Bushwalk Australia

I live in Sydney, but over the years I have been finding it harder and harder to find gas canisters. Stores like Kathmandu and Macpac used to carry them but no longer do. Does anyone have any recommendations for where you get your gas canisters?

I am particularly after the MSR isobutane canisters.

Paddy Pallin (on kent street in CBD) stocks MSR and a few other brands. Quite a few of the other stores on Kent Street do as well. You just got unlucky checking the 2 stores that don't

In the suburbs Rays outdoors and disposal/camping stores will also usually stock though it may not always be MSR brand.

Edited for clarification.

I wasn't aware that MSR has straight iso-butane canisters, I thought all MSR canisters were mixes with propane

BCF also have them - much cheaper than MSR (same gas, same factory but renamed)

Moondog55 wrote:I wasn't aware that MSR has straight iso-butane canisters, I thought all MSR canisters were mixes with propane

They have one called IsoPro which is 80% + IsoButane, and sold as "the highest percentage isobutane available" or something similar.

I recently noticed companion 'pro fuel' at BCF, it's really cheap for a 480gm canister at $17, with a mix of Butane 45%, Isobutane 28%, Propane 26%. Has anyone tried it ?

Thank you for all the responses. I was in Katoomba today and Macpac there stock MSR gas. They were $13 for the 230g canister which is a pretty reasonable price. Not as cheap as CasualNerd has seen but I don't want canisters that big for hiking and I want a gas blend that works well in colder conditions.

Moondog55, you are right too. The MSR canisters do have propane in, however, they go by the name Isopro or Isobutane Propane fuel.

The gas mixture topic has been done to death but, briefly and just in case anyone's missed it, choose the canister with more propane (then iso-butane more than n-butane).

You'll find more technicsl discussion that you need at https://bushwalkingnsw.org.au/clubsites ... xtures.htm

For a straight overnight walk I believe the Jetboil 100g canister is as good as you can get.


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