THERMACELL HACK! How to REFILL gas cartridges & buy cheap pads!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- A step by step guide on how to refill your Thermacell gas cartridges safely & cheaply. Anyone can do this, and you only need a screwdriver, a screw and a pair of pliers, oh and some lighter gas. At the end of the video and also in the end of this description i will show you where you can buy really cheap mosquitoe repellant pads. Stay till the end.
Thanks for watching and please Subscribe if you liked this video or any other of my content. Have fun out there! Simon
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Absolutely brilliant sir. Thanks.
My pleasure buddy! Thanks for watching!
The makers of Thermacell did this to themselves. The prices they charge for simple refills is criminal
Exactly. I have a place on the river and use these daily. It's ridiculous the money I spent in the beginning
Thank you for showing up close!
Thank you for your very edjucating video mate. Maybe even I can manage to do this hack now. Cheers from Finland
Thanks for the tip. Worked like a dream.
Thanks Andy and thanks for the comment 👍😊
Magnificent ! Thank you kind sir. Very much appreciated 👍
Seems to be a shortage of cartridges for my curling tongs in the shops. This works great & costs less! Thanks.
Ha ha ha Love it😂😂
Just finished, thanks for the tips. I bought 2 thermacells got the Chinese pads in the mail today. Works great 👍
Fantastic! Thanks for sending a message, it's always nice to hear something positive from a video😊
Are pads effective? Do they actually work?
@@Surfacing111 they work okay but I received a recall notice about the pads being dangerously toxic. I don’t use them anymore.
@@KillSwitch80 you mean toxic to humans?
@@KillSwitch80 Do you remember what the recall notice reported? (meaning: what the dangerous substance was?) Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks for this! Just got back from Kilpisjärvi after a week long hike and one of us brought one of these and now we all want one so I was looking at making them cheaper. Great channel and when watching your video about your base weight I laughed a lot because I've never seen anyone else here in the Nordics who use a rain skirt, except for me of course! I've been at a 4kg bw before but now I've started to add 'luxuries' since I've realized I'm more of a camper than hiker though I'm never going back to the period of carrying 20 plus kilos
Hi thanks a lot Max I hope you all had a great trip in Kilpisjärvi, It's definitely one of those places wheres you need to take along a Thermacell, isn't it 😄 I'm really pleased that you got some value out of the video, and can start to save some money filling up the gas cartridges 👍. Yes those 20kg backpack days are way gone for me too buddy, in fact I'm getting too lazy now and I prefer my canoe or mtb to carry my gear 🤫😁
Take it easy and happy hiking for the future. Atb Simon 🤙
Thanks for the tips.Very much appreciated 😊
You welcome buddy😊
When I go to fill mine I lose all my gas.
The gas pressure doesn't open the valve. Do I need a.thinner attachment?
Any help would be great, thank you. Great video cheers.
Hi Gary, im guessing that you need to find the correct or close sized tip and maybe sand it down a little to make it fit nicely, to achieve a good gas flow. You have to mess about with it a bit mate! Thanks for watching and commenting buddy 😀🙌
Do the Ali express Mats work just aswell as the original ones?
Thanks for sharing !
Lovely nose whistle my friend where did you learn to play so well??
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Homemade Ozzy tat, sweet!
Ha ha Thanks brother, I did that when I was in school, although my mother wasn't very pleased🤫😂
Have you noticed if any of the newer versions are more difficult to fill even after removing the check valve? My butane refiller has the perfect size tip but none will dispense inside the empty tube.
Funny you should say that. I tried this hack as well and it's not filling.
Yup. I just tried this and it’s still not filling. I’m guessing they changed something on the newer models
@@nemesisgy take a razor and carefully cut a slot at the butane refill tip. The brass plunger is concaved so that when you press it down it stops the gas from going in. I just cut a slot to allow the gas to go around the plunger and it worked fine.
@@frankrizzo1679that’s rizzo. R I Z Z O. You sir Are a GENIUS! Thank you.
