Butane Stove Gas Cans

sleep with them....they remain warm and ready for use on cold mornings.

That's not a bad idea Thanks

You need to use at least 20% propane as a start and have free air flow around the nozzle.

30% propane 70 butanne used to be available from Kovea but no one imports it now.
(propane has low freezing temp).

Whatever cans you using , keep full ones for when its cold.


Few months ago this was raised again and we organized a bulk buy of the stuff (20/80) thier was a post about this.

Occasionally you can get almost 100% propane canisters from the USA (used by one of the brands of gas brazing / soldering / paint striping torches). One brand that used to have propane was Benzomatic but I have not seen them for a while now. You may also need an adaptor hose fitting. Otherwise as above - keep the butane gas container warm.

Is one of the reasons I got rid of gas & changed over to multi fuel stoves. Doesn't matter what altitude or temp they still work. Even if you keep the butane can warm, as soon as you start to use it they will usually slow down taking conciderably longer to cook.
Cheers Craig.............

Living in the cold country I can vouch that butane cylinders don't work when the temp drops - the local outdoors shop carries "Elemental" brand 80:20 Butane:propane that work well in the cold - they must be readily available as I haver seen them in other stores as well. I pay $10 per 4 pack but have seen them as costly as $3.75 each.