Candle's in tent's

[Quixoticgeek]

Something like this? http://youtu.be/nzKbFzUEWkA

Yep that's the one.

Julia

 

[oldtimer]

A candle is foolproof. It can resist wet, help to light a fire, provide warmth as well as light and is very cheap. It goes without saying that care needs to be taken. The only problem I've ever had was when then candle in my pack melted in Death Valley and the wax soaked into my sleeping bag and clumped the down.

 

[rik_uk3]

Well, sort of. But only IF!
-If you have a reliable way to light it
-If you are inside (or at least out of the rain, wind, or anything that could extinguish a candle)

If you don't have a reliable way to strike a flame then really you should not be outdoors camping ? The wick in its wax is useful, wax melted with the likes of a Bic lighter is useful so I don't see your point to be honest. You can eat Tallow fat candles...they (candles) have a multitude of uses ranging from, heat, light and food so don't be so quick to dismiss them chap.

 

[santaman2000]

If you don't have a reliable way to strike a flame then really you should not be outdoors camping ? The wick in its wax is useful, wax melted with the likes of a Bic lighter is useful so I don't see your point to be honest......

With regard to the OP, you're quite right.

My reply was limited to a rebuttal of the comment about candles being more reliable than a torch.

 

[tiger stacker]

http://www.rolsontools.com/1072/PD/Lighting-9LED-Aluminium-Lantern-and-Torch

Candles will always be carried as back up.

 

[dave89]

I have to agree with mountainm here.
I have torches that are reliable in a hurricane, snow, pouring rain, even under 3m of water.

But you would be in your tent

 

[rik_uk3]

With regard to the OP, you're quite right.

My reply was limited to a rebuttal of the comment about candles being more reliable than a torch.

A torch needs a bulb and battery, a candle needs a flame of which you will have several sources with you as a bushcrafter hence the candle as a light source is in fact more reliable.

 

[mountainm]

A torch needs a bulb and battery, a candle needs a flame of which you will have several sources with you as a bushcrafter hence the candle as a light source is in fact more reliable.

you need to nip out for summut in the rain. its pitch black. Which do you take?

 

[sunndog]

so does it have to be that one is 100% better than the other?

c'mon lads, a torch and a candle are two different things......let it be

 

[mountainm]

so does it have to be that one is 100% better than the other?

c'mon lads, a torch and a candle are two different things......let it be

Yeah. ... but if you could only carry one. ...

 

[ozzy1977]

What a suprise, a perfectly sensible thread ending up in a slanging match between the same people, I thinks some should get out more.

 

[mountainm]

What a suprise, a perfectly sensible thread ending up in a slanging match between the same people, I thinks some should get out more.

I've got mine out right now. ..

 

[sunndog]

Yeah. ... but if you could only carry one. ...

which is better. a lorry or a car?....fast jet or helicoptor.....submarine or boat.....sandwich or pizza.....beef or pork......blue or red......up or down....and so on....LMAO

 

[mountainm]

which is better. a lorry or a car?....fast jet or helicoptor.....submarine or boat.....sandwich or pizza.....beef or pork......blue or red......up or down....and so on....LMAO

lorry
helicopter
submarine
pizza
beef
red
up

 

[Mandos]

What a suprise, a perfectly sensible thread ending up in a slanging match between the same people, I thinks some should get out more.

this isn't the first time my threads have done this grown men wining like woman do ! give up and go ruin some one else's thread.... thanks Ozzy for agreeing with me lol

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[santaman2000]

A torch needs a bulb and battery, a candle needs a flame of which you will have several sources with you as a bushcrafter hence the candle as a light source is in fact more reliable.

Torches don't blow out in the wind. Candles do. And no, I don't have several sources of flame, just ordinary matches and sometimes a lighter. They also blow out in the wind.

 

[santaman2000]

which is better. .....submarine or boat.........LMAO

A boat. It's just to boring trying to watch a submarine race.

 

[Tengu]

I have a candle I made in an altoids tin. Cant knock that over.

(I use it instead of a tea light as tea light wicks are flimsy and do not burn well.)

I have made some citronella one too (hint hint)

 

[oldtimer]

If you have a candle and only one match but want to light a fire, which should you light first?

 

[mountainm]

If you have a candle and only one match but want to light a fire, which should you light first?

The match.