Category: Gear Information

Threaded Camping Gas Canister Fill Percentage by Weight

Threaded gas canisters for camping stoves come in three different sizes, 100, 230 and 450, this is the weight of gas they contain. In the table above I’ve provided a series over overall canister weights to help you (and me) estimate the amount of gas left in a part used canister.

The 3 sizes of canister covered by my table

To get an indication of the percentage of gas left in your part used canister first weigh your part used canister and then either use the table or the following equation to get a percentage

(Current Canister Weight – Empty Canister Weight) divided by Weight of Gas in Full Canister

e.g. if I weighed my 230 canister and the scales said 200g

200g – 126g = 74g divided by 230 = 32% of the canister gas is left of the original volume

Different brands of gas may have slightly different weights of canisters or gas inside but it will make a negligible difference in terms of deciding what you are going to use for a trip

A useful top tip is to use a sharpie (permenant marker) to write the last weighed fill percentage on the bottom of the canister. This can make picking the appropriate filled canister from your stash very easy to do.

I hope this table is as useful for you as it is for me, enjoy!

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Exclusive First Look – KARRYAK – A performance carbon sea kayak that is easy to take on a plane ✈️🌏

In this video Steve (creator and man behind KARRYAK) takes me though a very detailed look at his pre production prototype. KARRYAK is a high performance carbon sea kayak that breaks down into 5 parts that can easily fit on a normal airline flight. This pioneering sea kayak includes some groundbreaking industry first design features and this video is the first detailed information available on the internet.

KARRYAK is a high performance carbon sea kayak that breaks down into 5 parts that can easily fit on a normal airline flight

This video is the first detailed information about KARRYAK available on the internet
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My Ultimate MTB Tool Kit – Initial Contents List Plan

I’m in the process of putting together my “ultimate MTB tool kit” and I thought it might help folks if I share my thoughts along the way. In this post you will find the list of tools and parts I’m putting together.

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Park Tool’s EK-3 Tool Kit will provide the base

The immediate motivation for this process is that last week my vehicle was broken into and a bag with all my favourite, my daily use bike tools was stolen.

I’ve always had a desire to create a race mechanics travel style kit so as the tools need to be replaced anyway this seems like a good opportunity to do so, a silver lining to the theft.

So ok, lets have a look at my plan and what I’ve ordered so far

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Tips & Tricks -Upright Canister Stoves in Cold Conditions

Its winter here in Australia and that means sub zero conditions in the Southern Highlands and Snowy Mountains. Cold is the enemy of my Jetboil because as low temperature makes it more difficult for the gas in the canister to evaporate and the pressure is reduced.

So off to the internet to look for solutions. I was initially looking to see if there was an adaptor available to make the canister ‘remote’ in the way my old epigas alpine stove used to be. Instead I sumbled across a much cheaper DIY option that is genius in its simplicity – the Heat Exchange or HX Strip

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Canon 550D and Sigma 30mm f1.4 combination front focus problem

It was pointed out by Gregory.Rotter on cameralabs.com that this camera/lens combination was front focusing. Now because I’m a newbie with an untrained eye I hadn’t noticed this. After a bit of google action I came across a test sheet, downloaded it and ran the test

Here’s the result

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Model: Canon EOS 550D
ISO: 100
Exposure: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 1.4
Focal Length: 30mm

Clearly front focusing Crying or Very sad

And I’m loving this lens

So after another bit of google action I found there was a Sigma Service Centre in Dubai HERE. I gave them a bell and made the journey there to drop the lens off. It will be with them for 14 days Sad

I have taken another test with my Canon 50mm f1.8 to check its not the camera. I’ll upload it and post it shortly

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New surf board design thoughts

I’m taking the plunge and ordering a long board. Because its going to be custom made I get to have a custom design on the deck.

Long boards are retro and so a retro design is in order. I’ve trawled google images for inspiration and Carl of Surf Shop Dubai has sent through a pdf full of designs to help.

Here’s what I’ve narrowed it down to

decisions decisions

The pad wont be there, its just on the image I’ve used.

So what do you think? Red and Blue or Blue and Red?

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