No, "if it's not German it's crap". Old SNL skit except substitute Scottish for German. German Lanterns are well made,I would opt for a bigger one. This, is the baby series. It's well known but I prefer hurricane size, more light.
My Feuerhand (= Firehand) lantern here in Germany only cost 20 euros. A replacement glass was 4 euros. I probably won’t need the replacement glass. It’s made by Schott, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemical and optical glass. And it is hardened and extremely temperature resistant.
Being a 74 year old Male and having inherited a couple of glass oil lamps from my German Grandmother I had stored them in my garage. Following a rather destructive earthquake and being without power for a few weeks, they became so valuable and useful.
Congratulations! You'll never regret buying a Feuerhand Lantern. We have four of these. Two of them are over 60 years old. I got these two from my grandpa. If you look at them in daylight, you'll see that they have been used a lot. But when you light them up at night you are not able to tell which of them are the old ones. They all work exactly as they did on day one. If you treat them right and maintain them from time to time, you can pass them on for generations. My grandpa (RIP) always told me "Good tools are going to hurt you just once... When you buy them." And considering the Feuerhand..."They are gonna be your light in darkness, when you need it the most." 😅😉 Miss you old man... Greetings from Germany! Peace y'all! ✌🏻
@Lucky-38 Hi, I wonder if you can recommend a good lamp oil too. I have asthma and am also very sensitiv to smells and would therefore love to avoid any sooty oil in my Feuerhand. Thank you in advance. 👍
Yes. I have a couple of old ones. I use them camping a lot. They burn forever on a tank of kerosene. I Hane large on that will burn over 12 hours. Also nice, the light does not seem to draw insects.
WT Kirkman sells these Feuerhands, Dietz, and their own brand out of California. These are much better quality then any of the other new lanterns available, and as good or better than the old Dietz lanterns. Thicker gauge metal, better glass, and better fit and finish.
was not aware of the name Lehmans but research shows it looks like a Dietz, and the description mentions Amish. Living in central PA, it will be interesting to ask how they refer to their lantern. We (me) calls the classic gas lantern with mantles a Coleman no matter who made it
You are not supposed to run the wick high creating a huge flame. That’s why your lamps are black with soot. Plus the soot will accumulate in the no room and discolour your ceiling and walls over time. You start out with the wick turned down so that it barely has a flame then slowly raise it to the sweet spot where you have the brightest light and no smoke. Dietz is a premier brand as well and they are made in the good ol USA.
Dietz Standard Grade Lanterns Brief History Robert Edwin Dietz first began selling whale oil and camphene lamps and lanterns in 1840 at the age of 22. Robert and his brother Michael patented the first practical flat wick burner especially designed for the then new fuel oil, kerosene, in 1859. The following decade Robert sold his interest in “Dietz & Company” to begin manufacturing “Irwin Patent” tubular lanterns after buying the defunct Archer and Pancoast Company from a receiver in 1868. Since that time the R.E. Dietz Company manufactured hundreds of lantern models, and pioneered the automotive lighting industry. The new lanterns offered below are not reproductions, but are a continuation of production on original tooling and presses, with some models now over 100 years old. The lantern division of the R. E. Dietz Company moved to Hong Kong in 1956, and all Dietz lantern production ceased in the U.S.A. in 1970. In 1982 the Dietz lantern factory was moved from Hong Kong into China. The R.E. Dietz Company was closed in the United States in 1992. For nearly 150 years, Dietz lanterns have been known around the world as “The Old Reliable.”🙂
Dietz lanterns have not been made in the U.S. since 1956. Vintage U.S. made lanterns are still available and are quite popular collectibles. You could go down quite the rabbit hole with all the variants and manufacturers. Look up hot blast, cold blast, and dead flame lanterns. Good luck!
Those sides are actually AIR tubes that help supply draft. You have to let these warm up a few minutes before you can turn them up. The extra air makes the flame brighter with no smoke .
That's true, One of my favorites didn't want to burn right, I'm wondering what the heck could go wrong with an oil lantern. Discovered that some kind of insect had made a cocoon inside one of the upright tube's and it couldn't draw the combustion air properly. I like vintage lanterns so now I check for such obstructions. Not easy to get out.
That's why I think the $12 one may not be as good - those may not be either functional on that one or given the handle is going into the tube not as efficient as the more expensive model.
Obviously the shiney re-engineers couldn't figure that out. Gives me a lot more confidence that their ships, missiles and aircraft are copied to the same high standards.
While lanterns can run on kerosene, you can (and probably should) buy lamp oil (which is usually marketed as some sort of refined paraffin oil) instead if you're going to use them inside (such as during a power outage). Lamp oil burns cleaner (less soot) and produces much less smell than kerosene. Kerosene's smell and fumes might not be a deal-breaker outside, but inside a building the smell of kerosene builds up very quickly.
My cheap Chinese lantern is at least 40 years old and still going well. A little bit of rust on the cadmium coating. Original glass. I used it for many years night time salmon fishing on the beach. One good trick with all these kerosene lanterns is to put a piece of aluminium foil between the glass and the wire cage on one side. This acts as a reflector and doubles the brightness on the side you want to use. They make good hand warmers as well, which a battery light can't do ;) cheers Rob
Comparing a Chinese-made product from the 80’s to today isn’t a fair comparison at all. China used to make quality goods. It was only around the mid-90’s when they started churning out absolute garbage.
I still have my cheap lantern I bought in 1970 for cub & scout camping, and hunting trips. At school, I could have use a torch like everyone else to travel between buildings at night, but they were crazy enough to let me use my lantern. I used the alfoil thing as well, as much to keep the light out of my own eyes as to increase the light. There was a bit of a drop on one side of the main route. to the boarders' residence (a Victorian era gatehouse).
Not to mention that on the 60$ one the side peice where the handle attaches actually has a use, it's for creating a draft so the flame burns cleaner. Unlike the cheap chinese one where it is just for looks which is why the handle is just shoved into it.
We had that problem; the leak was very slow but over a few days a ring of lamp oil was left on the shelf where the lantern sat. Until we discovered the German lanterns we switched to buying the cheap oil lamps with glass fonts. Later found out that the gas tank sealer you can buy from motorcycle shops worked well to seal the chinese metal lamp fonts (but it isn't cheap so better to just buy quality to start with). The Dietz brand lamps we found at the time (~10 years ago) were all chinese made. They were a little better than the generic from amazon or walmart but not as nice as the 60 year old one a neighbor had. German all the way for new production. Of course Lehmans would have them on sale for around $30 back then...
i can confirm this. got a couple small ones from wal mart.. the leak, though even the Deitz one i got off Amazon leaks though not as bad. guess the quality isnt what it was before
The handle will pull out of that hole at the slightest swing, then the globe will spill out and smash. If it drops 2 foot off a table it's finished. It will throw paint off the welds in less than a year and start rusting. It's the lantern for people who won't use it, they just like the idea of owning one. 😁
$12 for a piece of Chinese junk versus high quality engineering and product mfg for $60. Don’t be afraid to drop your hard earned money on a good product. Stop buying Chinese junk folks! Great video as always.
Absolutely! I have a couple of antique Fuerehand lanterns. one is from the late 30's, the other is from the mid 40's before East & West Germany split. plus I have a couple from the late 50's-early 60's, the Sturmkappe versions with the large tanks that give a burn time of up to 72 hours. all have an excellent build quality that outshines anything made in China.
Technology Connections did a video about Hurricane lamps (these ones). The name refers to the intended function of the shape: they're meant to work in high winds. TL;DR: the big coloured-metal frame arms on the outside aren't for aesthetics, they're meant to be draft tubes controlling the air inside the lamp. Hard to do that when you have holes in said pipes for the flimsy wire handle ($12 version).
The point of the air intake tubes is that both the exhaust and the fresh air intake is on the top of the lantern. The wind has a hard time to blow out the flame when both air intake and exhaust are in the same location.
Humans spent HOURS every evening staring at firelight; our brains are wired to respond positively to that exact frequency of light. LEDs on 'warm white' come close but it's not the same. No one sits around LED lights telling stories and remembering the ancestors.
When my sister and I were young, our parents would fairly often joins us in pretending to be "Colonial Family." Most usually in the wintertime. This would involve lighting the room with candles and the light from the fireplace. No television, no radio, just reading books by candlelight, making popcorn over the embers from the fireplace, and using a long-handled devise into which we'd put butter, two slices of bread, some preserves, and close it to toast the contents over the flames. We called the thing The Roaster-Toaster and its products Roastie-Toasties.
German here. First off: If it gets the job done, it’s the right choice. If you are happy with a 12 dollar lantern, rock on. But I also prefer the Feuerhand lanterns. They are nice to look at, they make for good ambiance…they’re just good. If I really need „oomph“ and a lot of light output, (eg in the garden) I break out the Petromax HK500. Those are absolute units. They are expensive and they are a bit of a chore to get going. But they put out phenomenal amounts of light. Not recommended for beginners though.
