For Such EXPENSIVE and Beautiful Lamps YOU WOULD THINK they would go back to Brazil and get the Mantles made Right Again and Put the Thorium back in.......The Thorium DOES make it much Brighter and Will Not hurt you ....If your such a new age wussy that you are scared to death of a little Thorium then you don't deserve an Aladdin Lamp
Love my aladdin's and cant imagine not having them but I haven't had great luck with the new mantles. I've had two now that were broken right out of the box...and at 15 bucks a pop I hope somthing is done sooner rather than later. I usually buy them two t a time now kinds expecting one to not last too long.
Lehman's has been sold to another Ohio Amish group as of 2023. Not sure what will become of the Aladdin product line. I looked online for the past year wanting to purchase a few lamps and they were listed as out of stock. Finally found some at my local antiques market. Having to get creative in sourceing parts.
I think that with enough fiddling, you can remove the broken ash mantle and replace it with a coleman one. If that even works, i think it'll be worth it considering the ubiquity of them.
I wonder if you can repair old mantle holders by using those mantles meant for petromax lamps... Loving kerosene lamps I've wanted to try an aladdin lamp but they're not common in Europe and mantles are expensive. Once used they're like petromax very fragile. On the other hand petromax mantles are cheap and readily available. So therefor wondering if fitting a petromax mantle on an Aladdin holder is doable and with what result....
This is a really neat video! I am guessing that the smaller mantles are less expensive to produce. Notice that I didn't say cheaper. Cheap referrs to quality and Aladdin are anything but cheap. Very nice quality!
A few years ago I purchased two new Lox On mantles ($15 each) from Lehman's for my model 11 and model 12 lamps. Within about one hour of burn time, both mantles had partially disconnected from the top supporting ring. These mantles were made in the Philippines. Is this a common problem due to defective manufacturing on these new mantles? I have had the older original Aladdin mantles last for years without breaking. I wrote back to Lehman's describing the issue but never heard anything back from them. I'm discouraged for the future of Aladdin lamps if you can no longer get a mantle that will last. Have there been any improvements to the quality of mantles that are currently available? Thanks!
When i lit my first mantle and went to put the glass piece on i did it super carefully leaving it on the table and ruined my mantle right from the get go. It was very dissapointing how little it took. I was told they were fragile. But that was ridiculous. I still used it as long as i could but it keeps falling apart. I love my lamp. Really hate the mantles. From what ive seen they are 30 to 40 dollars now. Expensive... since then i bought another aladdin and it came with one of these older style mantles. It came tore up but is still together and in my opinion puts off more orange yellow light and is much brighter. So far i prefer the old stock mantles.
The blue-green mantles with the top black ring (on right) are very cheaply made. I bought some and they fell apart in areas when I performed the burn-off (without touching the match). Regardless of brightness, the older mantles (Made in Brazil) are much more durable and will last longer.
Gosh such beautiful lamps with an amazing amount of light output. Quite disturbing to hear all the negative comments and complaints about them. They just totally unaffordable in South Africa, never mind the cost of the mantle. Sad really in a country reeling from an very serious energy crisis with power cuts on average 4-6 hours a day.................oh well thats life I guess
In the 1950's my dad used to take us camping in Sequoia National Park several times a year. Without a doubt, his Coleman 220 white gas lantern was brighter than anybody else's. Lodgepole was a big camp ground but you could see our camp site from 1/4 mile away as it had the brightest whitest lantern. Pop hot rodded the lantern but he told me his secret was to buy the ''old'' mantles made before WWII as they were brighter. He bought up boxes of them whenever he could find them. Perhaps they had the thorium in them. I also use Peerless mantles on my Coleman lanterns these days as they burn brighter than he Coleman brand.
I just bought some mantles labeled "Aladdin Upright Gaslight Mantles" Are these safe to use? I've been told that the aluminum bases are prone to melting.
