Camp Canister Refill Adapter and Its Usefulness 

Took me an embarrassingly long time to realise these adapters existed. Bought the one you have here, because it looks the best, but also nice and compact. (Mainly the looks).I use the small cans for long hikes so will now reap the rewards of not having to buy a new small can and the bonus of not seeing 5 cans on near empty kicking around the house. Thanks.

You can refill the green propane cylinders from the much larger BBQ propane tanks. USA a coupler with a hose because you have to turn the BBQ rank upside down also. Great video! I learned a lot. Thanks

Nice display of options. Thanks and take care.

Excellent!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Be safe and enjoy!!!!🏆🏆

Great information! I didn't know there were so many options for fuel and connections.

My main reason to refill canisters would be, I can use the smaller isopro canister, refill it with butane, which is cheaper but normally comes in those thinner, taller canisters. And I do believe butane is more widely available.

Hello my friend, this is some really good information. Take Care and Keep Exploring The Outdoors.

Wow! Great tips! Thank you for sharing :)

Thanks for the tip Jay.

Super helpful! Thank you!

Best video I've seen on this, thanks!

Thanks Jay, great information! I refill green propane tanks, and rather than putting them in the freezer, I release pressure by pressing down on the valve in the center of the port. Couldn't you do the same with the canisters by removing the top (full) canister and opening the valve to bleed off some pressure in the lower, allowing more fuel into the space created?

Very useful information. Thanks.

Great advice video.

Great explanation. I will purchase a similar adapter in the future so that i can re-use one of my tiny gas canisters (110g) And truth be told, these tiny canisters are pretty cute and tiny!...

I refill the small isobutane canisters once empty with the cheaper larger butane cans. You absolutely need to chill the isobutane canisters and I will only do it once they're empty enough they don't work anymore. You can refill several times on the same little 4-5 dollar canisters but you need to watch the weight as overfilling isn't good. Never go above the initial weight listed on the canister. Normally I do 80% of the default filled weight just to make sure I don't have pressure issues. The nice thing about all of this and why I do it is that if you know you're not going to be below 35F or so, you can refill your hiking or small cookset canister for cheap and it will still work. If you're below about 40F, put the little canister in your pocket or armpit before you use it in the morning. Get it warmed up and it will sputter and cause less issues with the cheaper butane. If you're going out where freezing is a real possibility, these refills(and the original butane cans) simply do not work well. Stick with isobutane or propane depending on if you're carrying that weight or vehicle camping.

Very informative

great vid, helped me a lot.

Learned a lot! Thank you Do you have to wait til the canister is empty before you refill and can you top off? I have an almost empty isobutane canister and would like to refill with butane so I can bring 1 full can of fuel

Dump all of those tanks Jay. Get a “Flame King 5# Mini” propane tank, $52 at Home Depot. Those green tanks will empty your wallet ($3 plus - per canister)... real fast while car camping. Refill the Flame King at any local gas station or UHaul lot that also sells propane for just about what you pay for one (1) Coleman tank currently. Found that this set up is much, much cheaper than the disposable 16oz tanks. The little Flame King tank is about the size of a 1/2 gallon milk carton, and it stows away easily. Amazon sales this too, Flame King YSN5LB. Tank is sold empty upon purchase. BTW, don’t forget to take Home Depot up on their discount!

Thanks for sharing Jay. I saw Amazon has one with a longer adjustment knob and it has brass threads too

Thank you. There are two downside with this adapter for my case, yhe short knob and the prize of this with shipping cost me 35 dollar.

Its the same thing propaine and butaine. Its just marketed differently. Propane is in commercial operations, butane is domestic general use. It not a gas untill its gone through the stoves vortex like a carbeurretor in a car. Until that happens its in liquid form. Colman marke low temperature cylinder but you anly need that at -10 or 20 'C. The do it under the extreame label blue tins.

Do you keep the canisters in the car while parked in the sun during a hot day?

Isobutane has some Isopropyl alcohol as an antifreeze. But yes it does have it's limits.

As butane/propane moves out of the tank, it will cool. This happens on BBQ grills with any size tank. So, tank size doesn't matter, where it's moving to doesn't matter, and the temperature of its destination (like another tank) doesn't matter. The fact that it's moving is what causes it to cool. It's not absorbing cold from the other tank.

What is the name of the little green adapter?

Great overview but I think your not clear on your gas pressures. You note 858 for propane at 21 C. You don’t show the units you’re talking about although I believe you’re talking kilopascals which no one uses in casual conversation. This definitely is not pounds per square inch for propane at 70°F is ~122 psi. I’ve heard of people using propane 100% in these. So it does sound like the tank can take the pressure if you keep the temperature at a low point And the volume below the standard 80%. I’m not gonna try it though. Thanks for posting. Love the cabinet works on the back of your truck for storage!

$29.95 on Sale on eBay as of today. This is the lowest price ever. And quite likely to be even lower AFTER New Years'.

Where do u buy that adapter?

they should have a bleeder like the small propane tanks i fill

what's the name of camp stove in the video? mind to share the link?

How to tell how much you put in WITHOUT using a scale...?

The canister valves are not designed to be used that much. If you do they will eventually fail in the 'open' position and release the remaining contents. Dangerous, and if you lose your fuel out on a trip then that's a bummer.

Lol it says on the jetboil canisters to not refill and to discard them

New to me. I have not tried refilling any of the canisters. But I see Lixada adapter has a gas release button. while the filler and refill canisters are connected, you can press the gas release button to remover the back pressure and then open the value again to get more liquid fuel into the refill. That's a pretty domineering trick to only give your girlfriend enough fuel to get back to you, just kidding. Lixada : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ep164ztBhuQ.html

Great, now it's useless since there will no longer be partially empty canisters left in hiker boxes.

Just carry a full canister and take a dump before you go.

Quite a nice video Jay, especially the science about different types of gas, but... Could you get out of the habit of constantly slapping things, it gets pretty annoying. One chap who use to put a lot of great videos out seemed to have a brakedown or something & while reviewing a back pack, he must've slapped it around 200 times & he must've called it a 'bad boy' maybe 100 times. While there's nothing wrong with that, it just gets very tedious to watch, so I gave up watching him, although he did disappear a few months later, so hope he's OK?

Really a few onces is going to hamper someone's backpacking i think they need to remove their lazy selves from in front of the TV and stop pretending they are ruffing it 😂 just like the idiots that wont bring a bic and insists on a feral rod, freeze sucker. Ps don't fill a butien tank with prpein the valves are different for a huge reason, want too hurt yourself go ahead try it.

Please be concise and decisive. If you’re not sure of the info your giving, don’t even mention it.

Your giving out contradicting information.