Hello! Great tips! But I wonder, do the chinese pads work as good as the original ones?
Hello Steve, thanks for the message, and yes your quite right, the Chinese pads only last half as long as the originals
@@AnEnglishmaninFinland1 - And who knows what toxins the Chinese pads are contaminated with. I'll stick with paying for the proper pads, buying them on sale when possible and stocking up. Refilling the cartridges though, seems a no-brainer. I recommend using "Near Zero Impurities" rated butane for optimal life of your heater. Seek it out and your device will last longer than when using cheapo butane with impurities. Not all butane is created equal.
Who knows what toxins Thermacell pads are contaminated with also, just because they are a well known brand does not give any security that they are less harmful
I cant get it to fill. I used the zippo refill butane can
How long do they last?
The pads?
Unfortunately about half the time as the Thermacell pads
So 2 hours
Thanks
Still worth it tho
Where is the link for the pads from Ali?
ALIExpress doesn't seem to carry the pads anymore...any others ideas?
They have
@@dachshund3964 They have? What does that mean? if you mean they have them back in stock, can you show it because I can't find it. I'm sure it's just user error (my mistake)
I got the insert out, and the metal piece back in fine. But when I try to fill I see no liquid! Pressure builds up as you mentioned, I checked this with a nail.. but no liquid is accumulating! What am I doing wrong?
Hi Amy, it's hard to say, if you took the brass valve out and then took the inner piece out with the screw, and then put the brass piece back in again, then the probable reason it's not filling is from the gas can, it could be the nozzle is the wrong type and it's not allowing gas to go into the thermacell cartridge. Try changing the nozzles and see which one fits well. Like I said in the video i had to get some sandpaper and wear away some of the nozzle to get a good right fit. I hope this helps. Let me know how it goes
Simon
@@AnEnglishmaninFinland1 Hi, I live in Thailand and have the same problem as @Amy Soland but I could get some gas in the cartridges (2 from 6) what did I do wrong? (I have already tried with sandpaper but it did not work) I even did with the same nozzle which worked with the other 2 !!
Your tip isn't fitting the valve properly. You need the right tip or you need to modify one. Use a #5 tip and sand it down a bit. Beware, #5 may not be the same in all countries.
Be sure you have the supply can pointed straight down when dispensing.
I was able to refill the cartridge but when i put it back in Thermacell, it will not give me the orange glow indicator. Any suggestions?
Hiya Lin, can you hear any gas coming out from the cartridge when you switch the Thermacell on? If not, there is a fault in that area, maybe it's not screwed in enough possibly. One of my cartridges would release a lot of gas because it was slightly wonky when I screwed it in.
Try checking for the sound of gas when switched on, if there is, then the fault is maybe the ignition
Did you ever find a solution to your problem, my gas hisses, the sparkler sparks, but it won't ignite. I even tried running it for a couple of minutes and no luck.
You dont show if you re insert the check valve - yet its missing from the table so am assuming you do?
Hi Julie, I just tried this method from Simon (Thanks Simon!) and I did not put back the check valve. Everything worked as far as I know. Got the orange glow in the viewing port. Also, without the check valve when you fill the cartridge, you will not get 100% fill because the pressure will "spew" out some of the butane so I was able to get about 5/6 full. Again, thanks Simon.
@@alberthsu22 thank you.
The check valve needs to come off for ever. Reinstalling it would make it so your can't refill it again.
Hiya Julie, thank you for your comment, and especially to Albert and Milton for clarifying that the 'check valve' needs to come out and not go back
Having trouble with the actual gas fill part. I tried multiple tips, can't get more than a millimeter of liquid....hmm...
Same here. I have multiple tips and 2 sizes of butane. Nothing wants to go in. Did you ever figure it out?
@@adandylife329sand it a bit!!
@@adandylife329 I replied in this chat and just made it work today
I have more gas cartridges than i know what to do with.