UCO Candle Lanterns

UCO Candle Lantern

These are a nice way of using candles without the obvious dangers of a naked flame. The standard candle has a burn time of about 9 hours, with the spring system inside pushing the candle up as it burns down – this means that the candle flame is consistently in the same place, reducing the area of ‘glass’ needed.

UCO claim that the lanterns will help heat your tent too! I’m not sure how much difference this will make on a cold night but the lanterns, especially the three candle Candlelier do get rather hot. UCO say you can use this feature to warm liquids, though I suspect you’d have a wait to boil enough for a mug of tea.

Alternative candles, including a citronella to help ward off mozzies and a rather nice beeswax version which not only smells great but burns for 12 hours.

To increase versatility of your lantern, you can get various accessories. For the standard 9 hour beast you can get a pack flat top reflector or a side reflector to direct the light where you want it and we also have a neoprene cocoon protective case which helps shield your lantern from knocks in your kit bag.

For the Candlelier we have a folding side relector, cocoons are on order but we don’t yet have a firm delivery date for these so I’ve left them off the shop for now.