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    Dennis Park
    BPL Member

    @dpark

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Can I safely omit the cap on my gas cannister or does it provide important protection to the spigot?

    #2101230
    TKB 1979
    Member

    @arizona1979

    Locale: DESERT SOUTHWEST

    I was just wondering this as well. I think it was last night in my garage …. Seems dumb, but I hesitated at leaving it off, so hopefully someone out there knows ….

    #2101231
    Delmar O’Donnell
    Member

    @bolster

    Locale: Between Jacinto & Gorgonio

    See the thread on Brass vs Aluminum Threads on Canister Stoves. The thinking of several of us, is that dirt and abrasion are responsible for the reports of stoves wearing out their threads prematurely, causing the canister to drop off the stove. The cleaner you can keep the threads, the longer the use should be from your stove. Worth the 0.0 oz penalty (on my scale).

    I also wipe threads on stove and canister with a bandana before assembly.

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=90820

    #2101233
    Glenn S
    Member

    @glenn64

    Locale: Snowhere, MN

    Risking dinged threads or plugged jets from crap in the canister opening just to save one gram doesn't seem wise if it were me.

    As well as abraded stove threads like Delmar mentioned.

    #2101237
    Jerry Adams
    BPL Member

    @retiredjerry

    Locale: Oregon and Washington

    The question is, what clever ways do you have to use the old caps???

    Spoon maybe?

    #2101238
    TKB 1979
    Member

    @arizona1979

    Locale: DESERT SOUTHWEST

    SUL soup bowl.

    #2101258
    steven franchuk
    Member

    @surf

    the purpose of the cap is to keep dire and debris out of the lindal valve. If dirt gets in the valve of the canister it may not seal after you remove the stove. It also keeps dirt off of the threads. However even with clean threads you can strip the threads if you overtighten or cross thread the stove onto the canister.

    #2101275
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    > Can I safely omit the cap on my gas cannister
    In short, NO.

    It keeps all sort of dirt out of the valve. Dirt that can make the valve leak or block the jet.

    Cheers

    #2101382
    Jeff Jeff
    BPL Member

    @jeffjeff

    I always leave them at home. My stove has been fine for the last 11 years or so.

    #2101385
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    @ Jeff. How do you pack your canister? In your cook pot or pack? Or in a mesh side pocket on the outside? See where I'm going?

    #2101431
    Jeff Jeff
    BPL Member

    @jeffjeff

    I normally just cram it in my pack where it fills a void between stuff sacks nicely.

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