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For many outdoor enthusiasts, portable propane tanks are an essential piece of gear. They serve a variety of important functions, from fueling your camping stove to providing you with heat on cold nights in the woods. The traditional option – disposable propane tanks – are expensive and create excessive environmental waste, making them a poor solution to address this important need.

Refillable propane tanks provide a much more effective, affordable, and environmentally conscious solution. These 1-lb. refillable canisters are the same size as disposable tanks and can be used for all the same applications. They require a one-time purchase of an empty 1-lb. tank and a refill kit. You can then fill the tank yourself with the same 20-lb. propane cylinder used at home to power your grill or patio heater.

Disposable tanks are typically bought, stored, and transported in bulk, creating a hassle. With refillable tanks, you’ll only need one tank to address all your needs in perpetuity, with unlimited refills coming out of your home.

You’ll experience a variety of benefits when you use a refillable propane tank instead of disposable tanks:

• Ready and there when you need it
• Saves you money
• Environmentally conscious solution
• Easy to use

How many times have you been prepping for a wilderness trip and realized you were out of disposable propane tanks? These last-minute trips to the store to purchase a new tank can be a huge hassle. When you use a refillable tank, you eliminate this hassle for good. You’ll always have your tank at home and simply need to fill it up before leaving on your trip.

Even if you have a disposable tank at home, it’s often not brand new. When you take a partially used disposable tank into the wilderness, there’s no way to know how much propane is left. This often requires you to bring an additional tank with you to avoid the risk of running out of fuel in the middle of your trip. This can weigh down your pack unnecessarily and take up precious space that is needed for other important pieces of gear.

With a refillable tank, you can be confident that you always have enough fuel for your trip with minimum impact to the weight of your gear. Since you’re refilling your tank before you start your trip, you always know you’re starting out with a full tank, eliminating the risk that your trip will be cut short because you run out of fuel.

A refillable tank is considerably more cost-effective than disposable tanks. The cost of a tank exchange for a 20-lb. propane tank is approximately $25. Disposable tanks cost about $7 on average, so purchasing 20 1-lb. disposable tanks will cost you about $140. This is a lot more money than the $25 spent for the propane tank used with your refillable tank.

In addition, refillable tanks eliminate wasted fuel. If you only have a small amount of propane left in a disposable tank at the end of a trip, you may discard it since there won’t be enough fuel left to cover your next trip. Over time, this adds up to a significant amount of wasted fuel. When you use a refillable tank, there’s never any waste. You use it until it’s empty and then refill it, or you can just top it off before each trip. This process maximizes your fuel consumption.

State and federal regulations require that disposable propane tanks be taken to a facility that can handle the proper disposal of these products. Many cities don’t have these facilities, making it challenging to properly dispose of your tank. You either have to drive long distances to find a facility, or you may decide to just throw them away since there’s no viable way to dispose of the tank properly nearby. In many instances, people are not even aware of these regulations and simply throw their used tanks away.

This has led to over 50 million disposable tanks ending up in landfills every year, creating a significant amount of unnecessary waste. The metals used with disposable tanks aren’t biodegradable. This means your used tanks will sit in the landfill for many years, resulting in environmental hazards that will contribute to many of the climate change issues we’re experiencing. Refillable tanks eliminate this waste and prevent the improper disposal of these products.

Over time, these hazards will make it increasingly challenging to use disposable tanks. Certain states are starting to ban the sale of disposable tanks to address the environmental impact caused by improper disposal, and some national parks have started implementing restrictions on their use. Refillable tanks provide an environmentally conscious alternative that will be more readily available for years to come.

Refilling your tank is extremely easy and can be completed in approximately 60-90 seconds. The Fuel Keg Refill Kit comes with a refill adapter and three tank feet. To use this kit:

• Attach the tank feet to your 20-lb. propane cylinder and invert the tank so it sits on these feet
• Screw the refill adapter onto the 20-lb. cylinder the same way you’d attach the cylinder to your grill
• Do a quick leak check using soapy water to ensure safe usage
• Attach your 1-lb. refillable tank to the refill adapter
• Turn the bleeder valve to open it
• Press the handle on the refill adapter to start filling
• Once you see a white mist coming out of the bleeder valve, the tank is full, and you release the handle

Fuel Keg has a patented system that ensures you won’t experience any leakage or excess flow of fuel while filling. At no point during the filling process will there be any way for excess fuel to spill out. We’ve established a set of safety stop gaps that prevent fuel from flowing unless you’re performing this process improperly. In addition, once you release the valve, all fuel stops flowing. This ensures a safe process from start to finish.