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we have a few camping appliances that are designed to run off of 1 lb disposable propane bottles .... https://www.amazon.com/Coleman-Propane- ... 134&sr=8-4 .... while there is no doubt that they can really come in handy, I've found their negatives outweigh their positives .... not the least of the negatives is the fact, as can be seen in the link, they are expensive .... other negatives include the propane will freeze if they are used with an appliance that requires a good bit of propane .... the first two pictures show a frozen tank that was powering a single burner set on medium/low in our 3 burner camp stove .... thus my motivation for asking, if anyone using these bottles refills them ..????.. if so, any insight you may have would be appreciated

I always thought those weren't refillable. Maybe I'm wrong. I haven't purchased those in years. My goodness, have they gone WAY up in price! I don't think your pictures loaded if you intended to post them.
Jake

They have a side port where they can be refilled, but I haven't seen or heard of any place that will refill them. I quit buying them, bought a hose adapter 'T and hoses to connect our 2 burner stove to a 5 gallon tank.

Shakey Jake wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:56 pm

I don't think your pictures loaded if you intended to post them.
Jake

my oooooops .... they should there now

Mags wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:04 pm

They have a side port where they can be refilled, but I haven't seen or heard of any place that will refill them. I quit buying them, bought a hose adapter and 'T to connect our 2 burner stove to a 5 gallon tank.

I did much the same thing .... rigged up a hose that runs from our camper's quick disconnect fitting to whatever appliance I'm using

I believe only the Flame King brand is DOT approved for refilling.

https://www.amazon.com/Flame-King-Refil ... 012&sr=8-3

On a side note the 5 gallon cans can only be filled 80% or 4 gallons and the ready filled ones are only filled to 3.5 gallons.

Sir Henry wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:16 pm

I believe only the Flame King brand is DOT approved for refilling.

https://www.amazon.com/Flame-King-Refil ... 012&sr=8-3

On a side note the 5 gallon cans can only be filled 80% or 4 gallons and the ready filled ones are only filled to 3.5 gallons.

According to the product description you buy their (sold separately) refill adapter and refill them yourself. Likely work to refill non-DOT tanks too.
How to here: https://www.campingforfoodies.com/how-t ... e-bottles/

no commercial business I know of will refill them .... this is a link to a YouTube video showing the process ===>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKMh_2dxiYM .... and a link showing an adapter ===> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W9386RC?ps ... ct_details

Just for info, according to Walmart.com, those bottles are about half that price at the local Wally World stores at about $9.50 a two pack. Sometimes Amazon is way over priced. Shipping may be the issue with these.

I would feel better about a 20 lb tank conversion hose, than trying to refill disposable bottles. I know the size on the 1 lb bottles is convenient, but the larger bottles are probably not an issue for a lot of camping situations. Also, those 1 lb bottles don't last long.

I’ve been doing it for a long time. Bought this one.
https://www.harborfreight.com/propane-b ... 63607.html
Just have to check old tanks for rust.

Jdl447 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:55 pm

Just have to check old tanks for rust.

have you found any area of the bottle is more likely to rust

Mostly just the threads. The rusty ones don’t get a good seal.

There is several videos on youtube that show guys doing this. I have one of those refill adapters but havent ever tried it. They say you need to put the small tanks in the freezer for a while before filling and then weigh them. Never have done it.

Jdl447 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:37 pm

Mostly just the threads. The rusty ones don’t get a good seal.

10-4 .... info appreciated

as mentioned above .... years ago I rigged up a hose that runs from our camper's quick disconnect fitting to whatever appliance I'm using .... that setup has served us well for 20 some years and is still what we use when using our propane three burner camp stove ..... what I need is to come up with a setup to use when we are not near the camper while cooking .... my preference is not to be tied to hauling 20 or even 10 lb propane tank so the ease of using a 1 lb tank is attractive .... having just learned that our camping stove will freeze a 1 lb bottle requires me to have 2 or more on hand