Thread: Single burner butane stoves

Crush them after puncturing to remove any remaining gas.

Good idea, I will do that next time

It is my understanding that propane stoves have been banned. If so why are they still on the market?

The import of them was halted for about 18 month. They were slightly re-designed & had extra warning labels put on them & are now allowed to be sold again.

They are quite popular out here & it was a pain when we could not get them, we have had them again for about 12 months.
Some brands can no longer be sold in Aus.

Jonesfam

Not propane.
Some BUTANE stoves which were not compliant with AGA standards, particularly the lunchbox style ones which are now sold because they are compliant.

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The small butane stoves were banned for a time but I gather it was mostly due to user error - not so much an inherent fault with the units. If used to specs, they are safe enough. Just don't put massive pots and pans on top of them or double them up.

They were banned because (in part) some people from the shallow end of the gene pool were sitting them on top of a household gas ring, and lighting both (!) to try and emulate a wok burner. True story!!!
Part of the recall was because those incidents caused house fires.
So the nanny state is protecting us from imbeciles like that. Personally, the sooner they removed themselves from the gene pool, the better.

They are a fantastic little stove.
The old ones had a problem where the gas canister connected up badly and leaked gas and it ignited, That has now been fixed in the new models
I still have a couple of the old ones and are just fine as long as you make absolutely certain that the gas canister is correctly seated.
The other problem with the old design was people stupidly put hot plates on them which superheated the gas canister and it exploded, The new design has a raised area over the canister to prevent a hotplate from being used (hopefully).
As with All gas appliances these stoves have to be treated with respect and used in accordance to the directions and if you start doing stupid things with them you WILL get hurt.

Hi,
The new cannisters have a pressure relief seal that will avoid rupturing the metal cannister completely.
They now just jet a huge flame if over heated and the escaping gas ignites.
Treat with care and common sense to avoid frantic times.
Cheers