That way the light doesn't bother me and the heat can rise up safely.
Thank you!!! I got a one of these yesterday and by this morning the only thing I hadn't figured out was how to get at the wick when it had to be replaced. You did that just past the 7 minute mark and immediately I tried it out. What I'm looking forward to is, if I need this in the winter, it also burns warm. Great video.
Bought my first Dietz today, I'm very excited. That little chubby one is SO cool. This was such an informative video thank you so much for uploading this
Thanks, just bought one like the blue that's in good shape. My grandparents used these on the farm but I was too young to learn how they worked in detail.
Love he gets into the topic quickly.
I love my storm lamps! When the power is out I role play that I am underground in the metro tunnels during a nuclear apocalypse! Bizarre I know
Artyom used cartridge case lighter
Thank you for explaining how to use these!
wonderfully done !
i have seen those before, but did not know about how those type lanterns worked [ the lighting was obvious ] .
and yes, the fuel that the manufacturer recommends is best, because anything else is literally playing with fire that one will not be able to control.
awesome video !!
3000 thumbs up !!
Tysvm for sharing this with me. I am very excited about my very first hurricane lamp I've learned so much from this video & can't wait for my first camping trip with it I've only had my first hurricane lamp for a couple of days so I'm still getting familiar with how it works. I've also named it little red bc it's red and the name is the cb handle that my dad gave me
The batteries never go bad because there aren't any 😵 they are good low level light . Very good video on lanterns.running 2 to 3 in a area will give you fair amount of light your eyes will adapt to the lower level of light.
Yay can’t wait to use my hurricane in the coming days this was such a good introduction for how I operate the thing
The best explanation on how they work.
Great - just bought a Dietz 80. Looking forward to using it more! Good advice about leaving the wick to soak up fuel for a while before lighting it.
Very informative. Great presentation. Thank you.
Pointers from my Grandma-- Don't fill the lamps on wood furniture! Any spills will damage your finish. Don't fill a hot lamp! Especially if using kerosene, you run the risk of a fire where it doesn't belong. If using scented oil no more than one scented lamp per house. All others should be scentless. You'll permeate the house with that smell and get tired of it really quick. Lamp black (soot from inside the globe) gets on EVERYTHING you touch if you don't handle it well.
My grandma passed away 35 years ago. I wasn't smart enough to see the joy of using old technology and ask her about it. I've got two aunt's left though, and will be hitting them up on what they grew up with as far as these go.
Most lamp oil is liquified parafin wax. Kerosene will work, but smokes more and does smell so best for outdoor use if you must. When I roll the wick down to extinguish I leave it down then just barely turn it up enough to light it when ready. Less smoke that way.
I've had my dietz 76 since i was very young, still have still can get wicks at my local hardware store, and I still use it almost every summer
Excellent video. I just Odette little red lantern and wasn't real sure about the ins and outs of it. I have used Coleman lanterns before but never these types. Thanks!
Thank you for the great info.
Thank you sir! Very helpful! This is exactly what we've been looking for
Thanks for the great video / info.
Very nice video
Excellent advice, thank you.
I have two lanterns from "Import Bazaar" from the 70's and they are just glass but was wondering about those two pipes on those Hurricane lanterns and you've shown me very well. thanks
They're very clever in design, the older 'Hot Blast' lanterns produced a more yellow flame and didn't run for as long on the fuel, the newer 'Cold Blast' design was a revelation and has performed well all over the planet to this day.
@@rrrandommman "newer" of course is a relative term. I love using them. My large lanterns will easily light up my family room with ample light. My small one I use mostly in the bedroom before going to sleep. I prefer the softer light these Lanterns give off unless I need a super bright light
The design is called cold blast, lantern air is drawn through them to the tank, and pressurizes the tank. After the lantern has been burning a few minutes you will have to readjust the wick (turn it down a little) for that reason.
Hey... nice vid....but there is a real time saver for a new wick....