I absolutely love my Feuerhand (mine is in plain galvanized finish) and nothing beats these lanterns! Well worth the money!! Two suggestions: To remove the globe, lift the bail handle straight up. Note the pointy part at the top of the handle- place that into the fleshy part of your open palm. Now take your middle finger and grab the small metal loop on top of the chimney. You can now easily lift the chimney, to tilt the globe. Replacing the globe is tge reverse process and you maintain control of it vs having the chimney possibly slam down on the glass. Another pointer:: your red lantern's globe appears a bit sooty. After you remove and clean it with dish detergent, replace it and in the future, as for all lanterns, look at the chimney for black smoke which means the flame is too high and unburned kerosene or lamp oil is sticking to the globe. Keep an eye on the flame, especially when it first starts to warm up- as it warms, the flame size might grow enough to start sooting up the globe. I start mine low for 5 minutes before settling in on a stable flame size. Another manufacturer to consider besides the Feuerhand, is the WT Kirkman line- higher quality than most Walmart grade lanterns. But nothing beats the Feuerhand! And if you have money to blow, try finding a vintage Feuerhand Atom. Right now they only make the 276, which is small, yet nearly perfect. Enjoy the peaceful experience of your lantern!! --Ed--
Dietz is Chinese. The quality is pretty decent. The el cheapo Chinese lanterns don't even make tha grade compared to Dietz made in China. The Feuerhand of Germany is the Mercedes of Lanterns.
Yes unfortunately. Originally they were produced in Brooklyn by Erwin Dietz. Another great example for german-amercan collaboration. In the 50's the brand was sold and again in the 80's to China. As you are saying still decent. But if you ever should be able to get a pre 50's Dietz - buy it 😁
The actual Dietz branded are still pretty good, but the machines they are built on are now quite ancient. The German equipment is most likely less worn. I have a couple of the modern production Chinese Dietz; they aren’t quite as well made as those my grandfather had, but I am satisfied. Choice of lamp oils makes a huge difference as well.
I have two of the freuhand lanterns that I have been using for over a dozen years. I originally bought them ( also from Lehman’s- the catalog), because of the glass being able to be used in rain and snow, so I could see when I went out to tend to my horses late at night. My schedule made it so I didn’t get home sometimes until 10:30/11:00 pm and I had no lights at the pasture where our run in shelter was. The lanterns have always been wonderful. I no longer have my horses, but I do still use the lanterns in my house when I loose power.
Dont be ashamed for spending the extra $ on the Fuerehand lantern, theyr'e worth every cent. the build quality of them is far superior, and the materials used in their construction will leave the cheap chinesium ones in the dark every time. I collect Hurricane lanterns, and have a few Fuerehand lanterns. one of them dates to the late 1930's ( a 323, hot blast model , and the other is a little 175 Superbaby, cold blast style like yours, made in the war years ) both of them are in excellent condition and work as good as the day they were made. give your chinesium one away to somebody, and get another couple of Fuerehands, you wont be disapppointed. P.S., its pronounced foyer-hand, as I discovered recently. greetings from Australia.
I live in Ohio and have been to Lehman's Hardware in Kidron. It's run by Amish and sells many things Amish need. There is a whole room of just lanterns and replacement parts.
The Amish could make a fortune selling "survival manuals," since they live an 1800s life, that we may be forced to live, given the potential instability of the world.
With repetitive use, you’re probably better off with the better quality one. I have a couple of oil lamps but no lanterns. I have a few gallons of lamp oil and some extra wicks should SHTF.
I have absolutely no clue why TH-cam put this video into my list of recommended videos. I never had any interest in buying an oil lamp or any gadgets like this. Your video was quite convincing and made the product seem desirable to me … especially your appreciation for the warm light. I’ve just bought a “fire hand” Feuerhand - thank you very much 😂
Thank You for your Precious time and sharing this information. My husband and I live completely off grid and have gone through a couple of cheep oil lamps. We’ve purchased a few items from Leamans and have been satisfied. Now we’ll be purchasing the German lamp. Have a Beautiful Day. Warmly the Ross’s 👨🏼🌾👩🏽🌾🏕️
These are nice in a quiet way, but I regret the loss of my vintage brass Tilley lamp. That thing could keep you warm on a UK beach all night while fishing. And you could cook bacon above it for breakfast!
Tilley are great but replacement parts such as the vapouriser are nearly the cost of a whole new lamp and they are of the lowest quality. I have quite a few different models.
Living in a hurricane zone here in Savannah GA, I have been wanting a GOOD one of these for years as part of our survival prep. Ordering this one today. MANY THANKS for this !
My cheapo chino did exactly that. Was made poorly of thin metal, creaky, cranky, difficult to use, sooty and rusted & began to leak in just couple of years. I threw it away and bought a Feuerhand instead. Works well and I propably won't need to buy another one in my life. Unless I want more lanterns some day... greetings from Finland.
Nice video! I' am from the Netherlands, I have a 11 Oillamps and I used them a lot, in winter and on camping. i really like the warm light they give. In autumn they give also enouth heat. Feuerhand...prounouced as Foyerhand, feuer means fire. They are really well knowed oillamps, If you take good care of them, they last a life time and you can order spare parts. We called these types of laterns een stormlantaarn.
Here in the UK, I bought two of these fantastic Feuerhand lanterns. Never regretted it. They are expensive, but the are solidly built and have quality components which can be replaced with spares should you ever damage anything accidentally. Great on my hot tent camping trips and on summer and autumn evenings in the garden. I also own cheap Chinese versions, which, to be fair, have stood up well over the years, but just don't give quite the same enjoyment in knowing you have a solidly built, robust lantern. Also, my cheap ones are smaller than the German ones I bought, so the tank capacity is less. They do ok overnight, but need filling more often. I also know of friends who experienced globes cracking and breaking in extremely cold weather on the budget type lanterns. I have used my Feuerhand lanterns in temps down to minus 12C without issue! Last year I invested in two of the shades to go with them. Awesome! 😊
Air tubes are not welded nor tinned but pressed in place, precise fitting is necessary to avoid air leakage at the joints and seams. The last remaining hurricane lantern manufacturing in Japan is Winged Wheel which offers top notch quality products made one at a time with old equipment by the same family who started the company in 1924. The Czech made Meva brand is as good or close to the Feuerhand and can be found on eBay but I don't know whether they still are in business. Dietz has been outsoucing their lamps from China for decades now but vintage American made ones can be found online or at flea markets all over the place.
Meva unfortunately discontinued production of oil lamps in 2006 :-(... because of chinese cheaper "lamps" (prices comparise in 2006 is a 2:3) but You still can buy NOS lamps. Meva lamps (silver) is tin-plated, but Feuerhand are zinc-plated, all. (colour is a zinc-plated+ powder coating- better for corrosion -resistant)
Notice the different colour of flame? The German one is more white, while the cheap one is orange. The flame is burning much more efficiently on the German one. I would imagine its engineered to get more oxygen to the flame. And no it's not because the Chinese one has soot on the glass. What I said wasn't a guess it's matter of fact. A higher colour temperature means a higher heat. Soot in the glass is not going to affect the colour temperature to the point we see it in the video. Yellow means cooler white/ blue means hotter... It's a fact, not a maybe.
Cheap one is used and has a dirty globe so of course a new one is going to look better. German will look the same after a couple uses if you dont clean the globe.
I'm another 75 year old lantern use Dietz was out lanterns I still have a couple when we put a new wick in we trimmed the corners a little bit it just made the flame round up a little an didn't smoke much new wicks had a tendency smoke Great video I like the light it gives an we didn't have kerosene back then it was coal oil and it was 5¢ a gallon from the little country store out the road a little piece Just happen up on your video I enjoyed watching thanks
Seems pretty evident that the German lantern puts out a brighter light and is more robust, better quality to last over the years. Much more appealing to the eye as well. I would buy one.. Thank for making the video!
I've got one of these little German gems. They used to make many different sizes. Too bad they no longer make larger models. Fun fact: The Schott glass works that make the globe also make mirrors for some of the worlds largest astronomy telescopes. Suprax is their version of pyrex. I picked up a spare globe just in case...
The red one was made in Britain originally and named the Hurricane Lamp. It was lightweight and useful in windy conditions. Most of those which we used to use back in the 1950s and 1960s were simply uncoloured (that is naked tin!). Never gave off much light which is why the gas lamps that came in during that period took over. The alternative were the pressure lamps. These last were fueled by petrol (gasoline), the Hurricane lamps were run on paraffin (kerosene).
If it flickers it is up FAR too high. Counter productive as it blackens the glass which burns oil for nothing and over heats and can crack the glass chimney.
FYI, you can run Lamp oil in them also instead of Kerosene. My local ACE Hardware store sells Lamp oil. The wife prefers it over Kerosene. She has multiple antique glass oil Lamps in the house as backup lighting and house decor. I noticed less soot. 40 yrs ago, I used lamps like this. Saddling horses. Nowadays, I have propane lanterns or LED head lamps.
I love using my kerosene lamps and lanterns. My first lantern was given to me by my grandfather when I was a kid. It was his father's and dates back to the 1870's. I used it as a kid. Now it just sits on a shelf as decoration. It has the original globe, which could be used as a self defense weapon because of how thick the glass is compared to modern globes 😊.
So trifft man sich wieder! 😉 Bitte schreib, wo man eine original Feuerhand Sturmlaterne für 20€ neu bekommt. Das wäre dann meine Quelle für weitere Anschaffungen.
German here, tempted by the cheap price , i bought a Chinese lantern. The leaking junk messed up my floor. Ok, learning by mistakes…. Buying two times is not cheaper. Feuerhand, nothing else !
I'm not an expert, but in general there are 3 types of kerosene lanterns: dead blast, cold blast, and hot blast. Cold blast burns with the whitest brightest flame so it's the most popular. Your German lamp is DEFINITELY a cold blast: air is circulated over the fuel (carburetor effect), up the sides tubes without mixing with the hot exhaust gases. Hot blast mixes the air from the tubes with exhaust air so they burn with a yellow flame but are the cleanest (they're reburning some of their own fumes) and use the least fuel - as long as you light a hot blast outdoors you can bring it into a closed-up house with little or no odor. Dead blast lanterns don't add any extra air to the flame. They"re the dimmest and dirtiest. I suspect the air tubes on your Chinese lantern are fake and it's actually a dead blast.
