I'd try and go for the standard size (9 hour) if you can. The micro is very compact and easy to get the tea lights for, but when they get hot and the wax has turned to liquid, the spring arms that hold the tea light can flip the candle over. This combined with the liquid nature of the wax and the holes in the bottom of the lamp, means it's not a safe place to be under it lol
I've just got one of these also.
Not had a chance to use it yet but the candles seem to be a bit on the expensive side, does anyone use any different candles in there 9 hour uco?
Cheers
Steve
I have used the (standard 9 houer) UCO Classic lantern for a few years. I can highly recommend them.
As long as you do not shorten the chain, they are perfectly safe to use in a tent.
The only downside in my eyes is the price of the candles.
Last edited by JEEP; 17-05-2013 at 04:45 PM.
Originally Posted by jacko1066
As you may know (Jakob) there are a couple of alternatives, to the genuine candle.
Firstly, UCO make a paraffin/lamp oil insert, that is a little more expensive than a pack of candles (about £14 inc P&P, rather than £4), but a bottle of paraffin will last you a long time.
http://www.touring-gear.com/products...mp-Insert.html
Secondly, if you can find a supplier of standard candles, that have the same outside diameter (or near as damn it) to the UCO candles, you can cut them to length and use those
I have read several reports of the oil lamp insert leaking, so I have never looked further into that option.
do the people that use these candle lanterns hang them up...
i know they have a hanging handle or chain [depending on the model] but i always prefered mine to be sat on something solid, like a bucket lid or on the floor. this way the liquid wax was less likely to spill on my tea light lantern.
you call that a knife...
found this out to my cost......matted fur on my trapper hat
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Uco's are good, but don't buy the cheap replacement candles, get the genuine uco ones. The cheap ones melt all over the insides of the lantern and its a pain in the arse trying to clean it out..
Someone bought me the Mini version UCO lantern but I suffered the liquid wax trick too, all over a fleece. Pain in the neck!!
Gone back to standing a candle in a mess tin. I buy ordinary cheap domestic candles and cut them in half so they're not so tall and wobbly.
Always hang mine off the hammock suspension, haven't fallen on the floor yet with it burning through. Like Jeep says, don't shorten the chain as it does throw off some heat.
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