How many of you guys refill the one pound tanks.I have never done it but was watching some utube videos.

I do works well in the winter

bought 1 of those adapters works great using a 20 lb to charge it takes awhile tho

Been doing it for years.

Saves mucho bucks.

Yep I refill them. Only the Worthington tanks. Not the Colemans with the plastic cap on the bottom, just don't like them. They have a stand now, holds the 20# tank upside down, It has 17.5 ounce tanks designed for refilling.

A $10 brass fitting to fill those 1#ers is pretty cheap compared to the ridiculous price of 1# bottles at the store. I've been refilling them for over 25 years. I don't care what brand they are. I purge off any excess gas and fill them until they weigh the right amount on my meat scale. I'd go broke buying bottles for my portable heaters/cookers!

I used to refill 1# bottles. Till I seen one start leaking in the back of a trailer full of camping gear. The whole trailer was full of flammable LP gas. Since then I have bought a couple new 5# and 7.5# little propane bottles and also have bought a couple hoses that have the same threads on one end like the 1# bottles. Hook stuff up to those bottles or a 20# bottle. As far as using propane for lanterns when we camp or go on hunting trips, I find myself doing that less and less with the advancement of L.E.D. lights and rechargeable batteries.

Well we started ice fishing last year and have been going through some 1 lb tanks so I guess I need to get an adapter.

I've done it for year's, I had one leak because I over filled it. I keep the empty in the freezer then when I need to fill it pull it out and it takes about a minute to fill,

Been doing it for a long time now. Much more cost effective. Put the cylinder that you are going to refill in the freezer for a bit. The chilled cylinder takes the propane better. Fills in about a minute

I've been curious if I'm being dangerous...

Yeah yeah yeah it's all bad...



Freezer the pounder..
Puff the pressure out for the most part.
Hook into adapter on a 20 gal and tip over. Outside....

Walk away for several hours.

Close valve and pull.
The end

Or just a hose for your 20# er to whatever your running

No need to purge anything. 1 lb bottles go in the freezer overnight and the 20 lb tank is warmed up inside. Will fill the 1 lb bottles in about 2 minutes.

This is the only guy that does it right, IMO.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrqxlBhx6yY

Can you refill them from a 1000 gallon tank?

Well I smoke cigars in my shed, a lot. Would this be a dangerous practice to refill and store in my shed?

Only if set up after a pressure regulator.

You only get vapors. The tank has to have a dip tube, into the liquid propane.