Types Of Gas Canisters

Article revised Nov 25 2011.

First, at that topographic point are half dozen main types of gas canisters out there, exclusively 4 of which are genuinely appropriate for role inwards backpacking.  The half dozen are:
1.  The heavy steel, typically green, Coleman type 16.4 oz/465g 100% propane canisters.  These are smashing for car camping, but are mostly likewise heavy as well as bulky for backpacking.
2.  The tall steel cylindrical canisters that hold back similar a traditional tin of pilus spray.  These canisters contain, typically, 100% butane. These canisters are oft used yesteryear the eatery industry, specially for tableside cooking.  These "long" butane cans accept a "bayonet" connecter that protrudes out of the canister's valve.  This "bayonet" is exposed as well as thence vulnerable to accidental discharge or damage.  These to my hear accept an inferior connecter that is non robust plenty for dorsum province role although inwards some areas people produce role them, specially inwards Asia.  They are cheap, I volition state that for them.

OK, so the get-go ii genuinely aren't for backpacking.  Let's instruct to the backpacking appropriate ones:
3.  The dome shaped canisters with a threaded connector.
4.  The dome shaped canisters with a smooth connector.
5.  The dome shaped canisters with a dimple inwards the top.

The dome shaped canisters alongside a threaded connecter are the criterion canister for backpacking inwards the US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, as well as Nippon (and in all probability a few other places).  They're non unknown elsewhere, but they're non necessarily standard.

The dome shaped canisters alongside a smooth connecter is the Camping Gaz type connector.  This is the criterion inwards Europe.  Other types of canisters may survive available, but they mostly won't survive every bit slow to notice if you lot tin notice them at all.

The dome shaped, backpacking packing canisters alongside a dimple in the hand are an older type of canister but are nevertheless the criterion some areas including many parts of Eastern Europe, South America, the Middle East, as well as Africa.  These are piercable canisters.  The stove has a abrupt slice of metallic on it.  When you lot attach the canister to the stove, the abrupt slice of metallic forces itself through the hand of the canister, puncturing a hole inwards the canister.  The canister is so locked into place.  Once the canister is attached to the stove, you lot cannot take away it until it is empty (unless you lot desire flammable gas spewing everywhere).  This type of canister has been blamed for a release of accidents, as well as many countries accept banned or accept tried to ban them.  This type of canister is non recommended.  If the canister connectedness industrial plant loose, you lot could accept a existent disaster on your hands.  Avoid this type if you lot can, but survive aware this is all that is available inwards some localities.

6.  Lastly, at that topographic point is the Coleman Powermax canister.  This is a cylindrical, silverish colored canister.  One destination of the canister is rounded as well as has a non-threaded connecter on it.  If you lot hold back closely at the connector, you'll encounter that the connecter is hexagonal roughly the middle.  These canisters are genuinely a ameliorate canister than the criterion dome shaped canisters, but they are non every bit widely available, specially exterior the US.  In addition, they require a specialized stove that has a matching connector.  These canisters volition operate inwards all conditions but are especially expert inwards mutual frigidity atmospheric condition because they are liquid feed canisters.  Update November, 2011 on Powermax Canisters


See my before postal service on Winter Gas Choices for to a greater extent than on liquid feed gas stoves.

As I'm certain you've realized yesteryear now, not all canisters are available inwards all places, as well as inwards many areas no canisters of any type volition survive available.  If you lot conception to role your canister stove when you lot travel, do your homework.  Make certain the canisters you lot require are available inwards the surface area you lot are going to.

Generally all of the threaded dome shaped canisters are interchangeable.  Yes, I know that MSR says you lot should exclusively role MSR canisters alongside MSR stoves as well as that JetBoil says you lot should exclusively role JetBoil canisters alongside JetBoil stoves.  That's a bunch of bull.  They're interchangeable.  Maybe you'd accept some problems if you lot bought some inexpensive build inwards a remote country, but all of the ones sold hither inwards the USA accept a criterion 7/16ths UNEF thread as well as are interchangeable.  Where I live, Snow Peak is mostly the cheapest as well as Coleman is mostly the almost expensive -- except at Walmart where Coleman gas is a existent create produce at $4.88 for the 7.5oz canister. The build you lot instruct for warm weather role doesn't build much difference.  I ordinarily purchase whatever is cheapest.

Caution!
The newer orangish label Coleman canisters produce non work with many brands of stoves.  The older light-green label Coleman canisters typically accept worked fine.

I've instantly broken out my give-and-take of which brands are best for mutual frigidity atmospheric condition into a split upwards post.  Please encounter What's the Best Brand of Gas for Cold Weather?  for farther information.

HJ

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