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    Question Single burner butane stoves

    I've just noticed that 'new and improved' single burner butane stoves are being sold again. Does anyone know if these have been tested or product reviewed ?

    I wouldn't mind getting one if they've been proved safe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LR V8 View Post
    I've just noticed that 'new and improved' single burner butane stoves are being sold again. Does anyone know if these have been tested or product reviewed ?

    I wouldn't mind getting one if they've been proved safe.

    Cheers,

    Pete
    Im pretty sure they would be regulated very well after the last round of cheapies failed
    I still have the one i got about 15 years ago still works a treat and ever so reliable untill the weather and altitude changes then its useless

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    Well it now should have AGA certification, so I'd hope the bugs are ironed out.

    My understanding of previous failures were due to operator error / stupidity, not spontaneous failures.

    I still have my old one, and will continue to use it. And I dare say there would be hundreds of thousands just like me doing the same.
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    You bet. Still got and use safely both my single and dual burners. It was only because of an oxygen thief that this all came about.

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    My understanding is that the failures resulted from using the burners for tasks they were never designed for, like heating cooking plates twice their size with 2 burners side by side, thus covering both the stoves in metal. The heat obviously has nowhere to go and over heated the canisters. Boom!!
    Another problem was using them to heat an oversize pot (600mm diameter) that effectively did the same thing with the same result.


    I think they are a great little stove for light demand use. Really handy when camping light but like anything else they need to be used for the task they were designed for.


    Only my opinion though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger View Post
    Well it now should have AGA certification, so I'd hope the bugs are ironed out.

    My understanding of previous failures were due to operator error / stupidity, not spontaneous failures.

    I still have my old one, and will continue to use it. And I dare say there would be hundreds of thousands just like me doing the same.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B View Post
    My understanding is that the failures resulted from using the burners for tasks they were never designed for, like heating cooking plates twice their size with 2 burners side by side, thus covering both the stoves in metal. The heat obviously has nowhere to go and over heated the canisters. Boom!!
    Another problem was using them to heat an oversize pot (600mm diameter) that effectively did the same thing with the same result.


    I think they are a great little stove for light demand use. Really handy when camping light but like anything else they need to be used for the task they were designed for.


    Only my opinion though.
    Ditto.

    Some reading here: Portable Butane Stove Explosion Fire Investigation at chemaxx.com

    I've kept using the 2 we have after reading the stories which essentially confirmed they are safe if used correctly.
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    Have never stopped using the old single burner Primus butane cooker that we've had for years. As said above, the "problem" with this style of cooker is more about the idiots using them than with the cooker itself.

    When we go camping, we only take a Cobb Cooker and one of these butane cookers. Has always worked for us, and no problem with having to carry a gas bottle somewhere. SWMBO has often said though, that it would be handy to have a second butane cooker, as the Cobb and a single burner, or just the single burner on its own when we don't light up the Cobb, is not enough.

    So I got this from BCF last week ...................

    Cheers .........

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    I still have one of he older model single burner Butane stoves and I still use it occasionally However I do find that there is an issue when you push he lever down that connects the gas bottle, As sometimes it doesn't seal very well and the leaking gas does ignite occasionally.
    I haven't had this problem with the new design units and at about $20 a pop they are a dirt cheap and reliable stove.
    I have a pretty much brand new Colman twin burner sitting in the shed that I no longer use because these little single burners are far easier to set up and the disposable gas bottles are available pretty much anywhere.
    The Only thing that I don't like about them is that on an extended trip the dirty gear bag on the back of the truck ends up pretty full of the empty gas cans.
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    I used one a few weeks ago. It did the job but only just. Any kind of breeze and it struggled. If you were stupid enough you could still blow yourself up with it.
    I think I'll take a mini Webber next time and save the Butane for the Billy.
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    It did the job but only just. Any kind of breeze and it struggled
    I use the plastic box that the stove comes in as a windbreak and it seems to do the trick
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