I have often wondered what countries Tilleys were sold in. They were sold in lot of the commonwealth countries and many European countries probably due to tariff agreements. South Africa had a couple of dealers but what about the rest of Africa? What about South America? Greece I suspect did. There were a lot of very populated countries that did not have a reliable electricity supply. There would be a pre war and a post war side to this I'm sure.
I'm not too sure about this. I've not been seeing that many being found in my location (formerly Malaya). Nevertheless, it has been quite a while since the nation's Independence. As far as I'm aware of, collection of classic pressure lamps and such had not been particularly popular around here. I tend to suspect that most of the related older stuffs had probably been long stored away into oblivion..or worst, scrapped. I'm certainly dubious about any Tilleys ever being sold in British Antartica .
Not sold in British Antarctica, obviously, but I think it's reasonable to assume that some would have ended up there to provide heat and light in the huts etc...
I suspect even that might pose quite a challenge, if its taken that the Antartica region has a mean or average ambient temperature of -40°C to -60°C. If unaltered, I'd assume that kerosene would be at or close to its freezing range under this condition. Would be quite a feat to even start a kero-fueled lantern there. Methanol and ethanol have flashpoints at around 9°C and 13°C respectively. I'd reckon most spirits would have similar flashpoints within that range. Perhaps a propane-fueled Tilley might make it easier.
@MYN I can assure you that kerosene Tilley lamps, Austramax lanterns, Primus and Optimus stoves, as well as gasoline Coleman and other makes of lamps and stoves were all used in Antarctica by the Australian Antarctic Division. Wick lamps, too, of course. Field vehicles such as Hägglunds were fitted with, or carried, kerosene Optimus 111s stoves, and remote field huts usually had kerosene pressure lamps and stoves. It’s been a while since I’ve been there, so I’m not sure what standard field or remote equipment is issued these days. Old Primus "Patent" goes to Antarctica Cheers Tony
Within South America I only saw Tilley's in Uruguay, where I bought a couple. For sure there was an importer there. Strange in Argentina, where many companies had operations during the XX century, especially railways. Strange in Chile too because, as Uruguay, they used to import everything. Perhaps German manufactured lamps were cheaper? In Argentina I only found a clon of the Tilley irons, but locally made.
@Tony Press Thank you for affirmation that they could still work at the Antartica. Would be interesting to know what were the ambient temperatures on those occasions. Obviously the fuel had remained liquid in order to work.
The following was used in Denmark. Maybe there are more types, I don't know. SDR Type 1 X246 X246A X246B FL6 AL15A Al21 Tom
