I have very little room. I have a perfect Chrome tilly. I have a Vapolux in need of restoration The one the army use made in England, just needs a clean up really so which should I get rid of and why? I think the Vapolux? if so what should I ask?
I agree with Steve. One lamp does not constitute a great saving in space. But if push came to shove - keep the Vapalux.
Put some large screw in cup hooks in the garage roof beams & keep both , two lamps are no more bother than one Wait untill you get to this stage This is when you need to worry , don't even mention the stoves & blowlamps Stu
So why should I keep the Vapolux? I understand what you arte all saying but I just kept my chrome tilly for power cuts etc and I like it. The vapolux has a mark on the glass looks like its been hot is this ok to use?
As I said earlier, better to keep both of them. If you only have two lamps you don't have a big storage problem (two lamps hanging up take up about 0.5m square space) If I had to get shot of one, it would be the Tilley, because the vapalux is so much superior quality. No contest - in my opinion. But, I would keep both of them!
The mark on the Vapalux glass will probably have been caused by the lantern being used with a damaged mantle. I have found that so long as an undamaged mantle is used then a marked glass will be okay. Damaged mantles direct the heat to one spot and if the problem is not noticed quickly then the glass will break, Jeff.
