Originally Posted by Beansnbacon33
Had them in the house growing up as a kid but don't really know if that was an okay thing or a really bad thing. Have a couple extras and thinking about it while making preparations for upcoming cold weather. Read stuff online and it's about 50/50. What do you guys think?



If you're thinking of the free-standing ones with a round wick, they're dangerous as hell. Lotsa folks had them in deepest, darkest Appalachia when I was growing up, but all tbe houses around were old and drafty which is probably the only reason no one died. We never had one. We just shoveled more coal into the stove.

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