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dimensions of fuel canisters???

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Sep 9, 2009 at 8:58 pm #1239212

ayres christ
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@ayres
Locale: hawaii & southern appalachia

hi everyone… i have a question about msr isopro canisters. i read in another thread that the 8oz msr isopro canister is 4.37 inches diameter.

is the 4oz the same diameter?

also, are all of these types of fuel canisters the same dimensions?

knowing this will help tremendously when shopping online for a new cook set. thanks!

ayres

Sep 9, 2009 at 9:07 pm #1526426

Brad Rogers
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@mocs123
Locale: Southeast Tennessee

The 8oz canisters as well as the MSR 4oz canisters are 4.25" The smaller 4oz canisters like Snow Peak and Jet Boil are 3.5".

Sep 9, 2009 at 9:13 pm #1526428

Raymond Estrella
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@rayestrella
Locale: Northern Minnesota

The MSR canisters are the same diameter no matter what volume. They are just shorter. I know because I accidentally ordered a CASE of the small size. I still have about 40 of them in the gear room…

Sep 10, 2009 at 12:24 am #1526465

ayres christ
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@ayres
Locale: hawaii & southern appalachia

is it safe to assume that msr has the largest diameter canisters?

Sep 10, 2009 at 1:51 am #1526471

Roger Caffin
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@rcaffin
Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

> is it safe to assume that msr has the largest diameter canisters?
No.
The Primus and Kovea canisters on my bench are 4.33" across the rim.

Cheers

Sep 10, 2009 at 6:51 am #1526502

Sarah Kirkconnell
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@sarbar
Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

For easy to buy and find in the US, MSR canisters are the widest. (As Roger points out there are wider but you won't find those often here)

Apr 8, 2013 at 10:58 pm #1974334

Hikin’ Jim
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@hikin_jim
Locale: Orange County, CA, USA

Coleman 8oz (~227g) canisters are slightly wider than Snow Peak, MSR, Jetboil, etc, by about 1mm.

MSR has now dropped the wider 4oz (113g) sized canisters from their line up and replaced them with a new 110g MSR canister that is the same size as Jetboil, Snow Peak, and Optimus (90mm/3.5" wide).

HJ
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