The G-Works Adapter – 100% Propane For Backpacking
Backpacking gas canisters are for backpacking in addition to machine camping ground canisters are for machine camping, right? Well, yes, by in addition to large that's truthful – but non if you lot induce got a G-Works adapter.
H5N1 G-Works adapter screws on to the top of an everyday ordinary Coleman type 100% propane canister, the sort that are used for machine camping, picnics, BBQ's, etc. The other side of the adapter is a 7/16" UNEF threaded connection – just similar the 1 on the top of a backpacking type gas canister. You screw inwards 100% propane on 1 side of the adapter in addition to your backpacking stove on the other, and, voila! – you're cooking on 100% propane.
Now, the large 16.4 oz/465 g 100% propane canisters are pretty heavy in addition to bulky. Why utilisation them? Well, encounter my listing of reasons, below.
However, note, that at that spot are a lot of techniques in addition to technologies that tin john assistance you lot utilisation regular backpacking canisters inwards mutual depression temperature weather; see Gas Stoves inwards Cold Weather – Regulator Valves in addition to Inverted Canisters. You tin john also utilisation a liquid fueled stove inwards mutual depression temperature weather. This adapter is just some other option. Each mortal should evaluate his or her ain circumstances in addition to preferences in addition to direct accordingly from amid the options.
Regarding the weight of the 100% propane canisters: I induce got a span of Coleman build 465 g canisters of 100% propane inwards front end of me. They weigh close 850 g each. The weights vary, but the lowest I've seen for a total 100% propane canister is close 840 g. By contrast, a 450 g Jetboil build backpacking type canister weighs 660 g. That's a minimum departure of close lxxx g (roughly iii oz) for comparably sized canisters. Some Coleman 100% propane canisters weigh 870 g. That's close around 110g (about 1/4 pound) to a greater extent than than a comparable backpacking canister.
Is the weight worth it? Well, that's something you're going to induce got to create upwardly one's take away heed for yourself. Read the repose of the post service in addition to encounter if benefits are sufficient to justify the weight of the heavier canister.
Cautions
High pressure!
Now, remember, the vapor pressure level of propane is WAY HIGHER than a normal backpacking canister. Start on low, and opened upwardly up gradually the valve on your stove. This is a large boy/big girl, grown ups only, type adapter. There's no built inwards safety. YOU are the safety. In gild to operate this safely, you lot induce got to command the gas menstruation amongst the valve on your stove. Turn it upwardly likewise high, in addition to you lot mightiness blow out the flame. If the flame goes out, you've at nowadays got a highly flammable, potentially explosive gas rushing toward the ruby-red hot metallic of your stove. I'm thinking perhaps that's non such a proficient persuasion – if you lot instruct my drift. So, BE CAREFUL.
Do non tip over!
Also, DO NOT tip the canister over. The canister needs to hold upwardly upright. If you lot lay the canister on it's side, you're going to hold upwardly feeding liquid fuel into the burner instead of gaseous fuel. Don't lay the canister on its side UNLESS you've a) got a remote canister type stove amongst a generator (pre oestrus device) of some type and b) your stove is proficient in addition to hot. If you lot don't know what a generator or pre oestrus device is, don't lay the stove on its side! You could instruct a huge xanthous fireball. This is highly dangerous. Don't create it.
Not recommended for regulator valved stoves higher upwardly forty Fahrenheit/5 Celsius.
If your stove is equipped amongst a regulator valve, I would non utilisation this adapter inwards cool, warm, or hot weather. Why? Well the regulator inwards your valve is non built to handgrip the high pressure level of propane. Can your stove's regulator handgrip the high pressure level of propane? I induce got no way of knowing – therefore don't create it. If you lot utilisation 100% propane on a regulator valved stove, you lot could harm the regulator. If the regulator fails, how are you lot going to command the menstruation of gas? I'm non certain just what would laissez passer on if your regulator failed spell your stove was lit, in addition to I don't desire to uncovering out.
