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Posted by Bill S on August 24, 2007 at 12:53:15 pm EDT
In reply to Looking for (yet again) any GAZ GT 106 fuel cannisters for Globe Trotter stove posted by Classifieds (Guest) on July 5, 2006 at 2:09:31 pm EDT

Kurt -
Read my post over under the Backpacking forum about the discussion I had with Coleman (owner of Camping Gaz). Briefly, Gaz has not sent the C100 or C106 canisters to North America in a number of years. They do not manufacture them currently. You may be able to find an occasional small supply of them. Coleman sent their last cases to a university to be used with field bunsen burners. They do not plan to manufacture those canisters in the future (insufficient market - estimate is that there are less than 1000 Bleuet 100 series stoves and lanterns that were ever sold in North America, including those, like mine, that were brought back from a trip to Europe). Even in Europe, the demand is so tiny that they cannot justify manufacturing them from a cost point of view. They are considering a new version, which will NOT be a puncture canister, but have a connector like that on the 270/470 series. Basically, it would be the same size as the 100 gram canisters from Snowpeak, JetBoil, et al, except with the Gaz "push-on" connector instead of the industry standard threaded connector.

You can modify your 106 stove by cobbling up a replacement set of the arms that swing down under the canister to hold the canister, but long enough to fit the C206 (250 gram) canister. That's really the only difference between the 206-series stoves and lanterns and their 100-series counterparts. Obviously, this is not a Camping Gaz approved or sanctioned modification, and you have to be very careful to get a proper fit (otherwise, you will get a huge flame and explosion).

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