I refilled the disposables for a few years. Eventually the fitting would get rusty and not seal to my stove, or the valve would start leaking a little. It just became a hassle. Not to mention needing a temperature differential between the 20# and the empty. Flame King came along and I haven’t looked back since. And I have piece of mind that I’m being as safe as I reasonably can be.
One guy killed his Wife refilling his Nonrefillable Propane Tank , In his Garage ?? ... 3 Freaking years ago ! ... LOL ... While 1000 died driving to the store and 40 were Struck by lightning ... Get a Grip guy .. it's Dangerous out there ..... LMFAO 😀
The guy may have been filling his 1-pound propane tank in his garage with the garage doors closed which may have caused some of the escaping propane gas to ignite from a spark such as static electricity. Additionally, the 1-pound propane cylinders also have a pressure release valve which should have prevented the propane tank from exploding, right?
You just fill it 50 grams less than it was brand new. I put a brass cap on mine because I do not trust the shelf life of some of using a plastic cap. Done many times and when bubbles start to show I put an X on it and that will be the last fill up. Store and refill outside. Propane BBQ is outside so should the 1 pounders.
I don't know why anyone would be refilling a gas canister inside an enclosed room. There must have been a flame source like a pilot light in that garage to ignite the escaping gas.
polk county florida, where i live. the guy probably was refilling an old rusty tank that was sitting beside his garage for 20 years while he had it facing his lit bbq 2 feet away while inside an enclosed garage. people here aren't the smartest tools in the shed. incidences like these are probably unlikely to happen in normal circumstances.
By that logic you should stop driving a car, because things happen, especially when one isn't careful. Make sure to never fill indoors. Always away from any ignition sources Make sure to weight the tank to prevent overfilling. There's should be no reason for the tank to explode. They've been rated to withstand 1lb of propane easily
They have not been rated for repeated pressure cycling. Same arrogance as doomed Oceangate sub. Disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. Repeated stress of pressure cycling will cause it to fatigue and explode. There is no need to be a Darwin award winner.
I've cut a spent 1lb tank and it's not much thicker than a soda can. So they're flimsy and cheaply crafted! Also, the ribbing isn't as tough. It's also just plain dangerous lol.
Disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. Repeated stress of pressure cycling will cause it to fatigue and explode. There is no need to be a Darwin award winner.
A safety factor for how many fills? According to the label it is good for ONE fill and ZERO refills. Some people think they are as smart as Rush (Oceangate sub).
The explosion/fire would have been much quicker with a vented Fuel Keg! The Fuel Keg is far superior for refilling, but the rupture was caused by combustion from using a flammable gas in an enclosed space, the results would have been the same either way.
I see it this way; I bought a fuel keg which is approved for refill for everyday consumption. I augment this with purchased 1lb propane bottles when I need a few more for travel. I have a refill adapter for the Coleman propane bottle if I need it for a significant emergency situation and the bottle I am using is relatively new and I follow all general best practice guidelines. I don’t recommend everyday refilling of the Coleman bottles which is playing roulette. I see that option as a last resort.
@DesertPackrat wrote: "I follow all general best practice guidelines." Except the engineer backed one by the manufacture not to refill this tank. What was that Oceangate dudes name again? Rush something. Continue your arrogance and some day you too can be a Darwin award winner.
Replace cheap ones periodically and not refill indoors would be the common sense approach…. This seems as a product commercial and sure enough the Amozone has the mentioned products readily available.
Common sense can be dangerous and just flat out wrong. Once upon a time common sense was that the world was flat. People were even killed over round vs flat. True sense would be to heed the manufacture's safe use instructions not to refill that tank.
Yes. US-DOT has approved them for 12 years. Like the larger tanks, they are steel. Not thin wall aluminum. Can handle the pressure cycling. Thin wall aluminum will fatigue and explode. Lot of people posting in here are making excuses for why it exploded not having anything to do with that it was a disposable. But they simply don't know and are going overboard with speculation. They do not know how many times that tank had been refilled. But even once it could fail. It is not structurally designed for that. Don't do as they do. Do as engineers and manufactures have told you how to safely use/NOT use their product. The risk/reward/savings is beyond absurd. Risk life for a few dollars. Absurd.
