Stansport Hurricane High Oil Lantern

Wife bought this for me for Christmas and I love it. We were on a tight budget so we couldn't get the more expensive one. This one works just as well so long as you don't over fill or tip it over. If you do, it will leak oil.Don't overfill it and keep it upright and its a great lamp!

These are really good quality and look amazing I know they would function well just by looking at them just don’t overfill but I bought it for decor. I have vaulted ceilings with a wood beam and had a random idea and found these beauties to hang up there one on each side and soon will redo all the paint

I'm really happy with the quality vs. value of these lanterns. They have a couple of minor issues but all in all I ended up with some really nice functional lanterns for less than ten bucks each and that's pretty hard to beat. I ordered four total lanterns and was happy that they all arrived intact with no dents or shipping related injuries. They were well packaged, each in an individual box with bubble wrap and air pillows and then those individual boxes in a larger box with air pillows.The overall build quality is fairly poor, as you'd expect for a product of this price point. The metal is thin, the quality of the paint and application of it are pretty poor. They painted the whole wick burner mechanism which I found kind of odd... most lanterns I've seen leave that unpainted but it didn't seem to hurt anything when I used them. But all in all the ones I got would be perfectly functional right out of the box even though I chose to make minor modifications.I took each one apart, removing the globe and wick mechanism, and filled them about half full to let them set a day and check for leaks of the fount (reservoir). None of the 4 lanterns I received leaked at the bottom seams, as it seems many people have issues with in their reviews. Given that it seems to be a common problem though, after the day of leak testing I drained mine cleaned them out with acetone, and lined the tanks of each of mine with paint. I happened to have some special paint (Masterseries silver primer actually) used for the purpose of lining gas tanks left over from restoring an old VW Beetle tank (a hobby of mine). Yeah, that's kind of a drag to feel motivated to "fix" a brand new product but again for as cheap as they are I didn't mind lining the tanks with some leftover tank liner that I didn't really have earmarked for anything else just to make sure I didn't ever have to worry about the seams leaking. I also decided to attach the filler cap to the lantern using some light weight decorative chain... because otherwise I'm pretty sure I'd set it down while filling it up and never see the thing again!After giving that a couple of days to fully cure I filled them up... a tip here is that mine seemed to hold about 1 cup of oil (kero) at the fill line so I measured 6 ounces, about 3/4 cup, to fill them so I knew I wasn't too close to the totally full point. I let them set for a couple hours as I did other stuff to let the wick soak up, and then came back and lit them up. They worked fine. I burned them for several hours in my garage and they didn't really give off a significant smell even burning normal kerosene. With the wick adjusted properly they didn't soot the globes and they just did what they are supposed to do. I think I'll get one of those liquor or olive oil bottles with the little pouring spout to keep around for refilling them.The light output is not big. Light output seems to be most dependent on wick size. These have about a 1/2 wide wick which means around 5-7 "candlepower" at most, which is basically lumens. Normal household bulbs are usually measured in at least hundreds of lumens so we're not talking about a lot of light here as compared to normal lighting. It's enough to keep from stumbling around over stuff but I wouldn't really want to read a book by it. That's what I got them for though so it's fine for my purposes. I figure I'll use them for general "not bumping into stuff" lighting during any extended power outage and camping and then only fire up the pressurized (Coleman) lanterns or battery powered stuff if I'm actually doing something that warrants that much light.I'm trying to prepare for an extended power outage of a minimum of 2 weeks. I also have some candles, battery powered LED, and propane lanterns and lighting but redundancy is wise when preparing for emergencies (two is one and one is none is a common saying in that context). Kerosene is my fuel of choice for this because it's inexpensive, easy to get, and stores well. These things were a small investment in money and time and now that I know they work and are ready if I ever need them they can just set out in the shed out of the way and out of mind until the power goes out or I want to bring them camping or something.

No leaks and it works. Only problem is cosmetic and they didn't paint the part that lifts up, oh well its not perfect but it's what you would expect from Stansport.

While this hurricane lamp is cute, the lamp oil leaked out and all over our outside wooden table making the entire set up very dangerous. Because my first time use was past the 30-day return I'm stuck with it. I'll use it as a decoration but it's definitely not safe to use.

First, I don't understand all the complaints I've read about these lanterns. I mean, they cost about 6 bucks each. I don't know what you can expect for 6 bucks other than to have something that looks nice. I give big props to the company for Designing these things like they did at the price that they are. I didn't expect some heavy duty lantern that I was going to take down into gold mines, or even to a two-day camping trip. I bought them for decoration in my garden and they are perfect. Yes they are not high quality Steel but they are sturdy enough. They look easy enough to use, like any Lantern. I didn't like the red color so I just got some bronze hammertone spray paint and painted them in less than 5 minutes. Then I put some fake burn marks on the glass with some black spray paint. And they are wonderful. So, don't expect these to be a family heirloom. They're perfect for what they are. I saw somebody purchased them for decorations for a wedding, that's awesome and they will work perfectly for any event, especially at the low price. Unless you are having a wedding where most of the people are miners then I don't think anybody is going to care!The most irritating thing to me is just a pet peeve that I have about everything that comes with the sticker attached to the product. It took me 10 minutes to get the stickers and all the glue off of the side of the lanterns. I hate that! But hey it all comes off and I'm really happy with them.

These are really cute and fully functional. I filled up the little compartment with coconut oil, lit the wick and it burned quite nicely. You can adjust the flame as well. Used it for table decor in place of candles. My only issue is that it leaks. Even if you don’t fill the compartment completely, the oil will seep through the metal parts that connect in the bottom. Your table cloth will definitely be oil stained. Still a great decorative item though.

I really like this little lantern. I bought it specifically because it is so small. Once your eyes adjust to the darkness, even this little lantern will really light things up.