Thread: refill your disposable canisters

Originally Posted by specweapon

So is the adapter that was linked the wrong thread or are they all the wrong thread? Or hit and miss?

I think it is a bit hit and miss. I bought two and they both fit perfectly.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I think it is a bit hit and miss. I bought two and they both fit perfectly.

tin arse

What a great idea. Always hated the idea of taking 2 cylinders on a walk just because I couldn't be positive of how much remained in the first one. Ill be ordering one or two myself.

Cheers

just picked up a few 250g cans from mitre10 mega, cost about $6 ea (not much more than wholesale price)...... hardly worth the risk of my face sluffing off over being a $6 tight arse.

If you use a remote canisiter and can invert it then you'll get the most out of it. But yeah the "how long will a half full can last? " question will still be there. unless you can weigh them?

The lightweight hiking guys in the US are getting 20-22 1liter full rolling boils using the remote burners/windscreen/Heat exhanger pots and 250g cans.
GEAR » New Stove Gear: Fire Maple 117t and XK6 "HE" Pot -- BackpackingLight.com Forums


Pretty reasonable pricing on these too, while still being really light. full set up including a full 250g can is about 500g.
http://www.fire-maple.com/en/productsinfo.aspx?pid=8
http://www.fire-maple.com/en/productsinfo.aspx?pid=30

I would think that only the seals in the valve would be liable to perish from the longer use than as designed, other than internal corrosion I wouldn't think the canister would fail, have ordered a couple for gifts

Makes a deafening sound when I sit down too quickly.

Mind you I'll need to buy new gas bottles very shortly and then they probably wont fit.

yeah mine doesn't fit, ordered it from the aliexpress link provided

The MSR cans I use have marks on the side which show how full the can is when floating in water.

Often see 2 or 3 or even 4 all but empty cans left in a hut...
Nobody wants your empty gas cans.
Carry them out ya lazy cunts you are not doing anyone a favor.

Sent from my SM-G800Y using Tapatalk

Bought 3 100g jetboil canisters from Macpac today, $6.45, the cheapest ive seen in a while for that size. Will have a go at the refilling thing.

Macpac have been running a special on the 100g, they were 5.81... I 've seen various 110g at Bunnings, plenty of places have the smaller cans... I've found the JetBoil to be better for my JetBoil, mix seems to be slightly different than Kovea, and the others...

Originally Posted by Double Shot

Macpac have been running a special on the 100g, they were 5.81... I 've seen various 110g at Bunnings, plenty of places have the smaller cans... I've found the JetBoil to be better for my JetBoil, mix seems to be slightly different than Kovea, and the others...

FWIW

Brunton/Kovea: 0% n-butane, 70% isobutane, 30% propane
Coleman: 60% n-butane, 0% isobutane, 40% propane
Primus: 70% n-butane, 10% isobutane, 20% propane
MSR IsoPro: 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane
JetPower (Jetboil): 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane

Originally Posted by Spanners

FWIW

Brunton/Kovea: 0% n-butane, 70% isobutane, 30% propane
Coleman: 60% n-butane, 0% isobutane, 40% propane
Primus: 70% n-butane, 10% isobutane, 20% propane
MSR IsoPro: 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane
JetPower (Jetboil): 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane

Does anyone know how our LPG compares with this? I was under the impression that the LPG had a slightly higher % of propane, but not sure if it runs n-butane or isobutane.

Originally Posted by Spanners

FWIW

Brunton/Kovea: 0% n-butane, 70% isobutane, 30% propane
Coleman: 60% n-butane, 0% isobutane, 40% propane
Primus: 70% n-butane, 10% isobutane, 20% propane
MSR IsoPro: 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane
JetPower (Jetboil): 0% n-butane, 80% isobutane, 20% propane

Yea I always try to buy the 80/20 mixes rather than the standard ones like kovea. As when your in snow kovea won't boil water

My 2 adaptors arrived today, have taken 1,2 and 3 turns off the thread and taken off the rubber seal, mine still leaks gas out around the fitting. Do i need to take more thread off to screw it in further?