Of course, inwards colder temperatures, high canister pressure level is hardly a problem. At temperatures around forty Fahrenheit/5 Celsius, 100% propane has roughly the same vapor pressure level equally an 80/20 isobutane/propane mix at 110 F/43 C. Your stove should hold upwardly able to handgrip such pressures. You should hold upwardly pretty prophylactic therefore long equally you lot offset amongst the stove on depression in addition to plough it upwardly slowly. Particularly below freezing, a regulator valve equipped backpacking stove should hold upwardly fine. However, banking concern complaint the effects of altitude. The pressure level within the canister relative to the exterior air volition move yesteryear away greater at higher elevations. For every M feet inwards elevation gained, you lot should deduct two Fahrenheit degrees from my forty Fahrenheit estimated prophylactic temperature limit. That would hold upwardly close 1 Celsius score for every 300 m. For example, at 10,000, instead of a forty Fahrenheit prophylactic limit, you lot would desire to non operate a regulator valve stove higher upwardly twenty Fahrenheit.
The vast bulk of stoves create non induce got a regulator valve, but you lot should banking concern check amongst your manufacturer equally to whether or non your detail stove has a regulator valve.
Here are some stoves amongst regulator valves. Do not use this adapter with these stoves inwards cool (above forty F/5 C), warm, or hot weather. Use entirely inwards mutual depression temperature conditions (below forty F/5 C).
Reasons to utilisation this Adapter
1. Cold weather.
Why 100% propane? Well, for starters, mutual depression temperature weather. Butane, which is oft the bulk constituent inwards backpacking gas canisters, vaporizes at 31F/-0.5C. That's genuinely non all that cold. Not entirely that, but you lot induce got to hold upwardly close twenty Fahrenheit degrees (10 Celsius degrees) higher upwardly the vaporization indicate earlier you lot induce got consistently proficient pressure.
Propane on the other hand, vaporizes all the way downwards to -44 Fahrenheit/-42 Celsius. That's cold!
Vaporization (Boiling) Point
n-butane -0.5°C 31°F
isobutane -12°C 11°F
propane -42°C -44°F
And yes, I know they unremarkably blend inwards some isobutane in addition to propane into the typical backpacking gas canister, but still, zero beats 100% propane for mutual depression temperature weather.
NOTE: If you're going out inwards genuinely mutual depression temperature weather, TEST YOUR SET UP FIRST. Propane is typically non pure (well, perhaps if you lot move inwards a laboratory or something). The temperatures listed higher upwardly are based on pure propane which you lot can't purchase at to the lowest degree inwards the US, therefore you're non going to instruct quite the proficient mutual depression temperature conditions performance that you lot mightiness expect. The propane typically sold inwards the U.S.A. conforms to the HD5 measure which is equally follows:
2. Instantly "winterize" your existing stove.
With this adapter, you lot don't induce got to shell out the cash for a dedicated wintertime stove. Here's what I mean: Say you're basically a summertime camper. Most people are. But every span of years you lot instruct a wild persuasion in addition to move yesteryear away out when it's cold. A stove is pretty unopen to a necessity on a wintertime trip. But create you lot genuinely desire to pass the coin on an expensive stove that you're entirely going to utilisation every span of years? No, of course of didactics not. No problem. Just instruct this footling adapter, in addition to voila! you lot directly induce got a wintertime capable stove.
3. Outlying areas (no backpacking canisters available).
In a lot of outlying areas, specialty items similar backpacking canisters may only non hold upwardly available. I know guys who induce got hiked inwards rural New United Mexican States where they just couldn't uncovering backpacking canisters, but, walk into a hardware shop or gas station, and, at that spot they are: 100% propane machine camping ground type canisters. Having this footling adapter mightiness hateful the departure beingness able to create a given trip – in addition to having to just move yesteryear away home. This is especially truthful if you lot induce got to wing inwards for a given trip in addition to cannot accept canisters from home.
4. Natural Disasters.
You could aspect at this adapter equally $20 worth of inexpensive insurance. This adapter opens upwardly a whole novel fuel provide for your backpacking stove. The powerfulness to boil H2O for drinking tin john hold upwardly critical inwards times of natural disaster.
