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Hello all - I'm a "UK Camp Site" message board virgin, so be gentle with me...

I've recently inherited* a 7kg Handy Gas butane bottle. As one only recently rediscovering the joys of camping after a twenty year sabbatical, I'm by no means sure that this is going to be okay to use with our double burner stove. I'm using a nine-hundred-and-whatever-it-is camping gaz canister at the moment, so I'm well aware that I'll need a different type of regulator if I want to use this bigger bottle. Does anyone see a problem here?  

* Inherited = Found abandoned on a skip by Mrs Xadoc.

Hi Xadoc.

it shouldnt be a problem as long as you buy the correct regulator for it. just take it into any camp shop with you and they should be able to help you with all the enquiries you should have.

nearly forgot my manners then. Welcome to UKCS

We got one for a couple of quid from the skip yard and changed it for a nice orange butane one at the boat yard.

They did hum and ha a little but in the end I managed to convince them that I needed butane for storage in the unheated garage.

The other issue to remember is that Calor gas bottles (ie. the blue butane and the red propane) are more readily available to exchange than 'Handy Gas' ones.

I would convert to red propane bottles at the earliest opportunity.

Karl

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I would convert to red propane bottles at the earliest opportunity.

Karl

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Thanks folks - I appreciate the advice.

   Xadoc