@@randall1959 A Fuel Keg and Refill Kit is about $48 USD on Amazon. Stop risking yours and others lives. Get over your cheap arrogance self before you end up like the Oceangate Rush dude.
Thin wall aluminum will fatigue and explode. Think Oceangate sub implosion. Not designed to handle pressure cycling. It's designated disposable for a reason.
@@RazorStrap those bottles are NOT thin walled fyi ... if they were thin walled, they would not fill them, so the fact that they DO fill them proves they are able to be refilled Simple logic
@@ACommenterOnRUclips Future Dawin award winner. Right along with Stockton Rush. Simple physics trumps your simple logic. Ignore experts and you will end up just like Stockton Rush. Please value others and don't take anyone with you.
@@ACommenterOnRUclips Would ask what your education level is but you'd probably just lie. Your logic of fill means refillable is highly flawed. Like Stockton Rush's logic and arrogance. We know how that turned out.
Anyone who knows one of these disposable tanks has been refilled should do themselves a favor and steer clear. Don't go camping etc. with people who refill these disposable tanks.
I refilled the disposables for a few years. Eventually the fitting would get rusty and not seal to my stove, or the valve would start leaking a little. It just became a hassle. Not to mention needing a temperature differential between the 20# and the empty. Flame King came along and I haven’t looked back since. And I have piece of mind that I’m being as safe as I reasonably can be.
One guy killed his Wife refilling his Nonrefillable Propane Tank , In his Garage ?? ... 3 Freaking years ago ! ... LOL ... While 1000 died driving to the store and 40 were Struck by lightning ... Get a Grip guy .. it's Dangerous out there ..... LMFAO 😀
I have refilled hundreds, I never get them close to original level, so I'm not worried about pressure
The guy may have been filling his 1-pound propane tank in his garage with the garage doors closed which may have caused some of the escaping propane gas to ignite from a spark such as static electricity. Additionally, the 1-pound propane cylinders also have a pressure release valve which should have prevented the propane tank from exploding, right?
The thin wall aluminum disposable tank may have fatigued and exploded without any other cause.
I'll take my chances. I have refilled many of them.
lol its 60$ for two refillable ones, are you homeless?
That's what Rush said (Oceangate sub).
Death wish.
You just fill it 50 grams less than it was brand new. I put a brass cap on mine because I do not trust the shelf life of some of using a plastic cap. Done many times and when bubbles start to show I put an X on it and that will be the last fill up. Store and refill outside. Propane BBQ is outside so should the 1 pounders.
@@tommycodfish What we have here is future Dawin award winner trying to outdo Stockton Rush.
I don't know why anyone would be refilling a gas canister inside an enclosed room. There must have been a flame source like a pilot light in that garage to ignite the escaping gas.
I agree, not smart.
Not necessarily. Those disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. They will fatigue from the pressure cycling and explode. No other cause needed.
polk county florida, where i live. the guy probably was refilling an old rusty tank that was sitting beside his garage for 20 years while he had it facing his lit bbq 2 feet away while inside an enclosed garage. people here aren't the smartest tools in the shed. incidences like these are probably unlikely to happen in normal circumstances.
These disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. It will fatigue and explode without any other cause.
@@RazorStrap they're so dangerous that wal marts have gone up in flames from the stockpiles they keep on shelves.
By that logic you should stop driving a car, because things happen, especially when one isn't careful.
Make sure to never fill indoors.
Always away from any ignition sources
Make sure to weight the tank to prevent overfilling.
There's should be no reason for the tank to explode. They've been rated to withstand 1lb of propane easily
They have not been rated for repeated pressure cycling. Same arrogance as doomed Oceangate sub. Disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. Repeated stress of pressure cycling will cause it to fatigue and explode. There is no need to be a Darwin award winner.
Lol they're not aluminum or I'm possibly mistaken that they're they're using the first magnetic aluminum I've seen.
I've cut a spent 1lb tank and it's not much thicker than a soda can. So they're flimsy and cheaply crafted! Also, the ribbing isn't as tough. It's also just plain dangerous lol.
Also, these older 1 lb propane tanks have a safety factor which covers a slight overfill. Look it up.