Since you have the burner out anyway, fuel the lantern, screw out 4'' of wick from the top of the burner, dip it into the tank to wet the wick. Then screw the wick back down to 1/8'' above the burner and install the burner and globe as normal. Presto....no waiting to soak up kerosene for 20 minutes to an hour. Light it and go!
Great video
Thank you
don't push this spring wires down. everything is good on this video, just don't push this spring wires down
I don't know much about these style lanterns but it just seems wrong to do it like this.
@@NotSoCrazyNinja it is wrong to push those wires like that.
Thanks for sharing. Very informative.
Thank you for covering all the details, many videos don’t. :)
I have been using one for 30 years with citronella oil while camping. Good light and keeps bug away.
Very well made instructional video, except the part that shows bending the glass globe springs-retainers. Doing that couple times, on a chinese manufactured oil lantern that retainers will brake. Thank you for everything else. Great vide overall
Well done. I was a total noob at using a lantern. Honestly, I'm city and have no real use for one, but I figured I would play 1800s and get a feel of what life may have been in those days.
When the power goes out, you'll use it :-)!
@@BackPackHack New question for. Do I need to change my wick going from K1 kerosene to lamp oil? I'm getting a poor/uneven/sooty burn from kerosene.
@@equallywrong a few squirts of 91% rubbing alcohol in tank is good treatment for that.
@@gsp49 I'll give that a try. But, I found if I just keep the flame low for 30 minutes or so the K1 "burns-off" and after that I am burning clean lamp oil.
“Play 1800’s”
Go to bed at sundown, wake up at “0” dark 30. Light your lantern then light your wool stove. It takes about a half hour to get a cold wood stove hot enough to cook breakfast. That’s playing 1800’s or 1700’s it’s fun…
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL INFORMATION MANY BLESSINGS
Cool saftey feature on these is that they self extinguish in seconds if knocked over, if you're using kerosene it will extinguish faster when knocked over than it takes the spilled kerosene to ignite.
Very informative. Thanks!
I got one of these recently as part of my "Oh sh*t" kit, because power outages and extreme blizzards have been getting more common in my region so I can't really rely on bettery powered stuff when power could be out for a week or more.
very beautiful
I've noticed the the Feuerhand lanterns are a little nicer quality, made in Germany. The Dietz ones are made in China now and are more for old-time style decoration than actual use, it seems.
i heard if you cut the wick to a point ^ it will have a better flame that will be a little more efficient with fuel like there would be more of a flame with less wick and less fuel or something like that. kinda makes sense like a thinner taller flame needing less fuel to produce more light vs a wider smaller flame. looking a getting one and thought id ask. very good and very informative video. thank you
I like to have a slight V if wick is shaped at all, this way the flame is wider and brighter, probably burns more fuel faster.
Great video
Thank you for sharing and educating. New sub 😀
Hold the Bail of the lantern Exactly as if you were carrying it reach down with your middle Finger to grab the pull loop on the chimney That's the easiest way to do it without breaking the globe or having to move the retention springs back and forth with a chance of breaking them
Thanks you explained it well.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the video. Maybe you could do a pros & cons video comparison between hurricane & white gas lanterns.
Very helpful, thanks.
Thank you
Are these indoor or tent safe ?
I burn olive oil. The cheap dark coloured stuff……works great and so much easier to get…..also you can use some oil from your storage bottle to cook!
superb mate ........Cheers
can you wet the wick before inserting to speed up process?
I usually won't even select a CZcams video that is over 3 minutes long, and if I do, I fast forward. My attention span is like an ADHD squirrel on amphetamines. I liked this video so much, I restarted it (to compensate for my fast forwarding) I like thorough information, especially when it's concerns burning flammable liquid in my home! The only thing that threw me was the comment about kitchen shears being used to cut chicken bones. I have never prepared birds as food (but I have prepared food for birds lol) Why would you cut a chicken's bones? Do you eat them? Why isn't a steak knife suitable? If you're out of steak knives, I have some that I don't use... Lol anyways, I subscribed and I promise to refrain from commenting.
