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[genocache]

I've decided to go old school with my emergency/camp lamp. I am getting off the battery train and away from Coleman lanterns. I bought a hurricane oil lamp. I wanted an American brand Dietz, but found out they are made in China. So gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle led me to a German made brand Feurhand. www.lanternnet.com

The story is on my blog; https://poppageno.blogspot.com/2021/02/camp-lamp.html

Can't load a pic...... Oh well they all look the same anyway.

[Genem]

The hiss of a High Pressure Paraffin lamp is part of the sound-track of my youth.  Somehow they psychologically added a bit of heat to proceedings...

A bit more hi-tech than a simple wick ?

http://vapalux.com/category/m320/29/

[Larry S.]

I have some of the old Dietz lamps as well, from the '40s - '60s.  Oldest lamp I have - for outdoor use (and I do use it) - is a pre-WWI Stonebridge folding lantern that can use either candles or oil.

[Clifford Pope]

I grew up with Tilley lamps when boating. You could fit a different attachment with a parabolic reflector and it became a very effective directional radiant heater. I think the mantle was different - the light mantle gave a sharp bright white light, the heating mantle was redder.

[martinrh]

I think oil lamps suit land rovers quite well.
Pressure lamps are lovely, warm, bright and a reassuring hiss but I always seem to break the mantles, especially in the back of a land rover.
Obviously nothing beats a head torch for efficiency and oil lamps hardly give out any light, but they do add a certain something. 
(This one is Feurhand hand by the way, but I'm keeping my eyes open for an old Chalwyn)

[Robin]

I grew up with Tilley lamps when boating. You could fit a different attachment with a parabolic reflector and it became a very effective directional radiant heater. I think the mantle was different - the light mantle gave a sharp bright white light, the heating mantle was redder.

The mantle for lighting is made of silk or asbestos (I think), impregnated with various chemicals - used to be radioactive!!
As said, very fragile once activated for use.

The heating 'mantle' is a steel mesh which glows red instead of white. I've got a couple of camping gaz heaters somewhere, with reflectors, and a very nice pressure heater similar to this one, which I will restore one day!