The Highlander Pro Forces 33L Rucksack is about $60 not including shipping from the UK from the "Military 1st" website, I think I paid $75 in all for mine, got it in less than a week, its made out of 1000D polyester and has a PU coating and liner, it could have a little bit better waist belt, but the side pockets will hold a 40oz Klean Kanteen, and you can buy the Brandit Cross Molle Pouch it fits perfectly on the front and basically turn the pack into one of these expedition style 3 pocket packs.

In case anyone wants to know...the Helikon-Tex Matilda 35L pack is now only $124.99, less than the small continental and the larger one. Better material, (500D cordura nylon) , just better all around. but I dont know if the side pockets will fit a 40oz bottle, it is hydration compatible and looks like it will hold the 32oz military canteens. just do some research first.

If it's boiling water in a kettle one seeks, my little Burton induction hob and enameled steel teakettle heat water in seconds, not minutes. OTOH, it's not prepper, nor does it reduce yard debris.

the 32 oz bottle and cup fit perfect in side pocket.water purify tabs are for 32 oz canteen.not 40 oz.trim down your gear.i do 3 day trips with that pack.and weighs less than 20 lbs.yes the straps on bottom of pack are too short.have fun in the woods,dont stress.

Zipper is pulling my hair under neck, every time I wear it, and I have 2 it happens on both, it is painful and it’s happening every 5 minutes when I turn my head left or right

I noticed in the video your lantern was really dark compared to a lot of others. Personally I run kerosene through mine with a 20mm wick, cut flat. The key is to dial them up until you see soot and then back a touch until there is no soot, that will achieve maximum burn. A well maintained and well adjusted lantern should be comparable to most phone torches except displayed in warm colour. I truly love these old lanterns, very practical and cozy.

I agree with every one of your points....wtf thought this would be ok on the american market where virtually everyone uses those 40oz bottles, and everyone needs to strap a bedroll or blanket or tent to the bottom.

Thanks for the review. I have had the Kelly Kettle Trekker for years. It is a staple for my camping/prep gear. To your point, they are pretty much the same design thus very similar. Obviously these are made for the trail/camp and not the kitchen. I have had boiling water in less than 10 minutes from unpacking to brew. At home, I use my electric kettle for practicality :)

I got mine for 29.99 pounds sterling.

Here’s a idea just put 3gal in for camping geez

When I was a kid when we didn't have lights I did homework by one and they can ruin your eyes.

you need to top comparing civilian way of life vs military. its a military tent plain and simple its not suppose to be comfortable or have creature comforts.

I am surprised it’s that dim for you. I am in a room about 10x12 feet and with 2 tabletop oil lamps burning I have a pretty good quality light. Maybe not enough to read a book unless next to a lamp but I can see everything clearly. I use the oil lamps all winter to provide heat primarily but also have a kerosene heater for really cold days

Good god use a better camera that webcam framerate is terrible

I've been wearing this exact one for over 15 yrs

You are right, there is not a lot of light. You have to be within three feet of it to comfortably read a book. It can help some to put a mirror behind the lantern.

I bring an extra blanket to put in my intermediate bag to be very comfortable in cold weather. If that doesn’t work, I put the army bivy cover over-that’s 3 layers. Works perfect in 35-40 f.

Why anybody want to listen to what you have to say is beyond me?

I skipped over some. So I didn't see any mention of what fuel used in the oil lantern. Paraffin type..low odor yadi ya has higher flash point which doesn't burn as bright. It's a dang candle. Silly to compare with today's lamps.

Every household in Britain and Ireland has an electric kettle, but we run on 230/240 volts so not sure if that would be appropriate for America

Kelly Kettle is made in China now vs Ghillie UK 🇬🇧

Just came off 8 days without electricity due to Hurricane Hellene whipping on through the area. My oil lamps were worth their weight in gold, honestly. Everything I had that was battery-powered, with the exception of my Surefire running CR123's, was dead in the water b/c the batts were dead. The oil lamps don't put out tons of light, sure, but they functioned perfectly the whole time. You certainly need more than one. I ran two 'decorative oil lamps and two hurricane lamps, as well as some tiny candles tucked here and yon. Overall, the house was very well-lit and I could easily move around without worrying about tripping or stubbing a toe. The real big saving grace was just being relieved. I had zero need to try finding batteries at the one store that had power. I didn't need to worry that any batteries I found would then run out and I'd need to get more batteries. The oil lamps can run on kerosene, lamp oil, or diesel, all of which I already had on hand. That peace of mind was so very important to me when the times were trying. It was just one less thing to worry about. Plus, I looked awesome as I sat there reading my Ashley Book of Knots by lamplight! I don't think I'll ever go back to any kind of modern light unless it runs on CR123 batteries. For emergencies, Old Tech is definitely the way to go because you know it'll work just like it worked for our ancestors these last centuries.

