Lanterns, Lamps and Lights. What I use for Bushcraft, Camping and Backpacking

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In this video I will be going through the lanterns, lamps, torches (flashlights) and head torches that I use for bushcraft overnight camps, wild camps and backpacking trips.
Starting with the good old paraffin or kerosene lamps, candle lanterns and a gas lantern, I then show you my battery powered torches, markers, small reading lamps and a few of my head-torches. I will show you how to use each model and compare the brightness and usability of each one.
I hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching!
Links
Feuerhand 276 Baby Special
www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/f...
UCO Original Candle Lantern
www.ucogear.com/candle-lanter...
UCO Micro Candle Lantern (no longer available, link is for the mini lantern)
www.ucogear.com/candle-lanter...
Mini Maglite
www.amazon.co.uk/Maglite-Mini...
LED Lenser L7
www.amazon.co.uk/Ledlenser-Li...
Petzl Tikkina Head Torch
www.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/CLA...
Petzl Tikka Head Torch
www.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/CLA...
Olight H1R Nova Head Torch (Quote ‘Simon10’ for a 10% discount!)
bit.ly/OlightUK_H1R
NiteIze SpotLit
www.niteize.com/product/spotl...
NiteIze BugLit
www.niteize.com/product/BugLi...
Nebo 6160 Lumo Lamp
www.amazon.co.uk/Nebo-Brillia...
Nitestik Safety Marker
www.nitestik.eu/en/
Classic Pressure Lamps - Online resource for old lamps and lanterns
classicpressurelamps.com
The Fettlebox - Specialist online stockist of lamp parts, mantles etc.
fettlebox.co.uk
Merchandise - Patches and Stickers
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ablokein...
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Music:
All good in the wood By Audionautix
Daley’s Reel By Nat Keefe and The Bow Ties

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@martinoutdoors6941 5 жыл бұрын

Love them old Tilly lamps, I used to work on British Rail back in the day and remember whole night shifts illuminated by rows of them all hissing away...👍

@johnlorraine4978 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. This was exactly what I needed to prepare for the eventually of a black out....

@natfoote4967 3 жыл бұрын

The second example of lanterns is a very old style, and it was originally made to burn K-1 kerosene, also known as white kerosene. However, you will get a cleaner burn if you use lamp oil, as it is a more refined paraffin product, and so emits less smoke and smell. Having sold and serviced kerosene heaters I can assure you this; always bring along a spare wick in a zip-tight bag. If a wick gets wet it will not work, and humidity tends to accumulate in the wick and in the tank. When storing for long periods they should be emptied, left open and have the wick removed and discarded.

@squashum778 8 ай бұрын

Great summary, I really ‘ get ‘ the appeal of the lanterns, I’ve recently bought some and looking forward to testing them out. Cheers

@PeterEmery 5 жыл бұрын

I used to work for a communications carrier, we were all issued with a pair of the wick-type kero lamps for their heating capacity. Hung beneath an opened section of lead-sheathed paper-insulated telephone cable, they would emit enough heat to keep the paper insulation dry preventing moisture buildup after the sheathes were plumbed shut with a tin/copper solder stick ot three.

@KimberlyGreen 5 жыл бұрын

This was a very illuminating video.

@jamesellsworth9673 5 жыл бұрын

Gasp!...Cough...Cough!

@andykjohnsonjohnson7622 5 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you have shown you the light and hopefully brightened your day! 😂😁

@hermit6208 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I see what you did there. 😉

@FfblastBlogspot 5 жыл бұрын

Badum tsss

@breifne555 4 жыл бұрын

Good to see you're a fellow sufferer of paraffinitis Simon. I'm a lover of lamps, stoves, Lavvus and canoes etc too. Nice video...nothing like a lamp tree. I used all this stuff as a kid so they are a great memory trigger of when the world was simpler. Brilliant channel by the way...hooked.

@leewaddell8561 2 жыл бұрын

Pressure lamps are a labor of love..

@carmell51 Жыл бұрын

I have always enjoyed those beautiful paintings by Thomas Kincaid and his use of light. Light conveys so much good!

@Mullers1 5 ай бұрын

I did some dodgy maths & figured that a litre of paraffin is about £2.50 & could output 60hrs of light in a Feuerhand. a UCO candle is £3 if you're lucky & provides 9 hours of light. The feuerhand delivers light at 4p per hour whilst a UCO is going to be 33p per hour, over 8x more expensive than paraffin. I love my Feuerhand baby special 276.

