propane & propane accessories

wondering what kind of stoves folks are using of the car/truck camping luxury variety? I'm tired of my old coleman white-gas double burner and looking to upgrade. Ideally want to ditch the little canisters and have the stove hooked-up to a larger refillable tank. I've heard/seen all sorts of adapters out there. tis' the season! thanks

I bought an adapter hose from Home Depot that connects my coleman 2 burner to a full sized propane tank. Works quite well.

yup, you can get adapters for any coleman stove from hardware stores or REI. i've been using a 2.5 gallon propane tank for years. rafting supply stores sell very lightweight composite tanks that you can see through - really handy for figuring out how much gas is left in the tank.

if you are looking to spend lots of money, the stoves from partner steel are awesome. i significantly upgraded my redneck kitchen when i got into long river trips, and the partner stoves are the ticket for cooking gourmet meals for 16 people for 16 days in the grand canyon. they will also last forever no matter how much you abuse them.

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I hear ya, after several years of using tiny disposable canisters on a single burner I recently upgraded for the car camping trips.
I picked up a Coleman two burner propane stove and an adapter from REI for a 20lb composite tank. So far I've been really please w/ the composite. A 20 pound tank may be a little overkill but it was the same price as the 10 pound tank and it doesn't take up much more space in the back of a pick up truck.
I haven't had any problems w/ this set up and it's so much nicer to have something resembling a real gas stove set up.
If you want to shoot the moon another option to check out would be Camp Chef and their stoves. A buddy of mine has a full kitchen stadium set up that puts my apartments stove to shame.
cheers,
BA

you can also get a pipe that attaches to a large propane tank where on top you can connect a propane lantern. There is still 1-2 connection points for stoves. With this set-up you are fat man camping 101!

This is what you are looking for...
Enjoy!

Chris Sheridan wrote:I bought an adapter hose from Home Depot that connects my coleman 2 burner to a full sized propane tank. Works quite well.

I did this too. Worked fine on the first trip out, for the first three days. Then, over the next three days, the tank slowly failed to exude enough pressure to keep two burners going, then at the end, one burner would barely light. Yes, there was still plenty of gas in the tank, and the ambient temps weren't freezing cold.
After, I switched back to small screw-on tanks, and the stove works fine again. And the full size tank still works fine on the home BBQ grill, so the problem must have been the (cheap?) Home Depot adapter hose. I haven't gone back to try another brand of hose, though, but plan to someday. Just my $0.02.

I've seen people with these. Looks like plush livin to me.

Chris Wenker wrote: I did this too. Worked fine on the first trip out, for the first three days. Then, over the next three days, the tank slowly failed to exude enough pressure to keep two burners going, then at the end, one burner would barely light. Yes, there was still plenty of gas in the tank, and the ambient temps weren't freezing cold. After, I switched back to small screw-on tanks, and the stove works fine again. And the full size tank still works fine on the home BBQ grill, so the problem must have been the (cheap?) Home Depot adapter hose. I haven't gone back to try another brand of hose, though, but plan to someday. Just my $0.02.

Interesting, I've been using this system without an incident for 5 years now. Additionally. I have 4 friends also using the same method. The converter part isn't all that cheap, solid brass. Interesting and I love it (though if I had the same experience I might be singing a different tune.)

exact setup but I use a refillable smaller gallon tank. Enjoyed it for 10 years or so now. I have 2 hoses, 1 to small grill, 1 to 2 burner stove, and screw lantern on top.

Jhernand wrote:This is what you are looking for... Enjoy!

You can get a conversion kit that would plug right into the Coleman white gas stove. gleasoncamping.com/browsepr…
The old briefcase white gas stoves are so much better than the 2 burner propane if you ask me.

coop wrote:exact setup but I use a refillable smaller gallon tank. Enjoyed it for 10 years or so now. I have 2 hoses, 1 to small grill, 1 to 2 burner stove, and screw lantern on top.

This is great! I would love to have this setup to connect a 2 burner stove, grill and latern to a single tank. All three are curently running of the small canisters. A couple questions: 1) I guess the hoses are not included with the stand? 2) Do you need a hose for the latern?

A 5 or 10 pound refillable tank from homedepot attached to your propane green coleman and mini BBQ is the best in terms of convenience, eco-friendliness and long term $ savings.

The small tanks can be ha at home depot.

Sometimes the hoses and splitters are hard to find, but Walmart has had the best selection if you don't think they're the devil.

One tip is fill up before you go and when you can. Even a 5lb tank will last a good while, but with the spread of trade in tanks, refill stations are harder and harder to come by. This is especially true is the boonies.

Evan

DStaley wrote: This is great! I would love to have this setup to connect a 2 burner stove, grill and latern to a single tank. All three are curently running of the small canisters. A couple questions: 1) I guess the hoses are not included with the stand? 2) Do you need a hose for the latern?

the stand comes with the hose you need, and a control valve for each unit you want to hook up to it. as for your light... the stand connects right to your tank and has a hose running up inside it that can connect to your lantern. that takes care of that... then you will have another lose hose that can run to whatever you like. it will run you about 75 bones, but thats not too bad... you could do it for cheap if you wanted to, and rig something up out of what home depot has... either way it will get up there a little... i think the hose kit at HD runs close to 30 then a stand your close to the 75.

Here are some links

propane tree

hose

I have seen these at walmart, home depot, lowes, etc.

The problem that you are having with the adapter hose for your grill is a common problem and easy to deal with. In the green (QCC1) fitting that you screw onto the propane tank is a safety feature known as an excess flow valve. They are there to shut down the flow of gas in case of a leak, but when you connect this to you portable grill with a 5 ft. length on hose and turn the gas on it will usually shut down the excess flow valve. The solution is to turn the gas on slowly at the tank, then wait 5 - 10 minutes to allow the pressure in the hose to stabilize, then go ahead and light your grill.

Happy Camping,
Linda
Owner of Old Town Propane Co.
Colorado Springs, CO