FYI, "Made in Germany" only requires the manufacturer to perform three distinct manufacturing actions before completion. Not sure what those might be with lanterns, but look for three gouge tool marks on the back of your coocoo clock. That's a clock that was made in china, shipped to germany where a "craftsman" took a wood gouge and made those three gouges to justify the "Made in Germany" label.
The quality of Chinese products depends on what the company who orders it demands. Some go for crap to make the most possible money. Same with clothing.
The real German Cocoo clocks are only from my Blackforest home region, where I´m living. We manufacture these Original clocks handmade and 100% in Germany, the housing, the watch movement, the artwork. Prices starting at around 800 Dollars up to several thousands of Dollars per clock. If you paid much less, don´t seriously expect to got the real deal. Those cheapos with the fake "Made in Germany" labeling make me very angry!
Greets and love from Hamburg in Germany where the Hamburgers came from more then 100 years ago! The strongest oillamp on earth is the "Petroleum lamp HK500 from Petromax. Its also the oldest US-made Oillamp in history. Versatile applications as a stove or heater. The legend among kerosene lamps. Over 400 watts of light output, robust and reliable. Has been illuminating the world with bright light for over 100 years, even under the toughest conditions. Perfect for camping, trekking and emergencies. 333,00 US dollar is off course a high price but its worth it. Feuerhand means "Firehand" fire at hand. You spell it foy-er hand Frank
@@GearGadgetReviews I run German diesel heaters. Have fooled around with the cheap Chinese knock-off equivalents and there is NO comparison. Quality all the way!
I believe that German lantern is top quality. But I have an old Dietz from the 1960's plus a cheap lantern I bought at K-Mart for about 6 bucks. Both of them work well if using good fuel and keeping the globe clean.
Just bought a large galvanized feurhand nier $5. at the yard sale..it's brand new! Come on, people, get out and light your lanterns...lol..thanks for making the video.
I have many lanterns. If you are going to get one, please consider the Dietz #2500 Jupiter. It gives of a lot of light and a bit of heat. Due to the size of the font/fount/fuel tank it will burn for a very long time. 12 candlepower, and 75 hours on 80 ounces of fuel! If you want to get serious about Kerosene lamps, get a vintage Aladdin with a B burner. They are simply amazing. Thank you!
I have the same lamp in silver from Feuerhand, directly translated Feuerhand means “Fire hand”. These oil lamps have been produced in Germany almost unchanged for more than 100 years and you can also get replacement parts from the manufacturer if, for example, the glass should break. With the Chinese lamp you can see that the flame is too long and shines more yellowish, which indicates unclean combustion and that is why the glass in the upper part is dirty with soot. One product has a completely well-thought-out, high-quality oil lamp that will last for many decades. Others have something where someone just wants to make as much money as possible in the shortest possible time and therefore doesn't put much effort into quality. Greetings from Germany
For you, those add ambience. For us living on the Gulf Coast, those are the difference in having or not having lights after a hurricane. If you live in a Hurricane zone, you NEED these.
didn't have time to read all the post. The note about turning them down so the flame is pulled up through the slit. Also, with a new wick, you'l need to trim it a little.when you pull it down the right amount, you'll notice the flame is not even with an untrimmed wick. Both ends will shoot a flame higher than the center. I find that one needs to cut a tiny triangle of wick off at the ends. It takes surprising little, so go slow. When done right, you'll have a nice even bright flame across the slit.
You may want to play around with your wick adjustment more. There's a sweet spot in the height where you get a slightly brighter, whiter light with less fuel consumption.
This German lamp is actually built by the company that pretty much invented the whole petroleum-lamp technology, the company is called Petromax and actually has their headquarter in my home town
Use citronella oil for lamps and tiki torches, it keeps the bugs away. I have 4 around my bbq area and take them camping too. Just don't use inside, use regular lamp oil for that👍
Anticipating a hurricane a few years ago, I bought a Dietz 12". When the power went out for a week, the lantern was worth its weight in gold. Such a bright flame, though it was tricky to prevent a sooty, smelly start. There are a few techniques to prevent this, but youtube wasn't available to explain. They run for a very long time, and even heat small rooms. Anyone who is preparing for emergencies should have one and a gallon of fuel. That will last you for weeks.
I have two of them back in the 70’s and early 80-81 we put them on the barges on the MISSISSIPPI River picked them up every morning,cleaned glob ,refueled (desell)for the night watch GRATE LIGHT seen for at lease 3miles thanks 🏴☠️ Captain Boudreaux 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
I wanted to get away from Coleman lanterns whilst camping. I found the Feuerhand oil lamp online and bought one. I delight in the quiet glow outdoors! I bought 2 more for power outages at home. I have yellow to match my car whilst camping and a red and a blue one for the home. I like the fill bottle you came up with!
It depends on how much you want to use it and how long you want to keep it. If you would like to pass it to your children buy american and/or German/European
When I was a kid sometime around 1980 in Germany, we still had the big models with a huge tank as warning lights for street construction sites. I borrowed one, used it with the boyscouts for years, then camped some more years, and now my sister has it. Still runs fine. Very basic, very indestructible, everlasting lanterns. Love them. I never returned it for a reason.
I have a few oil lanterns, and there's nothing like the light they give. It's warm, comforting, and familiar. That being said, the Dietz lanterns are made in China now, and aren't the quality of the ones my grandfather had, or my great grandfather who worked for the railroad (he was Prussian/Polish, so yeah). You just can't beat the old ones that were cared for properly, or......the one you have from Germany. I loved the way the globe flopped over, securely, for removal. Pure Teutonic pride right there lol. "Vee vil do zis prrroperly!" is what I heard in my head, by golly. I happened to speak to a gentleman who was German about beer......we were conversing about different ingredients that were not water, malt, hops, and yeast. He was very nice about it, but it didn't qualify to him as beer. He politely insisted that "eet ees not bier!!" His exact words, with a smile on his face and an emphatic staunch statement. I couldn't help but admire the guy. He was so nice, but he wouldn't budge. I'll buy one of those German lanterns soon, as well as a good supply of lantern oil. I'm sorta stocked, but could use more. You never know.
I bought a Deitz la tern in 88-89. Only used lamp oil, never had any issues. The "made in The Peoples Republic of China sticker was still on it (2024. I just removed it. I prefer to use it when power goes out. My used it to work on his truck with a wind up before a storm. We both enjoyed using it. $20 back then, ordered from Cumberland general store catalog. Said it was made in Canada. Who knows, ii still works.
Although not an oil lamp, I am impressed with the Olight Olantern Mini LED Lantern. It has a nice warm glow like an oil lamp at lower brightness levels.
I've got a couple of those cheapy Hurricane Lamps, which I keep for power cuts. Had to use them a couple of times, and they work great. They also put out a bit of heat, which is a bonus.
Yes! LEHMAN'S is in Ohio and a lot of their stuff is AMERICAN or QUALITY stuff from Germany etc. You buy china and it might be cheap but USUALLY the quality is lacking!
@@GearGadgetReviews You can keep the chin-chin lantern as a spare but that Lantern from GERMANY sounds TOP NOTCH in QUALITY and worth the MONEY! Especially because of the GLAD that the globe is made from! BLESSED BE!
Aplogies for all the comments! Is Kerosene the BEST for the lantern? Or is something BETTER??? BTW? What colors available besides the BLUE on the Lamp from GERMANY? How about the lamp from china? ONLY "RED" ? (DUH!)
@@jtc1947I use oil lamps indoors at home on a regular basis. Kerosene works fine if it’s a quality lamp, like the Feuerhand or Cosmos type (round wick) lamps. I use lamp oil kerosene or Klein Heat Kerosene alternative as opposed to 1-K which has less odor. I never detect any carbon monoxide. Alternatively you can burn odorless paraffin or Firefly fuel (which is nontoxic). I actually prefer kerosene for some of my lamps because it’s cheaper, burns easier, and preserves the wick much longer (it evaporates better so I can lower the wick). I use kerosene in a Cosmos burner (it has a round wick) which produces a lot of light for its little size and very little odor.
When I was young a lot of people in the area still used kerosene lamps. I was told that in the days before kerosene became available they would dip up oil from natural seeps in the area.
@@iraqiimmigrant2908 The Cosmos burner (round wick) is the wick open in the middle to let air in for the flame? I remember seeing a large Hurricane lamp back in 1960's with a round circular wick that made lots of light! Seemed to burn very clean, couldn't smell any kerosene smell and that is what was being used in it.
I have a couple of those Chinese hurricane lamps. They are my go-to lanterns during typhoons when the power goes out. And yes, the color of the flame is incredibly soothing. The downside is the penetrating smell of kerosene. That is, if that smell bothers you. So long as there’s adequate ventilation, it’s not a problem. Can’t afford a German one yet, but I’ll get one as soon as I can.
50 years ago it was these Feuerhands hanging in every street construction site, (and in all households) difference, they were bigger with much bigger tank.
Lehmans has such a great selection of products, including replacement parts-which I recommend buying with your lantern- Globes, wicks, filler caps W.T. Kirkman & Feuerhand lanterns are quite good.
Used to buy Dietz Lanterns from Lehman's. When Dietz went of business bought 5 or 6 Dietz lanterns. Have not needed a lantern so not familiar with blue lantern. Enjoyed the video👍👍👍
Everyone except the old timers puts them up way too high. It's a matter of adjustment not brand quality that makes it smoke or not. If it smokes it blackens the glass and light can't get out, and the glass can get too hot. Waste of fuel and risks cracking. Just turn it so less wick protrudes!