@dilligaf7321 5 жыл бұрын

Great collection, thank you for sharing ,I'm kind of old school myself ,but I have a lot of solar powered, have a blessed day🚦🖒🇺🇸

@EifelWandern 5 жыл бұрын

Dear Simon, thanks for showing all your different and usefull camp lights. The introducing of these Paraffin lantern made by Feuerhand (Foyer-hunt), makes me remembering times in the early 80ties. My dad had used two of them in red, standing on little pedestrials just on the wall, beside the garden bench. Stay healthy and "Good path" from the Lower Mountain Range the Eifel. Alex

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

They’re great aren’t they! Thanks for the pointer on pronouncing Feuerhand too! The German language isn’t my strong point!! 😂😁👍 cheers Alex!

@johnlorraine4978 Жыл бұрын

Grüß aus Düren :))

@RedswedeOutdoors 5 жыл бұрын

The ol' Feuerhand is really a favourite. Makes me really nostalgic about my time with the boy scouts. We're talking back in the days... Cheers!

@frankconley6321 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, turned low a good one would last all night at the outhouse (Boy Scouts)

@shiralleehaggart72 6 ай бұрын

Love this video. I enjoyed you show us all theses Lanterns and torches. I have always had a fascinating for lights. I have never camped out anywhere but would love to try it some day. Thanks for this video Simon.

@purleybelter7344 Жыл бұрын

Great vidio. Really nice collection

@martyharless5097 4 жыл бұрын

I use an empty white opaque pill bottle and put it over the end of my Mini Maglite. It fits snug over the head so it doesn't fall off and hung from the inside of a tent gives a nice light to illuminate the whole tent with a soft white light. It works well as an anchor light for a boat as well.

@simonablokeinthewoods 4 жыл бұрын

Genius idea! Thank you. 👍👍

@martyharless5097 4 жыл бұрын

@@simonablokeinthewoods it may sound like a genius idea to you but it took me decades to even think about it. I've had maglites for decades now and I've been camping for decades and I just thought about it only less than a year ago. I'm a little bit slow. I think what made me think about it was an anchor light for my boat which uses an opaque white lens and then seeing my pill bottles in the cabinet and one of them happened to fit just perfectly over the head of a Maglite nice and snug. A little bit of kerosene or lamp oil or charcoal fluid will remove labels very nicely. Take a paper towel or napkin and wrap it around the bottle and squirt a little bit of the fuel on it and let it sit for a while. After maybe a couple of hours or so you can peel the label right off and then clean up all of the adhesive goo with the same paper towel. Thanks for uploading your videos. If it were not for people doing that they would be left to coming up with ideas on their own which can be few and far between.

@kevinthewanderingwoodchuck2586 5 жыл бұрын

I love that little Limo light! Never seen that before? At least not in my local gear shops. Your time is greatly appreciated Simon. Thanks so much for sharing friend.

@johnpotter4750 4 жыл бұрын

I like the Lumo, ideal. But coin batteries and 5hours, no !

@merlinch4256 5 жыл бұрын

One can put the Mini Maglite rear part into its reflector (candle use), which then works as a base. Thanks, Simon... as I feel a lot less lonely about stoves and lights 😁

@garyherring2485 2 жыл бұрын

My kind of video like 👍 flashlight 🔦 great options to use thank you so much 😀🎈🎈🎈🎆 bushcraft is great enjoyment to do.

@samuelquinn6198 5 жыл бұрын

Love the lanterns and the music Simon , nice to see the collection

@TrinityRidge1959 5 жыл бұрын

I love all alluminating lights and the mood it creates.

@MarcusHorne1 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Simon, thanks for putting the effort in to making it - very enjoyable to watch

@terrysouthwell2165 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon, another great video. Whilst serving in the army years ago we relied upon the pressurised lamps a great deal (HPP lamps), but we never had access to two fuels, we would pre-heat by placing a lump of hexi-block inside and lighting it, always worked a treat!

@sueelphick9060 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this my favourites are the hurricane lights bring back happy memories of camps in North Wales too long ago to admit !!! Love your channel keep up the excellent work ....

@roberts6219 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Simon great collection of lights you have got.Thanks for sharing!!

