Quote Originally Posted by zzzippper View Post
I looked for these on Amazon and came up with a bunch of brass Genie type brass things. Are you talking about what we used to call hurricane lamps with wicks that run on oil? I don't remember them being that hot.
Aladdin lamps put out light of a 60W bulb and are good for 2500-2800 BTU. And they are safe compared to a coleman. They use a mantle and if you look at my link there are pictures between them and a wick type hurricane lamp. Way back when we had the power go out one night. The upstairs was 68 and it was like 20 outside. 3 hours later it was 15 or so outside and the upstairs was 70.

That was with 2 lamps and our place was lit just fine. The neighbors asked the next day if I had a generator because the living room looked normal. I have used one in the camper as well when I used to camp in the fall. I keep 15gl of K1 on hand for them. They are the brightest non pressurized lamps available.

I also am prone to using them in the winter to read by. No they are not cheap but one does find a deal now and then. I keep spares and even have an extra lamp. My two lamps.