Well actually, if a squirrel had been diagnosed with ADHD by a doctor and then took some amphetamines, the amphetamines would cancel out the ADHD symptons. The squirrel might be a little drowsy from the side effects but otherwise his attention span would be just fine. He would be just a drowsy squirrel.
Yes, we eat chickens. A lot of them. Where are you that you don't know about eating chickens? Steak knives don't cut through bone.
Hi hi can you tell me what's the numbers mean on the lanterns like 245..235..225.ect thank you
very Helpful, thank you!
Good video cheers 🍻👍👍👍
Thanks so much. I just finished your other video on oil lanterns. Both are well made and informative. What are your suggestions and thoughts on how to safely and appropriately carry the lantern and fuel on medium to long range hikes? A short answer or video would be very welcome....Thanks again
Da Ga : I wouldn't suggest one for hiking. They're far too bulky, the glass is, well, fragile, and they're not meant to be packed in a backpack. It would be too easy for the fuel to spill or leak out.
Better to use them around the house & ranch and use LED flashlights out on the trail.
My lamp's fuel tank takes 340ml of fuel. I use a simple measuring jug. Fill it to 340 ml when empty and pour to the tank.
good advice ,i heard dietz make good lanterns.
THANK YOU!!!!
How do you clean this type of lantern. I found 7 of them ina shed. I would like to clean them up and refurbish them.
triglycerides of olive oil are less volatile than diesel and burn inefficiently. fatty acids of olive oil are still mostly hydrogenated and will burn with the volatility of diesel at most, which means that the lantern will have a very faint flame, even if the glycerin backbone were to nbe removed from the olive oil via transesterification. in order to run a paraffin lantern one would need to crack the fatty acids into c10-13 long hydrocarbons, so you would effectively have to turn the olive oil into paraffin and at that point you might want to change the feedstock to something better like sunflower oil, or alternatively you could pressurize the combustion system and atomize the injected oil under high pressures of injection shortly before combustion, which is how oil foundries work and why higher volatility compounds boost their efficiency. it would be like running a petrol car on diesel if one were to run a paraffin lantern with vegetable oil, which is as volatile as heavy motor oil that's burnt by ships as big as oil tankers as it's the cheapest and worst type of fuel on the market.
S S Radon, if you can't dazzle with brilliance, baffle with bull, right.
@@gsp49 wat
What he is saying is that olive oil will not burn as bright as a petroleum based oil.
Hi there. Thank you for posting this video. I’ve just bought an old Kwang Hua ‘245’ hurricane lantern. Do you know how I might find out what sized wick to use in this please? Thanks.
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If I spilled kerosene all over the lantern base and it's dried up, is it dangerous to light? Is there a certain way to clean kerosene?
You're good, burn away.
I think it’s good once the fuel evaporates and dries off
Unlike gasoline, Kerosene fumes are not flammable.
Why are you bending the retention arms? That's a BIG no. You don't even need to remove the globe at all on the oztrail lamp you're using in the video, it drops backwards to the table without removing it. That's how the mechanism is intended to work
What you are doing bending those arms is *not* how the manufacturer intended use. By doing so you run the risk of not only damaging the retention arms themselves but also the lift mechanism. You know like in the one you had to replace the body for?
All hurricane lamps burn kerosene. "Lamp oil" is just further refined kerosene so that it doesn't smoke, smell or soot as much. They're interchangeable fuels and in some countries (like Australia where the oztrail lamp you have is made) "Lamp Oil" is packaged as "low odor kerosene".
Some hurricane lanterns, such as the Coleman dual fuel, are designed to run on either kerosene or *unleaded petrol*. You absolutely should not put petrol in the Oztrail or other lanterns not rated for it. However there certainly are lanterns designed for petrol and nothing harmful will happen from using it in such products.