@Kenbur 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly one year late in viewing - I am not very far from done watching them all☺🙂 - I too love the pressurized lamps - mine was the Coleman growing up. I just had to pump it up and then light that mantle - which when I was a kid I seem to remember watching it crumble a few times when Dad would let me light it. He never got upset but always had a couple extra to tie on. Of course, as I got older I had figured out how to do it without even thinking about it. Then I would sit and read by the lantern and swat bugs who were attracted to the light. I remember swatting June bugs out of the air as they flew toward the lantern and listening to them smack the table, ground, or trees in the surrounding darkness. Too long a comment I know - my excuse - great memories have you brought to this old man with the hissing lanterns on a night of camping. cheers - and thanks once again

@simonablokeinthewoods 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken - nostalgic things they are! The smell of those kerosene lamps brings back floods of memories! 👍🔥

@stellarhodes4162 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful comparison. That Olight is amazing! Thanks, Simon!

@teekrboo 5 жыл бұрын

A man after my own heart with a light fetish. Ive got all the same ones. Nice to see them all used together. Your right about the pressure lanterns. The light, the warmth and the gentle hiss, very hypnotic, actually i think i'll go off to light one now. Cheers Simon

@karlmckernan4476 5 жыл бұрын

Great video mate, I’m a gear nerd and love to see your videos on different pieces of kit. Cheers from Australia.

@lukuscarter3563 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice warm light that those lanterns put out. Thank you for sharing.

@andrewforrest8592 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video of your Lanterns , Lamps and Lights they were all great , I like the hissing of the paraffin Lanterns when I go camp, take care Simon

@finnbriody5387 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon fantastic video on different lights, top man Padraig in Tipperary

@geeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz Жыл бұрын

Impressed, entertained and informed by that nice little film. Great job.

@soloadventures9273 5 жыл бұрын

Great video again Simon!! I’m currently preparing for my first camp video and people like you have been a huge inspiration! Very informative and easy to watch. Many thanks!!

@shaunmccaw2911 5 жыл бұрын

Love the old school paraffin wick one aswell and the led lights but each to their own 👍

@Standswithabeer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the effort you put into this video. Very nice. :)

@exiletsj2570 5 жыл бұрын

These gear possibilities videos are so useful, for outdoor newbies such as myself. Please keep doing them, for your different kit elements.

@redsquirrelrichard8780 5 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy your videos , some reel innovative lights and torches.

@peterfenton9516 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon great video as always very enlightening excuse the pun .... The old paraffin lights look great nice to see something so lovingly restored.. 👍👍Keep up the good work looking forward to your next one 👍👍👍

@thizizliz 5 жыл бұрын

Ooh, the O Light is powerful! It would be perfect for setting up camp in the dark and probably other things too. Fantastic. Great video - I too enjoy those old ones but they do get hot in tent or cabin where LED's don't at all. Still, nice for playing cards or things like that.

@earlhayes2969 5 жыл бұрын

As always Great Video Simon thanks for Sharing 👍🍻 Cheers

@markevans1973 5 жыл бұрын

Another great vlog .love the pressurised parafin lamps ☺️

@jastimbal60 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Thanks for sharing! I love the old air pressure lanterns, I have several of the Coleman brand lanterns

@keithshwalbe6981 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Simon. . and really appreciate the links. That was very helpful of you chap.

@GraysOutdoors 5 жыл бұрын

Great take on lighting, In London new gear is mostly limited by storage room - I Have the LED Lenser P7 very similar and they are scary powerful.

@quentinhoover7418 4 жыл бұрын

Sir, your's are the first videos I have ever commented on. Thank you for being real, engaging, entertaining, and educating.

@simonablokeinthewoods 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Quentin. 👍👍👍

@alexpage7292 5 жыл бұрын

Gas lamps make a great sound when it’s silent at night, I use one for night fishing. Love it 😊

@kevinklein4748 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video!! Really like the vintage lamps and lanterns...

@johnwalker2860 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent and very helpful, as always thank you Simon 👍😁

@carmell51 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Love lights!

@josephinecronin1195 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent vid. I have some hurricane lamps for “just in case” at home. For camping, I’ve also used a head torch wrapped around on old 4 pint milk bottle filled with water- Head torch pointed in through the water. Nice ambient light for kids.

@rayjohn3946 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Simon, Great video man. I like the good old "hurricane " lanterns, the ones you call parafin. I have an old coleman pressure lamp that uses mantels . It does the hissing and all but mantels are real easy to burn and difficult to replace. The old wick lantern gives off great light been our mainstay during many power outages.