Feuerhand,the brands name, means fire hand. A feuerhand lantern costs its money. Over here there's prices not under 30€. Even the older models from the 30s,40s,50s, though rusty as hell can go up to 120 to 150. BUT a feuerhand brand is a guarantee of quality AND safety.
Where tf did I land here... its 2:20 am in germany, eating my McDonalds menü home (McCrispy, 6x spicy nuggets, 20x nuggets) and meanwhile eating I´m watching an Oil Lamps review. good video
Hey brother. If I could afford a used Chevy, I think I would buy an old Volkswagen diesel instead! The old VWs are far better than the new ones. They run forever. Germany invented the Diesel engine and it shows I guess. I love old Chevy farm pickups but not for the city.
The Fuerehand can be found on Lehman's and also on WT Kirkman's websites for $49.99. My chinese oil lamp leaked almost immediately and was a fire hazard, my mother in law's Fuerehand is still perfect after 50 years of use.
I have several of the Feurehand lanterns. They are solid and work well. I have some oil lamps also. The lamps are nice indoors. The lantarns stand up to a very brisk wind. If you want to store materials for long term use, store liquid paraffin lantern fuel, it lasts pretty much forever, but it produces a tad less light than kerosene. Don't forget extra wicks! I also found some padded fabric cases for mine that ran about $9. Much less than the name brand ones. They make colored globes for them also. Red doesn't attract bugs like the clear ones do.
I inherited my Grandparent's German Deitz brand lantern (red). The local Ace hardware has them for under $40 new. Do you use genuine K-1 Kerosene? It burns almost 50% LONGER at BETTER brightness than "lamp oil". In my late Mother's Aladdin's Magic Lamp (her 8th Birthday present from Chicago Mail order), it burns ALMOST twice as long and wicks last DECADES. With K-1, the Aladdin Lamp puts out more than 3100 LUMENS or nearly the brightness of a 300 watt incandescent bulb (measured with my Sekonic L-398 light meter at a MEASURED 39"/1 meter). I'd say the Deitz is probably a little less light than a $60 lantern, but more than DOUBLE (and "whiter) the light of the Chinese cheapies. A decent kerosene lantern beats the sox off five or six CANDLES when the power is out, plus are FAR SAFER.
In my experience the Dietz lanterns are the best. With the Dietz you can trim the wick perfectly flat across the top and get a perfect/even flame, without any flicker or smoke. I've also had Meva (Czech) and Feuerhand lanterns. Feuerhand lanterns are certainly the sturdiest, but I've found to get the best flame you have to trim the wick by cutting a 45 degree angle out of the edges, and you have to do this precisely to get an even flame. BTW if you want to conserve oil, trimming the wick in the way described (cutting the edges at a 45 degree angle) is the way to do it on any oil lamp or lantern. The old American or Hong Kong Dietz are a bit better than the current Chinese factory ones.
I would buy the German also. Part of the price difference is the quality of life between the two workers. One makes a living and one is surviving. Cost doesn’t always need to be justified. You did great. It is clear to see German is made more robust ! I am on the same page as you.
Try This - I have had great success applying a ‘spray-on’ mirror finish to 1/2 of the globe. The lantern then throws 2X light in one direction. Globe has to be washed, then acetone clean, and *carefully* masked with paper & painters tape, etc. Mirror-perfect reflector facing the wick. coat the back of the mirror-finish with black-enamel paint to protect. Alternatively, on the cheap, you can fold a piece of tin-foil tuck it into the bail on the back side of the globe, to try this effect.
Everything about the German lamp including the quality of flame seemed better. If I needed 100 of those lamps, I might opt for the Chinese lanterns simply due to the price, but if I only needed 20, I'd choose the German lantern every day of the week.
LED lanterns typically used blue-white LEDs with a pretty high colour temperature. These types are the most energy efficient ones which matters when running from battery. They also tend to be relatively cheap. In my house I have those only in the bathroom where I prefer their slightly better colour rendition. Elsewhere I use type of like 3000K colour temperature. For a nice camping light I'd look for 3000K or even less. Sadly the colour temperature is rarely specified for LED camping lanterns.
I do it with gasoline for filling carburetors. The gasoline eventually melts the bottle. I expect kerosene will too. Make sure to dry it out every time you use it, it will last longer.
As a kid (maybe 10yo), I found one of these in my grandmas attic. It was a bit rusty after 50 years or so, but fully intact. Took me a bit of time to sand it, sprayed it with some blueish metallic paint (which looked great), fitted a shoe lace as wick, and got it running. The smell was really bad, but a nice memory overall. This thing should still hang around somewhere.
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In Germany we call this 276 model "Baby Size", its the smallest usable lantern. 60USD is more than double the price as in Germany...
kleines.
I would kill for a size 75 with the storm proof hood. The smallest lantern
Tariffs work.
@@edwardmmanns7454 Yeah, sadly for us Joe Averages they work ...
Yeah works for the goverment Not for the citizens though
German proverb: "Buy cheap, buy twice."
No, "if it's not German it's crap".
Old SNL skit except substitute Scottish for German.
German Lanterns are well made,I would opt for a bigger one. This, is the baby series. It's well known but I prefer hurricane size, more light.
I didn't know they still use them.
And become tupperware, bankrupt because it's too good...
may be but 12 and 60 there..
But 5X?
My Feuerhand (= Firehand) lantern here in Germany only cost 20 euros. A replacement glass was 4 euros.
I probably won’t need the replacement glass. It’s made by Schott, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemical and optical glass. And it is hardened and extremely temperature resistant.
Here in the US it is cheaper for us to buy it directly from Lehman's ($49.99).
Schott also made something like this? Oh my....
- Führerhand!
I have a "Verdunklungslampe" with a blue glass.
It's around 80 years old and still works.
It's also a Feuerhand (Pronouced "Foyerhund")
in jena, the home of Schott, we even have glass cooking wares like pots and pans. our water pipes used to be glass too.
9:43 the flame of the german lamp is barely moving, even "german fire" is disciplined, fascinating :)
As a German from Germoney I really enjoyed your comment!
Best regards!!
EU products are true quality.
every thing in germany is disciplined even cats ;-)
@@ralfheubner6054 ich Wette du bist der erste der unter Bundeswehr Videos kommentiert dass früher bei der nva alles besser war
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Dont turn it up so high, just a good flame. You get the same amount of light but a better runtime and less soot.
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Yes, and also keep the flame as low as possible until the glass warms up. That reduces the amount of soot that will condense onto the glass.
I thought exactly the same - we would "trim the wick" to a much lower flame and get the same light.
@@GearGadgetReviews They throw plenty of light. If a manual wasn't in the packing learn about trimming your wick.
@@GearGadgetReviews You have the flame twice as high as it should be.
Being a 74 year old Male and having inherited a couple of glass oil lamps from my German Grandmother I had stored them in my garage. Following a rather destructive earthquake and being without power for a few weeks, they became so valuable and useful.
earthquacke in germany?
@@Hajo-ti3ifhaving a german grandma doesn’t mean he lives in Germany.
@@Hajo-ti3if he never said he's located in Germany. :)
Congratulations! You'll never regret buying a Feuerhand Lantern. We have four of these. Two of them are over 60 years old. I got these two from my grandpa. If you look at them in daylight, you'll see that they have been used a lot. But when you light them up at night you are not able to tell which of them are the old ones. They all work exactly as they did on day one. If you treat them right and maintain them from time to time, you can pass them on for generations. My grandpa (RIP) always told me "Good tools are going to hurt you just once... When you buy them." And considering the Feuerhand..."They are gonna be your light in darkness, when you need it the most." 😅😉
Miss you old man...
Greetings from Germany!
Peace y'all! ✌🏻
@Lucky-38 Hi, I wonder if you can recommend a good lamp oil too. I have asthma and am also very sensitiv to smells and would therefore love to avoid any sooty oil in my Feuerhand. Thank you in advance. 👍
I'm 75 years old, and we used to milk cows with lanterns like this, they were called Deits
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Yes. I have a couple of old ones. I use them camping a lot. They burn forever on a tank of kerosene. I Hane large on that will burn over 12 hours. Also nice, the light does not seem to draw insects.
Dietz, I had one in the 1960's. It was blue also.
Older Dietz are good. The new ones are made in China.
My Opa passed down his Dietz lantern to us (that's the name of the company), thanks for sharing.
WT Kirkman sells these Feuerhands, Dietz, and their own brand out of California. These are much better quality then any of the other new lanterns available, and as good or better than the old Dietz lanterns. Thicker gauge metal, better glass, and better fit and finish.
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@ MATT... any thanks for the INFO!
They are a great company with really good products and parts.
The California stuff is usually made in China but drop shipped through some “ People’s Democratic Republic of California “ huckster!
Kirkman Lanterns is great for lanterns plus a huge variety of spare parts, wicks and hard to find glass globes.
Lehmans deals in high quality goods, they serve the Amish community
I own one of the German ones, much higher quality.
In what region? Ohio, pennsylvania or quebec?
Are Lehmans Amish, or Jewish?
The Amish make their own lanterns. Their stainless steel naphtha lanterns are top notch, but cost over $600usd !
was not aware of the name Lehmans but research shows it looks like a Dietz, and the description mentions Amish. Living in central PA, it will be interesting to ask how they refer to their lantern. We (me) calls the classic gas lantern with mantles a Coleman no matter who made it
You are not supposed to run the wick high creating a huge flame. That’s why your lamps are black with soot. Plus the soot will accumulate in the no room and discolour your ceiling and walls over time. You start out with the wick turned down so that it barely has a flame then slowly raise it to the sweet spot where you have the brightest light and no smoke. Dietz is a premier brand as well and they are made in the good ol USA.
