How much !!

[Spikey DaPikey]

Do you remember those little brass candle lanturns from ebay ? The £3.99 one's ?

Seems he thought he should charge more, as there now £6.99

Old price LINK

New price LINK

Shame, as he wont sell as many now i bet

 

[copper_head]

cheeky indeed, cant see the price of brass going up £3! Still they any good?

 

[Goose]

Glad I bought a couple at the old price, still not a bad price for them now really.
Just need to find a cheap supply for the candles

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

yes, they are good, but im damn sure i can find them cheaper !!

They take the UCO nine hour candle, and do work really well. I belive Scruff first posted them on here, and lots were sold

Guess he think's we have short memories

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

Glad I bought a couple at the old price, still not a bad price for them now really.
Just need to find a cheap supply for the candles

Get my candles from ebay.com

 

[copper_head]

cool might have to get me one, can ya let me know if ya get em cheaper than £6.99 tho i guess thats still a reasnoble price.

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

I'll take a look around tomorrow

 

[KB1HZM]

they go for around $20 in the US on ebay not to include shipping

 

[Goose]

they go for around $20 in the US on ebay not to include shipping

Shhhhh!
The seller may read this

 

[Tony]

Glad I bought a couple at the old price, still not a bad price for them now really.
Just need to find a cheap supply for the candles

Ebay's been mentioned. It's also worth considering Ikea, I get a box at a time from there and they're a good price.

 

[g4ghb]

Ebay's been mentioned. It's also worth considering Ikea, I get a box at a time from there and they're a good price.

really? - i've not noticed any uco style ones in there Tony (not that i'm saying that you are mistaken of course!) do you perchance know the groovy name they are known by? I'll keep my eyes open next time i'm in there

 

[Toddy]

I'm glad I bought a load a the original price They are good though. I have an Uco one but to some extent the brass one is easier to use.
Ikea's candles are fine, but you have to buy the box of long ones and cut them down. They aren't as long lasting or as smoke free but they do work, and Ikea sell citronella ones too.

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[andyn]

I've had nothing but troubles with my cheapo one, and i've seen the same thing happen on others, where after about an hour the whole candle just melts and forms a mass of hard wax in the bottom of the lantern. Total pain in the bum. Oh and they are the proper UCO candles too that I was using.

Anyone else had the problems with them?

Think its something to do with the spring that pushes the candle up,
But i just dont have time now to try and resolve it and use a WW1 folding lantern reproduction that was recommended to us, which takes half a normal household candle or a trimmed down UCO one

 

[ilovemybed]

I've had nothing but troubles with my cheapo one, and i've seen the same thing happen on others, where after about an hour the whole candle just melts and forms a mass of hard wax in the bottom of the lantern. Total pain in the bum. Oh and they are the proper UCO candles too that I was using.

Anyone else had the problems with them?

Think its something to do with the spring that pushes the candle up,
But i just dont have time now to try and resolve it and use a WW1 folding lantern reproduction that was recommended to us, which takes half a normal household candle or a trimmed down UCO one

Yep, I've had that problem too.
I think it's something to do with the fact that the wax should burn off, but instead it melts. Maybe something do do with the ventilation?

I didn't have that problem with the supplied candle but did with the UCO candle - strange!

Like you, not really thought about how to fix it....