I saw one of these at the hardware store 30 years ago. Thought it was very cool, but too expensive for me at that stage of my wealth. Last week I ordered one up;
Yup, a kerosene lamp that uses a mantle. Very bright too, I had to turn it way down to take this pic, they say 3X the output of a standard straight wick lamp and I would agree. I would say it's as bright as a gas (Coleman) style w/o the roaring noise.
Pretty cool -
Yup, a kerosene lamp that uses a mantle. Very bright too, I had to turn it way down to take this pic, they say 3X the output of a standard straight wick lamp and I would agree. I would say it's as bright as a gas (Coleman) style w/o the roaring noise.
Pretty cool -