Gas Canisters & Cartridges

Gas Canisters & Cartridges

Butane and butane propane mix canisters and cartridges for camping stoves, portable heaters, blowlamps and outdoor cookers, plus the hose needed to connect an appliance safely. Getting the fitting right matters more than anything else on this page, because the types do not interchange and a cartridge that will not seat is no use on a campsite. EN417 is the threaded screw on standard used by most compact camping stoves and lanterns. Type 200 and similar pierceable cartridges clip or pierce into the appliance and cannot be removed until empty, so they suit a stove used in one sitting rather than one packed away half used. The flat aerosol style butane canister is the one most single burner tabletop stoves take and is the most widely stocked format of the three. Refillable propane and butane cylinders sit at the top of the range for larger heaters and cookers and connect through a regulator rather than directly. Fuel mix affects cold weather performance, which is the reason for the choice: plain butane struggles below about five degrees and a butane propane mix keeps vaporising in genuinely cold conditions, so a winter or shoulder season trip is worth the mix. Multi packs suit anyone using a stove regularly. For anything connected by hose rather than clipped on, BS3212 rated rubber gas hose is the code compliant choice, cut to the length the appliance needs.

Campingaz, Gosystem and Milestone cover the cartridges and canisters, with Parasene and Easi Plumb on hose and fittings. For the appliances these run see Portable Gas Stoves and Gas Heaters, and for the wider outage range see Power Cut & Emergency Essentials.