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Butane or Propane??

Which do you use while camping and why? Do you think one is better than the other, apart from propane being better at lower/freezing temperatures.

Hi

This one comes up every now and again. Have a read of these old threads.

TT.

I use propane because i find it smells nicer than butane and i sometimes Camp in colder condition's and i've been woken to snow before now!

Kevin

When it gets really cold, butane can stay dormant in the bottle, but propane will carry on at lower temperatures. You need to make sure that your stove can accomodate both gases & not just butane. If it will do both, it's up to you. The only downside I can think of, is that propane is a bit more of a dirty gas, which can soot up burner jets, & leave the bottom of your pans black. You used to have to change burner jets as far as I can remember as well, as your stove will be set up for butane. The other thing is that, a small campsite will usually stock more butane than propane, so no hassle if you run out. Butane will keep running, unless it's total brass monkeys " tent stiff with ice etc " even then you can insulate the bottle, if you know what I mean. 

Thanks all for the advice. We have used butane upto now but have run out, and we have a butane bottle and a propane bottle so was just umming and arring about which one to get refilled.

Will stick to butane i think.