Aladdin Mantle Lamps

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 -

Hehe, yeah, exactly my thoughts 30 years ago. Then I had a new mortgage, little savings and a career that was just getting started.

Now I'm retired, the mortgage is paid off and a lifetime of savings allows for more toys!

Yes, it came with this cool little rotary wick trimmer that removes the carbon from the wick and squares it off.

We used to have a lot of power outs when the city was growing fast, not so many now. I still have a few of the cheap straight wicks around with no oil in them. I'm thinking of getting a couple more of these along with the wall brackets just in case and also just because they look so cool.

I found this to be true, the lamp only smells when you extinguish it, never while it's burning. I'm using K1 kerosene as it and Aladdin fuel are the only ones recommended. So I'm going to buy the genuine Aladdin stuff at 4X the price of kerosene as they say the smell is even less.

Looking back I see I made an error. These things are not 3X the output of a straight wick but 6 to 7X.