The best way to get a good representation of the light it is throwing out is to NOT use the camera in your phone. Use a REAL camera and manually set the aperture and ISO so that it does not change with the amount of light going through the lens. Then you can adjust your settings until you see in the camera monitor what you see in front of you. I hope that helps.

Yes at night they do. Day time open window shades for sun. 😊😊

What does smartness have to do with anything? LOL

i was in a “antique” shop. there is one seller that has three of them but wants $40.USD each. thinking next ss payout going back and offering $100.for all three of them. with what i already have (battery, Colman, oil lamps, candles), i should be set for some time. and as pg&e rates keep going up, need to cur back of it. then just try to figure out how to attend to the water supply. ( well not possible due to a couple reasons).

Just got one used/good condition, & came with 2 long & 1 short pole. Hopefully that's correct. Haven't had time or a place to set up yet. It smells terrible & hopefully airs out, & the black liner material is so sticky, it bonds to itself like glue.

I have several of the much less expensive Coleman lanterns that came w incandescent bulbs. I got them new in the box at an estate sale for just a few bucks. I replaced the incandescent bubs with LED bulbs and it was a vast improvement. They are not as impressive as your lantern, but I already had them. That's a nice lantern. If I was buying one today, that's what I'd get!

Good tip. Thanks!

Have used oil lamps and lanterns since the early 80s and have many, both new and vintage. Agree the new WT Kirkman premium lanterns are one of the best being manufactured today. The other superior quality Lantern being the German made FeuerHand 276 Baby lantern which is closer in size to the smaller #1 little Champ Kirkman. Other advantages besides the heavier thicker globe. The wick adjuster is improved with brass wick guide and smoother function. Not 100% sure but I thought the metal thickness is slightly heavier gauge? The overall build quality is definitely a step above compared to the new Dietz lanterns or any Chinese knockoff. I’ve owned 6 Kirkman no. 1 & 2 cold blast Lanterns and never had a leaking oil font, lose joint, bad finish, flimsy sloppy globe lifter mechanism etc. Nor have I heard of any flaws or general complaints from the Spirit lantern/stove community. WTK is sorting out the production right now. I believe they are trying to move more of the production back to the US. As to light output. That is subjective. If anything your camera made the actual light output look dimmer? We have used our #2 Champion during many power outages. You can definitely navigate a large totally darkened room and identify everything in the room if your eyes are even halfway dark adapted. I can certainly read by my Kirkman #2 lantern although it will strain one’s eyes if done for longer periods of time. We routinely use our oil lanterns to light and offer heat in our larger canvas Tentipi. Agree these vintage style lanterns aren’t the brightest but they are functionally bright enough to perform generally activities you’d expect to be doing during a power outage, camping trip or used at your off grid cabin. The ambiance they create is unbeatable.

I lit my 1976 Dietz Comet last night in a pitch black garage. I could see everything in the garage fine. And the comet is very small… Nothing better in a SHTF situation imo. I have about 12 of these ranging from 1886 to the 1930s. Dietz and Feurhand… very cool and useful things to collect.

They make a great night light. Just don't leave it running while you sleep. I store mine with oil in it so the bottom doesn't rust out.

Work great for lighting scraggily faces up in movies though! "Arr who goes there?"

The amount of light from a hurricane lamp is better than nothing at all. Too much Chef Boy Are Dee.

You'll be amazed how much your eyes adjust to low light levels. We in the USA are accustomed to near full daylight levels of illumination 24/7. Back in the late 1970s, I lived in the Middle East for almost two years teaching English. There the electricity was turned off from 09:00 to 16:00 everyday. It was common for the power to be off several days at a time. Hospitals, government building, and hotels that catered to tourists had their own diesel generators. Their street lighting was almost non-existent. We had oil lamps, lanterns, and candles. We adjusted and did just fine. We in the USA are truly blessed and spoiled... As an aside, their crime level was very low.

lost me at chinese...

