Review of the UCO Candelier
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- This is the review of the UCO Candelier Candle Lantern. You can purchase them from the links below.
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Good review! I've been looking into getting the three candle number for heating my van when I camp. Not sure about it yet, still deciding. What I gather from this is that it would *warm* my coffee (coldish from a thermos), but not boil water for a cup of fresh. However, you were outside in the wind, and I would be in my van with all the wind block that provides and ... sorry but I'd have put a lid on that little pan... even aluminum foil would work better than nothing. I really appreciate you taking the time to review this. Your test helped me form a better perspective on this item.
No problem and thanks for watching. Yes, I did do it to test how warm without a lid or wind protection. Without wind and with a lid, I’m fairly convinced it will get real close to boiling if not boiling. It also depends on which candle you purchase because each type puts off a different amount of heat (BTU).
Love my UCO single lantern. I have never played with the bigger model. I think it would be something to put in your emergency kits for the house.
Definitely. I know they make LED ones as well but it still requires batteries.
I have the small one for the house so far and look forward to getting the big one. We get a ridiculous amount of power outages in my hometown up in Ontario Canada. It's currently around -30 C w/ a big snowfall coming. This will probably mean another power outage. (No it's not typical in Canada, we seem to have an old energy grid here and the cheap asses haven't fixed what needs fixed or rebuilt yet). The last power outage lasted several hours. Our century old house has cast iron rads, so we stay much warmer w/ a prolonged outage than the typical gas furnace. It was lucky that I'd just made a hot pot of tea and had a full kettle just boiled. I look forward to having something that can keep us in hot drinks no matter how long the outages last. We need to get a woodstove, but the damn lefties make that really really difficult and expensive. I'm hoping that our defunct fireplace (the upper chimney is taken out and the fireplace opening is boarded) means we can grandfather it in, but I doubt it.
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc I think you should start looking more towards a Coleman lantern over a little candle lantern. A real fullsize White gas/propane lantern will put out a lot more heat and light. Nothing against this, but these are more for camping.
Thanks for the review of both lanterns, you are very kind to your audience and stick to the facts regarding the products. Looking forward to seeing more of your channel. Cheers from Australia.
Thank you and cheers!
Have them both, small is for summertime and bigger is for winter
Cool review, looking at getting the single for a survival kit. You could always place a lid on the water to get it to boil faster.
I just bought replacement parts for my single. Good gear to have.
Thank you for making an honest review. I appreciate the positive attitude.
Thank you for the kind words.
put a lid on the pot would help a lot as well
+embarado smithing and woodcraft yep. Left it off to watch with normal times where not all people have lids.
Yup
That would make a good cup of tea or coffee for sure.
Thank you, I've been eyeing these and your tutorial is very cool!
Dietz makes a nice lantern called the Millennium 2000. It is an hurricane lantern but comes with an adapter to place on top of the chimney which allows for either a small pot or pan (comes with both and a cover for the pot). The light it produces is 12-14 candlepower. It also comes with an attachment to clip to the bottom of the lantern along with four small "stakes" so that it can be better secured to the ground to prevent a tipover. A handy device for a quick cup of coffee.
Hi if you put a lid on the cup it would boil faster. Thanks Keith.
I use the big one to heat a large can of Campbell vegetable beef soup. It was hot enough I burn my tongue. I used a small aluminum pot with a top from Walmart.
It definitely has its uses. Small, contained shelters will be very hot as well with this thing.
Thank you for posting the review. Our non-electric emergency lighting consists of Aladdin oil lamps and Feuerhand oil lanterns. I can see a place for the candle lanterns as well. Again, thank you.
My pleasure. Glad it was helpful.
Saw a vid on this product where they replaced entire candle and holder with a single serve liquor bottle full of oil with a wick thru cap
Hadn't seen that but sounds cool...or hot. :) Thanks!
Excellent video. I have 4 of the singles which I can use separately or I have a metal and glass enclosure for all 4 candles and I use it like a mini fire place. They do a great job, but I really want to try the candelier now. Thanks for the upload.