Disposable tanks are thin wall aluminum. Repeated stress of pressure cycling will cause it to fatigue and explode. There is no need to be a Darwin award winner.
A safety factor for how many fills?
According to the label it is good for ONE fill and ZERO refills.
Some people think they are as smart as Rush (Oceangate sub).
The explosion/fire would have been much quicker with a vented Fuel Keg!
The Fuel Keg is far superior for refilling, but the rupture was caused by combustion from using a flammable gas in an enclosed space, the results would have been the same either way.
What was that Oceangates dudes name again? Rush something. Continue your arrogance and some day you too can be a Darwin award winner.
I see it this way; I bought a fuel keg which is approved for refill for everyday consumption. I augment this with purchased 1lb propane bottles when I need a few more for travel. I have a refill adapter for the Coleman propane bottle if I need it for a significant emergency situation and the bottle I am using is relatively new and I follow all general best practice guidelines. I don’t recommend everyday refilling of the Coleman bottles which is playing roulette. I see that option as a last resort.
@DesertPackrat wrote: "I follow all general best practice guidelines."
Except the engineer backed one by the manufacture not to refill this tank.
What was that Oceangate dudes name again? Rush something. Continue your arrogance and some day you too can be a Darwin award winner.
Inside a garage maybe with a heater on?
If I drive my car into a lake and drown it's the cars fault?
Replace cheap ones periodically and not refill indoors would be the common sense approach…. This seems as a product commercial and sure enough the Amozone has the mentioned products readily available.
Common sense can be dangerous and just flat out wrong.
Once upon a time common sense was that the world was flat. People were even killed over round vs flat.
True sense would be to heed the manufacture's safe use instructions not to refill that tank.
How do you know when your Fuel Keg is no good any more? Does it have a re-cert date?
Yes. US-DOT has approved them for 12 years. Like the larger tanks, they are steel. Not thin wall aluminum. Can handle the pressure cycling. Thin wall aluminum will fatigue and explode.
Lot of people posting in here are making excuses for why it exploded not having anything to do with that it was a disposable. But they simply don't know and are going overboard with speculation. They do not know how many times that tank had been refilled. But even once it could fail. It is not structurally designed for that. Don't do as they do. Do as engineers and manufactures have told you how to safely use/NOT use their product.
The risk/reward/savings is beyond absurd. Risk life for a few dollars. Absurd.
Dudes, its 60$ CAD or i guess 45$ usd for 2 refillable ones, stop risking your life
There's more to it than just the refillable cannisters. You also have to buy their proprietary refilling apparatus.
@@randall1959 A Fuel Keg and Refill Kit is about $48 USD on Amazon.
Stop risking yours and others lives.
Get over your cheap arrogance self before you end up like the Oceangate Rush dude.
Any person with even a modicum of sense wouldn't fill these inside a structure. Also never underestimate the power of idiots to screw shit up.
Never underestimate the arrogance of idiots to think they are smart. Like that Oceangate Rush dude.
Good to know
Eso lo dice coleman para no perder dinero,quieren que los boten y compren otro, por eso llegó" fuel keg" y les acabó el juego
Ahh .....
When you refill these, the propane STOPS when its full so not sure HOW and WHY something exploded.
Thin wall aluminum will fatigue and explode. Think Oceangate sub implosion. Not designed to handle pressure cycling. It's designated disposable for a reason.
@@RazorStrap those bottles are NOT thin walled fyi ...
if they were thin walled, they would not fill them, so the fact that they DO fill them proves they are able to be refilled
Simple logic
@@ACommenterOnRUclips Future Dawin award winner. Right along with Stockton Rush. Simple physics trumps your simple logic. Ignore experts and you will end up just like Stockton Rush. Please value others and don't take anyone with you.
@@RazorStrap funny thats what i thought about you ...
@@ACommenterOnRUclips Would ask what your education level is but you'd probably just lie. Your logic of fill means refillable is highly flawed. Like Stockton Rush's logic and arrogance. We know how that turned out.
Great video.
Anyone who knows one of these disposable tanks has been refilled should do themselves a favor and steer clear. Don't go camping etc. with people who refill these disposable tanks.