Regulated 1lb propane cylinder to butane lindal valve adapter

Anyone have a recommendation for a currently available adapter that's regulated?

If I'm remembering right, Kovea used to be regulated, but I'm not seeing it's available anymore except for on offer from sketchy sites I don't trust.

All the rest just seem to be straight physical adapters, no regulating going on, like this:



Am I over thinking this, is a regulator not really needed?

 

You might try eBay.

Ben

 

Thanks Ben. I did look on eBay, same generic stuff as Amazon. I'm specifically looking for a regulated adapter.

 

@Marc I can’t help you with a source for an adaptor for the 1lb propane bottles, Marc, which are ridiculously expensive in the UK.

Even so, I expected I’d be constructing one for UK Calor propane cylinder to lindal because there was no off-the-shelf regulating adaptor for that combination either. I wanted a regulating adaptor because I didn’t want anything over 14psi/1 bar to reach the butane stoves I would be using with it, THIS Optimus Gemini and THIS Robens Fire Finch.

The propane regulator with a left-hand threaded connector connected to it …




… the same left-hand threaded connector that a Camping Gas butane source uses, the black hose seen here can therefore connect up to bottle-pressure (typically 1 bar depending on ambient temperature) butane or 1 bar regulated propane cylinders.




For the lindal connector I’d to scratch build.




Optimus Gemini connected to it.




Camping Gas powering the Gemini, or the option of a Calor propane source with the red regulator.




When you speak of untrustworthy sources for what you want, do you mean they’re scammers or that their product is junk? Maybe both?

John

 

O.K. then how about this.

Ben

 

That would work, with one of this type of adaptor …




… to make the lindal connection

 

Maybe this then.

Ben

 

John, this is all phenomenal. Not at all surprised you've gone down this rabbit hole and are way ahead of me. I might just be doing something similar.

One supposed source for the Kovea adapter I've found had 1.9 stars on Trustpilot.

Another localish store might have one, but their website specifically says the Kovea adapter isn't available in their B&M store and that it must be ordered online; their reviews for online sales are abysmal.

There's another B&M store locally that used to carry Kovea, I might pop in and see what they still have on the shelves.

 

Thanks Ben, that's really close. That one still has just a check valve in it, not a regulator. The regulator really is what I'm looking for, else any of the $10 no name adapters would be perfectly suitable.

 

This one does say regulated. This plus the adapter John shows might be the ticket.

Thanks gents.