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Campingaz cg1750 compatible with msr pocket rocket?


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    Hugh Webb
    BPL Member

    @magoo

    So I've just arrived in Switzerland (verbier) and am hoping to walk part of the haute route. I'm wanting to take my pocket rocket stove and was dismayed to discover that regular msr or Coleman canisters are not available in the camping stores around here ( and can be quite hard to find in a number of European countries). I realise now that this is well known.

    Despite this I have found a campingaz "cg1750" canister that appears to have a screw top thread like the standard lindal valve in most self sealing canisters available in uk, us, and Australia. The dimensions are quite unfamiliar though (it looks like a spray can) and has a 70/30 butane/propane mix.

    Does anybody know if this is likely to be safe and effective for use directly with a pocket rocket? I'd really rather not blow my head off if I can at all help it.

    Cheers

    Hugh

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    Franco Darioli
    Spectator

    @franco

    Locale: Gauche, CU.

    Take a look at this thread :
    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=53553&skip_to_post=453876

    I had seen the Bernzomatic version here in Australia sold for torches but they disappearaed by the time I thought of trying them out…

    #2122437
    Hugh Webb
    BPL Member

    @magoo

    Thanks Franco, a good read. Sounds like it's possible, just unstable.

    In case others get stuck, I ended up finding canisters from Zurich that deliver anywhere in Switzerland within 3 days:

    https://www.spatz.ch/fr/kochen/coleman-gaskartusche-250.html

    Cost: 10 swfr for canisters (1x250g Coleman) and another 10 for postage

    Thanks again

    #2122441
    Woubeir (from Europe)
    BPL Member

    @woubeir

    "that regular msr or Coleman canisters are basically unavailable here ( or indeed much of Europe, with rare exceptions )"

    Well, definetely not true :-)

    #2122480
    Hugh Webb
    BPL Member

    @magoo

    Thanks woubei, I've edited the post above to be less sweeping in my generalisation.

    This thread below and others suggest these canisters are hard to get in Italy. France, Spain, and Switzerland:

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=33925

    But I get that in other parts of Europe they may well be more available .

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