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Subject Topic: Cooking in a tent - Yes or NO! (Monty 6)
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PersonAlphonso De Lard
20/5/2011 at 5:20pm
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The cylinder is at home, outside my garage. Taking it to a dealer seems OK - but why should they take a leaky bottle that I didn't buy from them?

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Personalahol2
20/5/2011 at 5:54pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 20/5/2011
The cylinder is at home, outside my garage. Taking it to a dealer seems OK - but why should they take a leaky bottle that I didn't buy from them?
I may be wrong (maybe thinking of Calor) but I believe the bottle always remains the property of CampingGaz. In effect you are only renting it. Take it back to the dealer and exchange it for a refill.


PersonJam_Man
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I was cooking in the porch of my old Kyam and the breakfast flared up for less than a second and when I looked up the whole mesh window had gone in a blink of an eye.

Made me realise that it isnt worth cooking indoors :)


PersonAlphonso De Lard
23/5/2011 at 10:31pm
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Quote: Originally posted by alahol2 on 20/5/2011
Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 20/5/2011
The cylinder is at home, outside my garage. Taking it to a dealer seems OK - but why should they take a leaky bottle that I didn't buy from them?
I may be wrong (maybe thinking of Calor) but I believe the bottle always remains the property of CampingGaz. In effect you are only renting it. Take it back to the dealer and exchange it for a refill.

It's a wierd size, not sure of the weight/number, it's about half the size of a "907". I was just going to use it up this season and not bother replacing it - I have a 907 also, (we were given it originally so I didn't pay the "deposit" - always makes me laugh cos nobody ever buys them back off you, so how can it be a deposit?), and I only ever found them to refil at a couple of places... Now it's leaking, I'll be disposing... 



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Personandycwb
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I've had Camping Gz cylinders leak whil close to empty a few times. Not good and the nainsook reason I avoid their cylinders TBH.


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PersonHacksaw Bob
23/5/2011 at 10:48pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 23/5/2011
Quote: Originally posted by alahol2 on 20/5/2011
Quote: Originally posted by Alphonso De Lard on 20/5/2011
The cylinder is at home, outside my garage. Taking it to a dealer seems OK - but why should they take a leaky bottle that I didn't buy from them?
I may be wrong (maybe thinking of Calor) but I believe the bottle always remains the property of CampingGaz. In effect you are only renting it. Take it back to the dealer and exchange it for a refill.

It's a wierd size, not sure of the weight/number, it's about half the size of a "907". I was just going to use it up this season and not bother replacing it - I have a 907 also, (we were given it originally so I didn't pay the "deposit" - always makes me laugh cos nobody ever buys them back off you, so how can it be a deposit?), and I only ever found them to refil at a couple of places... Now it's leaking, I'll be disposing... 



904?

I'm fairly sure if you traded it in, it would be checked for leaks before refilling.


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Quote: Originally posted by gingercol on 15/5/2011
Blimey it seems even the camping world has gone health and safety mad what with fire drills in tents , where's the muster point under the porch . DRIVING a car is the biggest risk we all take . So let's just get things into perspective it boils down to the same common denominators PERSONAL PREFERANCE and in this case due dilagence (phew too many big words for this time of the morning )

Driving a car is NOT the biggest risk we all take. That really really makes my blood boil that comment. There is a MASSIVE difference between driving a car that you will be trained to do safely and have sat an examination to get the licence to drive. It has NO comparison whatsoever in using a gas cooker inside a tent.

FACT - Gas CAN flare up towards the end of the bottle and given the environment of a tent that can be VERY dangerous.

FACT - Tents like the frame tents of the 70s were made of Canvas and its not any less likely to catch fire, but it wont catch fire as fast as a nylon tent.

FACT - We all do it or have done it in the past and the best thing you can do is be aware of the dangers. It can be dangerous but if you use care and attention and be prepared for the worst then you will be as safe as you can possibly be when using gas inside a tent. Any cooking inside a tent is risky.

FACT - A Couple who use this site nearly died last year because they did not realize that the COBB they were using was poisoning them when they left it lit inside the tent.   There is more than just a naked flame to be concerned with.

In the 30 years i've been camping, it has always paid to be aware of the dangers of anything that emits a flammable poisonous gas or naked flame from it.   And I DO cook in our tent and use due diligence - but it pays to be aware of the dangers - and as this site has a lot of new campers who've never had the experience, its better to give the advice instead of complaining about political correctness!!!   Driving a car is a lot safer than cooking under a bit of material with a naked flame and a bottle of gas!!!   If you choose to cook in your tent do so with care and attention. It has the potential to be dangerous.

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Personsuzan111
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In my old tent i cooked outdoors, now we have a canvas tent I cook indoors. Though I did cook under the porch in my new quenchcha, lit a match, blew it out and put it on ground sheet where it melted a hole :(

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