A pound of paraffin contains 18,621 btu and is 29.76 cubic inches. A UCO candle is 3.5" x 1.25" and if it were a full cylinder, 7,214 of them would make a pound. Therefore a single UCO candle contains a bit less than 2581 btus. Three of these contain close to 7743 btu. They are meant to burn for 9 hours, meaning the heat output is 7743/9 or 860 btu/hr. This is a bit short of the claimed 5000. The 6" burner on an electric coil range produces 5118 btus, the same as a standard space heater. Another way to think of the amount of heat produced is that it is equivalent to 208 watts, which is not nothing. An electric blanket producing this much heat would be very toasty.
Very informative. Thank you
Great review.
I have the original one candle lantern and the micro that uses tealight candles, which are both great for low ambient light. I'm tempted with the three candle lantern.
Thinking the size of the pot might have acted a little like a heat radiator! A small 1-2 cup container with a lid would probably work fine.
Been looking at the covers. I have enough neoprene and aquaseal neoprene contact cement it'd be a breeze to throw together some protective covers. Could even add extra protection in the glass area.
Making your own covers would definitely be a cost saver.
Good job brother! Very good review and demonstration. I have had the single candle for years and always enjoyed it. It is amazing how well that cocoon does protect it in a pack. I'll have to check into the Candelier now. Take care.
I never got the big one because I didn’t like the idea of burning 3 candles at once. It seemed a bit wasteful and I’d just go to an oil lantern if I needed more light. Just my opinion. I do like the small singles though. Very nice products
Valid point. I used three different types of candles each with a different purpose in my more recent outings.
@@instinctsurvivalist I do like that idea.
I've thought about the same thing, but after I owned and tried oil lantern and Coleman gas lantern, I still walk back to this candle lantern. The traditional oil lantern I owned, or Kerosene lantern, will spill out oil if I didn't place it upright, and I have to put all the oil out every time I pack up and drive, which is not as practical as I thought ( even it is brighter than the candle). The Coleman gas lantern I own is a dual fuel model, it is super bright and super useful when on a big campsite, but is super loud too. So if I go to a small campsite or my neighbor prefers quiet nighttime, this is not a suitable option. So the "actually fire" type of camp light comes down to the UCO candles. I also bought the single candle model, just because of the packing size. If in the future I decided to DIY my own candles(so I can cheap out on the UCO candles), I will buy this 3 candle model just for a brighter and also quieter real firelight. ;)
I have the regular and the mini in different kits. Thank you for the video
+shovelhead8 my pleasure. Thanks for watching.
I half expected you to walk up to the lantern at night and have the pot still not boiling hahaha
Lol. Glad it wasn’t.
i would use it as a sake heater while enjoying Hanami
Excellent product!
I have the small one. I use a military canteen cup to heat up water for coffee in the morning and it works. Dangerous though because as you mentioned the big one has a retainer clip holding it up and in place but the small one is designed for backpacking so openens and closes so will close shut if to much water from the weight so one cup at a time im with two dogs out in the bush so works great for me
I dropped it a couple of times and nothing. I dropped my small one a few times and nothing but the last outing put a nice chip on one of the edges. The cocoons help as well to give it just that extra security here in the Rockies. Thank you for watching.
Thank you, great review, I will definitely buy one. 🙂
I have got 13.5 hours on a single candle with a continueines burn. I tried the beeswax and they melted inside the lantern hanging it up. Maybe they got the formulation wrong.
Hmm. I hadn’t heard of that happening before. Sorry to hear this happened.
@@instinctsurvivalist I don't know the specific circumstances, but it was enough to pull them from the market.
Wow! Was definitely unaware of that. You can look at time stamp on the video upload. Hadn’t been in touch with them for a bit.
I did hear there were some off brands of beeswax that worked. And a friend of mine actually made his own. It has to be the air that was in the candle itself. It wasn’t compact or tight enough to last long.
Durable as heck i Dropped my small one many times and never any issue in operation or anything break
Paraffin is petroleum. They produce CO (carbon monoxide)
totallyjonesin
The CO produced is negligible and not of concern unless you’re lying in a coffin sized box.
Put a lid on the cup
Valid point. Thanks for watching.
tall Al can cut in half top to bottom works for reflector / director
Good idea! Thanks
Just obtained a cocoon myself.
Nice. Thanks for watching.
Wish they still made the triple lantern
Not sure what you mean. The chandelier is still on their site as well as via the amazon link. Am I missing something or are we discussing a different lantern?