Agreed. The china lamp looks like it doesn't put out as much light.
Deitz WAS made in the US, guess where its made now. But it still is a pretty good lantern, I have a couple 1 US 1 China.
Dietz Standard Grade Lanterns
Brief History
Robert Edwin Dietz first began selling whale oil and camphene lamps and lanterns in 1840 at the age of 22. Robert and his brother Michael patented the first practical flat wick burner especially designed for the then new fuel oil, kerosene, in 1859. The following decade Robert sold his interest in “Dietz & Company” to begin manufacturing “Irwin Patent” tubular lanterns after buying the defunct Archer and Pancoast Company from a receiver in 1868. Since that time the R.E. Dietz Company manufactured hundreds of lantern models, and pioneered the automotive lighting industry. The new lanterns offered below are not reproductions, but are a continuation of production on original tooling and presses, with some models now over 100 years old. The lantern division of the R. E. Dietz Company moved to Hong Kong in 1956, and all Dietz lantern production ceased in the U.S.A. in 1970. In 1982 the Dietz lantern factory was moved from Hong Kong into China. The R.E. Dietz Company was closed in the United States in 1992. For nearly 150 years, Dietz lanterns have been known around the world as “The Old Reliable.”🙂
New Deitz Lanterns are made in China
Dietz lanterns have not been made in the U.S. since 1956. Vintage U.S. made lanterns are still available and are quite popular collectibles. You could go down quite the rabbit hole with all the variants and manufacturers. Look up hot blast, cold blast, and dead flame lanterns. Good luck!
Those sides are actually AIR tubes that help supply draft. You have to let these warm up a few minutes before you can turn them up. The extra air makes the flame brighter with no smoke .
That's true, One of my favorites didn't want to burn right, I'm wondering what the heck could go wrong with an oil lantern. Discovered that some kind of insect had made a cocoon inside one of the upright tube's and it couldn't draw the combustion air properly.
I like vintage lanterns so now I check for such obstructions. Not easy to get out.
That's why I think the $12 one may not be as good - those may not be either functional on that one or given the handle is going into the tube not as efficient as the more expensive model.
Great info Thank You for sharing.
Obviously the shiney re-engineers couldn't figure that out. Gives me a lot more confidence that their ships, missiles and aircraft are copied to the same high standards.
While lanterns can run on kerosene, you can (and probably should) buy lamp oil (which is usually marketed as some sort of refined paraffin oil) instead if you're going to use them inside (such as during a power outage). Lamp oil burns cleaner (less soot) and produces much less smell than kerosene. Kerosene's smell and fumes might not be a deal-breaker outside, but inside a building the smell of kerosene builds up very quickly.
Another option would be a kerosene substitute called k lean heat which burns bright as regular kero but no smell.
Charcoal lighter fluid is even better, AND cheaper.
Lamp oil freezes faster then kerosene. But ounce for ounce. Lamp oil will burn longer then kerosene.
Lamp oil is no good your lamp will start leaking, know because tried it myself and almost thrown out my precious Feuerhand lamps.
@kirschy Thank you for the info ❤
My cheap Chinese lantern is at least 40 years old and still going well. A little bit of rust on the cadmium coating. Original glass. I used it for many years night time salmon fishing on the beach. One good trick with all these kerosene lanterns is to put a piece of aluminium foil between the glass and the wire cage on one side. This acts as a reflector and doubles the brightness on the side you want to use. They make good hand warmers as well, which a battery light can't do ;) cheers Rob
Putting a reflector on an oil lamp can create to much heat and make the glass shatter.
Comparing a Chinese-made product from the 80’s to today isn’t a fair comparison at all. China used to make quality goods. It was only around the mid-90’s when they started churning out absolute garbage.
That’s a nice trick for a hoodie lantern!
and 40 years later it is still a cheap Chinese lantern. You could have had a good one for 40 years also.
I still have my cheap lantern I bought in 1970 for cub & scout camping, and hunting trips.
At school, I could have use a torch like everyone else to travel between buildings at night, but they were crazy enough to let me use my lantern.
I used the alfoil thing as well, as much to keep the light out of my own eyes as to increase the light. There was a bit of a drop on one side of the main route. to the boarders' residence (a Victorian era gatehouse).
The problem with the $12 lamp is the base will leak or the wheel for the wick won’t work.
Not to mention that on the 60$ one the side peice where the handle attaches actually has a use, it's for creating a draft so the flame burns cleaner. Unlike the cheap chinese one where it is just for looks which is why the handle is just shoved into it.
We had that problem; the leak was very slow but over a few days a ring of lamp oil was left on the shelf where the lantern sat. Until we discovered the German lanterns we switched to buying the cheap oil lamps with glass fonts. Later found out that the gas tank sealer you can buy from motorcycle shops worked well to seal the chinese metal lamp fonts (but it isn't cheap so better to just buy quality to start with).
The Dietz brand lamps we found at the time (~10 years ago) were all chinese made. They were a little better than the generic from amazon or walmart but not as nice as the 60 year old one a neighbor had. German all the way for new production. Of course Lehmans would have them on sale for around $30 back then...
Ditto! My first one was cheap crap and leaked like mad
i can confirm this. got a couple small ones from wal mart.. the leak, though even the Deitz one i got off Amazon leaks though not as bad. guess the quality isnt what it was before
The handle will pull out of that hole at the slightest swing, then the globe will spill out and smash. If it drops 2 foot off a table it's finished. It will throw paint off the welds in less than a year and start rusting. It's the lantern for people who won't use it, they just like the idea of owning one. 😁
$12 for a piece of Chinese junk versus high quality engineering and product mfg for $60. Don’t be afraid to drop your hard earned money on a good product. Stop buying Chinese junk folks! Great video as always.
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Absolutely! I have a couple of antique Fuerehand lanterns. one is from the late 30's, the other is from the mid 40's before East & West Germany split. plus I have a couple from the late 50's-early 60's, the Sturmkappe versions with the large tanks that give a burn time of up to 72 hours. all have an excellent build quality that outshines anything made in China.
@@catey62The chin-chin stuff is cheaper but QUALITY ENDURES! Put your money into something that is going to LAST!
The Chinese lamps leak and the glass shatters very easily. They end up in the landfill.
But what if the Chinese junk is a Chinese boat? Oh, no! That junk is junk!
Technology Connections did a video about Hurricane lamps (these ones). The name refers to the intended function of the shape: they're meant to work in high winds.
TL;DR: the big coloured-metal frame arms on the outside aren't for aesthetics, they're meant to be draft tubes controlling the air inside the lamp. Hard to do that when you have holes in said pipes for the flimsy wire handle ($12 version).
The point of the air intake tubes is that both the exhaust and the fresh air intake is on the top of the lantern.
The wind has a hard time to blow out the flame when both air intake and exhaust are in the same location.
Great channel. He call Dietz fans "Dietz nuts" lmao
Yes the engineering isnt in the wick, fuel or quality of build, it is in the design to get the most efficient and efficient use of the wick and fuel.
When the "Too long didn't read" part is longer than the actual comment, does it really deserve a "TL;DR"?
@@basmus we got tricked :D
LED lights are wonderful but there is just something pleasant about the light given off from an oil lamp.
Humans spent HOURS every evening staring at firelight; our brains are wired to respond positively to that exact frequency of light. LEDs on 'warm white' come close but it's not the same. No one sits around LED lights telling stories and remembering the ancestors.
Soothing it is.
Also can provide heat .
Best for reading ghost stories in a rainy night.
When my sister and I were young, our parents would fairly often joins us in pretending to be "Colonial Family." Most usually in the wintertime. This would involve lighting the room with candles and the light from the fireplace. No television, no radio, just reading books by candlelight, making popcorn over the embers from the fireplace, and using a long-handled devise into which we'd put butter, two slices of bread, some preserves, and close it to toast the contents over the flames. We called the thing The Roaster-Toaster and its products Roastie-Toasties.
German here. First off: If it gets the job done, it’s the right choice. If you are happy with a 12 dollar lantern, rock on. But I also prefer the Feuerhand lanterns. They are nice to look at, they make for good ambiance…they’re just good. If I really need „oomph“ and a lot of light output, (eg in the garden) I break out the Petromax HK500. Those are absolute units. They are expensive and they are a bit of a chore to get going. But they put out phenomenal amounts of light. Not recommended for beginners though.
I absolutely love my Feuerhand (mine is in plain galvanized finish) and nothing beats these lanterns! Well worth the money!! Two suggestions: To remove the globe, lift the bail handle straight up. Note the pointy part at the top of the handle- place that into the fleshy part of your open palm. Now take your middle finger and grab the small metal loop on top of the chimney. You can now easily lift the chimney, to tilt the globe. Replacing the globe is tge reverse process and you maintain control of it vs having the chimney possibly slam down on the glass. Another pointer:: your red lantern's globe appears a bit sooty. After you remove and clean it with dish detergent, replace it and in the future, as for all lanterns, look at the chimney for black smoke which means the flame is too high and unburned kerosene or lamp oil is sticking to the globe. Keep an eye on the flame, especially when it first starts to warm up- as it warms, the flame size might grow enough to start sooting up the globe. I start mine low for 5 minutes before settling in on a stable flame size. Another manufacturer to consider besides the Feuerhand, is the WT Kirkman line- higher quality than most Walmart grade lanterns. But nothing beats the Feuerhand! And if you have money to blow, try finding a vintage Feuerhand Atom. Right now they only make the 276, which is small, yet nearly perfect. Enjoy the peaceful experience of your lantern!!
