"rw" wrote in message
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Wolfgang wrote:

Coleman's two burner gasoline stove is still the best I've seen for camp
cooking. A lot of people prefer the newer propane models. John told me
a couple of weeks ago in NC that he refills his propane tanks, thus
eliminating one of my major objections to them, but others remain.

You can buy an adapter (approx. $25) that lets you hook an ordinary
propane tank to your two-burner Coleman stove. That stove isn't exactly
backpacking equipment. There's no excuse to throwing away those little
green tanks.

I'm not sure whether you're suggesting that a propane burner can be adapted
to run off the big tanks, which is a good idea both economically and
ecologically, or that the gasoline burner can be converted. In the former
case, that sort of thing has been around for a long time. I rigged a torch
to run off one of the big tanks a few years ago when I was doing a lot of
soldering. In the latter case, it would be a neat trick (if safe) but
personally I don't see any great advantage to the propane that offsets those
of gasoline. I view it more as a matter of individual taste than any real
practical significance.....once we get passed the tiny propane tanks.
Anyone looking to buy a new stove should get whichever he or she prefers.
The only people in the market for such a conversion would be those who
already have a gasoline burner and then discover that they prefer the
propane.

Wolfgang