I think thier very cool thank you.
Yes! A lid! Elementary.
Thanks for watching.
Use a lid on the cup!
True. Thanks for watching.
Does the chandelier provide heat?
Yes. Keep in mind it depends on usage. In other words, it won’t take place of a fire but in a confined, vented space you will have heat. I use a candle and blanket at certain times and this would sweat me out if I used a candelier.
@@instinctsurvivalist thanks from the UK. God save the Queen
Definitely my pleasure from Montana, USA. Thank you for watching and God save the Queen.
A lid would help, the wind blowing on it didn't help either.
Thanks!
@@instinctsurvivalist I am already getting around to buying this stuff. I should have mentioned "great vid."
Well thank you. I really appreciate you watching.
Roll Tide
An “honest” review of a product provided by the vendor that had nothing bad to say about the product. What a surprise.
The device can not boil the water, but you won’t call that a failure. You should run for public office. You’re like a politician. No comment about melting wax, leaking, or any of the other common complaints that you can find all over Amazon reviews. What a joke. 👎🏻
While you are entitled to your opinion and thank you for watching, I’m not a vendor nor was I paid for this review. Again, thanks for watching.
Wind brake not 🛡 , I’m a real expert not a YouYuppie
Ah. Thanks for the clarification. It always helps when experts like you help others. It does a lot for the community.
Thanks
Put a lid on the cup and it will boil and in half the time. Without any need for extra crap.
It's an "emergency" SHF situation.
It also gives off a good amount of heat. Again used properly and as an emergency backup.
You can also replace the candles with 4 oil filled bottles. Which gives off more heat burns longer and brighter.
So you get light heat and a emergency cooker. Not bad......certainly not a fail. You just have to know how to use it correctly to get to best from the product.....like everything.
Great info and tips. Thank you Andy.
Try getting 4 mini liquor glass bottles. Empty the bottles, rinse them out, then use a glue gun to put them together on the candle lid. Use cotton string as a candle wick, then drill two holes on the bottle caps. One for the wick to poke through, another one for air vent. Fill the bottles with olive oil, and it should heat things up quicker to make this lantern a mini stove. :) Hope this helps!
Keep the wick super short so your flame won't be too big. If the flame is too big it will smoke and make soot.
Cool idea. TH-cam didn't like the link post...not sure why. But could you try putting the link here again? Thanks
@@instinctsurvivalist Sure! :)
@@instinctsurvivalist th-cam.com/video/3WONJDTALac/w-d-xo.html Hope the link works. :)
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I would have put a lid on that cup what you probably would have boiled if you had a lit on it
Thank you for the great review! The spring loaded candle originated with candle powered horsedrawn carriage lamps. I think one of the advantages of this design is that being enclosed in the metal cylinder creates a small, consistent pool of molten wax, helping the candle to burn evenly and at a steady rate without "tunneling" and other nuisance candle things. I'm guessing it may eliminate the need for frequent wick trimming. My carriage lamps burned trouble free with stearic acid or beeswax candles (regular paraffin candles could get hot enough to melt the solder in the lamp joints!) but the same carefree candles burned in regular candle holders were a pain in the neck! After watching your review, I'll probably buy one! :o) I've subscribed so when I do buy, I can use your link. Thanks again!
I appreciate the history lesson. Good info.
And thank you.
Can one candle instead of three be burned in the large version if that is all that is desired for that moment? I like the idea of being able to heat water on top of it. Thanks!
Absolutely! The other benefit is the ability to put three different types of candles in it (beeswax, citronella, long lasting emergency (8+ hour candles)). Thanks for watching!
22r
Such a well made video! Thanks so much! I subscribed!😊
Thank you.
Great review but as fyi covering the pot with foil or lid will expedite boil time significantly.
Put the lid on the cup, much more efficient, you are losing heat.
True. Thanks for watching.
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Yes sir! ROLL TIDE!
Great concept but heavily flawed. These are a real pain in the ass. A waste of time and money for me.
Hmm. Sorry to hear that.
Since this doesn’t work for you or your kit, do you use an alternative or just flashlight/headlamp?
I just bought my single today. Look forward to using it and experimenting with ways to increase metal surface area on the lantern with aluminum can cut out design mods to increase heat in a tent or tarp environment.
