Common sense is the key, and it is down you if you choose to use it inside or outside, but with adequate ventilation and keeping it away from the tent walls then there shouldn’t be any problems. Our Original Candle Lantern is still our most popular for all-around uses such as backpacking, camping, and home.

The candle burns slowly and efficiently as it sits in a spring loaded tube that gently pushes the candle upwards as it burns. Excess or spilled wax can be removed from the lantern by chipping or scraping it off with a blunt object.

The candles are said to last for 9 hours, we can vouch for this as we did sleep one night with it still lit (not recommended) and when we awoke early the next morning it was still burning. Be sure not to touch the heat shield when the lantern is burning, or until it has had sufficient time to cool after use. I’m actually quite looking forward to using it wild camping over the winter months during those early long dark evenings, I’m sure it will make us feel really cosy, warm and maybe even damp free. This is easier if you first place the part with the wax on it in a freezer for 10-20 minutes until the wax becomes brittle.

The chimney quickly and easily slides down inside the lantern to give the user instant access to the candle area. The UCO candle lantern was used by us for 2 nights and we didn’t experience any safety problems with it.I was a bit dubious as having a flame inside the tent was not something I would have ever considered doing before. Wax formula, wick size, and other features were specially engineered to make this the ideal candle for our lanterns. You can also remove wax by heating until just hot enough to cause melting and blotting with absorbent material. If we had been in a smaller tent then we would have had to be a bit more cautious about not knocking into the lantern. Once lit, the chimney slides back up into its original position - providing wind protection for the candle flame.

Clearly you have to act appropriately around it and not bash into it, but from our perspective it was safe. The lantern hangs on a metal chain so that it is away from the ceiling of the tent and there wasn’t any hot liquid wax pouring out of the bottom, it was all rather uneventful (despite my initial concerns). I don’t want to get into an argument about whether you feel it is safe or not to use one of these candle lanterns inside a tent, I just want to report our experience and findings when using it.I have experienced condensation inside a tent, even ice but the temperatures we experienced in Scotland did not cause us any condensation problems. When wild camping, we normally hang up a head torch which gives off a super white light, even on it’s low setting. The classic, long-burning collapsible candle lantern that has provided warm, natural light to thousands of outdoor enthusiasts since 1982, the Original Candle Lantern is still a most popular model.