How to Refill Camping Gas Canisters & Cartridges 

Cheers Mike :D

@@dustinfrost5214 living on the edge 😳😁

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner no they have never exploded doing it for years

Yeah I reckon so. And the lesson here - don't be a tight arse like me and buy cheap canisters in the first place 😏 Nevertheless, you still wouldn't expect that to happen!

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Nah, even cheap ones have to follow guidelines for safety. Unless you got them from wish. Lol

@@rambledogs2012 how did you guess! 🤣

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Oh you know, all those years of knowing you..lol

@@rambledogs2012 😂🤣😂

Thanks for the ideas and concerns. I've been refilling these cans for a couple of years now, but I have several and cycle them :D

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner well, if any of them leaks eventually, you would need an early warning system such as an explosive gas detector. They work at like 40% or less of the LEL. (lower explosive (amount) level). Keep in mind that gas tends to leak downward (after losing momentum from the pressure it experienced) if its heavier than air (and a AFAIR it is) and thus it accumulates there. Any amount of static electricity such as rubbing your hand or pants etc could be enough for any small pocket of explosive mixture. You never know how uniformly the gas is mixing in the air. The detector could have some short delay or not detect what is a small space further yet. These are some. Considerations I have in mind. I recommend to get a proper refillable gas cylinder for safety reasons. For example they even make 1lb ones. Or 0.5 kg.

Some anecdote here: if for some reason you can't use the proper reusable 1lb ones, then at least maybe use them not more than 8 times (as someone has had a failure after 9th) and use the ones which had propane in them as that is a higher pressure gas than butane and thus it is more likely it is built with this in mind. Nevertheless, the proper reusable ones cost about 30 usd only on amazon for example..

@@undefinednull5749 good to know 👍 I favour propane blends because as you know, it works in cold weather 👍😁

Hello!

You're welcome, I'm glad you've found it useful 👍😊

Possibly.

It's perfectly fine. The reason butane and propane are mixed is because butane doesn't burn well at low temperatures. Adding more butane will only make it better suited for warmer weather however you can always keep the canister out of the cold until you need it 👍😁

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Great. Thanks for the response 😊

@@angelag4018 you're welcome, I hope it makes sense. By all means, let me know how you get on 👍😁

I've filled 4 this week 👍😁

I'm not sure what you mean... Think about filling a lighter from a butane can - there are no issues there and you're going from metal can to plastic lighter. Here you're going from can to can.

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner when the pressure is greater in the Colman than the lighter can

@@craigr306 like I say, cig lighters and refill cans - if it was a problem then it would had shown long before now.

Freeze the bottle that you want to fill and transfer the fuel later

Are you kidding? The 4 packs of A4 cans are way cheaper than the dumpy cans.

Hello, I have cv470 plus. Will this adapter work on it?

A multi fuel one?

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Just unleaded petrol

@@martkt10 wow, not heard of one of those... Were you cooking on your car engine cylinder block? 😁😋

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner Coleman Sportster stove. They can run on unleaded petrol. I used one daily for 19 months whilst I was homeless in a tent. They are excellent. I used to add a few mls of Redex each fill to help keep the soot build up to a minimum in the generator to prevent clogging, worked a treat. Cost about 2.5 pence to boil 600mls of very cold water. A litre of petrol would last me around 7 days so they are incredibly cheap to run.

Yeah the Campinggaz ones are different. The donor cans are for camping stoves - those larger flat ones in a black case.

I've found it doesn't matter either way.

@@MoreThanJustaCleaner ok ta