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Coleman 1Lb Propane tank to Primus Omnilite adapter

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PostedDec 27, 2012 at 7:32 pm

I have tons of 1Lb Coleman propane tanks,m I use for car camping, now that I have a Primus OmniLITE Tirm stove, thinking if I can ditch them bulky Coleman single burner stove and take Omnilite for car camping.

Roger Caffin BPL Member
PostedDec 27, 2012 at 9:35 pm

Yes, you can, BUT …
You will need (you must have) a pressure reducing valve on the propane tank. These are obtainable.

Cheers

USA Duane Hall BPL Member
PostedDec 28, 2012 at 5:55 am

Does that stove use the normal isobutane canisters? If so, I picked up an adapter off the bay to use my profane canisters with my small stoves.
Duane

PostedDec 28, 2012 at 5:57 am

Thanks Roger, could you please point me to the adapter and pressure reducer your are talking about.

Duane: yes the stove is multifuel capable.

PostedDec 28, 2012 at 6:56 am

Thanks for the link. Does the adapter also functions as pressure reducer like what Roger mentioned above?

PostedDec 28, 2012 at 7:25 am

Yes, it has a small screw on the side if you need to adjust the pressure at all, works fine for me without adjusting though.

I have a primus omnifuel himalaya model (pre-heat tube and all)

Ben H. BPL Member
PostedDec 28, 2012 at 10:47 am

yeah… I can't seem to find it anywhere. Probably a liability issue :(

PostedDec 28, 2012 at 10:51 am

I bought mine about 1.5 months ago. It comes and goes. I think it is shipped directly from the manufacturer in korea. Mine got here fast and is amazing quality. This is the seller http://myworld.ebay.com/chovin

PostedDec 31, 2012 at 5:55 am

Hi Yes, What I am telling you is that is not currently on sale on ebay. I had this same problem when I was looking for mine. After a week or two the seller I referenced above had them for sale again. You could always try messaging them. I would not trust an aluminum adapter like you posted because the propane threads are steel, I think it will strip easily. The kovea is steel.

USA Duane Hall BPL Member
PostedDec 31, 2012 at 7:40 am

That's the adapter I got, last Spring or so. Don't mess with that screw, high quality, very nice, great as a collectible on your desk too it you don't use it I would think. It won't work with my MSR Super Fly, but my other tiny canister stoves is fine. Not UL for sure, you could use that little thing as a weapon.
Duane

Miles Spathelf BPL Member
PostedDec 31, 2012 at 12:48 pm

I would have to disagree about the aluminum adapter "easily" being stripped. I've used plastic connectors to lpg tanks (grills, heaters, campers, etc) for most of my life and I've never stripped any of those.

edit for spelling

PostedDec 31, 2012 at 3:50 pm

The Original Kovea adapter was like 90gms of steel and the one selling the ebay site is 35gms and made of some sort for Aluminum alloy.

Now anyone can tell that Steel is stronger than Aluminum, but with everything from automobile engines to Gun parts (except the Barrel) being made from Aluminum I wonder if it will be still okay to use this adapter.

My plan is to use 1Lb propane bottles which can be purchased for less than $5 per pair from Walmart and use it for winter camping fuel where I anyways plan to drag everything in a sled. No hassles of liquid fuel and obviously cheaper than 4 season canister mix and some since there is more fuel one can make hot tea/cocoa/coffee any number of times which is the ultimate luxury in winter camping.

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