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Perhaps Black Friday is a good day to start a thread about 2024 potential gift items.

I have used one pound bottles of propane for a long time but have always hated the thought of simply throwing them away when they were empty.  Yes, I tried recycling them but found that difficult to do given the few places that will accept them.  Yes, I tried connecting a hose to a larger tank but found that to be a bit cumbersome.  Yes, I tried a five pound tank but didn't like it.  Finally, a couple of years ago I saw a one pound tank (Flame King) that was (legally) designed to be refilled.  But, there were a couple of design items of that tank that I didn't like.  Finally, about a year ago the company that makes the Big Buddy/Mr. Heater propane heaters can out with a refillable one pound tank that seemed to be what I was looking for, so, I bought a couple - a Fuel Keg.

To use this tank I also needed what they call the Refill Kit.  I've now used these tanks and refilled each of them three times with no problems.  It is a simple process that takes less than five minutes (from dead start to putting everything back where I got it).  A full one pound goes into each tank during the refill and they work exactly like the old disposable tanks but you simply don't throw them away.

Assuming that you can purchase the throw away tanks for $5.00 each and I refill each of the refillable tanks about ten times I will start to save money in addition to not adding to the landfill.

There are a ton of review videos (like THIS one) or (THIS one for Flame King) on YouTube.

Happy shopping!

Bill 

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Mike, I use a five pound canister for our 30+ year old Coleman two burner stove.  I have a short hose about three feet long that works.  I have the quick connects front and back on our trailer, but this old stove works fine.  I couldn't find a hose that would work with both the quick connects and the old stove, hence our solution to use the small tank.

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Harvest Host is running a special for the cyberMonday, if anyone is looking to join. 30 per cent off.

 

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@Ronbrink's post about propane tank cover (really nice price on his cover BTW) got me to thinking about a recent purchase I did.

A couple of years ago I refinished the tray that holds my Ollie's propane tanks and while I was at it I cut a plastic liner so that the metal bottom on the tanks would not "damage" my nicely repainted tray.  Mission accomplished!  However, the propane tanks still left a rust ring on the plastic.😟

So, I recently purchased a set of THESE  (rubber protective rings) for the bottom of the tanks.  I've not received them yet but at that price I was willing to take a chance.

Bill    

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