Interesting video. I don't get to do a lot of camping, but often think of different options than the small 1 lb cylinders I use. I have seen many videos of people refilling them (even though they are non refillable) and have thought about going that route and keeping a 20lb cylinder at home. I live in hurricane county so having an extra 20lb fuel tank ready to go at home wouldn't be a bad idea.
I actually have refilled the one pound cylinders. Here it is legal to refill the "non-refillable" cylinders, but illegal to transport them after refilling. I may purchase a couple of 5lb and 10 lb tanks for when I need a bit more. A word of caution, when refilling the one pound non-refillable cylinders, IT MUST BE PRECISE AS TO NOT OVERFILL THOSE. I am very close to knowing the weights by picking them up.
As you can imagine with flammable materials, the US has a lot of regulation around them. For that reason refilling the light green 1-pound tanks must be done in a certified facility with all kinds of safety measures in place. That is not something the company can ask retailers to install at their locations so they have to have an exchange model where the empty tanks are collected at the retail location, exchanged for a full tank and the empty ones are sent back to the refill facility. But as you can see in the comments here and with more searching online, people do refills on their own. Stay safe and thanks for watching!
Do you have a rough estimates on what burn time would be with the 5 lb tank with a FireCan Burner. I am trying to determine which tank to buy (5 lb or 10 lb) so approx burn time would be valuable. Most trips I have are 2-3 days. If I can get 6-8 hours of burn time with a 5 lb I would be happy, but otherwise I would opt for the 10 lb tank. Do you have any advice?
Ooof, that's a tough one. All of those fire cans have adjustable burn rates. It really depends on how big of a flame you want. I'd honestly go for the 10-pounder because it takes up less room than 2 5-pounders and provides the reassurance of knowing you have plenty of fuel. Thanks for watching!
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Interesting video. I don't get to do a lot of camping, but often think of different options than the small 1 lb cylinders I use. I have seen many videos of people refilling them (even though they are non refillable) and have thought about going that route and keeping a 20lb cylinder at home. I live in hurricane county so having an extra 20lb fuel tank ready to go at home wouldn't be a bad idea.
I actually have refilled the one pound cylinders. Here it is legal to refill the "non-refillable" cylinders, but illegal to transport them after refilling. I may purchase a couple of 5lb and 10 lb tanks for when I need a bit more. A word of caution, when refilling the one pound non-refillable cylinders, IT MUST BE PRECISE AS TO NOT OVERFILL THOSE. I am very close to knowing the weights by picking them up.
I refill the 1 pounders all of the time. I am buying this for camping and longer trips.
I have hardly touched my 1-pounders since getting this. Have fun!
Love the ability to reuse and stop throwing out the 1 pounders.
I refill my one 1 gallon green tanks for years
I don't quite understand about the 1 lb refillable. If it is refillable why does it need to be exchanged?
As you can imagine with flammable materials, the US has a lot of regulation around them. For that reason refilling the light green 1-pound tanks must be done in a certified facility with all kinds of safety measures in place. That is not something the company can ask retailers to install at their locations so they have to have an exchange model where the empty tanks are collected at the retail location, exchanged for a full tank and the empty ones are sent back to the refill facility. But as you can see in the comments here and with more searching online, people do refills on their own. Stay safe and thanks for watching!
Do you have a rough estimates on what burn time would be with the 5 lb tank with a FireCan Burner. I am trying to determine which tank to buy (5 lb or 10 lb) so approx burn time would be valuable. Most trips I have are 2-3 days. If I can get 6-8 hours of burn time with a 5 lb I would be happy, but otherwise I would opt for the 10 lb tank. Do you have any advice?
Ooof, that's a tough one. All of those fire cans have adjustable burn rates. It really depends on how big of a flame you want. I'd honestly go for the 10-pounder because it takes up less room than 2 5-pounders and provides the reassurance of knowing you have plenty of fuel. Thanks for watching!