5. Cheap fuel.
Another argue for buying 100% propane is that it's typically cheaper. I've seen propane for equally inexpensive equally $2.50 (USD) per canister. About the cheapest you'll uncovering for the equivalent amount of backpacking gas is $7 or $8. That's a HUGE cost difference. Why? Well, think close it. For every backpacker, at that spot are hundreds of machine campers, hunters, picnickers, in addition to dorsum yard barbecuers. The economies of scale just aren't at that spot for backpacking canisters.
6. Trailhead camping – or just using your backpacking stove for everything.
You mightiness also desire to convey 100% propane to gear upwardly your supper and/or breakfast if you lot pass the nighttime earlier a backpacking trip at the trailhead. That way, you lot offset amongst a 100% total backpacking canister for your hike. Or heck, perhaps you lot just desire to ain 1 stove, in addition to your backpacking stove is it. You utilisation backpacking canisters when backpacking, but when machine camping, picnicking, etc. you lot just utilisation inexpensive propane, in addition to who cares close the weight when you're using your car, right?
Other Compatible Canisters
Of course of didactics there's no argue that you lot induce got to trammel yourself to the big, fatty 16.4 oz/465 g propane canister. The 14.1 oz/400 g canisters volition move just equally good in addition to may hold upwardly to a greater extent than packable. For a remote canister stove that tin john handgrip liquid feed gas (inverted canister type operation), this mightiness hold upwardly a prissy option. Heat the stove upwardly amongst the canister upright, therefore when the stove is hot, lay the canister on its side for liquid feed.
Really, whatever fuel canister amongst compatible threads could hold upwardly used – but is it a proficient idea? For example, the footling 5.45 oz/155 g Bernzomatic QuickFire canisters look to hold upwardly compatible. This has NOT been tested amongst this adapter or amongst a backpacking type stove is NOT recommended. Note that the gas contained is NOT pure propane. Bernzomatic QuickFire canisters comprise MAPP gas which does induce got propane inwards it but also has a high percent of propylene. Propylene burns at a much hotter temperature than direct propane. What volition this high oestrus create to your stove? I don't know, but I create know your stove is non built to handgrip that sort of heat. I wouldn't create it, but it's upwardly to you. If you lot create upwardly one's take away heed to move yesteryear away against my advice, exercise extreme caution with whatever non-propane canisters.
Weight
Some of you lot may shout out back my post service a few years agone on the Kovea propane adapter. The Kovea propane adapter is a corking footling adapter, but it weighs 105g – that's nearly a quarter of a pound! By contrast, the G-Works adapter weighs 33 g, close 1.2 oz – entirely close one-third the weight of the Kovea adapter. In other words, the Kovea adapter weighs roughly triple what the G-Works adapter weighs.
Using the Adapter
OK, therefore how good does the darned matter work? Pretty darned well, actually. Here's a video demonstrating its use:
Compatible Stoves
There is a rim around the threads where your backpacking canister attaches. I used a Kovea Spider stove amongst my G-Works adapter, in addition to it worked great, but some stoves amongst a genuinely broad base of operations mightiness non work. The rim around the threads is close 25 mm exterior diameter in addition to close 21 mm within diameter. Again, however, I would not recommend that this adapter hold upwardly used amongst whatever regulator valved stove.
The G-Works adapter is made inwards Korea. Generally stoves made inwards Korea move good amongst the adapter if they jibe within the rim. I've had reports of some stoves from Cathay where the pivot on the stove was likewise brusk to opened upwardly the valve on the adapter. A lot of stoves are made inwards Korea including some MSR, Snow Peak, in addition to of course of didactics Kovea stoves.
Price in addition to Availability
They're available on e-Bay for close $20 although at that spot may hold upwardly amend deals out there. Amazon is a lot to a greater extent than expensive.
OK, that's it. That's my presentation on the G-Works adapter, a rattling prissy slice of gear. Thanks for joining me,
HJ
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| A G-Works propane adapter connects a backpacking stove to a machine camping ground type 100% propane canister. |
Now, the large 16.4 oz/465 g 100% propane canisters are pretty heavy in addition to bulky. Why utilisation them? Well, encounter my listing of reasons, below.
