Are those 16.4oz disposable Coleman or equalivent propane canisters readily available in Europe? Thanks...b-gin
I had a look at their website, the 500/250/100 cartridges are available (prop/butane mix) as is their propane cylinder holding 465grams of propane. This is for Belgium, the same should be so for the rest of the EU. Regards, Wim
I've seen them fairly locally in camping and caravan outlets. They cost (IIRC) a whopping £6-£7 each - that's about $10 each for those over the pond. Did I feel ripped-off? - you're damned right I did...
IIRC, they're about a third of that here. If they catch on 'over there', I'd expect the price to come down some. Or not...
....you could always adapt it to use the big 20 lb propane bottles since they're so portable ....or better yet, just buy a few, then pick up an adapter to refill them (at your own risk...I'm too scared to refill those but know of plenty people who have been refilling the little ones for years without incident)
In Denmark i pay $6½ for a 100g canister in a hiking store but $3 for a 330g canister intented for weed burners. That's why i made an adapter and refill my own. Oh and i have found a store that has 8 cases of the tiny 55g canisters for the Rando 360 stove. The price is $11 a pop So again i refill!
I don't know about rest of Europe, but in Norway you can get them. I wouldn't say they are readily available though as only a few specialized stores got them. Paraffin and and Butane/Propan mix (EN417 bottles) on the other hand can be bought at any local gas station (nafta can be bought in 1Liter bottles in most grocery stores for ~$3). Coleman fuel is available at a whooping $16 a liter in some sport equipment stores while the clean petrol (Aspen 4T equivalent) is about $16 per 4Liter at some gas stations. Price on the propan is about the same here as Chickenthiefs quote. As a conclusion, if Norway is representative for Europe (as it probably isn't) you don't want to rely on Coleman products. Most people around here have never heard the name before. A small side question: Has anyone successfully refilled a coleman propan canister from a 11Kg canister? LPG is only about $1 per liter.
If you're speaking of refilling the disposable 1 lb coleman from the big bbq style 20 lb cans, yes you can, and then you can cap them to make sure they stay sealed.... http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...s propane refill&cm_ite=netcon&rid=2146251080 http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...s propane refill&cm_ite=netcon&rid=2146251080
That is wonderful, makes the coleman canister almost usable. If only they sold a stove to go with the canister. I don't know what I would do with just the canister. But whenever they decide to sell the stoves here I might try it out. Having the benefits of a canister stove without the problems with cold weather and the price of the canisters sounds like a joy. I might have to get an other adapter than the one you linked to as the valves on our 11Kg tanks are a bit different. But it's good to know that it is possible.
Unfortunatly theres umpteen coupling standards for LPG bottles/canisters. In Denmark alone 4 or 5. Come to think of it... When there's that many different couplings then can one talk of standards? So unless i can get exact drawings, it's a no can do
No worries, if transferring LPG from one tank to another is anything like on CO2 I'm pretty sure I could make a tool for it myself. For now it's not important, I only asked about it out of curiosity.