Good thought on the surface area. Thanks!
Tried for a frustrating hour to get their beeswax candles into the cylinders. I've given up, it's a toy.
The candelier is not optimized for stove use, there is too large a distance between the candles and the cooking surface. Perhaps drilling some holes in the top support plate would help. Not covering the water pot is a glaring omission. The candelier is too heavy for backpacking, but would warm a tent nicely for car camping.
Great thought on the holes. As for the cup, it was intentional to be without a lid to see what adjustments were needed and determine just how hot this thing gets.
As for backpacking…you are spot on. I wouldn’t carry that much extra weight either.
bad-ass!!!
i thought this was also to be a heater. Yes, put a lid on the pot. why didn't you do that?
It would definitely have decreased the time. For me it was to see exactly what it would take or how much heat it puts off. Method to the madness. But if I want it to boil, I'll definitely need to put the lid on. :) Thank you for watching and have a great Holiday season.
Suppose to be 5000 BTU if you will. No mention as a heater if you will.
I could see where it is and can be used as a heater. At the time of the review, I lived in GA. Not a big need for a heater. However, here in Montana, I might have to give that a try. Thanks for the reminder.
You're talking about high winds but the leaves behind you are sitting still.. That's funny thanks for the laugh bro
True. In that little area I had gotten lucky in that when the after effects of the hurricane knocked over one of my oak trees, the hand made tripod was still standing. It depends on the day but I had lost two tarps in that same spot a couple of weeks apart. They were secured and ripped at the connection points. Thanks for watching.
Had to have some excuse for why the lantern couldn’t boil the water. The product was provided by the manufacturer for the purpose of the review, so he didn’t want to say anything bad about it. Tries to boil water. Didn’t. Wouldn’t call that a failure.
The idea was that if you did a bunch of other things then it might boil the water. So the device couldn’t boil the water. It was a failure at that task, but he couldn’t say that. So....”high winds”.
Nice video. One question, Can the candelier heat a tent?
Great question. I have not used it in that fashion.
However, with the amount of heat it gives off, I could see it heating a 4-6 person. I don’t know about in negative temperatures though. I guess it would depend on environment.
It's supposed to be a 5000 BTU output, so I would imagine so. Also, there are hack videos showing how to construct burners that use oil or paraffin fuel for longer burn times and hotter flames, as well as het shield/reflectors to improve performance.
I had to spend the night in a late fall rainstorm, the Candiler kept the SUV comfortable, I always carry wool blankets but to have warmer air was comforting, I now carry two chandeliers now
and extra candles.
Very nice! I’m assuming the window got rolled down a little bit for smoke.
I hadn’t thought of using it in this capacity. Sounds like a test for the future.
Thanks for watching
Very good in-depth review no bull shit
Thank for sharing
I purchased the Candelier for winter car gear because I got stuck for 4 hours coming home from work in a white out storm on the freeway in OH. I did have a a candle in my emergency survival pack in my car. It, along with emergency tuna packet and protein bar helped provide some warmth as I cocooned in a blanket. I was thinking that the large candelier would be safer because it provides more light and warmth and is self contained with flame covered. I could make a cup of Taster’s Choice coffee if this ever happens again. I noticed your metal cup was very large and thick. Mine is not and the Candelier boils water quickly with a lid it and smaller capacity cup like I have - enough to melt instant cocoa or coffee in an emergency situation in a vehicle. Thanks for your vid! BTW: I do have excellent flashlights, but warmth is what is needed in this type of situation.
Oh wow! Great story. And sorry you had to go through that.
Thanks for watching.
$40 for a candle holder
Not quite. It holds 3 and can be varied between beeswax, citronella, and normal. Also my plumbers candles fit in it as well as some of my emergency candles for long lasting light.
Heat water, heat tent, a lot of bang for the buck. But I do hear what you are saying, “is it really worth that”. Preference but to me, yes especially for family camping.
Only thing I’d ever use the stove part for is saving fuel, If in reading and I want to heat up a touch of water for tea. The candle is lit may as well use its heat
Nice
Heat?
It does provide a moderate amount. The old trick of wrapping yourself with a blanket and using a candle works great with the single but this can be used to warm a cup of water as well.
Michael Bishop
Yes, thank you. It can heat a small space, but not boil water.