Camping Gaz stoves and alternatives to Camping Gaz fuel???

[Beachlover]

The title pretty much says it all. but I picked up a double burner Camping Gaz stove from the charity shop (skilfully avoiding anyone looking like a disaffected member from the West Country) for a fiver. I fully expected it to just be the bare stove as I already have an old Camping Gaz regulator and hose. This stove however is fitted with a propane adapter and hose. It showed no signs that it was being sold because it had immolated the previous owner, but my question is whether propane via a suitable regulator works with a Camping Gaz stove as it would clearly be cheaper to run in the long term?

 

[Nice65]

Should be fine to run on propane, there’s nothing different about Camping Gaz, it’s just a lot more expensive in the U.K. than Europe so people change over to Calor.

If I had room for a Calor canister in the gas box in the van I’d have converted our hob and boiler.

 

[Beachlover]

Cheers for that Rich.
I was more concerned about Calor not being up to a quick boil and a poor flame as opposed to having a shed conflagration. Looks like a shift to Calor it is then.

 

[Nice65]

Camping Gaz is butane, fine for indoors. Calor can be bought as butane or propane (better when it’s really cold outside). Go with Calor butane and you’ll be burning what it was designed for.

 

[Saint-Just]

You may be able to find jets for propane. It may reduce the amount you burn to boil a cuppa.

 

[noddy]

I used those small blue plumbers' bottles for a while. Got a Kovea adaptor for it

 

[Beachlover]

Cheers guys.
I've sourced a CG 907 canister and as I have the regulator and hose for CG I will look at the price of a refill versus buying a Calor cylinder and gas, or just sit tight until I can source / liberate / filch a Calor cylinder and get it topped up.

 

[Nice65]

TBH a 907 will run a stove forever, it’s the boiler in the van that uses loads, the stove hardly uses any.

IIRC I melted the gauze on a Vango folding stove by running a high propane mix so changing fuels might be overthinking it a bit.

 

[bushwacker]

propane burns hotter than butane, if you can get hold of C4, I was once told by an ex R.M commando that a marble sized lump can boil a jerry can of water in about 5 minutes. Light it, don't put an electric current through it.

 

[MaC]

My Uncle said that in WW2, they just filled a cut open jerry can (laid on its side) with sand and then poured petrol over it.
They lit that and used it as a stove. Just covered it over to smother and put it out.
He said that when things got tight in N.Africa they filched fuel from some of the blown up tanks, that anything would do.

 

[Fast but dim]

I'm no expert, but I do have a good memory for inconsequential information.

I'm pretty sure Danny basemetal said butane burns hotter than propane at higher ambient temperatures. Ie outside of winter it's the more efficient fuel.

I miss BB at times like this.