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So which brand of butane canister has the best cold weather performance?

I can buy jetboil, primus and MSR brand canisters in local market. Primus is advertised as mix of butane, isobutane and propane. MSR is isobutane and propane. Jetboil doesn't say.


Depends on the stove, many stoves such as Primus EtaPacklite, Primus Himalaya Omnifuel, Gosystems 2000 gas burner adapter (designed for Trangia 27s and 25s, Esbit Alcohol stove) and others will quite readily burn the butane and propane from any of the above canisters if using liquid feed operation.



Inverting the canister in the above photo will work down to similar temperatures as the Coleman Powermax canisters (specifically designed for liquid feed operation) @ around -20C, i.e. similar temperatures to liquid coleman white gas fueled stoves . The Esbit stove + Gosystems 2000 will for example boil a cup of water (250ml) in around 45 seconds.

A reusable chemical hand warmer can be used underneath a canister to warm it up under extreme conditions. To reuse the hand warmer just reactivate using some of the cannister fuel by some additional boiling water when your finished with the stove for the next time it is used.




Edited by Am_Fear_Liath_Mor (01/29/11 08:44 PM)