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Should I buy a stove that uses ISOBUTANE or PROPANE for car camping?

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Skibumsmith
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I'm either going to get the Coleman Cascade 222 or the Primus Tupike stove. The coleman uses the green propane bottles that you can get at walmart and even farming stores and ACE hardwares in small towns. The primus uses the isobutane canisters that you can usually only find at backpacking stores. But that's what my MSR backpacking stove uses anyway so it might be kind of nice to just have one kind of fuel in my gear closet.
IDK... I can't make a decision... Please decide for me.
Jul 28 2023 5:54PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Just get both? Camp stoves are cheap
Jul 28 2023 6:36PM
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ASSholebomber22
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Or just get an adapter from one to the other

Edit: or don't maybe you'll splode idk

**This post was edited on Jul 28th 2023 at 6:53:09pm
Jul 28 2023 6:51PM
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Liamsasd
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Just get the one that uses propane will save you a headache for finding the other ones canisters
Jul 28 2023 10:49PM
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skierman
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Which produces more carbon monoxide? You should go with that one.
Jul 29 2023 8:32AM
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partyandBS
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coleman cans are only one size as far as im aware. the isobutane comes in multiple sizes. so if youre car camping coleman should be mad chill. from my experience and im sure google can confirm or debunk this but it seems that isobutane burns hotter and faster. jetboils and pocket rockets use them where as seems to burn slower and not as hot.
Jul 29 2023 11:03AM
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Skibumsmith
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skiermanWhich produces more carbon monoxide? You should go with that one.


🤣 hahaha you're a hoot!
Jul 29 2023 12:04PM
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muffMan.
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Propane works and seems easier to find. I love my Coleman.
Jul 29 2023 12:15PM
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MastePoleWhacker
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Butane is a bastard gas get green Coleman stove
Jul 29 2023 1:41PM
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Lonely
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Idk what a jetboil uses but my buddy tells literally everyone that he meets that he uses a jetboil so that ig
Jul 29 2023 6:39PM
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skierman
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Skibumsmith🤣 hahaha you're a hoot!


Fuck you
Jul 29 2023 9:21PM
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Skibumsmith
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skiermanFuck you


😊
Jul 29 2023 11:02PM
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Skibumsmith
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MastePoleWhackerButane is a bastard gas get green Coleman stove


Why tho?
Jul 29 2023 11:03PM
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partyandBS
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https://jetboil.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/trail-life/butane-vs-propane-stove-why-not-both#

i prefer butane and haven’t experienced much of the altitude effect mentioned. what type of camping are you doing??
Jul 30 2023 9:40AM
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Skibumsmith
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partyandBShttps://jetboil.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/trail-life/butane-vs-propane-stove-why-not-both#

i prefer butane and haven’t experienced much of the altitude effect mentioned. what type of camping are you doing??


Car camping. Cooking on the tailgate. Not high elevation.
Jul 30 2023 11:01PM
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partyandBS
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SkibumsmithCar camping. Cooking on the tailgate. Not high elevation.


Oh cheapest option for the win then!
Jul 31 2023 12:39AM
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littleman34
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You can buy isobutane in bulk and then just fill up your canisters when needed. Thats what I do with my wisperlite stove. Its a lot cheaper than buying the green propane from walmarts and stuff.

This is what I buy:
https://www.homehardware.ca/en/378l-naphtha-liquid-fuel/p/6332172
Jul 31 2023 1:00AM
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utahnewb
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The stoves that run on liquid fuel are most reliab le but always use them outside. Propane might last longer before replacing the canister.
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