However, note, that at that spot are a lot of techniques in addition to technologies that tin john assistance you lot utilisation regular backpacking canisters inwards mutual depression temperature weather; see Gas Stoves inwards Cold Weather – Regulator Valves in addition to Inverted Canisters. You tin john also utilisation a liquid fueled stove inwards mutual depression temperature weather. This adapter is just some other option. Each mortal should evaluate his or her ain circumstances in addition to preferences in addition to direct accordingly from amid the options.
Regarding the weight of the 100% propane canisters: I induce got a span of Coleman build 465 g canisters of 100% propane inwards front end of me. They weigh close 850 g each. The weights vary, but the lowest I've seen for a total 100% propane canister is close 840 g. By contrast, a 450 g Jetboil build backpacking type canister weighs 660 g. That's a minimum departure of close lxxx g (roughly iii oz) for comparably sized canisters. Some Coleman 100% propane canisters weigh 870 g. That's close around 110g (about 1/4 pound) to a greater extent than than a comparable backpacking canister.
Is the weight worth it? Well, that's something you're going to induce got to create upwardly one's take away heed for yourself. Read the repose of the post service in addition to encounter if benefits are sufficient to justify the weight of the heavier canister.
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| A machine camping ground type canister of 100% propane 16.4 oz/465 g cyberspace fuel weight |
High pressure!
Now, remember, the vapor pressure level of propane is WAY HIGHER than a normal backpacking canister. Start on low, and opened upwardly up gradually the valve on your stove. This is a large boy/big girl, grown ups only, type adapter. There's no built inwards safety. YOU are the safety. In gild to operate this safely, you lot induce got to command the gas menstruation amongst the valve on your stove. Turn it upwardly likewise high, in addition to you lot mightiness blow out the flame. If the flame goes out, you've at nowadays got a highly flammable, potentially explosive gas rushing toward the ruby-red hot metallic of your stove. I'm thinking perhaps that's non such a proficient persuasion – if you lot instruct my drift. So, BE CAREFUL.
Do non tip over!
Also, DO NOT tip the canister over. The canister needs to hold upwardly upright. If you lot lay the canister on it's side, you're going to hold upwardly feeding liquid fuel into the burner instead of gaseous fuel. Don't lay the canister on its side UNLESS you've a) got a remote canister type stove amongst a generator (pre oestrus device) of some type and b) your stove is proficient in addition to hot. If you lot don't know what a generator or pre oestrus device is, don't lay the stove on its side! You could instruct a huge xanthous fireball. This is highly dangerous. Don't create it.
If your stove is equipped amongst a regulator valve, I would non utilisation this adapter inwards cool, warm, or hot weather. Why? Well the regulator inwards your valve is non built to handgrip the high pressure level of propane. Can your stove's regulator handgrip the high pressure level of propane? I induce got no way of knowing – therefore don't create it. If you lot utilisation 100% propane on a regulator valved stove, you lot could harm the regulator. If the regulator fails, how are you lot going to command the menstruation of gas? I'm non certain just what would laissez passer on if your regulator failed spell your stove was lit, in addition to I don't desire to uncovering out.
Of course, inwards colder temperatures, high canister pressure level is hardly a problem. At temperatures around forty Fahrenheit/5 Celsius, 100% propane has roughly the same vapor pressure level equally an 80/20 isobutane/propane mix at 110 F/43 C. Your stove should hold upwardly able to handgrip such pressures. You should hold upwardly pretty prophylactic therefore long equally you lot offset amongst the stove on depression in addition to plough it upwardly slowly. Particularly below freezing, a regulator valve equipped backpacking stove should hold upwardly fine. However, banking concern complaint the effects of altitude. The pressure level within the canister relative to the exterior air volition move yesteryear away greater at higher elevations. For every M feet inwards elevation gained, you lot should deduct two Fahrenheit degrees from my forty Fahrenheit estimated prophylactic temperature limit. That would hold upwardly close 1 Celsius score for every 300 m. For example, at 10,000, instead of a forty Fahrenheit prophylactic limit, you lot would desire to non operate a regulator valve stove higher upwardly twenty Fahrenheit.
The vast bulk of stoves create non induce got a regulator valve, but you lot should banking concern check amongst your manufacturer equally to whether or non your detail stove has a regulator valve.