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Dietz is Chinese. The quality is pretty decent. The el cheapo Chinese lanterns don't even make tha grade compared to Dietz made in China. The Feuerhand of Germany is the Mercedes of Lanterns.
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Older Dietz are not Chinese. That cheap ones here has certainly is though!
Dietz isn't Chinese but all their manufacturing is done in China now and has been for decades.
Yes unfortunately. Originally they were produced in Brooklyn by Erwin Dietz. Another great example for german-amercan collaboration. In the 50's the brand was sold and again in the 80's to China. As you are saying still decent.
But if you ever should be able to get a pre 50's Dietz - buy it 😁
The actual Dietz branded are still pretty good, but the machines they are built on are now quite ancient. The German equipment is most likely less worn. I have a couple of the modern production Chinese Dietz; they aren’t quite as well made as those my grandfather had, but I am satisfied. Choice of lamp oils makes a huge difference as well.
I’ve always liked these style of lanterns. Had one growing up. Used it all the time.
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I have two of the freuhand lanterns that I have been using for over a dozen years. I originally bought them ( also from Lehman’s- the catalog), because of the glass being able to be used in rain and snow, so I could see when I went out to tend to my horses late at night. My schedule made it so I didn’t get home sometimes until 10:30/11:00 pm and I had no lights at the pasture where our run in shelter was. The lanterns have always been wonderful. I no longer have my horses, but I do still use the lanterns in my house when I loose power.
Dont be ashamed for spending the extra $ on the Fuerehand lantern, theyr'e worth every cent. the build quality of them is far superior, and the materials used in their construction will leave the cheap chinesium ones in the dark every time. I collect Hurricane lanterns, and have a few Fuerehand lanterns. one of them dates to the late 1930's ( a 323, hot blast model , and the other is a little 175 Superbaby, cold blast style like yours, made in the war years ) both of them are in excellent condition and work as good as the day they were made. give your chinesium one away to somebody, and get another couple of Fuerehands, you wont be disapppointed. P.S., its pronounced foyer-hand, as I discovered recently. greetings from Australia.
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You can get them for a much better price on Lehman's and also WT Kirkman's websites. $49.99 vs Amazon's $60.+/-
It is "Feuerhand". "Feuer" is the German word for "fire". It is pronounced like "foyer".
I live in Ohio and have been to Lehman's Hardware in Kidron. It's run by Amish and sells many things Amish need. There is a whole room of just lanterns and replacement parts.
The Amish could make a fortune selling "survival manuals," since they live an 1800s life, that we may be forced to live, given the potential instability of the world.
No, not run by Amish!
It sells items that Amish use.
The prices are better at Lehman's too - this lamp is $49.99 on their website, and their customer service is excellent (unlike Amazon).
With repetitive use, you’re probably better off with the better quality one. I have a couple of oil lamps but no lanterns. I have a few gallons of lamp oil and some extra wicks should SHTF.
lol. Just bought another one ….
I have absolutely no clue why TH-cam put this video into my list of recommended videos. I never had any interest in buying an oil lamp or any gadgets like this. Your video was quite convincing and made the product seem desirable to me … especially your appreciation for the warm light. I’ve just bought a “fire hand” Feuerhand - thank you very much 😂
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"...I've developed another obsession with something I don't need..." , say no more, I suscribed
Thank You for your Precious time and sharing this information. My husband and I live completely off grid and have gone through a couple of cheep oil lamps. We’ve purchased a few items from Leamans and have been satisfied. Now we’ll be purchasing the German lamp. Have a Beautiful Day.
Warmly the Ross’s
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These are nice in a quiet way, but I regret the loss of my vintage brass Tilley lamp. That thing could keep you warm on a UK beach all night while fishing. And you could cook bacon above it for breakfast!
Tilley are great but replacement parts such as the vapouriser are nearly the cost of a whole new lamp and they are of the lowest quality. I have quite a few different models.
The Tilley lamps are the Rolls Royce of oil lamps! They're still in production, and still super expensive, but worth every penny.
Living in a hurricane zone here in Savannah GA, I have been wanting a GOOD one of these for years as part of our survival prep.
Ordering this one today.
MANY THANKS for this !
Check out W.T. Kirkman for American made oil lamps.
Did you get one. Hopefully, you survived Helene.
The feuerhand is going to last 100 years with regular use. The cheap one is going to leak fuel in no time and drive you nuts.
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Chinese cheapos lucky to last a season. Even if that long.
My cheapo chino did exactly that. Was made poorly of thin metal, creaky, cranky, difficult to use, sooty and rusted & began to leak in just couple of years. I threw it away and bought a Feuerhand instead. Works well and I propably won't need to buy another one in my life. Unless I want more lanterns some day... greetings from Finland.
Nice video! I' am from the Netherlands, I have a 11 Oillamps and I used them a lot, in winter and on camping. i really like the warm light they give. In autumn they give also enouth heat. Feuerhand...prounouced as Foyerhand, feuer means fire. They are really well knowed oillamps, If you take good care of them, they last a life time and you can order spare parts.
We called these types of laterns een stormlantaarn.
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In German "Sturmlaterne" pretty similar again to you guys.
Here in the UK, I bought two of these fantastic Feuerhand lanterns. Never regretted it. They are expensive, but the are solidly built and have quality components which can be replaced with spares should you ever damage anything accidentally. Great on my hot tent camping trips and on summer and autumn evenings in the garden. I also own cheap Chinese versions, which, to be fair, have stood up well over the years, but just don't give quite the same enjoyment in knowing you have a solidly built, robust lantern. Also, my cheap ones are smaller than the German ones I bought, so the tank capacity is less. They do ok overnight, but need filling more often.
I also know of friends who experienced globes cracking and breaking in extremely cold weather on the budget type lanterns. I have used my Feuerhand lanterns in temps down to minus 12C without issue!
Last year I invested in two of the shades to go with them. Awesome! 😊
Air tubes are not welded nor tinned but pressed in place, precise fitting is necessary to avoid air leakage at the joints and seams. The last remaining hurricane lantern manufacturing in Japan is Winged Wheel which offers top notch quality products made one at a time with old equipment by the same family who started the company in 1924. The Czech made Meva brand is as good or close to the Feuerhand and can be found on eBay but I don't know whether they still are in business. Dietz has been outsoucing their lamps from China for decades now but vintage American made ones can be found online or at flea markets all over the place.
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Meva unfortunately discontinued production of oil lamps in 2006 :-(... because of chinese cheaper "lamps" (prices comparise in 2006 is a 2:3) but You still can buy NOS lamps. Meva lamps (silver) is tin-plated, but Feuerhand are zinc-plated, all. (colour is a zinc-plated+ powder coating- better for corrosion -resistant)
Notice the different colour of flame? The German one is more white, while the cheap one is orange. The flame is burning much more efficiently on the German one. I would imagine its engineered to get more oxygen to the flame.
And no it's not because the Chinese one has soot on the glass. What I said wasn't a guess it's matter of fact. A higher colour temperature means a higher heat. Soot in the glass is not going to affect the colour temperature to the point we see it in the video. Yellow means cooler white/ blue means hotter... It's a fact, not a maybe.
And its comes with a 3 way catalytic converter 😂😂😂
It might not be as hot. You need to let them heat up for 10 minutes. The air flow for the wick is pulled through those 2carms.
I have a cheap chinese one and the glass gets so sooted up so quickly it's not really useful. I think I'd buy one of these and give it a go.
I was thinking the same
Cheap one is used and has a dirty globe so of course a new one is going to look better. German will look the same after a couple uses if you dont clean the globe.
I'm another 75 year old lantern use Dietz was out lanterns I still have a couple when we put a new wick in we trimmed the corners a little bit it just made the flame round up a little an didn't smoke much new wicks had a tendency smoke
Great video I like the light it gives an we didn't have kerosene back then it was coal oil and it was 5¢ a gallon from the little country store out the road a little piece
Just happen up on your video I enjoyed watching thanks
Nice tip there about the wick.
Seems pretty evident that the German lantern puts out a brighter light and is more robust, better quality to last over the years. Much more appealing to the eye as well. I would buy one.. Thank for making the video!
I've got one of these little German gems. They used to make many different sizes. Too bad they no longer make larger models.
Fun fact: The Schott glass works that make the globe also make mirrors for some of the worlds largest astronomy telescopes.
Suprax is their version of pyrex. I picked up a spare globe just in case...
And lenses for telescopic sights!
The red one was made in Britain originally and named the Hurricane Lamp. It was lightweight and useful in windy conditions. Most of those which we used to use back in the 1950s and 1960s were simply uncoloured (that is naked tin!). Never gave off much light which is why the gas lamps that came in during that period took over. The alternative were the pressure lamps. These last were fueled by petrol (gasoline), the Hurricane lamps were run on paraffin (kerosene).
the flicker of these lamps are relaxeing
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If it flickers it is up FAR too high. Counter productive as it blackens the glass which burns oil for nothing and over heats and can crack the glass chimney.
FYI, you can run Lamp oil in them also instead of Kerosene. My local ACE Hardware store sells Lamp oil. The wife prefers it over Kerosene. She has multiple antique glass oil Lamps in the house as backup lighting and house decor. I noticed less soot. 40 yrs ago, I used lamps like this. Saddling horses. Nowadays, I have propane lanterns or LED head lamps.
I love using my kerosene lamps and lanterns. My first lantern was given to me by my grandfather when I was a kid. It was his father's and dates back to the 1870's. I used it as a kid. Now it just sits on a shelf as decoration. It has the original globe, which could be used as a self defense weapon because of how thick the glass is compared to modern globes 😊.
