Coleman C300/C500 Performance Screw On Gas Cartridge, for Camping Stoves, Compact and Resealable Canister

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If Coleman was in any way interested in not damaging their brand name, they shouldn’t have blamed me for their product having failed. Anyone who is happy to go cold-weather camping with known-to-be unreliable critical kit needs to give their head a wobble.

Just because it’s worked for anyone before is irrelevant – the point is you cannot reply on it to work every time, within the stated limitations Coleman claims it will work. You would therefore expect Coleman’s Value Gas to have less propane than their Performance Gas, and that their Extreme Gas will have the most propane, right?Coleman’s product failed me, and I gave them the opportunity to deal with that in a constructive manner. To be fair, Ed also blamed me, and you implied blame, which raises the question of whether the pair of you works for Coleman in some capacity, and are simply trying to do a not-so-subtle PR exercise to undo brand damage.

The point is that Coleman may have a QC problem, as the last time I used Performance Gas, is was well above freezing, yet it failed. Propane performs far better in cold temperatures, so if you will be needing to use your gas camping stove anywhere cold, you will need a propane/butane mix. Instead of showing the slightest interest into why their product failed, when I contacted them (privately) about this, they simply tried to blame me. We are only able to comment on the testing we have done in controlled conditions and hope you have confidence to continue to use Coleman gas in the future. My Vango Compact camping stove is rated by Vango as 3000W, and able to boil a litre of water in four minutes.

To suggest it’s not compatible as it’s screw on like the majority of lightweight camping stoves is laughable. WillCycle Supporters help keep the lights on here, and get an ad-free experience for less than 7p per day. I stand by what I said, and wish to highlight this bit: “ We are defined not by our mistakes, but by our responses to the mistakes. In fact, I’ve camped out in colder temperatures before, and the stove worked fine, also using Performance Gas at the time. If you read this discussion, you’ll see there are many others, experienced campers too, who also found Coleman’s gas to be unreliable.

Remember, at summer temperatures, butane is a better fuel than propane, but its performance nosedives as it gets colder. If you’re going to use a butane/propane fuel mixture and cold weather you’re going to need an inverted canister stove, or an adapter to convert your stove to an inverted canister stove. During my camping trip, the gas I was using for my stove only worked long enough to warm a single tin mug to lukewarm. To add insult to injury, when you raise this legitimate concern with Coleman, they immediately blame you. Remember, Coleman claims to have “tested the gas to an evaporation temperature of -5°c and a usage temperature of as low as -20°c.In simple terms, I was massively within the temperature range they claim that Coleman Performance Gas will reliably work at, yet it failed. I very strongly urge you to avoid their products, because it seems to me they may well have a quality-control issue. We have tested the gas to an evaporation temperature of -5°c and a usage temperature of as low as -20°c. Coleman Performance Gas simply didn’t work at lower temperatures, despite being well within the stated usage range. That was my failing to do even better due diligence when selecting that supplier, and I accepted full responsibility.