@mrv.9327 3 жыл бұрын

If you hold down the bug light button for 20 seconds, it will reset the programming to give you high, low, and blink. You have to do it each time you change the battery. Handy little lights. I have a few. Cheers!

@cimbrerbushcraft-vikingheritag 5 жыл бұрын

Thorough tutorial on lamps and lights 👍🏻😁 Very useful and interesting information you give here Atb to you 😉 Tom

@richardcrouse5559 3 жыл бұрын

Hello from the us. Nice video of the style of lamps you use. Coleman and Dietz are the ones I use. Enjoy your time in the woods 😉

@buzzandselunsupervised649 5 жыл бұрын

Nostalgic look at kit;I love it. I still have my solitaire and mini maglite too with the the green and red filters from years ago. Great film and very chilled. If the guy doesn't claim the 3x3 DD Tarp I will buy it from you 🤗😇🤗. Cheers Sel

@jjd1927 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see you shed some Light on these old lampa. You really brightened my day!

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 cheers Daniel!

@8080pc 3 жыл бұрын

Someone who shares my passion for flashlights and lanterns subbed.

@fckjb284 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! My favorite is the green paraffin lantern I agree...the sound of the pressure lanterns is comforting. 👍😎

@mbrider56 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Simon, I also used mag lights back in the day, still have one in my bag today 👌🏻

@jimbobtheimpaler8403 4 жыл бұрын

Nice little pieces of history you have there good sir.

@haysd2you 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! This presentation was amazing. I never realized how much thought would go into so many light choices. You have given me so much to think about. I loved your demonstration. You must have been an amazing teacher. Thank you very much. :-)

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

@jimbojet8728 3 жыл бұрын

Another good vid Simon. Thank you.

@wrzlgummidge7663 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one Simon, an impressive collection! Definitely something reassuring and nostalgic about the hiss of a tilley lamp (night fishing). atb

@johnnyyukon7887 5 жыл бұрын

Good review. Enjoy seeing many of the same lights that I use as well. Cheers

@farmingandoutdoor6880 5 жыл бұрын

Good video Simon

@stevedarnall8556 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Simon, we'll done, take care and all the best from Kentucky USA.

@jovahsangel 5 жыл бұрын

Great collection of lanterns, Bro.

@TOAOZuur 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great presentation and demonstrations. Pressurised kerosene lamps are still on my whish list. After seeing this I will also dive into the candle holding lanterns. I also should try the gas mantle lamps on gas canisters. What you also might want to give a try is Coleman (white gas) pressure lamps on Aspen 4T Fuel. That's easy to ignite and burns without getting a headache when used indoors.

@PeterEmery 5 жыл бұрын

29 years ago I bought a Coleman kerosene pressure lamp which proved to be light & more compact than similar LPG lamps because it didn't need the bulk & weight of a gas bottle. I had to replace the "O"ring in the pump because it had perished, a $2 pack of 50 assorted sizes of rings provided the necessary item. Before mains electricity arrived in the 1950s in our rural area, my late father's parents had a dual-mantle shellite pressure lantern in the kitchen which apparently supplied a similar illumination level to a 120 watt incandescent bulb. Shellite burns cleaner & brighter than kerosene in a home environment.

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Those old lamps were built well and built to last! I love it when we have a power outage and I can light up kerosene lamps in the house (the only time my wife will allow it!! 😂)

@steveb1972 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid Simon! On the back of it I’ve bought one of those tiny Lumo lights to use in my bike packing tent! Thanks as always.👍🏻

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Theyre great - you won’t be disappointed! 👍

@barretopedro200 5 жыл бұрын

Nice collection 👍

@ahmelmahay 3 жыл бұрын

great review Simon

@tomasmalmros6091 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simon for a enlightening video. Nice collection.

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@pcfhotsauce8568 5 жыл бұрын

Maggie’s light is so cool!

@guzgrant 2 жыл бұрын

I love old pressure lamps. I rarely take mine out with me bushcrafting as they are so big and fragile but I have started using an old junk shop find Tilley I fixed up which I'm not precious about. I do stuff a storm lamp in my pack as default though which I have never broken. Great video, glad to sed there are other lamp nerds out there.

