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Your cart is empty.The Oil Insert is an alternative to candles for the UCO Candle Lantern. It replaces the candle tube, spring, and piston and will twist easily into the plastic base of the lantern.
Nature Lover
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2018
I love this, only thing is it should be made of brass or some type of metal, I have not burn this for very long 2 or 3 hours max, but grateful to have it, the o-ring on the top and the top must be wiped clean before closing the top or it could leak, I see that the company doesn't sell these anymore, and I am looking for a metal replacement so I won't worry so much. I wouldn't sleep with this going unless it is outside the tent.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2015
oily black smoke....
O'Brien
Reviewed in Canada on August 28, 2015
does not fit right
Crazydreamland
Reviewed in Canada on August 12, 2015
Hi to all those with UCO CANDALIER MODELS....... I Have The Candalier & did some mods to the base by melting down the bulbs in each candle spring spot. I did this knowing I most likely will not use candles again unless necessary.Pictures here
L3.S3raph1n
Reviewed in France on July 30, 2015
Le produit est très bien mais il reste très cher, cependant il est incontournable, une fois que vous l'avez les bougies deviennent complètement dépassées.
Thomas Heron
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2015
Tried citronella oil and it was a real smudge pot so I use it apart from the lantern for mosquito control.
jimmy
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2015
Please don't plan on using this inside, This item even with the best oil will smoke and will get hot and keep in mind its plastic, I found it to leak at a small vent hole on the top by the wick and you will have to remove you insides out of yourReally a bad item , ok for outdoor use but even with the best of oil this will smoke and the vent hole next to the wick will leak and don't forget this is plastic and will get very hot from the very small metal wick holder molded into the plastic. I found this hard item to use I had to remove my lantern main spring and the candle metal guide and you will need to cut the wick even at the metal base, even a 1/16 inch higher then the metal wick holder will give you a 2 inch flame.
Andrew
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2015
Less mess and longer duration than a candle, but you have to start with a very small flame, otherwise when it warms up you will get excessive flame and smoke. Adjusting the wick is nowhere near as convenient as on an oil lamp. You have to unscrew the oil insert, lower it out of the lantern, unscrew the top, and *very* slightly adjust the wick up or down.That said, once you get the hang of it, it's very clean and convenient. I have a pack of candles, but I haven't used them since I got the oil insert.
BrianB
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015
Leaks like a sieve, generates huge amounts of soot, to the point of a fire hazard. Don't leave this thing unattended for ANY time at all - it will burn your tent or house down. The wick size doesn't work, because any more than a sliver above the tube and your flame is huge. Complete and dangerous junk. At least the leaking will ensure that the eventual fire it causes will thoroughly burn all your stuff to a crisp.
Kevin
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015
Wondered about purchasing after reading some negative reviews but decided to based on the fact that sometimes I've had trouble with the candles dripping wax down the tube and creating a big mess.I will say that WHEN USED PROPERLY the oil insert works great. You must not have too much wick protruding or it could get too hot, also this will cause it to use more oil with the larger flame.The other big issue that is discussed is leakage. There are o-rings on the wick cover and the fill cap and I've not had a problem. There is a small vent hole on the top that is covered by the wick cap, but if you put too much oil in the tube it can seep out while burning at the beginning.Glad I made the purchase. This lamp insert also comes with plenty of wick.
Dave
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2014
This is a great upgrade to the original lantern. Runs on a wide range of easily found fuels (the right candles can be hard to find when "on the road"), whilst being clean and robustly made. I run mine on olive oil, which means it doubles as my cooking oil container for short trips. Excellent!
Tim Haugen
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2013
After picking up a UCO Origional Candle Lantern at a garage sale for fifty cents(SCORE!), I went straight home and ordered my fourth Oil insert. Of my other three, one has seen regular use on the back patio(a couple nights a week) for 3 years without any melting issues. Also, with that kind of use, it's saved me a fortune on candles. The other two have sat in my Get-A-Way bag in my car trunk over two hot summers without any leaking issues. The candles will melt out of shape under these conditions. If this insert has any downside at all, it's that it doesn't fit the optional LED base on the fifth lantern I keep in my bedside table for emergencies. The biggest plus is that you can carry the lantern around without extra caution not to spill wax.To adjust the flame, the best I've found is to push the wick about 1/8 of an inch above the edge and light it. As it warms up, it will go though a phase of drawing a bit of excess oil but this will clear up after a couple minutes. If a larger flame is desired, use a knife tip or straight pin to fluff the top of the wick abit to expose more surface. Be careful if you slide the glass down to do this as it will be hot by this time. I prefer to remove it by taking out the base for this part.
J. LaTorre
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2010
I bought one of these to try it out, since I use the UCO lanterns all the time. It seems rugged enough, but I found that the height of the wick is quite critical to its operation ... If you adjust it to give the same illumination that a candle provides, it turns into a smudge-producing factory. To have the wick adjusted properly, it needs to be just a wee bit higher than the top of the wick holder. At this point, it actually puts out less light than the candle did. I've decided that I need to carry a little dental pick to coax the wick to exactly the right height. It would have been ideal to build some sort of regulator right into the lantern itself, as most conventional oil lanterns do, but that would have made the unit pricier.I'm not inclined to buy another one at this point, but I'll continue to play with the one I've got to see if I can find a happy compromise between illumination and cleanliness.
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