I certainly wouldn't use them inside a tent or a car (although I do know someone who does), but outside there is absolutely no problem. I've used all sorts of cartridges in them, even rusty ones and nothing. I've got two of them and they are absolutely fine. Didn't see them stopping them on health and safety grounds or anything. I use these regularly when working in the UK for an events firm, and recently on pancake day The One Show (BBC UK show) even had one set up in the studio with a celebrity cooking pancakes. So unless your doing something realy stupid (like putting it on a hot plate) you won't have any problems except for running out of gas cans. The video that portrays the stove blowing up is boggas and heres why, they have the stove on a hot plate to simulate the valve getting hot and letting go when in fact the hot plate was heating up the can to the point that the pressure inside the can gets to high it explodes violently and the gas then ignites. Basically I have removed cans from the working stove only to find it ice cold with condensation and had to wait for it to warm up before i could use that can again. Gas under pressure when released cools, it cools the can and the valve. Unless you are doing something realy stupid (like in the video) these cookers are perfectly safe for the simple reason of thermodynamics.
I had to use one for over 12 months as my electric stove died and I could not afford to have the natural gas one working ( it needed parts and the gas supply line in place) so we were useing a twin burner camp stove for all our meals and did not have any problems. In this video below you can see the result when a stove is deliberately overheated. I personally have four of these stoves which I've been using on most trips away over the past ten years and like everyone else, find them extremely convenient. There is no indication at this stage whether the issue will be rectified and the stoves made available again but if not, it will leave a gaping hole in the camping stove market. Stowe goes on to say “I’d encourage consumers to notify NSW Fair Trading if they see any devices of this type being sold within stores or by NSW retailers.” “Testing, undertaken at the request of NSW Fair Trading and other State gas regulators, has found a fault with the cookers’ shut-off valves, posing a risk that the devices may overheat and could explode."Ĭonsequently NSW Far Trading is working with retailers in NSW and other states to have the products removed from sale. It's fair to say there would be hundreds of thousands of them in use across Australia. This type of cooker, powered by disposable butane aerosol type gas cartridges, has seen a massive growth in popularity over the past 10 years or so due mainly to their low cost (usually under $20) and convenience.
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NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe recommends that consumers "do not buy portable cookers of this type" and goes so far as to urge consumers to dispose of any currently in use. The NSW Office of Fair Trading has BANNED the very popular 'lunchbox' style butane gas stoves due to safety concerns, including overheating.
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UPDATE AUGUST 2015: Gasmate have now released a compliant butane gas stove
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