Gasmate CS170
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This Almost started a bush fire when the temperature nob caught on fire burning the table it was on this could have been catastrophic. I will never buy another gasmate unit again Show details
Gasmate cs401 caught fire today. They still can't get the safety right. Show details
Gasmate stove and butane can – The single burner knobs to turn down the gas, crept up on its own and burnt the food, also the butane gas cans only lasts a very short time, I won't be buying this product again.
Absolute garbage – Brand new Gasmate single burner that barely holds a flame. Unfortunately threw the reciept away so now I'm stuck with this useless piece of trash that takes about 20 minutes to cook a steak on. Show details
Now a dangerous and unreliable product – Have bought 2 new stoves from Bunnings in the last six months - has cannisters do not seal. Fire hazard. Once a great product, now dangerous and unreliable Show details
Cheap junk, from a once reputable company – Used this stove ONCE! Yes once, and the burner melted. Luckily I was nearby before it caught fire. Not only is this not fit for purpose it is down right dangerous. My last gasmate stove lasted years, disappointed and will buy another brand next time after I claim a refund on this junk. Show details
Waste of space. Couldn’t boil a kettle once canister half empty – I loved our previous models, so didn’t hesitate when building up my new camoing kit. The stove only provides enough heat to do any cooking while the canister is full. These are Gasmate cannisters. What do I do with half empty butane cannisters that are essentially useless? Bad fir environment, expensive cooking. Looking to buy a more traditional gas cooker. At least there will be less litter. Show details
Very low amount of gas inside the capsule/ cartridge – This is ridiculous, last year price of a pack in Coles Supermarket was $8, Now is $10.5. Each capsule would give 5 hours flame, now is 2 hours, so fraud. Show details
Rubbish, dangerass rubbish – Inserted butane can as per instruction and gas leaked out of over pressure valve. Repeated again and again, still faulty, glad I didn't light it. Perfect gift for your frenemies! Show details
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Safety issue in use and disposal concern – Used the CS170 only 3 times for light cooking, using the Gasmate Butane canisters. It has not been used on high, but the gas element/jet has now partially melted. Equally of concern is that it wont use all the gas in a canister, there is always a bit left, making disposal hazardous in my opinion. This has been a concern for me in previous models as well. This current one is my 4th stove, none no longer work. Show details
Does the trick! – Very compact little gas stove that I bought to cook outside my van. My only purpose for this is when the weather is nice and I like to cook dinner outside. Obviously wouldn't be brilliant in overly cold or windy weather, but it's perfect for what I use it for. Show details
Convenient and simple – I also don't understand why other reviews are so critical of this little cooker. We have one as a backup to our Companion wok-burner cooker that connects up to our onboard gas in our Jayco Jpod. It's great when we need to have two burners at once or if we just want to quickly heat our coffee pot or boil a billy at a rest stop. The canisters are… Read more
cheap to buy and each lasts a couple of hours. The flame does go yellow as the canister runs low but that's not a major issue...it still works! For $29 at Tent World, I can't complain. I did replace all the assembly screws with pop-rivets and it feels a lot sturdier now. I'd suggest doing that if you have a pop-rivet tool.
Does exactly as advertised, and at a good price – You won't be using this to cook dinner every night (you can, but I wouldn't), but it boils 1L of water in 3min30s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuB09splok), can melt lead metal pretty damn well. After dozens of uses here and there over years, has never failed me. Gas canister lifetime and value depends on the brand you put in there. You get what you paid for, and this was about three fiddy, so shame on you 1-starers. Show details
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Gone through 3 in 5 months – Bought one from Bunnings, canisters didn't lock in and could never get a blue flame. Got to the point the right burner did nothing, even with new butane. Exchanged within a month. New one lasted 3 months, but same thing. Canister mechanism broke, no blue (hot) flame, but element seemed to be melting. The right burner seemed to use has twice as… Read more
fast as the left. Exchanged today. New one, first pop, won't lock canister in. Mechanism busted before use, but "we haven't had any issues" says Bunnings
Any other stove any good – All of the issues below are correct. It only costs $20 but it is worth $2 as a single use item. Had one burst into flame. Reported it to all relevant authorities and nothing. Bunnings replaced but new one has low pressure after very short time. Apparently if you leave the canister to heat up, pressure is restored. (Gets too cold) But they are dangerous. DO NOT USE INSIDE eg a tent. Show details
Rubbish stove. Mechanism refuses to lock gas canister – I tested the unit before camping and with a little effort has the gas cannister locked and a flame. Camping in June and the mechanism refuses to work. Cold food and worse still at 8am 2 cel temperatures. Lucky l am close to town and can buy food. Do not buy these stoves as they are going to let you down. A waste of money. Throwing this in the bin now. Show details
Downright Dangerous DO NOT BUY – Brought this from KMart about 2 weeks ago. I had change the butane container over to a new one. On my 2nd cook the flame from the cook top was burning about 2 feet into the air. I could smell gas as well. This product needs to be banned now. It appears the recall of the product from last time hasn't worked Show details
Cheap to buy expensive to run and dangerous – This thing is small, easy to stow, cheap to buy but to be honest the thing couldn't boil water in a bushfire. The gas cylinders are expensive when you consider how long thy DO NOT last and that it could take half an hour to boil 2 cups of water, as long as its a hot day and there is no wind and not even a breeze. Add to that several of them have… Read more
exploded (maybe down to how long you have to run the darn thing to cook or warm the most simple item) and there is only one conclusion. CHEAP JUNK that will cost you an arm and a leg to run, doesn't do what you want well, and might literally cost an arm and a leg or a life if it explodes. AVOID.