Warning the 5 to 10 buck whalmart lantern redesign the globe without redesigning the body the result is that the lifter dos not work properly, the globe dos not sit properly, put those to together and you get globes that like to slip out and shatter live already broke 2 or 3, and the glass is paper thin so it only has to fall about 10 inches to get it to shatter.
If you want a cheap lantern from whalmart for 5 bucks hop over to the home decor section and pick up a mini lantern they don't throw as much light do to the smaller globe but they burn the same size wick and the more spherical shape of the global prevents the problem with the larger ones.
I have found if you hold them too tight they will break. Order a good Dietz globe for the cheap lantern.
Do you have to manually advance the wick up as it burns, or does it automatically raise itself?
They're raised manually.
Is it safe to use these indoors meaning about the fumes ?
Usually, yes.
When topping up the tank, how can you see if you're 70% full without a gauge?
When you're putting away the lantern for a few weeks, do you need to drain the tank and how?
When transporting the lantern to a campsite, is there any tips or gotchas? I'm thiinking a lantern with fuel in it may leak?
Will the fuel evaporate if left too long on it's own?
Thank you!
Go to the manufacturers website (or search online) for the lanterns capacity.
I've never drained one.
It will only leak if tipped over.
I've never had an issue with evaporation. Maybe the fuel does, but at such a slow rate I've never noticed it.
Kero will not degrade noticeably over months. Even rust won't ruin the kero
If they tip in transit they will leak through the wick housing. You may consider setting them in a used large coffee can.
There are funnels with floating gauges, but hard to find one that small. Best to have a fill measuring dollar store measure cup or bottle. Know what will fill an empty lamp to the correct level. Put your fuel in that and pour from the measurer.
I 💖 them! A great backup source of lighting ! can use kerosene, diesel fuel, gasoline oil mixture. Olive oil. any kind of cooking oils
I got a cheap hurricane lantern and I'm not sure if I'm using it right. It's gone out twice now. Is it important to have the wick quite high? I think I had it too low.
If you have it too high, you'll start to get a lot of smoke. Having it too low only cuts down on the light output (and by extension, fuel consumption).
Are you sure you're using the right fuel?
@@BackPackHack thanks. I'm using citronella oil. I had another go with it last night and seem to be getting better at getting a consistent flame. I read somewhere that the flame should be around half an inch high roughly. Higher than that even without soot it seems to run out of oxygen after a few minutes and starts to splutter. I also topped the tank up from half full to 3/4 full.
How bad is an oil lamps carbon emissions? Is there any fuel that can burn safely for hours??
You only have to fill the tank once and the Earth will shrivel and die before you run out.
Will it start on fire if the oil runs out and it’s still on?
Wicks are generally made of cotton. If enough oxygen can reach it, it will burn. And cotton burns pretty well.
@@BackPackHack ok thanks! My fear was falling sleep with it on and having the wick catch fire once it runs out of oil.
I cringe every time you jamb those wires down. The globes can be removed without doing that and will break those wires in short order doing that.
Great video. So many hours on average should one of those wicks last?? I ask this because my wicks burn out completely in about 5 minutes!! But you mentioned that once you fill the tank, you should let it sit for about an hour. I think that's where I went wrong because I would install a new wick, fill the tank and light it right away. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong?? But I remember when I was a kid up north at the cottage, and my grandmother would leave a lantern lit throughout the night so that we could see if somebody had to get up to go to the bathroom, because there was no electricity at the cottage at that time, and the lantern would burn all through the night and by morning, it was just about out.
Ken Belmont : You have to wait for the wick to get soaked with the lamp oil. This takes some time, several minutes in most cases.
Your grandmother's wick burned off enough during the night that it started to extinguish itself by morning. Turn the knob and raise the wick and repeat the process.
The more you use a lantern on a daily basis, the quicker you'll go through a wick. If you have a lantern strictly for emergencies, you'll probably never need to replace it.
