I've used that 2-burner Coleman stove quite a bit for tailgating at football games... I seem to think that one bottle of that fuel would probably not last 2 weeks, if you're running it up to 30 minutes every day.
But, my observation if far from scientific; it just seems that a bottle never lasted me that long. And, maybe I used more fuel outdoors in a windy parking lot... perhaps, you would use less fuel in a more sheltered location.
Our local Sam's Club store has 4-packs of the fuel bottles for $9.95 ... that's the best price I have seen.
Does anybody recycle those fuel bottles? That may be "forbidden" on the label (Ka-BOOM!), I have not looked lately.
It just seems that those metal bottles are too nice to just end up in a landfill somewhere.
The OP is talking about the white gas stoves, not the propane stove. Hence the "gallon" containers and the "MSR bottles" The propane are nice, but if it drops below freezing you lose pressure fast and like you just stated, they do not last nearly as long when used. However they store for just as long as well. I have about 40 of the little coleman propane bottles and 8 gallons of WG. I have stoves that use both and a few primus ONMIfuel stoves that use the little 4 and 8 oz camp porpane bottles AND liquid fuel of many sorts. Also have lanterns that use both WG and propane, flexability is the key.
As for refilling. They do have kits that state to place the bottle in the freezer then invert it and use the adapter hose assy thing to refill them. However it may not be safe and I could have sworn when I read my friends documentation on his refill kit it had several disclaimers, go figure. I tried to recycle them, but no sites around me will even touch them. I found I could take them to work and the OSHA chronie had a place that would take them, but did not know if they were recyled or hazardous land filled?
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