Self defense weapon😂
In Germany this „Feuerhand“ Latern cost Original 20€ (Euro) today.
Call your Friends in the Military for bringing one.
Greatings from Germany!
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So trifft man sich wieder! 😉 Bitte schreib, wo man eine original Feuerhand Sturmlaterne für 20€ neu bekommt. Das wäre dann meine Quelle für weitere Anschaffungen.
20€ ? das war weit vor Corona in Sonderangebot und nur die verzinkte Version keine der Bunten Pulverbeschichtete Lampen ❤
I know we Germans aren’t supposed to feel pride for our country but man do I feel it when I see something like this
man darf ruhig auf deutschland stolz sein. das heißt ja nicht, dass man die dunklen zeiten gut heißt.
das böse verachten und das gute predigen.
German here, tempted by the cheap price , i bought a Chinese lantern. The leaking junk messed up my floor. Ok, learning by mistakes…. Buying two times is not cheaper. Feuerhand, nothing else !
I'm not an expert, but in general there are 3 types of kerosene lanterns: dead blast, cold blast, and hot blast. Cold blast burns with the whitest brightest flame so it's the most popular. Your German lamp is DEFINITELY a cold blast: air is circulated over the fuel (carburetor effect), up the sides tubes without mixing with the hot exhaust gases. Hot blast mixes the air from the tubes with exhaust air so they burn with a yellow flame but are the cleanest (they're reburning some of their own fumes) and use the least fuel - as long as you light a hot blast outdoors you can bring it into a closed-up house with little or no odor. Dead blast lanterns don't add any extra air to the flame. They"re the dimmest and dirtiest.
I suspect the air tubes on your Chinese lantern are fake and it's actually a dead blast.
Edit: actually air moves DOWN the tubes across the fuel and up to the wick.
FYI, "Made in Germany" only requires the manufacturer to perform three distinct manufacturing actions before completion. Not sure what those might be with lanterns, but look for three gouge tool marks on the back of your coocoo clock. That's a clock that was made in china, shipped to germany where a "craftsman" took a wood gouge and made those three gouges to justify the "Made in Germany" label.
The quality of Chinese products depends on what the company who orders it demands.
Some go for crap to make the most possible money.
Same with clothing.
The real German Cocoo clocks are only from my Blackforest home region, where I´m living.
We manufacture these Original clocks handmade and 100% in Germany, the housing, the watch movement, the artwork. Prices starting at around 800 Dollars up to several thousands of Dollars per clock.
If you paid much less, don´t seriously expect to got the real deal. Those cheapos with the fake "Made in Germany" labeling make me very angry!
Bullshit. Your "Made in Germany" lable was pretty sure also made in china.
That cobalt blue lantern is awesome ! I have a collection of kerosene lanterns , so I can appreciate the quality of the german lamp 👍
Greets and love from Hamburg in Germany where the Hamburgers came from more then 100 years ago! The strongest oillamp on earth is the "Petroleum lamp HK500 from Petromax. Its also the oldest US-made Oillamp in history. Versatile applications as a stove or heater. The legend among kerosene lamps. Over 400 watts of light output, robust and reliable. Has been illuminating the world with bright light for over 100 years, even under the toughest conditions. Perfect for camping, trekking and emergencies. 333,00 US dollar is off course a high price but its worth it. Feuerhand means "Firehand" fire at hand. You spell it foy-er hand Frank
Feuer is fire.
Frank my vaters name is Wolfgang, BRAUNLAUGE HARTZ in usa they called him Frank. My MÜTTE ist von BERLIN Ellen 1921 und 1922.
DANKE UND LIEBE.
never compare " made in china " to made in germany " ...... german quality will always win ....
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I think "propaganda made in China" would win at the end of the day.
Deitz
Unless it's a war! 😜
@@GearGadgetReviews I run German diesel heaters. Have fooled around with the cheap Chinese knock-off equivalents and there is NO comparison. Quality all the way!
I believe that German lantern is top quality. But I have an old Dietz from the 1960's plus a cheap lantern I bought at K-Mart for about 6 bucks. Both of them work well if using good fuel and keeping the globe clean.
Just bought a large galvanized feurhand nier $5. at the yard sale..it's brand new! Come on, people, get out and light your lanterns...lol..thanks for making the video.
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Chinese lantern would give a job done, no doubt. but that german made will give a pride feeling those who own it.
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I have many lanterns. If you are going to get one, please consider the Dietz #2500 Jupiter. It gives of a lot of light and a bit of heat. Due to the size of the font/fount/fuel tank it will burn for a very long time. 12 candlepower, and 75 hours on 80 ounces of fuel! If you want to get serious about Kerosene lamps, get a vintage Aladdin with a B burner. They are simply amazing. Thank you!
I have the same lamp in silver from Feuerhand, directly translated Feuerhand means “Fire hand”. These oil lamps have been produced in Germany almost unchanged for more than 100 years and you can also get replacement parts from the manufacturer if, for example, the glass should break. With the Chinese lamp you can see that the flame is too long and shines more yellowish, which indicates unclean combustion and that is why the glass in the upper part is dirty with soot. One product has a completely well-thought-out, high-quality oil lamp that will last for many decades. Others have something where someone just wants to make as much money as possible in the shortest possible time and therefore doesn't put much effort into quality. Greetings from Germany
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For camping, you can put citronella oil in those lamps and help keep bugs away.
Never ever put oil or lamp oil into your Feuerhand they will start leaking
For you, those add ambience.
For us living on the Gulf Coast, those are the difference in having or not having lights after a hurricane.
If you live in a Hurricane zone, you NEED these.
9:00 It's a lantern it's not a stove. Turn the light down to save fuel.
didn't have time to read all the post. The note about turning them down so the flame is pulled up through the slit. Also, with a new wick, you'l need to trim it a little.when you pull it down the right amount, you'll notice the flame is not even with an untrimmed wick. Both ends will shoot a flame higher than the center. I find that one needs to cut a tiny triangle of wick off at the ends. It takes surprising little, so go slow. When done right, you'll have a nice even bright flame across the slit.
You may want to play around with your wick adjustment more. There's a sweet spot in the height where you get a slightly brighter, whiter light with less fuel consumption.
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You can also adjust the style of flame, by the shape you trim the top of the wick.
This German lamp is actually built by the company that pretty much invented the whole petroleum-lamp technology, the company is called Petromax and actually has their headquarter in my home town
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Use citronella oil for lamps and tiki torches, it keeps the bugs away. I have 4 around my bbq area and take them camping too. Just don't use inside, use regular lamp oil for that👍
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Snake oil. If only it worked.
Anticipating a hurricane a few years ago, I bought a Dietz 12". When the power went out for a week, the lantern was worth its weight in gold. Such a bright flame, though it was tricky to prevent a sooty, smelly start. There are a few techniques to prevent this, but youtube wasn't available to explain. They run for a very long time, and even heat small rooms. Anyone who is preparing for emergencies should have one and a gallon of fuel. That will last you for weeks.
I have two of them back in the 70’s and early 80-81 we put them on the barges on the MISSISSIPPI River picked them up every morning,cleaned glob ,refueled (desell)for the night watch GRATE LIGHT seen for at lease 3miles thanks 🏴☠️ Captain Boudreaux 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
I wanted to get away from Coleman lanterns whilst camping. I found the Feuerhand oil lamp online and bought one. I delight in the quiet glow outdoors! I bought 2 more for power outages at home. I have yellow to match my car whilst camping and a red and a blue one for the home. I like the fill bottle you came up with!
It depends on how much you want to use it and how long you want to keep it. If you would like to pass it to your children buy american and/or German/European
When I was a kid sometime around 1980 in Germany, we still had the big models with a huge tank as warning lights for street construction sites. I borrowed one, used it with the boyscouts for years, then camped some more years, and now my sister has it. Still runs fine. Very basic, very indestructible, everlasting lanterns. Love them. I never returned it for a reason.
I have a few oil lanterns, and there's nothing like the light they give. It's warm, comforting, and familiar. That being said, the Dietz lanterns are made in China now, and aren't the quality of the ones my grandfather had, or my great grandfather who worked for the railroad (he was Prussian/Polish, so yeah). You just can't beat the old ones that were cared for properly, or......the one you have from Germany. I loved the way the globe flopped over, securely, for removal. Pure Teutonic pride right there lol. "Vee vil do zis prrroperly!" is what I heard in my head, by golly. I happened to speak to a gentleman who was German about beer......we were conversing about different ingredients that were not water, malt, hops, and yeast. He was very nice about it, but it didn't qualify to him as beer. He politely insisted that "eet ees not bier!!" His exact words, with a smile on his face and an emphatic staunch statement. I couldn't help but admire the guy. He was so nice, but he wouldn't budge.
I'll buy one of those German lanterns soon, as well as a good supply of lantern oil. I'm sorta stocked, but could use more. You never know.
I bought a Deitz la tern in 88-89. Only used lamp oil, never had any issues. The "made in The Peoples Republic of China sticker was still on it (2024. I just removed it. I prefer to use it when power goes out. My used it to work on his truck with a wind up before a storm. We both enjoyed using it. $20 back then, ordered from Cumberland general store catalog. Said it was made in Canada. Who knows, ii still works.
Although not an oil lamp, I am impressed with the Olight Olantern Mini LED Lantern. It has a nice warm glow like an oil lamp at lower brightness levels.
I also use the Olantern Classic Pro lantern. I hang it off my rooftop tent to light up my truck bed👍🏻
I've got a couple of those cheapy Hurricane Lamps, which I keep for power cuts.
