Power was out for a few days and I had recently bought this but hadn’t used it yet. The finish is very nice and seems well made. The candles burn very clean and this thing throws a lot of light and some decent heat. I didn’t have any issues with excess wax dripping or the springs not being strong enough to push the candles up as they burned. Very happy with the purchase.

This is a very nice lantern, very lightweight, and seems to be well built. Very easy to use, and setup, they give you three free paraffin candles to start with. I haven't had a reason yet to use it, really bought for emergencies, and camping. I did read a lot of the reviews, so I'll keep an eye out for the wax buildup on the base. I'm just curious if that only happens with the paraffin candles, and not the beeswax? I don't plan on using the paraffin candles in it except the ones that came free, I'll use them outside only, and stick to using beeswax candles only.

I bought this because I like the ambiance of candles and lanterns. This is a great way of setting the mood. I also wanted it for disaster preparedness. Candles don't go bad if stored properly. Buy a box or two of candles and a Candlelier and you have a dependable light source that should be ready to go for decades. Candles might be more expensive than bulk buy batteries for LED flashlights, but you don't ever have to worry about them going bad.The Candlelier puts out 5000 btus of heat, and tests on Youtube show that in an hour or two it should heat up a small cold space by 10 or 20 degrees depending. I haven't tested this myself, but I believe it.I wanted to try the Candlelier ability to boil small amounts of water. Most disaster preparedness stoves you might keep around like the Trangia alcohol stove or cans of Sterno are not to be used indoors as they emit harmful amounts of carbon monoxide. Now suppose your'e in a rustic cabin and the weather has gone to heck and you don't feel like going outside to cook with your other stove options. It will take a while, but you can cook a meal safely indoors with the Candlelier. I used a TOAKS 750ml titanium pot filled with exactly 2 cups of water, put the lid on, and put it on the Candlelier. In 1 hr 10 min I got the 2 two cups of water to a simmer-boil of about 185 F degrees. This is where lots of barley sized bubbles are coming up, but the water has not come to a 212 F degree rolling boil. There are several states of boiling, but it's important to remember that a temperature of 175 will destroy all active bacteria, yeast, and fungi, and 185 degrees is plenty hot for most cooking needs. I have no doubt the Candlelier can get 2 cups of water in a small pot with a tight fitting lid up to 212 F, but I believe it would take so long as to not be worth it.It's also important to remember that if you want to try boiling water with your Candlelier, you should use a small 750ml class pot with a tight fitting lid. If you leave the lid off, it's never going to boil. If you use a standard cooking pot from the kitchen, it'll probably never boil. And remember, it should get up to an 185 F simmer-boil in an hour or so, but it might take a great deal longer to get up to a 212 F rolling boil. Luckily, for almost all practical purposes, 185 F should work fine.Addendum: My boil test was performed at sea level in a 70 F room. Your mileage will vary depending on altitude and ambient temperature. UCO is a Seattle based company so when they say it will boil water, I believe they mean at sea level. I have no idea how long it would take to boil 2 cups of water at higher elevations. The Candlelier should never be your first choice for cooking in a disaster scenario. However, if you have a Solo Stove, Sterno cans, etc, and don't feel like going outside to use them, and you have time to kill, the Candlelier will step up to the plate, while at the same time putting out a worthwhile amount of light and heat and seriously cheering the place up.

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.

I bought this for emergencies each candle piss off 81 of heat one candle puts off 81 heat that's just a fact that's on any candle and I can't remember if you can cook on the top of it or anything on the top of it I did use it last year to put out a little extra heat you know if you're trying to save on heat and you need a little extra heat if you got cold area that works really good I didn't want to burn up the candles some I had bought some but I did use it and see how it did and it did great so I would recommend these they have a single one and this is the bigger one but for people that can't this would be even better if you're a camper and the candles did last a long time as they burned I think I didn't even burn them all the way down from last year I recommend this and I didn't have any smell or anything like that off the candles that was offensive you know it's just wax but there was no smell that I could smell thank you

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.

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.

J adore cette lanterne,elle réchauffe mes boîtes de conserves et autres nouilles chinoises, café, thé par contre lentement... prévoir 45 min de réchauffage avec une tasse de 50 cl et un réflecteur fait maison découpé dans une canette alu de 50 cl.

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Es util como lampara de mesa ...yo en la tienda de campaña no la colgaria....mucha calor hacia arriba...no lo veo.....pero para todo lo demas 4 estrellas.....la 5 no cae por los abusibos precios de los recambios originales.....posiblemente me la customice a parafina liquida acoplando 3 botellines dentro....si la ubiera original de la casa se dispararian las ventas....pero a vela de cera para un capricho vale pero para todas las noches de charla o sobremesa un poco caro....