Thread: refill your disposable canisters

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

What about the canisters themselves? Are they designed to be refilled? Will they fatigue and fail? How many refills might be considered safe? (If any)

The thread on the adapter is not quite right but can wind on enough to be secure.

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?

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.
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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

Originally Posted by chris-b

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.

My motivation for refilling my own canisters was not a "tight arse" move but more a way to reduce the amount of waste that is caused by the "disposable" nature most of our gear is these days. I can only imagine the many partial empty canisters clogging up the ever-growing landfills in this world, or even worse biffed in the bush as it was "dead weight" for the walk out... 1 step at a time.

Originally Posted by Shooter

My motivation for refilling my own canisters was not a "tight arse" move but more a way to reduce the amount of waste that is caused by the "disposable" nature most of our gear is these days. I can only imagine the many partial empty canisters clogging up the ever-growing landfills in this world, or even worse biffed in the bush as it was "dead weight" for the walk out... 1 step at a time.

Yeah good point this - I have a little tool for opening them up so you can squash the empties flat. I'm assuming after that they can be recycled, yeah? Just put them out with the beer cans?

Originally Posted by Shooter

My motivation for refilling my own canisters was not a "tight arse" move but more a way to reduce the amount of waste that is caused by the "disposable" nature most of our gear is these days. I can only imagine the many partial empty canisters clogging up the ever-growing landfills in this world, or even worse biffed in the bush as it was "dead weight" for the walk out... 1 step at a time.

Ditto, And i can't keep collecting partially emptied gas canisters,

Just watch what you buy on Aliexpress, don't expect to get a refund if a package arrives with a poorly manufactured, rusty paperweight that slightly resembles the object in the photos.

I've now been burnt so going to stick to Ebay and Amazon as much as possible

Originally Posted by chris-b

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 am going to buy that cooker as having it stand on the ground independantly of the gas can is much more stable. I tried the 28g micro cooker (screws to the top of the gas can) but it's just too lightweight for a big billy. I wasn't aware of the heat exchanger billy so thanks for posting that.