doca
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I'm searching for a good oil lamp for use in the cabin to create pleasant ambience during the long winter evenings. Any recommendations?
Oil Lamps
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Evadne
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We fitted a Gimballed lamp, small from Classic Marine over 10 years ago, it sits under the main hatch where it gets occasional spray and rain and it's still going strong. Don't buy a lamp with steel hinge pins, they rust out in a few years.
MoodyCara
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I agree with Evadne, that particular lamp gives plenty of light for it's single wick.
We bought a duplex table lamp(double wick), and the amount of light given off is, if anyhthing, less than the single wick gimballed lamp. The duplex gives off more heat, so between the two lamps we have a cosy ambient cabin.
We bought a duplex table lamp(double wick), and the amount of light given off is, if anyhthing, less than the single wick gimballed lamp. The duplex gives off more heat, so between the two lamps we have a cosy ambient cabin.
geoffatstanpit
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If you get one of them, get as many glass chimneys from Pascall Atkeys in Cowes as you can afford/carry before they go the way of all like establishments. (And God save all places like Castles of Christchurch!)
Evadne
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Your reply got me thinking, I recall a friend having a table lamp (i.e. not on his boat) which had a small mantle in it. It gave off copious amounts of light, but I've never seen one for sale.
MoodySabre
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I've got one of these Fastnet lamps - excellent
doca
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The Fasnet lamp looks good. I've tried googling it to no avail. Any idea who the manufacturers or suppliers are? Thanks.
MoodySabre
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I get lots of googles for it
here lots cheapish at £31.99
Nauticalia charge £18 more and Mailspeed have them in chrome or brass for £39.99
Mine was a nice Xmas present /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
here lots cheapish at £31.99
Nauticalia charge £18 more and Mailspeed have them in chrome or brass for £39.99
Mine was a nice Xmas present /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Niander
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Where can i get lamp oil that actually doesn't smell?
MoodySabre
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I bought mine at a chandlers - proper lamp oil. Does have a very slight smell but not like paraffin heaters of yesteryear. I don't mind it - all adds to the cosyness. My wife doesn't complain and she is mega fussy about smells (she has got used to me /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif).
2nd_apprentice
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Like the Fastnet Lamp especially the gimballed heat shield. However it does look a little less solid or am I mistaken?
Would that unusually bright table light be an Aladdin Lamp?
Quite the best lamp I ever bought but unfortunately unsuitable for boats. The fragile mantle wouldn't be any good at sea. On the other hand Tilley lamps etc should give you the same problem.
Would that unusually bright table light be an Aladdin Lamp?
Quite the best lamp I ever bought but unfortunately unsuitable for boats. The fragile mantle wouldn't be any good at sea. On the other hand Tilley lamps etc should give you the same problem.
MoodySabre
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I haven't had another one to compare it too but it stands up, gimbals well and because the heatshield also gimbals you could leave on whilst sailing at night. I dropped the glass the other day and it bounced and didn't crack so /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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Just like mine.Very good.Recomended.
2nd_apprentice
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Sounds like I'll give it a try and get one, thanks!
Amulet
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www.classicmarine.co.uk
CB-0210 is the part number I'd go for.
I have two.
I have had many, including the Fastnet. I don't rate it. I settled on my choice after throwing many over the side in a rage. (There's a reef in the Orwell made of the pretty Nauti whatsit ones.)
As advisedby others, avoid steel hinge pins. Most frustrating: shallow threads on screwing out the top. All cheap ones have them.
They are impossible to screw in without crossing. (And you're doing it in the dark because your lamp just ran out.)
Smell - some say lamp oil smells less than paraffin. I think it does, but non-messy use of paraffin doesn't smell and seems to me to create a brighter light. (Keep your wick tidyily trimmed).
CB-0210 is the part number I'd go for.
I have two.
I have had many, including the Fastnet. I don't rate it. I settled on my choice after throwing many over the side in a rage. (There's a reef in the Orwell made of the pretty Nauti whatsit ones.)
As advisedby others, avoid steel hinge pins. Most frustrating: shallow threads on screwing out the top. All cheap ones have them.
They are impossible to screw in without crossing. (And you're doing it in the dark because your lamp just ran out.)
Smell - some say lamp oil smells less than paraffin. I think it does, but non-messy use of paraffin doesn't smell and seems to me to create a brighter light. (Keep your wick tidyily trimmed).
2nd_apprentice
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Hmm, interesting. At the moment I'm using the Hurricane lamps that came with the boat and they've worked far better than most others. Like you I tried plenty and more often than not the results have been rather disappointing. However the Hurricane lamps look a bit agricultural so for aesthetic reasons I'd like to upgrade.
Had a trawler lamp and those "gipsy moth" style gimballed lamps in mind. On the other hand since the fastnet is only half the price I'm tempted to give them a go. They do look a bit cheaply made though.
As for smell, personally I don't mind but for those who do: add a few drops of isopropanol alcohol, that should take care of it.
Had a trawler lamp and those "gipsy moth" style gimballed lamps in mind. On the other hand since the fastnet is only half the price I'm tempted to give them a go. They do look a bit cheaply made though.
As for smell, personally I don't mind but for those who do: add a few drops of isopropanol alcohol, that should take care of it.
ean_p
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Those are very similar to what we have and they are very good.......think ours where made by a dutch company of Rotterdam , DMR or BMR or something , who make a huge range of very very good lamps both oil and electric and of top quality.
rogerthebodger
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Have a look here they do a vast range of classical oil lamps
dulcibella
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Lamp oil is odourless and available from candle shops, but expensive (about £3 per litre). I now use citronella oil from Homebase - much cheaper with a faint lemony smell and repels mozzies.
