Sorry I should have specified that mine is a Petromax. Supposedly
top-of-the-line, but bottom of the quality barrel. Don't fall for it.
When group camping, I've found it's best to provide a couple of bright
battery lanterns and let everyone else bring their own.

My petromax is for sale if you just have to prove me wrong : )

Jim

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have one of these lanterns, it's a piece of junk. Nice concept, just
> that whoever made it could not pull it off manufacturing-wise. Not
> dependable, does not work for long.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Wick kerosene lanterns are nice, and the Dietz brand seems like the good
>> ones. Wick lanterns are dead-quiet, not intensely bright or insanely hot
>> like a pressure lantern. No fragile mantle. I burn odorless mineral
>> spirits in them for lower-cost operation.
>>
>> If I was in the mind to light the entire campground,* I might get one of
>> these kerosene pressure mantle lantern jobbies:
>>
>> <http://www.stpaulmercantile.com/index.php?ref=MS&action=store&item=PressureLantern>
>>
>> ==============
>> * If zombie movies teach us anything, it's that bright lights at night can
>> attract unwanted attention. Chose your lighting equipment accordingly.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/31/2009 9:07 AM Loren Busch wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
>>> <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> � �Mr Knoll makes a good point about the warmth provided by even a small
>>> � �flame. I routinely light the inside of van with a couple small Dietz
>>> � �wick
>>> � �lanterns (http://www.lanternnet.com/dietz.com.htm).
>>>
>>>
>>> Interesting you should mention the lanterns, I just acquired one of the
>>> Dietz lanterns for the same purpose, have yet to try it out camping.
>>
>