Alpkit stoves / canister compaitibility

[DrMekon]

Am I just unlucky, or doing something wrong? Two Jetboil 230g canisters - one barely worked with a Brukit, never worked with a Kraku, the other didn't work with either. A Coleman 100g worked with the Brukit fine, but didn't get to try with the Kraku. A Go Gas 100g worked intermittently with the Brukit, and was very unreliable with the Kraku - gas flow dropped as the Kraku got warmer, to the point where I couldn't get much of a jet at all. I now have a Go Gas 230g that's great with the Brukit, but needs to be screwed in pretty tight to play nicely with the Kraku when it gets warm.

Am I being too shy about screwing canisters in? The dire warnings of damage have made me reticent to really wrench. Slept out last night, and were in not for my missus packing her trangia, we'd have had a dinner of trail bars.

[Zippy]

My kraku won't use the last bit of gas on some canisters...

There was some recall or a batch or something that were rubbish.. oh here we go found it:

http://www.samharrison-ml.co.uk/blog/20 ... raku-stove

October 2014 update
Apparently the gas-canister-compatibility issue has now been resolved: "It was a problem with the screw thread that has been resolved" - from Alpkit posted on the UKC forums. Alpkit also have an exciting looking new stove on offer, the Koro, which the gas canister attaches to via a hose rather than sitting underneath it (much better in colder conditions). Alpkit say it is "a high powered gas canister stove suitable for mountaineering in subzero conditions and made out of titanium to save weight. An expedition needs plenty of firepower and the Koro remote canister stove has this in plenty. But this is no gas guzzler, a brass pre-heat tube ensures the fuel is vaporised by the time it reaches the burner. The result is a constant and controllable flow of gas which reduces spluttering and works better in freezing conditions."

I should probably do something about it, but haven;t bothered yet

[cycleofaddiction]

I recently had issues with my Kraku, it had worked fine then it started to have very low pressure. I thought it had run out of gas, anyway I found that it just needed tightening better which was achieved with some pocket pliers. I was using Coleman canisters but have just fitted a jetboil one and everything so far seems ok.

[Mariner]

Only ever used JB 100g canister with BruKit as read a review saying Coleman wouldn't fire up again after previously working.
Seems like you have to find what works and stick to it.