Get a Trangi which costs more to buy, actually works and works fast and even in high winds, and costs almost nothing to run and packs down even smaller. And won't explode on you.
Worst stove ever – Bought one and only used it twice and the cartridge broke, stupidly bought a second one and it melted. Don't ever buy this stove, waste of money, we ended up having no food to eat at the camp.
Cartridge keep rejecting, cannot be loaded – I used this stove for 3 times, first two temp were around 10, works fine. Another time temp was 17, the cartridge keep rejecting, tried another new cartridge, same problem. This stove should be named cold winter stove.
Great – I've used 2 now for 3 years. BBQ's on weekends as I don't trust public BBQ's being clean. We use one for BBQ and one for kettle. Used on camping trips too - no problems
You get what you paid for! – Do not purchase this product. Flame does not light up as strong as it used to. Does not cook food as good as it used to. Only lasted for a month. Be careful investing your money on this item.
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These are not your mates! – I bought two and both failed the first time I used them - the first one leaked gas which caught alight and melted the stove. Thought it was just bad luck and stupidly bought another which was problematic to ignite and then took half an hour to even warm up a kettle. Put it straight in the bin when I got home. Looks like the Gasmate canisters don't fit them properly. Avoid them - they're dangerous!
Load of rubbish. I'd give it no stars if I could – Took 25 minutes to boil 300 mills of water to make a cup of tea.Useless. I also tried a Primus model. Basically the same result. Useless. I gave them away as raffle prizes.
Same Problems as other Reviews – Flame too high and cannot regulate, them flames goes too low. There must be a leak somewhere as it uses cylindersl far too fast. Bin it and get another make !
Cheap crap – Bought from Bunning. Item does not work. Straight out of the box, inserted the gas can pressed the button down with the slit of the can on top and the button bent. Cheap crap . Will return back to Bunnings up to 6 times to get one that works once to prove a point.
Waste of money – It lasted three weeks. The regulator valve is faulty giving a very low flame. I purchased one from BCF and another from Bunnings. I thought I was just unlucky but BOTH failed within a month or so with the same fault. unfortunately I cant get my money back as I didnt keep my docket. Another problem with this type of unit is that the gas bottle… Read more
freezes up and stops flow of gas....so you have to take the gas bottle out ...warm it ...put it back...repeat.
The Spinifex brand is much much better.
Absolute rubbish stove, buy something else – My Gasmate stove worked OK - once only. Since then it wont boil 500 mills of water in less than 25 minutes. Total crap. Im going back to boiling my bush tea on small wood fires here in the Australian desert. This stove is going in the bin. Waste of money.
Poor safety. Low gas pressure – This product is one which has been released for sale and supposedly deemed safe, after the widespread portable cooker recall. We bought one to replace the cooker model which was part of the recall. There are three problems with this model. First, the locking mechanism which interfaces with the gas canisters has been modified, but in such a way… Read more
that it is now possible for the cannister to rotate in the housing when unlocked. This means that if you then lock the cannister back in, without checking it is in place properly, the valve is depressed and gas freely escapes into the housing instead -- although the lock cannot be fully engaged. This makes it obviously less safe than the original design.
Second, the gas pressure seems to have been regulated down markedly. Now, even with the control knob on high, the gas is only flowing at the equivalent of 'medium'.
Third, the plate on which you put pans or pots is now fixed in place. It no longer can be removed to invert it for stowing away, so the cooker is less compact when packed away. The case is now around an inch thicker as a result.
Save yourself a hassle – Bought 2 portable stoves in early 2017 (incl. a replacement), but none held flame beyond startup. Obtained refund (retained receipt). Bought Primus portable stove elsewhere; still use Gasmate canisters. No further problems.
Very Dangerous – I also bought this item from Bunnings. Did not use it for 3 months. worked ok once then the lever would not go down. When I tried a little harder, it just leaked. On inspection all the rivets were hanging off. Useless load of cr*p. I also have no receipt
Two months old and gas is leaking – Bought this stove on Jan 20, 2016 from Bunnings. Used it everyday except for the last two weeks. Went to use it today and now gas is leaking from it. Tried different gas cannisters and the problem stays. You can see and hear it escaping! I agree with bennyarn about the the poor heat output problem too. This, obviously, is a very dangerous situation.
Poor results – Bought this stove from Bunnings just after butane stoves had just been released again. The problem I have with this stove is poor heat output. All it will do is reheat food it will not cook and it will not boil water. I have tried everything and the only way to improve it is to hold the dial to the point of ignition which is no good and probably dangerous. I have lost the receipt and am stuck with this dud.
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