All these pre-electrical devices were measured by candle powwer. A Dietz #10, which is a smallish lantern, puts out between 7 and 9 candlepower. Big lanterns about 10-15. This is not a lot of light, but it's enough to blind tyou in the dark junless you make a reflector to block the light from your eyes ans shine it away from you. It's easy to do and increases to tcandlepower. Polish a thin sheet of aluminum to ahigh sheen withboat or metal polish. Bend the sheet to fit the globe shape and to hook inot the draft columns on each side, fitting between the globe and the shafts. It'll stay by springback pressure. You can also cover it with foil, shiny side to the flame. The shinier you polish it, the more light it will reflect - like a mirror if possible, thus doubling the power, but shielding your eyes. My little Dietz #10s do a very good job with short range personal lighting in my tents, or on the table at camp. I have three that I use on the patio at night.

That's how people lived.😊

Need a reflector.

I got the French Alpine Army version and boy is it toasty. The US MSS is cool and all but the UK/French/German bags win every time. (and yes the French Alpine Army and the German Bundeswehr have the inside pocket) :)

Well, they don't produce enough light for reading... at least for an extended period. They do work quite well to illuminate a large-ish tent and to find your way to the outhouse. I've used a Deitz Blizzard to find my way back to my tent in a cedar grove at night during a fairly heavy rain. I could see probably twenty feet in front of me, and at considerably further distances, I could see animal eyes glowing in the dark. While they do work as designed, this remains century plus old technology and we certainly have better in 2024. That said, how many times have you found that the batteries in your flashlight are dead... and also your spare batteries? A gallon of kerosene will last for decades on the shelf and a full fount of fuel will last all night in the Blizzard. If you got a Monarch (with a very large fount) or any of several dead-flame lanterns, you can be looking at three days without refilling the fount. If you want to read, you should get yourself a center-draft table lamp like an Aladdin, Magnet or Rayo. They all out-produce any lantern excepting the pressure lanterns with a mantle such as Coleman makes. Aladdins much be watched constantly, but the Rayo and Magnet designs that do not use mantles are much more reliable, if not as bright. All of these bright-burning lamps and lanterns put out more light (and heat) at the cost of increased fuel consumption.

Have a look at Vermont Lanterns. Looks like high quality stuff for frequent users of oil lanterns. If you want a brighter lamp look at Aladdin Lamps.

I like the old westerns where they show a ton of light coming out of these type lanterns, Must have been 100 of them in the barn.

The back pain is from the cot, I don’t think the mattress can fully mitigate that.

Does anyone make a hurricane lantern that uses vegetable oil and olive oil? I know olive oil needs a LOT of thermal feedback of the flame is above the oil level for it to draw up cotton.

Every single wick adjuster for table and hurricane lanterns SUCK. Not a dang one of them is tight. I struggle to get wicks to go up and down. I even tried forever wicks. Still the shaft on the toothed wheel that contacts the wick always becomes loose and won't turn very well. Other problem is the wheel you turn with your hand where it connects to the shaft gets loose too. I want those TIGHT! No more looseness, getting loose, or slipping on the wick when trying to adjust. All those lanterns are for getting around in the dark. Note: it takes HOURS for your night vision to occur. That is one reason why pirates wore eye patches - the maintain night vision in one eye. As of today, Kirkland says out of stock for the hurricane lanterns. Other gawd awfully expensive ones seem to always be in stock...

I ended up going with the ghillie kettle for the sole reason that it’s made in the UK. Both priced about the same but the Kelly kettle is made in China which is extremely unfortunate. If Kelly was still made in Ireland I would have chosen their product as I would have preferred a stainless steel option over aluminum.

If u wanted extra thickness in the pad, could you stack two of the Teton pads on top of each other and still be able to tie it down the cot itself? Thinking about get two of the Teton Pads

Can anyone tell me where I can buy a lamp like this made of stainless steel? I have had a few of these type of lamps and they have all rusted big time.

Good nostalgic🎉🎉❤