REFILL YOUR BACKPACKING GAS CANISTERS // Campingmoon Gas Canister Refill Adapter

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Never run out of gas again! Refill your backpacking gas canisters with the Campingmoon Gas Canister Refill Adapter (Valken). Refill your MSR IsoPro or Olicamp Butane/Propane gas canisters using this refill adapter. Save money and never leave home with a half full gas canister. The Z15 is made for the standard EN417 Lindal Valve.



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I was able to consolidate all of my gas canisters and now all of my 4oz canisters are FULL. Is this a handy device or too much work?

OutsideChronicles
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You sir, are concise, straight to the point, not clickbaity and not wasting people's valuable time. For that, you earned a sub and thank you. From one outdoor enthusiast to another.

solodagci
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Thanks for the review. Greatest little gadget to carry on a thru hike. Never have to buy a new canister as all hostels have half filled canisters left behind in the hiker box from previous hikers.

markcummings
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CampingMoon sells refillable canisters that are safe to refill also have a minicamister for the lamp...
Thank you for sharing your research

lorismith
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This device is a game-changer! I'm buying one today. Also, sweet Buffalo River shirt! As an Arkansan, I tell all my out-of-state friends about that beautiful river.

playthedoghouse
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I do use such a thing for years - even overfilling canisters. Never had a problem. Great vid! Appreciated!

Matwei_Lefort
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Love the point about " not filling landfills ", this is important to me..

tamstergirl
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Thanks for the video, it corroborated what other videos have shown. In my case in UK a 100g cost £4, 230g cost £5 and a 450g cost £7. So 100g gas from the 450g costs £1.55, so I saved £2.44 per refill. The adapter cost £9.45 meaning it's paid for itself after 4 refills. I use on average 13g/day so 100g = 7 days. I have 2 100g canisters and if trip is shorter I use the partly-used canister and if longer the refilled canister, then swap between them.

Advantages:
- saves money (in my case after 4 refill).
- always carrying a full canister when I want to - e.g. 5 night trip
- I don't need to carry either another 100g to be on the safe side.
- less waste. True there is still some waste but an empty 450g canister is 190g, an empty 100g is 106g, so there's 60% less landfill by weight.

Obviously there's the cost of the accurate scales, in my case was £7 but I use for multiple uses.

GeekfromYorkshire
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*WARNING*
These are great little gadgets and I use them myself, but there is a reason why the manufacturers say NEVER REFILL their bottles and its not what you think.
Refilling your bottles isnt dangerous because leakage, damage to the valves or any of the other host of reasons people give (although its not impossible).
They fail because of physics: Liquid is essentially incompressible.
These gas bottles are filled at a certain temperature, rated for certain pressures, and this is all calculated based on normal temperature variations, and *specifically* the ratio of the volume of the cannister and the amount of liquid gas in it.
When the cannister heats up, its ok, because there is enough "headspace" for the gas ... so it does not over pressure.
If you refill these cans fully, and they start to get hot, they exert a HUGE pressure on the cannister. But if you fill them up to the top whilst they are cold, then just taking them outside starts to overpressure the and a bit of heat, maybe hot direct sunlight, or having heat radiated from the stove, will make these blow like a pipe bomb.

When these cans leave the factory they are rated to all kinds of standards, and this is also buffered by the fact that the action of expanding the gas as you use it should COOL the cannister itself.
But if you refill a can until its entirely full, then even a small variation in temperature will create a huge spike in PSI which will rupture the can. Since this usually happens during usage... it will be close to a flame.

I personally refill them, but I always weigh every can I get and write the net weight on it when it arrives. I also er massively on the side of caution. I would rather have a half full can than a trip to the burns unit.

Just be careful guys. If you over fill these cans its one of those scenarios where "its all working perfectly fine until it doesnt".

TheWtfnonamez
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Nice. Very informative. A good reason to pick up and keep used cylinders.

drewpackman
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Very helpful. Most of my (hammock-)camping is in a local forest, less than twenty miles away, and I ordinarily make a fire and cook on it. On rainy days, I always have an alternate, something I can use under the tarp. To date, it has been an alcohol stove. If you add the weight of the fuel and the stove, a butane stove with fuel is only one ounce heavier, but it is instant heat, rather than the fairly slow rate of alcohol heat. So, for the next year or so, I’ll try the butane, with your suggestion for refills. Thank you for your informative content.

t.davidgordon
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Saw this on the PCT a few years ago. A hiker was consolidating hiker box fuel. I got home and got me one of these for my next long hike.

preyingjaws
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That is a great little item Mike! Thanks for doing all the numbers and the demo for us. I’ve been sitting on the fence over this but may pull the trigger now. There are some trips that I prefer the quiet of an alcohol stove but these gas stoves are in my arsenal for convenience. Jeff

hike-bike-paddle-and-drone
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thank you, I found a Chinese one online for 5 bucks and it looks exactly the same. I was born and raised in NT near Buffalo. Been out in Utah for 10 years now. Miss Tim Hortons and the Falls! Cheers

jeremysmith
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Thanks Mike for your well illustrated video. My adaptor has an overload valve so I'm confidant to leave the filling unattended.

eddydewilde
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If you’re freezing a canister, make sure to put a hot pad or something for thermal insulation on the scale. If the canister cools down the scale, it throws off the zero weight and you won’t get an accurate reading

jonpaulpepen
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Thank you very much! Did it for the first time and got 192g with my 4oz canister. It was a breeze!

kebekoi
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FINALLY had a need to use this thing and worked great. Bought it when you posted the video. Wish i had one of these a few years ago!

bucky
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How are you guesstimating weight when you are doing a long hike? Scales aren’t normally brought on hikes. Very cool gadget though.

ThePrata
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The Best Benefit of many, to me, as long as you have one small canister you'll never have to carry a BIG one for your shorter adventures!

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