100 hour candles for cheap

[Harry Ono]

or grow olives and press to make olive oil to eat, lubricate and burn for light.

grow and press and repeat... worked for several thousand years.

time to pick up some olive trees to grow up near your mountain cabin.



Burn olive oil in a regular Kerosene lamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JBq5rEk3ww

[ChuckD]

Most any household grease or oil will make a "candle".

I prefer a vigil/prayer candle in a jar for light/bang/$ efficiency. Case of them for $12. (12/case)
I get 80 - 90 hrs / candle. (indoors use)

I buy these at the $.99 store, I love them and have 100 of them. I leave the wrapping with the Saints on the candle - I figure if I need an emergency candle I'll need all the help I can get.

[skilletboy]

For the exact same price per hour you can get 100 tea lights from Ikea. $3.99 for 100.

That's $.04 each for 4 hours of light. 100/4 hours = 25 tea lights. At $.04 each that's exactly $1.

The benefit of tea lights is you have the opportunity to use more of them if you need them. And with less glass they weight less.

The downside is once they've been burning for a while tea lights are useless if you put them out and try to relight them. You use them fully up or not, which is why I like the 4 hour time frame personally.

Of course none of that matters if there is a gas leak after an earth quake and you cannot burn anything. Then off to the flashlights we go.

YMMV.

[Alacrity]

Bwahahahaha... good one.

[sbo80]

Most any household grease or oil will make a "candle".

I prefer a vigil/prayer candle in a jar for light/bang/$ efficiency. Case of them for $12. (12/case)

Being patient helps too, I snagged a few today in the clearance rack at Ralph's that were .79 each.

[poppa p]

https://youtu.be/jRehAKZ7uHU

Thanks for the link and info, OP!


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