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after reading a bit about them on here I had a trawl through ebay and found these at £15....so I bought one and at that price it has to be a bargain as I saw the same heater in winfields for £39.99...so I cannot complain but my question is this....

In regards to buying the gas for it - is there any specific gas I should get or are all the ones I have seen in packs of 4 & single cans the same - just different coloured cans ?

I would appreciate anyone else who has one of those heaters or knowledge of them to help me out as i am genuinely unsure as I am still a newbie to all things camping !

thanks

argos do them im not 100% but i think they are about £15 for 12 cans

yep just found them

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArgosBrowseIterator?storeId=10001&identifier=7792951&languageId=-1&Trail=C%24cip%3D36237%3EC%24cip%3D36238%3EC%24cip%3D36248&langId=-1&catalogId=4501&currPage=3

Used on of these for the first time this weekend.  We didn't have it on max power as it really wasn't that cold just used it to take the chill out of the air.  It seamed to be ok.

A little tip -  when the gas canisters start to get too low to be of little use for heating food in your gas stove retain them instead of throwing them away and use the last remaining gas in the heater.

the campingaz cartridges from argos have slightly more gas in + burn a lot hotter. these fires are great for the awning. we used 3 canisters for 5 nights use. i.e 8pm -12pm.

                                 steve+mandy

i brought one of these heaters from the same seller on EBay and the heater is great. I am always cold but it does a treat warming up the tent when you are ready for bed. It does not use gas as much as i thought it would either. we used 1 canister for 2 night on for about 5/6 hrs total.

I will prob buy the big pack from Argos once the cannisters i have got run out.

I have young children and you do need to be careful but i think it is quite sturdy and safe as it can be. It would only cause a problem if a child / adult knocked iit over and left it knocked over or threw clothing over it etc...

Vicky

My heater arrived today, got it from ebay but a different seller, its great! alot hotter than i thought it would be.

Def reccommend one

Steve