UCO Candlelier Deluxe Candle Lantern

We recently had a couple of power outages - an unexpected one at night, and a scheduled one early morning. Pulled this out of the cabinet and it worked very well. Definitely puts out a lot of light, especially if you place it in front of a mirror. Not sure how much heat it puts out. It says 5000 BTUs, but I’m thinking I would have to put it in my bathroom in order to really benefit from it. I did sit it between my feet with my coffee cup on top during the scheduled outage (I was smart enough to program my coffee maker to make coffee before the power went out, but not smart enough to figure out how I was going to keep it warm without power). It rewarmed my coffee quickly, and kept my feet warm.I used it for probably three hours, total, and the candles are a little less than halfway burned down. It states they burn for eight hours, so that is about right.The only con is that it is a bit pricey, but way safer and more efficient than burning a bunch of random candles.

I really like candles. I've had an original UCO candle lantern (single candle) for years. Works great. Now I've leveled up to the three candle version.Worked perfectly for me.Light output nice and mellow. Best for evening cooking, conversation, even web surfing and such.Not like my superbright LED devices which I use for reading and searching for dropped/lost things on the floor.My first test was a night in my A-frame camper which is pretty drafty. The light level is low enough it didn't bother my sleep. It kept the camper above 50 degrees F while it was below 40 F outside. If I'd plug up all the drafts I'd probably get a 10 degree gain.I had no trouble with wax leaking down inside the mechanism. The candles burned cleanly right to the end. I got just short of 10 hours from them. Better than advertised.The top gets VERY hot as you would expect so exercise common sense. It kept a ceramic mug of coffee nice and hot. But be cautious. The whole rig is easy to tip with a mug on top. Be very careful around it.I like the fact that I don't have to carry liquid fuel any more. All my flame devices use propane, butane or solid fuel. No spills. The candles have a shelf life of decades and are easy to store with no mess.I also bought the UCO neoprene cocoon for it. Had to take the bail off to fit in the cocoon properly. Not a problem for me. I don't use the bail - it simply gets too hot to use to lift/move the lantern. I just set the Candeier on a counter or, at night, the floor.Overall, I'm quite happy with it. If you like candle light, I highly recommend it.

Sturdy and puts off good light. It's really simple to use. Small and light weight. I like that it puts off some heat too.

I mostly really like the UCO. The spring is a bit weak and doesn't push the candle up very well. This leaves a buildup of wax around the inside tube the candle is placed in. Though the candle burns a good amount of time, I find about 8-9 hours, they are a bit of a pain to get out. Once extinguished the wax around that tube hardens, so before that happens I need to sort of clean that area, for this I use a toothpick and and go around to push the softened wax inward towards the extinguished wick, let it cool and push out to remove. Be careful not to get you fingers in the cut out view of the tube. I've been pinched and bleed twice removing the candle.Disappointed that there is still about an inch of good burning time left on each candle after removing. I'll find use for the nubs of wax that is left but if the spring was stronger to push up the candle it would definitely be less time consuming to change candles and less waste.The candle will continue to burn if you choose,but since the spring doesn't push, the melted wax will flow out the view window cutout. Take note that I choose to have that inch of unused candle.UCO does get pretty hot on the very top so be careful. I myself don't mind, part of the reason I purchased it. It will warm up a small space, not significantly. I've put a pot of water and it does get pretty hot. The removable top does stay cool at the bottom by the candles so easy to remove if needed.The light it gives off is great! The lantern does what I expected.In the 20 days of owning it I hope I passed on a few pointers to others. It's a great emergency lantern in all. The design is ok, but I wish I could use more of the candle. Stronger spring? Shorter tube shaft? I donno. It won't stop me from using it. It wouldn't stop me from purchasing another in the future.

This is a really unique, cool product. I have never seen a candle lantern where the candles are fully enclosed before. A safer option than just plain candles for when the electricity goes out but could also be good for camping. It's also nice looking. I would recommend and will probably buy more of these.

Great device. However, the "can be used to heat liquids or food" is a bit of a stretch. In 20 minutes, it only warmed the cup, but never brought it near to boiling. And that was with beeswax candles (hotter).I use ONLY pure beeswax candles (from canadacandle dot c0m - I returned to amazon a vurrrrry bad batch of Chinese candles claiming to be pure beeswax but they were NOT - heavily smoking, parrafin allergy asthma problems) .This one has become my main device for power outage (replacing the single-candles units). It could also be used to heat and keep the humidity out of a small tent. They are quite effective (even the single-candle is remarkably effective). I also keep a single-candle UCO unit in my car in case of winter emergency,I have been using UCO candle lanterns since the late seventies - they are timeless and perfect.The only drawback with this model is that the glass window is not retractable like on the single-candle units. I wouldn't carry one backpacking due to volume, but for more static camping, or at the cottage, you cannot go wrong with this unit. Beware though: low cost parrafin in any UCO lantern is asking for BIG trouble. 100% pure beeswax (non-allergic for asthma sufferer, brigher flame) is, in my opinion, the only way to go. They smell much better, cause no asthma allergy, and are brighter.

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Die Laterne ist sehr gut und stabil verarbeitet. Spendet großzügig Licht und Wärme. Würde ich wieder kaufen. Habe schon die Mini mit Teelicht. Auch da kann man mit entsprechender Vorrichtung eine kleine Tasse Wasser, Kaffe, Tee warmhalten. Für Outdoor unentbehrlich.

Bought one a while back as a gift for a friend, but with blackouts in the UK now being a possibility this winter I decided to get one for myself. It is well built, candles have a long burn time and the UCO candle holder is fantastic, not sure that cooking on top is practicable, but if times get really tough then I guess I'll give it a go.

Our boiler broke down so i put two of these lanterns three candles each, on in our living room. Its definitely lifted the temperature so good for heat to lift the chill in an emergency....