12/7/2023 0 Comments Uco candle lantern reflectorWhile not strictly an accessory, there are three different types of ‘official’ candle available for the UCO candle lantern. Limited Edition 40th anniversary Original Lantern from UCO – featured a hand-stitched leather sleeve around its base, They add little in the way of practicality beyond a decent protective covering to the majority of the collapsed lantern Aesthetically pleasing, the sleeve accessories do nothing to make a lantern more efficient. UCO are missing a trick in not producing their own sleeves. I doubt many owners of the original ‘official’ UCO leather sleeves will be selling them. So much so that similar hand-stitched offerings are also made by third parties and sold on the likes of eBay and Etsy. These were hand-stitched in the US and were especially appreciated by the bushcrafting fraternity. To celebrate their 40th anniversary, UCO produced a run of 2000 Original Candle Lanterns with custom leather surround. This is another product that UCO appear to have abandoned. These are cheaply available, and Three Points of the Compass looks at one of these in another post. In the meantime, those people wanting an oil burner are either making their own, or buying a cheaply made metal oil burner, probably made in China. Both of my UCO neoprene cocoon sleeves are black, but I have also seen red or blue cocoons supplied with older lanterns and there may have been other colours. It is likely that UCO altered the dimensions so that the now discontinued and slightly longer Original+LED lantern could fit it better. Despite their weights being the same, one cocoon is longer/taller than the other. I have two cocoons for my two Original lanterns. There isn’t much to go wrong with this product no zips, no poppers, no Velcro. It is a simple all-encompassing sleeve cover that hinges in the middle. The 45g quarter-inch thick neoprene cocoons that UCO sell are excellent for protecting the collapsed lanterns from shock during transport. I have never purchased one as a sock fulfills exactly the same role and the UCO neoprene cocoon an even better job. One of these will provide a little protection to the exterior of the lantern. When purchased as a kit, lanterns often come packaged with a blue or black fleece drawcord storage bag. While these tough chimneys are as robust as glass can be and are additionally slid down for storage inside the metal surround, protected from crush damage, these are obviously still at risk of breakage. The UCO candle lanterns have glass chimneys.
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