@@BackPackHack Got it. Thank you.
Thanks for the video.
I like the little red one, where do you get the mini ones?
www.bigrocklanterns.com/
@@BackPackHack thank you
What is the proper height for a dietz 76 wick. Is it 1/8 above the burner when globe is up or 1/8 above the dome like thing when the glove is doe
When down.
I’m aware diesel is a compression ignition fuel but could I use it as lamp oil because it’s closer to oil than gasoline?
They are all refined (broken out) from oil.
Natural Gas (small molecules)
Gasoline (blend of lightest liquid molecules)
Kerosene (sour diesel, Paraffin) a blend of tge next bit heavier larger molecules.
Diesel next heavier blend of molecules
Etc.... to machine oil, gear oil and finally gear grease
My wick is burning down in less than a minute. Any idea why it would do that?
Did you just put fuel in it? If so, you need to wait for the wick to soak up the fuel so it's wet to the touch.
@@BackPackHack Yes it spent enough time socking up the fuel
How many mL TO FILL A DIETZ 80% FULL?
At low to medium intensity, how long would a lamp the size you showed us be expected to burn? Thanks for the video!
I've never done any burn-time testing. I rarely use these on a regular basis.... they're just for power-outage use.
The blue one he is demostrating with will burn approx. 24 hours easily on a tank, longer if flame is turned down low. With the flame too high (as the way he demonstrated) it will only go about 12 hours.
Oil lamps/lanterns burn about a 1/2 ounce of oil per hour depending on the width of the wick.
These are mainly meant for outdoor use. When full and used on the longest night of the year it will stay lit all night.
So you could hang it on your porch to guide expected company to your door.
“We’ll keep the light on for you”
That’s why the tank is the size that it is. Conserve fuel by lowering the wick.
Lowering the wick to extinguish the flame has me a bit concerned. What if you lower it too much and the lit wick hits the reservoir of fuel?!? Wouldn't that make the whole thing explode in your face?
Lamp oil burns, but can't "explode". It lacks the volatility to do so. Also, there's a physical barrier between the burning part of the wick and the fuel reservoir.
I might have missed it but are these the cheap ones Walmart sells? Thanks for the video
No. They're Dietzs'.
Which are now also made in China, likely in the same factory city as American LaFrance ChinaMart lamps. You're just buying the grade of steel, glass and workings of the winder when you buy different China brands.
Look and feel is likely enough. If you fill it and it leaks, then return it....despite the brand name.
What model is the smaller red lamp? Thanks.
S.J. Owens: It's a Dietz Comet. www.bigrocklanterns.com/detail/?id=261
Yeah I dont bend the glob wires down. No need to. I notice the new Chinese made Dietz lamp has the globe lifting lever on the right compared to my Hong Kong made 76 lamp which has lever the lever on right side.
I like hurricane lantern but coleman kerosene lantern I don't like because you always have pump up the pressure to keep it light up
Use newspaper to clean globs
Can I use denatured alcohol on my huricane lantern?
The instructions will tell you.
how much are one of these lamps?
They aren't all that much. I got these three for less than $100.
@@BackPackHack any site you recommend for lantern globe replacement?
I wanna make sure i can buy one when i can. got one antique for cheap at 25 bucks and fixed it up
Why not use gasoline (the stuff you put in cars)?
Gasoline is too volatile. It will burn far too fast and too hot.
Been using these for years. We use off road diesel in all of the ones we use for camping use. We have never had a problem, whatsoever. The ones in the cabin, we use kerosene, or odorless fuel. These things are not rocket science.
19th century technology but extremely reliable. Trickiest part is getting the wick trimmed for the best flame but not that difficult.
What is the best lantern???? Brand I'm assuming is Dietz but what model for general use.
I had two others no name brands. Leaked all over the place. Junk.
I'd say the Dietz Junior or Blizzard would be a good, all-around lanterns.