Keeping things Lit!

[lazarus401965]

5 hurricane oil lamps,1 wind up lamp, more candles than i care to think about, head lamp

[Mr R]

Wind-up lanterns (LED), torches (LED), and latterly 72 LED Rolson camping lights. These are awesome. They chuck out light on minimal power. A lot will use candles-We have them. However, they are a major fire risk, because most folks in a power cut will use them. And most folks are stupid. They really are last resort.

I purchased two of these and a LED headlight, on your advice, from Rolston, via Amazon on Sunday evening - and they arrived this morning! What great service.

Anyway, the batteries are in and I am waiting for it to get dark, so I can have a play with them!

[rik_uk3]

Hurricane lanterns, Aladdin lanterns, Tilly/Vapalux/Coleman pressure lanterns, candles, LED of all sorts.

[Mr R]

Wind-up lanterns (LED), torches (LED), and latterly 72 LED Rolson camping lights. These are awesome. They chuck out light on minimal power. A lot will use candles-We have them. However, they are a major fire risk, because most folks in a power cut will use them. And most folks are stupid. They really are last resort.

I purchased two of these and a LED headlight, on your advice, from Rolston, via Amazon on Sunday evening - and they arrived this morning! What great service.

Anyway, the batteries are in and I am waiting for it to get dark, so I can have a play with them!

After using these, over the last week, or so, I thoroughly agree with jansman - these are well worth the five pounds, or so, that I paid for them. I have a glut of old batteries that need to be used up, so these are now being used in the hallways, as substitutes for the mains lights.

[Mr R]

a couple of 99p stores LED head lamps, candles, makeshift olive oil lamps (stock up on galvanized wire and the round thin lamp wicks at the hardware store before the winter comes in)

Nick,

Can you post the instructions for making the olive oil lamps (or the link, if you already have done so).

Thank you.

[Markwoody]

Heres a link to a handy home made olive oil lamp ( i havnt tried this yet ,looks good though)
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/201 ... -oil-lamp/

[Mr R]

Heres a link to a handy home made olive oil lamp ( i havnt tried this yet ,looks good though)
http://survivalsherpa.wordpress.com/201 ... -oil-lamp/

Thanks for that - I will make one tomorrow.

[jansman]

Glad you found the lights useful Mr R. I had to use one this week for the bathroom. The pull cord broke, at 10 pm! It did the job that night.

[junmist]

candles, battery touches, wide up touché and one paraffin lamp I'm still looking for another as they will be on show and I want them to look pretty thinking of a couple of hurricane lamps to keep stored just in case.