@chiphungerford 5 жыл бұрын

Great video I really like the UCO for backpacking and the larger hurricane for around camp when I am car camping

@mamatasardar3875 3 жыл бұрын

My childhood imagination for night campaign tools ,, you have awesome collection

@MrMeltedwellies 5 жыл бұрын

Well Simon its great to know iam not the only one who likes lamps and cookers and knives great video ATB

@ColHatley 5 жыл бұрын

WOW...I thought I had a lot of lights, you have me beat hands down. Amazing assortment of various lights. Great video Mate... ATB Von

@explorermike19 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video.

@TotemKommo-o 3 жыл бұрын

After playing Red Dead Redemption 2, I like the look of the Feuerhand lanterns. I'll have to get one sometime.

@greencraft4783 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video Simon. Keep up the good work!!

@bajajoaquin 5 жыл бұрын

Good video, thank you. I have some paraffin lamps, "hurricane lamps" or "kerosene lanterns" in the US parlance. One element of the Fuerehand lantern you omitted is that it's the only lantern being made in Germany still. There are no US manufacturers any more. Deitz is made in China. Fuerehand is also one of the few (only?) to use silicon-boron glass in the globe. The US trade name for this was Pyrex. This not only makes it tougher, but it's the only globe that can be hot from being lit, and then go out into the rain and not shatter. They're about 2x the price of the next-nicest (WT Kirkman, in the US), but if you camp in inclement weather, it may be worth while. For whatever reason, I decided one day that I needed to know what the difference was between no-name Chinese lanterns, low-level name brands, and then some of the premium brands. So I have lanterns ranging in price from a couple dollars to $45. The short version is that the really cheap ones have globes with poor clarity and quality. You get a noticeably better light from a Deitz and WT Kirkman lantern, and it's really due to the quality of the globe. The Fuerehand light isn't any better than these last two, but it is German-made, and has the shatterproof glass, if that matters. And, I prefer the silence of the kerosene lamps to the hiss. We all get our choices!

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You’ve certainly done your research! Good to know, cheers! 👍

@rosiecotton8343 5 жыл бұрын

I love my 3 candle UCO. Makes a nice cup of hot chocolate in a metal cup when you set it on top of the lantern. Never have got a rolling boil, but it will heat things up good.

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Nice idea - I might get one just I can do that!! 😁👍

@andykjohnsonjohnson7622 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Simon 👍, I luv my lanterns. There way better than , battery power. Plus you get warmth from them, if you need it. 😜

@yaroslavbozhkov1567 3 жыл бұрын

Just amazing!!!

@omneignotum 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable video, thank you Simon. For car campers, having a solar light like a Luci Light is a good option too - doesn't take up much space and will shine brightly for hours once charged. BTW - received my stickers and patches and love them! All the best - Mary in Oregon

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

Glad they got there okay Mary! 👍 I’ll check out the luci lights.

@gommechops 3 жыл бұрын

Love this channel.

@dwhallon21 Жыл бұрын

Excellent review, showing everything from candles to led lights ...each has there place although I lean old school but do have an led headlight that I can't seem to live with out....thanks

@LJ-rz4zg 5 жыл бұрын

Cool video Simon cheers...

@nseight 4 жыл бұрын

Just brilliant :-) Thank you so much for taking the time to share* I have now subscribed

@maxboonkittypoison 5 жыл бұрын

Wow wat a collection you got there. Nice video. Greetings,, Kitty.

@hammerhound168 3 жыл бұрын

Their is a LED adapter bulb for minimag and maglites ! And does improve light output as well as durability. I was forever dropping the lite and breaking bulbs, Still clumsy but havent needed to fix lite since.

@LittleBird777 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Simon nice collection there :)

@ranjansarkar08 4 жыл бұрын

I Dont Understand . . . How Can N E Body Dislike Such An Informative Educational Video . . . Great Video . . . Cheers . . .

@alwallsgrove3442 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Simon yet another great video . I bet with all those lights in the woods, had all your local gamekeepers reaching for their 12 bores, lol. keep them coming please. Al.

@johnnybushman651 5 жыл бұрын

Hay Simon ! How’s it going ? Like this video, I got a Coleman lantern and stove that was bought 11 days after I was born in April 1963 and to this day I Still use both . Both still work very well and I have never had to rebuild them . Thanks for the video, glad to see ya . Have a good evening . Cheers !

@gregoutdoors7 5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Bushman Coleman lanterns here also 👍🏻

@simonablokeinthewoods 5 жыл бұрын

A quality that is hard to find these days! I have a pair of Coleman dual fuel lanterns awaiting restoration at home. 👍😁