Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
My tour in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island last summer I stayed at a mix of private camp grounds (RV parks) and Provincial or National Parks. Many of the private parks sold the tall skinny butane cartridges but did not sell the threaded ones that most of us need. I bought a threaded canister at Canadian Tire and at MEC in Halifax, but otherwise never saw them for sale anywhere.
I was thinking last summer that perhaps I should have done the same thing Trevtassie suggested, use a stove on a hose like that with an adapter so that it would be easier to obtain canisters.
I picked up one of these several years ago, the hose leaked so did not use it, but never got around to returning it.
https://www.rei.com/product/777514/b...ster-converter
Those have been out of production now for several years. The one that leaked, I have since fixed it thinking that I might try that option on my next tour if I might camp a lot in RV parks.
I did get an adapter for the tall butane cans so that I could use that remote stand with a regular butane stove like an MSR or Primus. But the stove would not have the pre-heat tube Trevtassie cited, so you probably can't lay the canister on the side.
In other words, I was thinking about it, have the stuff to do it, but have not tried it yet. That said, if I am not flying anywhere I usually use liquid fuel stove instead.
The tall cartridges are designed to lay on their sides, with the notch in the top upwards. The gas feed tube angles up from the outlet valve to the space above the liquid. Using them upright, until the liquid is used below the feed tube it will flare. But what I found is that when it's cold the butane is pretty rubbish as a gas because of it's lower volatility. So I flip the can so the gas feed tube is immersed in the liquid in the can and the liquid is vapourised in the preheat tube. Without the preheat tube and the ability to flip the can I reckon they'd be very average, they are designed to be used in a box stove where some of the heat from the stove helps vapourise the butane.
I use a Kovea Spider because it has the preheat tube and a hose and it's light and cheap. I'm not a fan of the pot rests, they are a little slippery, you have to watch your pot doesn't slide off. I think I'll use a file to sharpen them up. I wouldn't mind trying a Kovea Hydra, that is liquid and gas fueled, but I'm already at N+5 when it comes to stoves.
One thing to watch for is that not all butane adapters are created equal. I started out with a cheap one like this
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Camping-...MAAOSwrFBdeLtn, but eventually the plastic prongs started wearing out and it wasn't fully opening the cartridge. I thought there was a problem with the stove or the gas until I eventually pushed the adapter in and lo and behold, fully functioning! On that trip I used a rubber band to hold it on, but I now have one similar to this which seems a little more robust
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-LPG-...item441457cf17