The Jupiter is a nice lantern. I ordered one years back. I lined the interior tank with POR 15 to prevent leaks and rust. It put out so much heat that I converted the top to a cooker. It gets hot enough to cook and I have cooked flap jacks, eggs, heated water for coffee, warmed up meals. Absolutely a great thing. And I use diesel as fuel.
I got a Dietz #8 pilot lantern which is big. Puts out 12 candle power same as the Jupiter, same size wick, but less tank capacity. Used this past weekend due to a power outage. Burned real clean. No leaks. Ty Jesus. That Jupiter is nice. I like that old Dietz #80 blizzard made in USA!
Recommended with all of the Dietz with 7/8 wick (Air Pilot, D-Lite, Blizzard and Jupiter) to use either kerosene or Klean-heat kero substitute because that cheap lamp oil doesn't wick well on wider wicks. You get the same light (same wick size) for all 4 models of lamp.
Brother I like to use a qtip with crisco shortening to lubricate all the friction points on my lanterns, especially the chimney. A little goes a long way and just wipe off after you've worked it in and your good to go. I quit using olive oil because it got sticky after a while. Great video👍👍👍
Cool Jupiter lantern I have a couple myself and they are great for emergencies they throw good light and can give some pretty good heat if you need it some folks use them to heat greenhouses and chicken coups during cold spells too.
Great video , I am in the process of buying a junior and after your video i am going to buy the Blizzard as well, it was good to see the difference in all three type cheers, and thanks again
Do they make mirrored reflectors for these lanterns? I suppose one could be built fairly easily. My dad had a mirrored metal reflector for our big coleman lantern. Probably could modify one from another company to use on a Dietz type.
Recently restored an old NIER 280 German lantern (fire hand). It was pretty intact except it didn't have a globe. 15 dollars at a thrift shop. 13.5 inches tall plus the bail handle. Fortunately, Dietz makes a replacement globe for this model for 13 dollars. (The red globe was 23 dollars). Looking for more old ones to restore.
Fired it up yesterday. It's beautiful. Not sure what the original color was ( I think it was olive) it had pinholes in the bottom of the tank, which I sealed with liquid Flex Seal. So far so good. It's pre-war made in Germany,
I hope you trimmed the wick correctly and allowed at least an hour for the oil to saturate the wick. I hope you at least read the instructions and learned how to flip the globe back to get access to the burner mechanism and remove the globe for cleaning, as a new wick will always make some soot. I have several Dietz lanterns, and the Jupiter will burn about 5 days on medium setting, using Firefly Clean Fuel, a more dense alternative to paraffin.Also, Dietz lanterns will put the flame out if the lantern is broken or knocked over, if used correctly.
Recently purchased 4 of the Jupiter 2500 lanterns, and 3 of them seem to have the wrong sized glass globes (measured over 1/4" differnce in height from the good one), top perch caps don't rest flat against the body. There are vent holes exposed, would this affect anything? Going through the hassle to return is a problem, as the vendor requires a 15% restocking fee. Though i do have a spare globe coming... see if it fixes the problems, I guess.
What would you recommend for fuel for those type of lanterns. Are there oder free fuels? Would like to get a few for my preps! Nice reviews of your lamps. Thanks for sharing your info!!!
I am using klean heat. The wick seems to burn faster than the fuel until the wick is flat against the feeder with only a partial flame well inside the slits. My blizard (which looks like it has exactly the same feeder and slit seems to stay slightly brighter where the wick gets burnt right below the slit and seems to keep. Did I do something wrong. No matter how high I make the wick they burn off until it gets to those levels. Any help would he nice. 😊 fuel is about 50 to 80% Tried carbon felt as well and it doesnt seem to soak up as fast at the dietz cotton wicks and just chars.
Thanx; Best Dietz Jupiter 2500 Video. I Recently Bought One; I Acquired A Dietz #80 Blizzard A Year Ago And Just Purchased A Dietz Little Wizard Number One. My Understanding Is The Wizard (5/8 Inch Wick) Can Run On Paraffin Lamp Oil; But Larger Lanterns/Wicks Of 7/8 Inches Must Run On Kerosene Or A Synthetic Derivative. Anyone Have More Information And/Or A Link?
I want a Jupiter because of that tank capacity and run time. All of the 7/8" wick type put off a fair amount of heat to help manage the heat in green houses and water well houses. Just enough output to keep things from freezing in a small well insulated space. Real kerosene is your best fuel. Lamp oil is liquid paraffin and is not good in cold conditions. It will thicken and fail to wick up properly.
I don't know. Own an air pilot, a dietz no. 1 and a nbr 80 blizzard. So far, the blizzard out performs on brightness, the nbr1 outperforms on fuel consumption while the air pilot comes in last.
@@darrellbigdaddydcarter9224 Im in Sweden and i was so lucky just 2hours ago that i found some NOS Blizzards from the old Swedish Civil Defence Force in a suplus store online in blue so i bought 2 of them for about 32$ each 🙂 Will buy a few more when i get the those i ordered and have tester them. They said Dietz and 999 on top and i dont know if that is for the Swedish market or not?
Hey brother, new subscriber here, do you know anything about restoring old Coleman’s?? I have a 1930’s 242A with nickel…..it’s my plan to restore it and when looking it over I think they replaced the pump at some point?? Anyway, let me know if you have any helpful information. Thanks
Hey man thanks and yes I love the old coleman I have some 242s myself they r east ti take down and get going again but if I could I'd go origanal on that pump it's hard to give you any advice without seeing it I'm not sure if I have a 242 video up or not thanks man
@@darrellbigdaddydcarter9224 thanks for the reply and yes I need to find an original pump for it, which probably isn’t easy?? I picked it up at an estate sale years ago and it’s one of my winter projects this year. It sat a long time but no rust and no dents….lol some really really old fuel in it.
@@jefflanham1080 can u post pics here I'd love to see the pump and what's been done to it I may do a video on a 242 clean up before long I don't think I've done a video on one yet be fun
The greens will be complaining about your contribution to global warming! Lovely lamps but I bet the lamp made in 1947 will be around long after the new one.