Here are some stoves amongst regulator valves. Do not use this adapter with these stoves inwards cool (above forty F/5 C), warm, or hot weather. Use entirely inwards mutual depression temperature conditions (below forty F/5 C).
- Jetboil Joule
- Jetboil MightyMo
- Jetboil MicroMo
- Jetboil MiniMo
- Jetboil Sol
- MSR Reactor
- MSR Windburner
- Soto Micro Regulator
- Soto WindMaster
That's all the regulator valved backpacking type stoves I tin john think of off the top of my head. Remember to banking concern check your stove to encounter if it has a regulator valve earlier using this adapter. Usually it volition country on the manufacturer's website if a detail stove has a regulator valve.
1. Cold weather.
Why 100% propane? Well, for starters, mutual depression temperature weather. Butane, which is oft the bulk constituent inwards backpacking gas canisters, vaporizes at 31F/-0.5C. That's genuinely non all that cold. Not entirely that, but you lot induce got to hold upwardly close twenty Fahrenheit degrees (10 Celsius degrees) higher upwardly the vaporization indicate earlier you lot induce got consistently proficient pressure.
Propane on the other hand, vaporizes all the way downwards to -44 Fahrenheit/-42 Celsius. That's cold!
Vaporization (Boiling) Point
n-butane -0.5°C 31°F
isobutane -12°C 11°F
propane -42°C -44°F
NOTE: If you're going out inwards genuinely mutual depression temperature weather, TEST YOUR SET UP FIRST. Propane is typically non pure (well, perhaps if you lot move inwards a laboratory or something). The temperatures listed higher upwardly are based on pure propane which you lot can't purchase at to the lowest degree inwards the US, therefore you're non going to instruct quite the proficient mutual depression temperature conditions performance that you lot mightiness expect. The propane typically sold inwards the U.S.A. conforms to the HD5 measure which is equally follows:
- Minimum 90% propane (no less than 90%)
- Maximum 5% propylene (no to a greater extent than than 5%)
- The residuum is comprised of "other" crude oil based gasses
The "other" mightiness include methane, ethane, isobutane, butane, etc., some of which volition give you lot less performance inwards mutual depression temperature weather, others of which volition give you lot amend performance. So, the release -44F/-42C is something of an approximation, depending on just what you've got inwards the canister. Still, 90% minimum propane is going to hold upwardly significantly amend than any backpacking canister's mixture which is typically no to a greater extent than than 30% propane. And shout out back that you lot take away to hold upwardly close twenty Fahrenheit degrees (10 Celsius degrees) higher upwardly the vaporization indicate earlier you lot induce got decent pressure. Of course, 1 tin john ever warm the canister yesteryear diverse means, in addition to therefore long equally isn't warmed to the indicate of beingness likewise hot to touch, it should hold upwardly prophylactic spell giving 1 proficient pressure.
2. Instantly "winterize" your existing stove.
With this adapter, you lot don't induce got to shell out the cash for a dedicated wintertime stove. Here's what I mean: Say you're basically a summertime camper. Most people are. But every span of years you lot instruct a wild persuasion in addition to move yesteryear away out when it's cold. A stove is pretty unopen to a necessity on a wintertime trip. But create you lot genuinely desire to pass the coin on an expensive stove that you're entirely going to utilisation every span of years? No, of course of didactics not. No problem. Just instruct this footling adapter, in addition to voila! you lot directly induce got a wintertime capable stove.
3. Outlying areas (no backpacking canisters available).
In a lot of outlying areas, specialty items similar backpacking canisters may only non hold upwardly available. I know guys who induce got hiked inwards rural New United Mexican States where they just couldn't uncovering backpacking canisters, but, walk into a hardware shop or gas station, and, at that spot they are: 100% propane machine camping ground type canisters. Having this footling adapter mightiness hateful the departure beingness able to create a given trip – in addition to having to just move yesteryear away home. This is especially truthful if you lot induce got to wing inwards for a given trip in addition to cannot accept canisters from home.
4. Natural Disasters.
You could aspect at this adapter equally $20 worth of inexpensive insurance. This adapter opens upwardly a whole novel fuel provide for your backpacking stove. The powerfulness to boil H2O for drinking tin john hold upwardly critical inwards times of natural disaster.
