@Simes The point regarding security I can see. If your stove's seal is not in a good shape it really could get ugly.
@webster, would you be happy with your 10 year old swapping them? Lot of assumptions on the operator competence there.
@Simes Yes, one really should not unscrew a full cartridge. I think this idea never occurred to me because I used a campingaz bleuet when I, too was pretty young. So yeah cartridges with an inbuilt valve are definitely much more secure.
@webster think we're all much of an age where the safety drill with the stoves was learnt very early. Your parents had one and they were used by youth groups. Even then mistakes were commonly made despite the simplicity of the stove and canister. If you can engineer out the cause of the accident then do so. Difficult with a wood fire I'll admit, but for compressed gas the pierced cartridge really shouldn't still be around. Or a stove designed for one.
@Simes You're totally right about the security implications. I think an old school kerosene stove is much safer. But fact is around here these are still sold: https://www.campingaz.com/de/p-26478-bleuet-206-plus.aspx
Campingaz (aka Coleman) will push the product until banned. As above, Europe will allow the risk, US get taken to court if you spill hot coffee on your lap. Apologies for simplification to friends across the pond but trying to place local Euro risk and effects of insurance companies into context.
Yeah, I love the "Caution: Contents may be hot." on fast food coffee cups. I always think, "They damn well better be!" ....Arch
You could unscrew them. I once had a leak in a burner and unscrewed the canister and when the gas evaporated, it cooled down so much, that I still had half of the content in it, totally liquid. While we are at it: Does anybody have a stash or link for the mini canisters, now out of production? I think they were called CV 90. For this stove. It's the little blue thing in the bottom. I did mange to load a small amount of gas into in situ but a fresh canister would be better, PS: Copied from a sales site: "Pierceable cartridges can’t be disconnected once they’ve been plugged into an appliance, so they’re suitable for more intensive or longer use – they’re also our most economical and widely available cartridges. However, the C206 GLS cartridge has a new integrated flow reducing system, the Gas Lock System, which is compliant to the new European standard EN 417:2012 legislation. The system prevents the majority of residual gas from escaping the cartridge when accidentally disconnecting it from the appliance, thereby also preventing flare-ups."
I have a stash of GT 106 (think that is it) canisters that fit on the old Globetrotter stove. Never heard of CV 90.
FYI: Ooops, I just found a photo from my earlier research and the canister is NOT a GT 106 used in the Rechaud Bleuet.
There was a "Plus" version taking the taller canister still in production - it had longer "claws" and canister protruding downwards with bottom lid just acting as foot and extra locking for the "claws".
@z1ulike Did your canisters ever arrive? Just bought two Bluet 200s today, both with some fuel, but more would be nice.
