Camp, Forrest, Camp! wrote:
Everyone is bashing them, but weren't they out for a long time before anyone realized there were problems? You can only test so much before real world trials find weaknesses. I'm disappointed that the consumer has no means of remediation.
Personally, I always thought having a fiberglass propane cylinder was a bad idea, given the pressures at work inside your average bottle.
I'm amazed that the concept was ever DOT certified, especially given that the Lite Cylinder line uses a two part body for the cylinder.
As I recall, they had a much shorter window between requiring inspections, compared to their steel counterparts.
If one wanted a measure of remaining propane, Manchester makes a SureFlame (I think that's the name) series of steel vertical bottles with an internal gauge that has a display up by the valve, and they cost alot less than their fiberglass counterparts.
