butane stoves

[Flip]

When using the butane stove is it OK to use it in the cabin and where do you store the containers if not in the cabin? We are planning to go up to Trinity and Whiskey Town lakes this weekend and had planned to make early morning coffee before firing up the Wallis. Thanks

[Valkyrie]

We don't have a butane stove aboard, but do use a little Coleman Peak Dual Fuel backpacking stove. It uses gasoline or Coleman fuel and is great for that quick morning cup of coffee or use in the cockpit on the bait/prep table if we don't want to heat up the cabin.

Nick
"Valkyrie"

[thataway]

We carry propane/butane cartrages for the Magna grill. We store these cylinders outside. I am very leary about using the cartrege type of stoves inside the boat. I worry about leaking seals and explosive gas inside of the boat. I have used built in propane stoves in many boats--these had an external large propane tank, with a selenoid valve, which is turned off remotely unless the stove is in use. I also had sniffers right under the stove and in the deepest part of the bilge. If the sniffer alarmed, it would shut off the propane gas.

After hearing about the problems with the Wallas (our old Wallas was great), we are carrying a small single burner stove which works on the cartage of propane/butane, but we will use it outside.

[teflonmom]

We have used both propane and butane stoves. Our current boat does not have a built in stove. We keep the stove in it's case in the gally and the butane canasters outside. Ours is the expensive one from the marine store. I like it because you can control the burner better than the cheap propane stoves from the discount store. I am told that butane is lighter than air and so in the event of a leak the gas goes up. In our boat we do not have any spark producing things in the cabin and any leaking gas would go out the door.

We use the stove outside in the warmer months on a small table we keep in the cockpit. Gas is always for sale in the marine stores. Because it lights every time with a twist of the control we turn it off between uses and use very little gas, less that one can per week.

Fred and Pat Messerly -- Red Lion, Pa.

[Alyssa Jean]

I have three options for cooking. The Wallas which takes a little time to get up to temp and also leaves the cooking smoke/steam, etc in the cabin. A propane BBQ type unit mounted on a rail and a Butane single burner unit. On my trip to Ketchikan I used the Butane unit the most. I use it in the cockpit on top of a cooler. What I like best qabout the Butane is the immediate heat and control you have for cooking.
I keep both the propane and butane canisters in the cabin under the step on the 25.