I have seen so few Primus 2056 online so I thought someone might appreciate if I add some more pictures to the www
@Oskarsweden Yes indeed, much appreciated. A mint example! The 340-series propane cylinders I’ve seen have been re-filled as ‘exchange’ units many times and have been extremely scruffy.
Glad it was appreciated. Yes I agree @presscall, most of the ones I have are also quite worn. But sometimes if you are really lucky, one like this shows up, almost unused
Hello! I wonder if the part that is on the table is original (included in the set)? Or have you made it yourself. Best regards Anton
@Oskarsweden Nice little set you have there, and in very good condition. We had similar here, in the 1970's. These gas bottles are hard to find now; usually quite battered and out of date. A new valve, refill and date stamp, good for ten years, cost $A27. That burner is almost useless when outdoors without a windshield. The Primus bottle on the left, and the modern disposable, $A15. Curiously, the $A10 Chinese burner on the right burns hotter than the Primus burner, both on Propane.
This post helped me today. Thanks for the great pictures. The current disposable bottles come with the more common BOM fitting but some still come with the Primus fitting. However, both of these are non-refillable and the present refillable (3rd option) does not have the two small holes in the base that fit the upright Primus 9222 ‘flounder or sportsman’s light’. The neck on the new bottles is also a little taller.
@Sedgman The Primus bottle above left can be refilled here for A$5, but some places are charging A$10, which is exorbitant for 0.34 Kg of gas. One chain of campstores here won't fill these small bottles; they don't have a suitable connecting adaptor, and perhaps also small bottles are too much time and trouble to fill. The disposable bottle, above right, costs from about A$9 each, almost double the price of a Primus refill. This adaptor below, I suspected must exist, and it took a while to find one. It seems to go by various names and part numbers with different shops. It takes the modern type of gas torch, BOM fitting above right, and the other end of the adaptor screws into a Primus bottle. Just the convenience of having different torch heads without having to change the burners, say from wide to pinpoint. And no more need of disposable bottles. The adaptor with control valve below, Primus, has been around for many years. The latest version is inscribed 'COMPANION' and normally sells for A$30, but I found a shop which sells them for A$10 (one left). It screws into a Primus bottle with the recessed female right hand thread (above left), and allows connection of Companion stoves, extensions, etc at the other end, left hand Companion thread.
Good info re the adaptors and filling LPG. Thanks @Paul Aslanides Here is the BOM to Companion LH thread.
@Sedgman Thanks. I haven't seen that adaptor locally. Very handy. Seems like no one shop stocks the full range of adaptors, nor is there a list anywhere. Off topic, but gas related - I read somewhere recently, in a reliable article, that the Chinese had drilled into the earth for a distance of approx one kilometre, aroundabout the year 1500 A.D. Well, to me that's a remarkable feat, especially if they only had bamboo pipes. Also, they had portable gas, in containers (bamboo ?) way back then. Of course there were no machines etc to compress the gas in those days. Cheers.
Regretably I don't remember where I read that article, a non-fiction library book, or the 'Speccie' magazine perhaps. There's some info here at Number 13 - Top 18 Ancient Chinese Inventions and Discoveries
