OMG. Help! - I've officially become a gassie 8-[ . From my local tip/dump. £2.50 including nine C206 butane cartridges. Piezo ingnition which fired on the first click using the fitted 10th cartridge. The very tatty and incomplete instructions are dated 5/89 "Made in France". A pity that they chose to use a plastic cover instead of a metal one which could have doubled as a cooking pot.
Very nice Terry, The plastic cover is no great surprise given the conical one they used on some of the original bleuets but I agree it would have been nice to have a pot that could at least have been used to make a cuppa. BTW, I'm glad to see your distaste for gassies is not as entrenched as Mr Shouksmith's disdain for 246Bs Regards John
Oh dear!!!!!!!! No Hope now! [Terry Don't tell anyone, but I have one of those ] It also fires up every time. Cheers Nick
Welcome to the Dark Side, Skywalker - well, dark if you get hold of a gassie lantern too and don't have a spare cart along when the one installed runs out. John
It's a stove. 'Nuff said. I've got a slew of gassies six or seven brands all using the 96g piercing canister. The canisters are blessedly available locally after a ten or fifteen year hiatus. I pick up a few every time I'm near a Big5 store. Gerry
think yoghurt or if you prefer rotten milk but rotten in a special way. The bacteria in there is meant to be good for you and reduce the damage by "bad" bacteria I found out what yoghurt was about 50 years ago and havnt really eaten it much ever since
Hello, I have one of these Campingaz Instaflam stoves but I need the Base as arrowed in the image. Any chance you may be able to help source one? Thanks for your attention, best regards Giorgio.
Hey Trojandog, how do you replace the gas cylinder. I have the same model burner and I need to replace the cylinder.
Hello everyone, I have the same issue: How do I open the Instaflam in order to replace the gas cartridge? Thanks for your help!
Hi @Katharine , Only do this outside! The stove works with the self-piercing C-206 cartridges (or any, similarly sized cheaper offering from do-it-yourself shops etc.). When CERTAIN the old can is empty, unscrew the top of the stove. Only then is it possible to undo the bottom. Insert a new can and replace the bottom. MAKE SURE the rubber seal is still soft and not cracked, and the piercing pin can move (there is a spring!). If the pin cannot move, the can might be pierced before the burner is screwed back in fully and some gas will escape. That is also why one must do this outdoors! When taking a little care with CampinGaz stuff, it is handy and reliable. My first stoves and lanterns were CampinGaz, cheap and cheerful!
I picked up an earlier version of this stove in the mid '70's. The burner is not as good; two flat pressings with"spoke holes" so you have these flame spikes like spokes. Very hot, no simmer feature so good for boiling water only. Got a wake up call when I tested some gear at -15F in the backyard one winter. Found out butane won't stay a gas at those low temps. :^) Still have it!
