Propane versus butane

[onesea]

I can confirm that my Nelson Spinflo has worked just fine with butane (with a butane regulator), propane with a propane regulator, and propane with with the (30mbar?) Gasboat regulator

Thank you, I guess I need to see if I can find a propane bottle that can fit in my locker....

 

[jdc]

Is this the same as the Norwegian polyprop bottle ?

http://www.butagaz.fr/produits/bouteilles-gaz/cube-butane.aspx
http://www.butagaz.fr/produits/bouteilles-gaz/cube-propane.aspx

I've only found it in France and Portugal - 6kg for the same price as a 2.6kg Camping Gaz. No rust and takes up the same volume (certainly height) as the Camping Gaz cylinder and when full weighs the same. It's available in propane as well (red instead of blue) at the same price but lighter weight. Butagaz is, from memory, a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary and operates, as well, in the Netherlands, Belguim and Luxembourg.
Better by far than Camping Gaz, who are purely a 3rd party, owned by Colemans' (who are probably going to pull out of the refillable market for lack of margin and too great a level of competition).

No, although I'm sure the same advantages apply. I've the smaller of these two:

The OP is in Norway apparently, so I thought it appropriate (I bought mine from a Statoil garage).

It is so much better than the rusty, heavy and smaller opaque Calor bottles that I worried why they aren't standard practice on yachts. So I contacted the BSS people to ask specifically if composite bottles are ok by them. I didn't get a completely unequivocal answer, but they did send me the examiner's guidance notes and since these don't rule them out I assume they're allowed.

 

[KellysEye]

Check with the manufacturer that the cooker can take butane/propane, our Force 10 did and propane is what we used when we were away, you will need a new regualtor. If it take take both you don't need to change anything on the cooker.