Chinese Lanterns have certainly been a product that has had no difficulty in getting in the news. From a fear that animals would eat the wire that some of them contained to setting fire to businesses. They are however a product that people love to use to celebrate events. From birthdays to weddings as well as at times of the year such as new year's eve.
So why is there all the trouble and bad press about them?
Government guidelines state that the lantern should contain no metal, it should be made from flame retardant paper and should include a fully assembled non-drip high quality fuel cell. All of our lanterns are of the highest quality and comply with all of the above requirements. Unfortunately not all Chinese Lanterns are of the same high quality and standard as the ones we sell. As John Ruskin said 'There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper'. Certainly that seems to be the way with Chinese Lanterns. It is easy to find them for sale on the internet at what can appear initially to be bargain prices and we have had customers who have bought 'cheap' Chinese Lanterns off the internet tell us how poor performing they were.
So beware when buying Chinese Lanterns. Make sure that the ones you are buying meet the governments guidelines and that you are buying from a reputable supplier.
