Thanks so much for the video! I inherited one of these, with no English instructions I didn’t wanna burn the house down. Easy to start, but dread changing the wick someday. Great unit, highly recommended!
I have the white one and should have gotten the black one with the 360 degree window. Mine is horrible to reset to get the earthquake/shake lever to flip off, and the right height on the wick. Would LOVE to see an English instruction on how to set it properly. I’ve had mine 8 years and it’s still a pain since there are no English instructions on setting it correctly. The Japanese instruction videos are okay but they don’t clearly show the relationship between the gears, the wick height, the clutch and the numbers on the setting knob. All very confusing.
Probably from china. You might find one at old local stores. I just got a wick for mine. The shopman said it was the last one and had it already for 20 years in the store
+Michael Simpson You can buy older Aladdin Blue Flame heaters here in the UK, you just have to be careful as some haven't been maintained very well, I bought myself one last year (Model 37) and aside from a worn wick-riser gear, it's great... :)
+twocvbloke I got myself an old aladdin type 15 with the brass tank striped it fitted new mica window, wick and a few nuts and bolts and now it works great
I really want to buy one of these heaters.. I can't find the Aladdin heater anywhere on the internet. I followed your link, but can't read the price, or understand if they will ship to the United States or what the shipping can be. Can you either provide me a US distributor, or telephone number , or e-mail address so I can purchase one of these heaters. Or can you do a you tube and show us how to buy on the Japanese page. Thanks.
yeah over here in uk kerosene is paraffin and its in white 1gallon packs, green for unleaded gasoline, red for leaded gasoline (gone) and black for diesel. kerorsene isnt really sold at pumps etc anymore, nor is leaded gasoline, pump handles are green and black
Good point AaronAlso. The issue isn't necessarily the specific color used, rather it's making sure that the contents of the container are CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, preferably nice big, fat, bold BLACK letters: "GASOLINE", "DIESEL" or "KEROSENE". Accidentally dumping diesel or kerosene into a lawnmower could ruin your weekend, putting gasoline into a kerosene heater WILL cause a fireball that is likely to be hazardous to life and property.
Hi, I actually violated that rule. I use 5red gas tanks and one blue. The red ones were $2 cheaper. And I dont give a fuck cause I'm a resident not a business.
Does this unit use a pin or pin less wick? How efficient is it and Does it incorporate the dual combustion unit? it is called a (catalytic converter) .... not the flame spreader design? What gives it the blue flame? Thank you very much! KP
the good news the wonderful Aladdin heater is sold online thru amazon japan, the first ugly link is supposed to be the amazon japan link to the beloved Aladdin heaters.2nd link basically indicates that not all suppliers on amazon japan ship international3rd link takes you to an agent who will be able to handle japan purchases and ship to your eagerly awaiting hands. Note I have not used the agent services before since I lived in Japan.Good luckwww.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_7?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3+%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96&sprefix=%60arajin%2Caps%2C170&crid=2177CLFDAV1P3&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3+%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96www.parkablogs.com/content/amazon-japan-buying-guide-overseas-buyers-who-dont-know-japanesepersonalshopperj.com/
you are welcome, hope you are able to get one. depends on how much you want it. fyi my wife looked at me kind of strange when I got mine. I said not to worry it*s a man thing...
@@yujishinohara1uponatime That's pretty good. a typical dinning room in the USA = 10ft x 12 ft = 120 SqFt = 11 sq meter! The blue flame definitely beats yellow flame also for efficiency. Blue flame burns hotter. So that small unit vs. a typical yellow kero burner is highly desired. Must be easier to carry around the house too.
The blue flame heaters burn a lot of cleaner than most of the other types of heaters. That's because they use way more oxygen in the burning process. Underneath the brass flamespreader (right in the center of the flame) is a chimney through which air gets sucked up. You can see that the flamespreader itself covers the chimney but has got holes around its outer top. The air gets directed directly onto the wick et viola, you get your blue flame. (unless you don't set the wick to low or to high). Without the flamespreader you would not be able to create a blue flame in these heaters.
As Martinis said, the blue flame burns cleaner. Other factors: Small form factor, easy to carry around, nice looking design, easy to light, fuel efficient, etc....
The United states underwriters laboratories won't allow a new heater to be sold due to its open flame. They claim it had to have the actual flame covered. I just find the old ones series 15 for example. Work as well. Look on eBay.
those Batteries are AA not AAA which makes a difference if this unit doesn't come with Batteries especially in an emergency situation where you need to use this unit. one more observation, for this $$$ it should have had a Battery starter instead of having to raise the whole unit each time
If you try to buy one fron Arab or other far away country, they end up trying to rip you off. Happened to me several times. Thanks to paypal they didn't get away with it.
@@SuperGlocker77 kerosene puts off toxic fumes too.....you can run Diesel with alcohol and some fuel treatment in it and it will burn cleaner than kerosene......just like any other care thing heater you'll smell it when you first light it and when you cut it off......🤠
@@SuperGlocker77 I'm just trying to help people that is experience like you out so you will know..... you might have to burn diesel fuel one these days then that way you won't have any doubt about it just trying to help you out......🤠
I had a kerosene heater that was given to me something like a Dyna-Glo I only used it a couple of times it was given to me by somebody that owned a funeral home so that was a red flag so I use this heater system then I put it out on the deck every time I put it out first thing in the morning I'm making a cup of coffee I see smoke not just a little bit of smoke a lot the whole goddamn kerosene heater is in one big ball of flame I had to call the fire department I actually carried it off the deck they showed up and they put sand on it why did this thing catch on fire now that heater system that guy has right there that thing I definitely can tell this thing won't catch on fire
Don't see why getting one of these from a funeral home would raise a red flag. Whether new or used, anytime I've gotten a heater I always do the first burn outside in an area where any fire won't spread to anything to see how it behaves. Barring a gross defect it seems likely that the heater you were given probably had the wrong kind of fuel in it. Almost anything other than K-1 kerosene in one of these things is guaranteed to cause trouble. I wonder if the heater had gasoline in it, or something like paint thinner. Whatever was in it was obviously way more volatile than the proper fuel. Flare ups like that happen when the heater comes up to temperature which exceeds the vaporization point of the fuel. It is not impossible for this to happen with good kerosene but it would require ambient temperatures in the 90s or higher. It should be obvious that a heater isn't going to be used in such temps.
