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Blow-torch gas canisters. Still screw-on?

Bendy_House
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As title - need to get some butane canisters, but the images I see look a bit different to my old ones - the new have what appears to be a large collar around the nozzle. Do they clip on, or are they still screw-on?!

Thanks :smile:

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  • NSG666
    NSG666 Posts: 981 Forumite
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    The ones on Toolstation web-site are clearly screw on if you zoom in on the photos.
    Sorry I can't think of anything profound, clever or witty to write here.
  • Bendy_House
    Bendy_House Posts: 4,756 Forumite
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    I shall zoom :smile:
    Thanks.


  • Grizzlebeard
    Grizzlebeard Posts: 321 Forumite
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    On line images might include a protective cap? Perhaps.
  • Gavin83
    Gavin83 Posts: 8,757 Forumite
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    As Grizzlebeard mentioned most gas canisters will be supplied with a protective cap that you remove before fitting. I haven't used butane recently but I did get a propane gas canister a month or so ago from Screwfix to do some plumbing and that was screw on.
  • Bendy_House
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    Thanks all. It wasn't the cap that threw me, but what appears to be a wide round collar with a gap in one side that appears to have a 'purpose'!
    Cheers.
  • Andy_L
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    edited 4 April 2022 at 12:27PM
    There are 2 different types

    Screw fit, used by diy tools & some camping stoves

    Then there are the ones with the "wide round collar with a gap in one side" that use a spigot & a lever clamp system for some camping stoves & BBQs

    https://media.4rgos.it/i/Argos/3408252_R_Z003A?w=1500&h=880&qlt=70&fmt=webp

  • Andy_L
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    edited 4 April 2022 at 12:45PM



    EN417 connector (what you want - unless you've got some obscure blow torch)



    CP250 - what you don't want
  • Bendy_House
    Bendy_House Posts: 4,756 Forumite
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    Ah! Many thanks Andy - that's the beast!

    Rats, all the cheaper canisters are the 'clamp' type. Pfffft.

    Cheers.
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