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I bought some 'Yankee Candle' Christmas candles. They are tea-light size and were half-price.
The wicks are short and thin and the holder is plastic. They seem to take twice as long to burn as those standard polish made tea-lights you seem to get in ikea, and they burn with half the heat.
Is this US health and safety gone mad. I've made some home-made tealights with unburnt wax, 20% second hand cooking oil and thick cotton wicks and accidentally burnt the ceiling, they burned so quick, so you have to be careful with your wick thickness and wax melting point.
But Yankee tea-lights seem to have gone too far with the safety. They give off about as much light as LEDs. And no warmth.
The wicks are short and thin and the holder is plastic. They seem to take twice as long to burn as those standard polish made tea-lights you seem to get in ikea, and they burn with half the heat.
Is this US health and safety gone mad. I've made some home-made tealights with unburnt wax, 20% second hand cooking oil and thick cotton wicks and accidentally burnt the ceiling, they burned so quick, so you have to be careful with your wick thickness and wax melting point.
But Yankee tea-lights seem to have gone too far with the safety. They give off about as much light as LEDs. And no warmth.
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And no warmth? FFS I thought us Scots were mean. Turn the central heating on if you want a heat scrooge. 
If Yankee Candle Inc designed thermostats, the maximum temperature would be 19C. They wouldn't want suing because someone dehydrated in their own gaff.
If you're worried about heating your house during a power cut, we always use an old oil drum placed on a couple of house bricks in the middle of the lounge.
Fill it with household rubbish and set fire to it and you'll have no problem keeping warm.
Good way of getting rid of your rubbish, not to mention garden waste.
Fill it with household rubbish and set fire to it and you'll have no problem keeping warm.
Good way of getting rid of your rubbish, not to mention garden waste.
In the interests of research and that so that you don't have to 
I put Yankee versus IKEA tea-light candles in a head to head
Mass:
Yankee 14g
IKEA 12g
Burn time
Yankee 5.5 hrs ( who the f needs that sort of burn time, people are busy, and candles shouldn't burn past bed-time as they have to be put out leading to wasted wax )
IKEA 3.5 hrs
Heat
Yankee 12cm
IKEA 15 cm
( this is the lowest height you can hold your hand steady above the flame before fleeing the scene )
Fragrance
Yankee CHRISTMAS LACE
IKEA BLUEBERRY
Yankee is a slight winner here, as this is just the nicer one, but dedicated fragrances that you get for burners are far better
Scald factor
Yankee
IKEA
I'm not stupid enough to actually test this one, as the idea is to pour the hot wax ( or warm wax as in the case of Yankee ) on the back of the elbow and see if it burns the skin. I suspect the Yankee would not scald but can't prove it.
Waste
Yankee - about 3g of wax left when the wick burnt down to the bottom
IKEA - none left
Conclusion: Yankee is a bit of a puff's candle, but if you have children who you don't want to supervise as you're on here gambling is the safer option as it's as child-proof as something burning can be.
IKEA candles are for people who want an actual candle. And better value.
I put Yankee versus IKEA tea-light candles in a head to headMass:
Yankee 14g
IKEA 12g
Burn time
Yankee 5.5 hrs ( who the f needs that sort of burn time, people are busy, and candles shouldn't burn past bed-time as they have to be put out leading to wasted wax )
IKEA 3.5 hrs
Heat
Yankee 12cm
IKEA 15 cm
( this is the lowest height you can hold your hand steady above the flame before fleeing the scene )
Fragrance
Yankee CHRISTMAS LACE
IKEA BLUEBERRY
Yankee is a slight winner here, as this is just the nicer one, but dedicated fragrances that you get for burners are far better
Scald factor
Yankee
IKEA
I'm not stupid enough to actually test this one, as the idea is to pour the hot wax ( or warm wax as in the case of Yankee ) on the back of the elbow and see if it burns the skin. I suspect the Yankee would not scald but can't prove it.
Waste
Yankee - about 3g of wax left when the wick burnt down to the bottom
IKEA - none left
Conclusion: Yankee is a bit of a puff's candle, but if you have children who you don't want to supervise as you're on here gambling is the safer option as it's as child-proof as something burning can be.
IKEA candles are for people who want an actual candle. And better value.
Thanks bongo, plenty to get my head around here.
I think you need a hobby.
I think you need a hobby.
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