FireLite Red Spout Cap alternative??

I've seen those caps that pop open like on water bottles attached to Platys before. Are those specifically designed for platys or do people just use the ones from water bottles?

-Sid

I don't know if you can buy them individually, but Brasslite sells fuel bottles that have those caps.

Do you think those would fit a little nipper platy?

Sid,
I've got 4 of them.

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I've seen similar caps on Sriracha hot sauce bottles, I wonder if one of these caps would fit snugly on a platy.

I'm resurrecting this older thread because I too have been looking for an alternative to the Firelite Red Spout caps.
I tried the cap of a bottle of that Sriracha sauce and it fits perfectly.
So, for anyone else out there in need of a spout cap for a Platy, get a bottle of this sauce at your local asian grocer, and you'll be all set.
I do recommend a couple layers of plumbers tape around the threads as an added safety measure to prevent leaking as I believe alcohol is thinner than water.
Hope this helps!

Has anyone tried the US Plastics Twist Open Caps?

I don’t know if either would fit but they do look like the generic spouts you see on the Sriracha bottles.

Also there’s the option of 20/410 and 24/400. I’m pretty sure the Platypus bottles have a 24mm opening so the 24/400 model might work but I’m not sure about the second number … I’m guessing it indicates thread spacing.

I Just wanted to report that the US Plastics 24/400 Twist Open Caps don't fit on the Platypus bottles.

Looks like I'll need to make a Sriracha run :P

Edit: NM

I have a fuel bottle that I currently just pour from but it does result in some fuel loss due to spillage.

A sirracha lid seems to fit securely but before I take this out and get HEET all in my pack, does the sirracha lid leak? Should I swap lids in my pack to a normal lid to keep it from twisting open?

Anything better in the past few years pop up that I should use?

I haven’t tried the sriracha lid so I can’t make a comparison, but I recently got a lid from Packafeather that I like a lot.  It’s a flip-up spout type lid sized to fit a pop bottle, and it has a short section of plastic tube in the spout that lets you direct a fine stream of fuel exactly where you want it.  Better yet, you can use the tubing to vacuum up excess fuel back into the fuel bottle after you put the stove out (wait for the fuel to cool back down, of course), so now I don’t have to measure out fuel into the stove to avoid wasting it.

Here’s a link: http://packafeather.com/fuelbottle.html

I have no connection with the company other than as a satisfied customer.

Walt