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T TorchGuy Member Renton, WA Joined: Apr 24, 2008 Posts: 242	T TorchGuy Posted posted on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 3:39 PM John Charles Co. was the head company, Tiki Torch Co. was a subsidiary. Into the 90s, Tiki Torch Co. was Tiki Torch Co. Only recently did Lamplight Farms, an oil lamp manufacturer, buy them out. And while they may indeed be investing money in them, they junked all the funky vintage-style spun aluminum torches in favor of the cheap bamboo ones, which were already in production at the time by many other companies. They switched the Tiki name onto products identical in style and quality to everything else on the market. In other words, in trying to "match the market", quality and style dropped substantially. The bamboo torches are fine as inexpensive backyard party gear, but they can't compare with the spun aluminum all-metal torches.

John Charles Co. was the head company, Tiki Torch Co. was a subsidiary. Into the 90s, Tiki Torch Co. was Tiki Torch Co. Only recently did Lamplight Farms, an oil lamp manufacturer, buy them out. And while they may indeed be investing money in them, they junked all the funky vintage-style spun aluminum torches in favor of the cheap bamboo ones, which were already in production at the time by many other companies. They switched the Tiki name onto products identical in style and quality to everything else on the market. In other words, in trying to "match the market", quality and style dropped substantially. The bamboo torches are fine as inexpensive backyard party gear, but they can't compare with the spun aluminum all-metal torches.

Post #376273 by TorchGuy on Fri, Apr 25, 2008 3:39 PM