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Today’s oil lanterns are primarily used today for their soothing ambiant qualities, as backup lighting in power outages, for camping, and make popular nautical items as well. They are often cheaper than the cost of modern candles, and safer to use. Modern lanterns commonly allow the use of either kerosene or oil as fuel sources, usually bearing a suitable wick is in place for each type. All lanterns share the same general ubiquitous design for the most part, differing in particulars of the style, metal finishing/color, and the quality of craftsmanship. The follow lanterns below were chosen in particular for their positive feedback from users among online retailers like Amazon.
Popular Oil Lanterns
21st Century Inc 12″ Black Lantern With Brass Trim
An attractive, light duty lamp that can burn kerosene, citronella, and lamp oil. This 12″ brass trim lantern It is ideal for interior decorative lighting, camping, patio lighting, and for emergency lighting. It has 12 oz fuel capacity, allowing for up to 25 hours of burn time, with a brightness rated at 8 candlepower. With a pricetag around $10 it’s cheaper, safer, and brighter than using candles.
Rotco 12″ Tall Kerosene Lantern (Oil With Seperate Wick)
This red metal 12″ lamp from Rothco, is the essential image of classic lantern design, standing a foot tall with a wired covered glass glove, and a full adjustable cotton wick. It may be used with lamp oil as well, but thinner wicks should be used in place. Overall it is a no frills lamp with solid construction, and priced around $10 makes for a great value.
Hurricane Lantern 12-inch (Uses Lamp Oil or Kerosene)
Hurricane lanterns have been part of America’s culture for over 150 years, and this 12-Inch hurricane lantern captures that rich history beautifully with its rustic stylings and finish. It is one of the nicer looking oil lanterns available. It makes for great mood lighting, adding a nice warm ambiance to the room, but also excels as an emergency or backup light indoors our out, when electricity is unavailable. Capable of being powered by either kerosense or lamp oil, its versatility and style make it a excellent choice overall, and is still a better option in the long run that candles.
About Lamp Oil
For interior and patio lighting, is recommended to use specialty ‘Lamp Oil‘ also known as liquid parafin,[1] which will likely be different that the kind of generic lamp oil you’d find in a gift shop. It is a highly refined and purified kerosene fluid that burns clean without emitting smoke or odors, unlike standard kerosene. Hollowick has been the de facto in liquid parafin since the 70′s, and Lamplight farms also makes a good ultra-pure parrafin lamp oil. It’s more expensive than kerosene, but absolutely worth it when using oil lanterns indoors.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_paraffin