5. Cheap fuel.
Another argue for buying 100% propane is that it's typically cheaper. I've seen propane for equally inexpensive equally $2.50 (USD) per canister. About the cheapest you'll uncovering for the equivalent amount of backpacking gas is $7 or $8. That's a HUGE cost difference. Why? Well, think close it. For every backpacker, at that spot are hundreds of machine campers, hunters, picnickers, in addition to dorsum yard barbecuers. The economies of scale just aren't at that spot for backpacking canisters.
6. Trailhead camping – or just using your backpacking stove for everything.
You mightiness also desire to convey 100% propane to gear upwardly your supper and/or breakfast if you lot pass the nighttime earlier a backpacking trip at the trailhead. That way, you lot offset amongst a 100% total backpacking canister for your hike. Or heck, perhaps you lot just desire to ain 1 stove, in addition to your backpacking stove is it. You utilisation backpacking canisters when backpacking, but when machine camping, picnicking, etc. you lot just utilisation inexpensive propane, in addition to who cares close the weight when you're using your car, right?
Other Compatible Canisters
Of course of didactics there's no argue that you lot induce got to trammel yourself to the big, fatty 16.4 oz/465 g propane canister. The 14.1 oz/400 g canisters volition move just equally good in addition to may hold upwardly to a greater extent than packable. For a remote canister stove that tin john handgrip liquid feed gas (inverted canister type operation), this mightiness hold upwardly a prissy option. Heat the stove upwardly amongst the canister upright, therefore when the stove is hot, lay the canister on its side for liquid feed.
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| A 14.1 oz (400 g) propane canister |
Really, whatever fuel canister amongst compatible threads could hold upwardly used – but is it a proficient idea? For example, the footling 5.45 oz/155 g Bernzomatic QuickFire canisters look to hold upwardly compatible. This has NOT been tested amongst this adapter or amongst a backpacking type stove is NOT recommended. Note that the gas contained is NOT pure propane. Bernzomatic QuickFire canisters comprise MAPP gas which does induce got propane inwards it but also has a high percent of propylene. Propylene burns at a much hotter temperature than direct propane. What volition this high oestrus create to your stove? I don't know, but I create know your stove is non built to handgrip that sort of heat. I wouldn't create it, but it's upwardly to you. If you lot create upwardly one's take away heed to move yesteryear away against my advice, exercise extreme caution with whatever non-propane canisters.
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| A Bernzomatic QuickFire 5.45 oz/155 g canister of MAPP (high propylene content) gas. This has NOT been tested in addition to is NOT recommended amongst this adapter. |
Some of you lot may shout out back my post service a few years agone on the Kovea propane adapter. The Kovea propane adapter is a corking footling adapter, but it weighs 105g – that's nearly a quarter of a pound! By contrast, the G-Works adapter weighs 33 g, close 1.2 oz – entirely close one-third the weight of the Kovea adapter. In other words, the Kovea adapter weighs roughly triple what the G-Works adapter weighs.
Using the Adapter
OK, therefore how good does the darned matter work? Pretty darned well, actually. Here's a video demonstrating its use:
Compatible Stoves
There is a rim around the threads where your backpacking canister attaches. I used a Kovea Spider stove amongst my G-Works adapter, in addition to it worked great, but some stoves amongst a genuinely broad base of operations mightiness non work. The rim around the threads is close 25 mm exterior diameter in addition to close 21 mm within diameter. Again, however, I would not recommend that this adapter hold upwardly used amongst whatever regulator valved stove.
The G-Works adapter is made inwards Korea. Generally stoves made inwards Korea move good amongst the adapter if they jibe within the rim. I've had reports of some stoves from Cathay where the pivot on the stove was likewise brusk to opened upwardly the valve on the adapter. A lot of stoves are made inwards Korea including some MSR, Snow Peak, in addition to of course of didactics Kovea stoves.
Price in addition to Availability
They're available on e-Bay for close $20 although at that spot may hold upwardly amend deals out there. Amazon is a lot to a greater extent than expensive.
OK, that's it. That's my presentation on the G-Works adapter, a rattling prissy slice of gear. Thanks for joining me,
HJ
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