Can you have a burning tealight in a tent without worrying about CO and setting light to your tent if placed in a glass jar ?
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Depends on the tent, how much ventilation has it got, how close to the fly sheet is it etc...?
You can do it, in some tents, in the right place, with the right ventilation. In others it would be suicide.
It depends.
Julia
Talking of tea lights and candle lanterns Copper Head did you post a pic of a candle lantern stored safe in a coffee tin?? Was that a micro uco?? Sorry slight thread slippage...
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Depends on the tent, how much ventilation has it got, how close to the fly sheet is it etc...?
You can do it, in some tents, in the right place, with the right ventilation. In others it would be suicide.
It depends.
Julia
but I think it's an unnecessary risk when there are alternatives such as the Zippo hand-warmers which have no flame, won't make a hole in your tent, won't go out if you sit on them, and last longer. Yes they cost a bit more than a candle but maybe you won't think that way if you've just made a hole in two-hundred-dollar bit of kit with the candle, or poured molten wax into your sleeping bag.
I personally would be very reluctant to have any kind of flame in a closed tent or bivvy bag if I were sleeping in it, just because it's a flame, and all flames need great care if they're to remain under control.
My brother and I used to camp on Dartmoor a third of a century and more ago and used a gas lantern in small backpacker tents. I'm sure the "Safety Sallies" will say we should be dead. We never had a problem - because we were careful. If a chuffing tealight is the most dangerous thing in your life, I feel very sorry for you.
so lets not examine the risks for a different scenario.have a large candle in a small poorly ventilated tent.
you're in a very very dangerous situation. Again, why would you?