Had to use them a couple of times, and they work great.
They also put out a bit of heat, which is a bonus.
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I have some candles to standby.
Yes! LEHMAN'S is in Ohio and a lot of their stuff is AMERICAN or QUALITY stuff from Germany etc. You buy china and it might be cheap but USUALLY the quality is lacking!
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@@GearGadgetReviews You can keep the chin-chin lantern as a spare but that Lantern from GERMANY sounds TOP NOTCH in QUALITY and worth the MONEY! Especially because of the GLAD that the globe is made from! BLESSED BE!
Quality is the lowest cost ...the regular Joe from the street kills me ! All the American brand kerosene lanterns are made in China.
The prices are better at Lehman's too - this lamp is $49.99 on their website, and their customer service is excellent (unlike Amazon).
Aplogies for all the comments! Is Kerosene the BEST for the lantern? Or is something BETTER??? BTW? What colors available besides the BLUE on the Lamp from GERMANY?
How about the lamp from china? ONLY "RED" ? (DUH!)
I like kerosene, burns very clean. There are a TON of different colors they make for these German lanterns👍🏻
@@GearGadgetReviews I wasn't sure about the Kerosene as opposed to OTHER possible fuels ( FUMES etc.) BLESSED BE.
@@jtc1947I use oil lamps indoors at home on a regular basis. Kerosene works fine if it’s a quality lamp, like the Feuerhand or Cosmos type (round wick) lamps. I use lamp oil kerosene or Klein Heat Kerosene alternative as opposed to 1-K which has less odor. I never detect any carbon monoxide.
Alternatively you can burn odorless paraffin or Firefly fuel (which is nontoxic). I actually prefer kerosene for some of my lamps because it’s cheaper, burns easier, and preserves the wick much longer (it evaporates better so I can lower the wick). I use kerosene in a Cosmos burner (it has a round wick) which produces a lot of light for its little size and very little odor.
When I was young a lot of people in the area still used kerosene lamps. I was told that in the days before kerosene became available they would dip up oil from natural seeps in the area.
@@iraqiimmigrant2908 The Cosmos burner (round wick) is the wick open in the middle to let air in for the flame? I remember seeing a large Hurricane lamp back in 1960's with a round circular wick that made lots of light! Seemed to burn very clean, couldn't smell any kerosene smell and that is what was being used in it.
My aunt always said: "We are too poor to buy cheap".
We have had a Dietz hurricane lamp in our camping gear for many years. Currently Lee Valley Tools sells them for $55cdn and it always works.
I lived in a school bus through the winter in Maine with no electricity for years while building a house and I had the red one,still got it someplace.
I have a couple of those Chinese hurricane lamps. They are my go-to lanterns during typhoons when the power goes out. And yes, the color of the flame is incredibly soothing. The downside is the penetrating smell of kerosene. That is, if that smell bothers you. So long as there’s adequate ventilation, it’s not a problem. Can’t afford a German one yet, but I’ll get one as soon as I can.
The German one varies greatly in price dependant on the finish. Yours is 54 in the UK and the silver ones 34. The only difference is the colour!
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50 years ago it was these Feuerhands hanging in every street construction site, (and in all households) difference, they were bigger with much bigger tank.
Lehmans has such a great selection of products,
including replacement parts-which I recommend buying with your lantern-
Globes, wicks, filler caps
W.T. Kirkman & Feuerhand lanterns are quite good.
Used to buy Dietz Lanterns from Lehman's. When Dietz went of business bought 5 or 6 Dietz lanterns. Have not needed a lantern so not familiar with blue lantern.
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Looks like the German-made lantern was engineered with a more efficient draft to keep the flame burning bright and steady.
The draft is in the arms of the lamp
I have to say the best thing about the video is the genuine passion for the product.
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The German lanterns don’t soot up like the Dietz lanterns. I burn Kleen Heat in mine.
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@ drive about?? Pls advise? I take it that "KLEEN HEAT" is a liquid? Forgive me? I am new to the scene? Thanks Much
Everyone except the old timers puts them up way too high. It's a matter of adjustment not brand quality that makes it smoke or not. If it smokes it blackens the glass and light can't get out, and the glass can get too hot. Waste of fuel and risks cracking. Just turn it so less wick protrudes!
@@jtc1947Kleen Heat is a brand name for a kerosene alternative fuel.
Feuerhand,the brands name, means fire hand.
A feuerhand lantern costs its money. Over here there's prices not under 30€.
Even the older models from the 30s,40s,50s, though rusty as hell can go up to 120 to 150.
BUT a feuerhand brand is a guarantee of quality AND safety.
the oil resivour is sheet metal with crimped seams. the quality of the crimping is important BC a poor crimping job will leak fuel
Where tf did I land here... its 2:20 am in germany, eating my McDonalds menü home (McCrispy, 6x spicy nuggets, 20x nuggets) and meanwhile eating I´m watching an Oil Lamps review.
good video
If I could afford a BMW I wouldn’t be driving a used Chevy.
Difference there is not 12 vs 60 bucks
Hey brother. If I could afford a used Chevy, I think I would buy an old Volkswagen diesel instead! The old VWs are far better than the new ones. They run forever. Germany invented the Diesel engine and it shows I guess.
I love old Chevy farm pickups but not for the city.
If I could afford a BMW, I'd buy a good used VW SUV instead. ;)
The Fuerehand can be found on Lehman's and also on WT Kirkman's websites for $49.99.
My chinese oil lamp leaked almost immediately and was a fire hazard, my mother in law's Fuerehand is still perfect after 50 years of use.
If i could afford a BMW, i'd buy a Toyota...
Vintage Dietz lanterns (prior to 1970) will last essentially forever with even the tiniest amount of care.
I have several of the Feurehand lanterns. They are solid and work well. I have some oil lamps also. The lamps are nice indoors. The lantarns stand up to a very brisk wind. If you want to store materials for long term use, store liquid paraffin lantern fuel, it lasts pretty much forever, but it produces a tad less light than kerosene. Don't forget extra wicks! I also found some padded fabric cases for mine that ran about $9. Much less than the name brand ones.
They make colored globes for them also. Red doesn't attract bugs like the clear ones do.
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I inherited my Grandparent's German Deitz brand lantern (red). The local Ace hardware has them for under $40 new. Do you use genuine K-1 Kerosene? It burns almost 50% LONGER at BETTER brightness than "lamp oil". In my late Mother's Aladdin's Magic Lamp (her 8th Birthday present from Chicago Mail order), it burns ALMOST twice as long and wicks last DECADES. With K-1, the Aladdin Lamp puts out more than 3100 LUMENS or nearly the brightness of a 300 watt incandescent bulb (measured with my Sekonic L-398 light meter at a MEASURED 39"/1 meter). I'd say the Deitz is probably a little less light than a $60 lantern, but more than DOUBLE (and "whiter) the light of the Chinese cheapies. A decent kerosene lantern beats the sox off five or six CANDLES when the power is out, plus are FAR SAFER.
In my experience the Dietz lanterns are the best. With the Dietz you can trim the wick perfectly flat across the top and get a perfect/even flame, without any flicker or smoke. I've also had Meva (Czech) and Feuerhand lanterns. Feuerhand lanterns are certainly the sturdiest, but I've found to get the best flame you have to trim the wick by cutting a 45 degree angle out of the edges, and you have to do this precisely to get an even flame. BTW if you want to conserve oil, trimming the wick in the way described (cutting the edges at a 45 degree angle) is the way to do it on any oil lamp or lantern. The old American or Hong Kong Dietz are a bit better than the current Chinese factory ones.
I would buy the German also.
Part of the price difference is the quality of life between the two workers. One makes a living and one is surviving. Cost doesn’t always need to be justified. You did great. It is clear to see German is made more robust !
I am on the same page as you.
Feuerhand doesn't produce in Germany anymore
Try This - I have had great success applying a ‘spray-on’ mirror finish to 1/2 of the globe. The lantern then throws 2X light in one direction. Globe has to be washed, then acetone clean, and *carefully* masked with paper & painters tape, etc. Mirror-perfect reflector facing the wick. coat the back of the mirror-finish with black-enamel paint to protect.
Alternatively, on the cheap, you can fold a piece of tin-foil tuck it into the bail on the back side of the globe, to try this effect.
Everything about the German lamp including the quality of flame seemed better. If I needed 100 of those lamps, I might opt for the Chinese lanterns simply due to the price, but if I only needed 20, I'd choose the German lantern every day of the week.
LED lanterns typically used blue-white LEDs with a pretty high colour temperature. These types are the most energy efficient ones which matters when running from battery. They also tend to be relatively cheap. In my house I have those only in the bathroom where I prefer their slightly better colour rendition. Elsewhere I use type of like 3000K colour temperature. For a nice camping light I'd look for 3000K or even less. Sadly the colour temperature is rarely specified for LED camping lanterns.
Lovin' the ketchup bottle idea. That's a keeper. Thanks
I do it with gasoline for filling carburetors. The gasoline eventually melts the bottle. I expect kerosene will too. Make sure to dry it out every time you use it, it will last longer.
I'm also looking for the tips and tricks.
As a kid (maybe 10yo), I found one of these in my grandmas attic. It was a bit rusty after 50 years or so, but fully intact. Took me a bit of time to sand it, sprayed it with some blueish metallic paint (which looked great), fitted a shoe lace as wick, and got it running. The smell was really bad, but a nice memory overall. This thing should still hang around somewhere.
I have a Feuerhand, there is no competition compared with the cheap Chinese knock offs. Worth every penny.
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