For Corsaire’s question: Why oil lamps if battery/USB lamps available?
Good Question….I have 3 answers. Others might have different answers. Since they ARE a pain to fill and clean…and yes, it’s real fire…. I wouldn’t necessarily use mine UNLESS
- I’ve run out of batteries cuz the Stuff Hit The Fan and we’re a ways into the mess. Solar chargers and renewable batteries would make that extend out a lot longer before I’d need to use an alternative. If rough times hit really bad, it’s simply another option of fuel for lighting that might be available – esp. if you’d accept stinky kerosene.
- If I needed the HEAT the big Dietz Jupiter lantern can produce…either in my house or in some pathetic attempt at a greenhouse up in our frigid mountains
- Cuz of nostalgia….grew up in rural mid-west. Some of my oil lamps are family antiques.
OldMtWoman …I do love the pragmatic LED lights but soft candles or oil lamps are ….nice.