For Such EXPENSIVE and Beautiful Lamps YOU WOULD THINK they would go back to Brazil and get the Mantles made Right Again and Put the Thorium back in.......The Thorium DOES make it much Brighter and Will Not hurt you ....If your such a new age wussy that you are scared to death of a little Thorium then you don't deserve an Aladdin Lamp
Thanks bud. Waited 8 mins to see the difference in brightnes.
Your voice is soothing... nice to listen to...
As of DEC 2021. Cheapest mantles I could find was $25. Lehman's
Love the side by side comparison! Thanks for the very informative video!
Love my aladdin's and cant imagine not having them but I haven't had great luck with the new mantles. I've had two now that were broken right out of the box...and at 15 bucks a pop I hope somthing is done sooner rather than later. I usually buy them two t a time now kinds expecting one to not last too long.
Lehman's has been sold to another Ohio Amish group as of 2023. Not sure what will become of the Aladdin product line. I looked online for the past year wanting to purchase a few lamps and they were listed as out of stock. Finally found some at my local antiques market. Having to get creative in sourceing parts.
I think that with enough fiddling, you can remove the broken ash mantle and replace it with a coleman one. If that even works, i think it'll be worth it considering the ubiquity of them.
I wonder if you can repair old mantle holders by using those mantles meant for petromax lamps... Loving kerosene lamps I've wanted to try an aladdin lamp but they're not common in Europe and mantles are expensive. Once used they're like petromax very fragile. On the other hand petromax mantles are cheap and readily available. So therefor wondering if fitting a petromax mantle on an Aladdin holder is doable and with what result....
Can you please list the different part numbers?
This is a really neat video! I am guessing that the smaller mantles are less expensive to produce. Notice that I didn't say cheaper. Cheap referrs to quality and Aladdin are anything but cheap. Very nice quality!
Where's the light output comparison video?
A few years ago I purchased two new Lox On mantles ($15 each) from Lehman's for my model 11 and model 12 lamps. Within about one hour of burn time, both mantles had partially disconnected from the top supporting ring. These mantles were made in the Philippines. Is this a common problem due to defective manufacturing on these new mantles? I have had the older original Aladdin mantles last for years without breaking. I wrote back to Lehman's describing the issue but never heard anything back from them. I'm discouraged for the future of Aladdin lamps if you can no longer get a mantle that will last. Have there been any improvements to the quality of mantles that are currently available? Thanks!
where can I even get a mantle
Just
When i lit my first mantle and went to put the glass piece on i did it super carefully leaving it on the table and ruined my mantle right from the get go. It was very dissapointing how little it took. I was told they were fragile. But that was ridiculous. I still used it as long as i could but it keeps falling apart. I love my lamp. Really hate the mantles. From what ive seen they are 30 to 40 dollars now. Expensive... since then i bought another aladdin and it came with one of these older style mantles. It came tore up but is still together and in my opinion puts off more orange yellow light and is much brighter. So far i prefer the old stock mantles.
The blue-green mantles with the top black ring (on right) are very cheaply made. I bought some and they fell apart in areas when I performed the burn-off (without touching the match). Regardless of brightness, the older mantles (Made in Brazil) are much more durable and will last longer.
Gosh such beautiful lamps with an amazing amount of light output. Quite disturbing to hear all the negative comments and complaints about them. They just totally unaffordable in South Africa, never mind the cost of the mantle. Sad really in a country reeling from an very serious energy crisis with power cuts on average 4-6 hours a day.................oh well thats life I guess
In the 1950's my dad used to take us camping in Sequoia National Park several times a year. Without a doubt, his Coleman 220 white gas lantern was brighter than anybody else's. Lodgepole was a big camp ground but you could see our camp site from 1/4 mile away as it had the brightest whitest lantern. Pop hot rodded the lantern but he told me his secret was to buy the ''old'' mantles made before WWII as they were brighter. He bought up boxes of them whenever he could find them. Perhaps they had the thorium in them. I also use Peerless mantles on my Coleman lanterns these days as they burn brighter than he Coleman brand.
I just bought some mantles labeled "Aladdin Upright Gaslight Mantles" Are these safe to use? I've been told that the aluminum bases are prone to melting.