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Markill cartridge screw adapter

12 June 2008 12:15

My girlfriend and I are off to the Pyrenees for a week of wild camping, walking and an ascent of Pico de Aneto. What I wanted to know is what gas is available to buy in France? I’ve seen Campingaz gas in the supermarkets there before, but I’d like to take my Coleman F1 Lite stove (as it’s light weight) instead of my heavier Campingaz little stove. Any feed back would be great

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By Trail magazine

You’re right in that screw on gas canisters are hard to find in France and mostly you will find the CampingGaz pierceable or sealable versions without the screw thread needed by many stoves available in the UK.

There are reports that Decathlon, Intersport and Sport2000 stock the Coleman canisters and other screw on canisters, but I would not like to say how many or how often. However, usually you can find one of these in many French towns, but of course it all depends how close to towns you go and if you happen to pass the correct town that has a store that has the canisters in stock!

Alternatively Markill do 2 different adapters to use with screw fitted stoves (one pictured). The Cartridge adapter, part number 92496000 take the pierceable 190 gram cartridges. Also Markhill do an adapter to allow the use of CampingGaz sealable canisters on screw threaded stoves. This is part number 924971000.

If using a gas stove other than a CampingGaz, either or both adapters would be a sensible choice to take on a tour abroad. Both of these can be obtained by mail order from Action Outdoors www.actionoutdoors.co.uk and they are listed under stoves as Markhill Puncture Style Cartridge Adapter and Markhill Valve Cartridge Adapter.