Thread: refill your disposable canisters

Yep must not be tightening up inside the female fitting of the cylinder.

Originally Posted by longrange308

Havnt tryed mine yet but I just hope lpg burns better than the jet boil shit I'm Using for the canister

Hmm..
Funny you should say that... Ive just had 3 wks in the Arctic Circle using a Jetboil on Jetboil branded gas.
Couldnt find a mix on the can, but Google says its 80% isobutane, 20% propane - so a normal mix
It was the BEST can Ive ever used!
Got 29 boils out of the 230gm can (tally on bottom) and left it behind with a mate with prob 7-10 left in it
Was left in the snow and on frozen ground most of the time.

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.

60/40 to 70/30 is normal mix for lpg
It's normal (n) butane IIRC

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

Is it worth the hassle for saving $8? For 30x + boils on a Jetboil for example?
I mean the pie you buy on the way to you hunting spot is worth twice what your cooking gas costs are. LOL
Tight arses!!

What do you do with 20 odd 1/4 full canisters tho?
On about day 6 of a fiordland trip I thought "what the heck is in that bucket,we havent even opened it" so I opened it. My mate had flown in a 20l bucket full of 1/2-1/4 full cans!!!
I left a bloody 18 pack of 440mls behind to save room ffs. No not one of them was used and yes they were all flown back out.

Keep them for camping with the kids, boat/hut/truck trips not week long Fiordland trips?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Keep them for camping with the kids, boat/hut/truck trips not week long Fiordland trips?

Thats the problem,you always think that might run out better take a new one....and end up with a shitload of half emptys. unless that is you can refill them

30-40 cooks out of 230gm on jetboil in arctic circle... You won't run out LOL
Donate your 49c worth of gas left to local scouts and reap the karma

My steak and eggs stick to the bottom of jetboils.

PAMS non stick spray?? Lol

Originally Posted by Spanners

PAMS non stick spray?? Lol

Can you refill them?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Can you refill them?

Only if you're a super tight Arse lol