Coleman Propane Bottles

My biggest concern is finding lids for my canning jars. I have found a few but, they are so expensive I could by the pre-canned food cheaper then the lids for the jars. I did get some generic ones, I hope they seal well.

mobeewan wrote:
A possible explanations of any shortages of filled 1 lb cylinders could be the recent freeze in Texas if shipments got diverted or people did panic buying when they saw what was happening in Texas.

Shortages of goods and materials are not a "recent" thing, goes "hand in hand" with the great "TP" shortage of 2020.

While the "big freeze" in TX may not have helped the already stretched beyond compare supply chain issues it is not the real problem.

All it takes is a good look at your local stores "canned goods" isle and you will notice that there are a lot of shelves devoid of many of the less popular canned food choices..

It isn't because everyone bought them up, it is because of steel shortages.

Go over to the soda isles and you will notice a considerable reduction in brand "offerings" sitting on the shelves..

It isn't because all of those products were hoarded or sent to TX because of the big freeze, it is because of the aluminum shortages..

Go to your lumber yards and you will have a difficult time locating a lot of popular lumber sizes and the offerings you will find are priced well over three times of what it used to be.

It isn't because folks hoarded lumber but because lumber mills/producers had to shut down or had to reduce work force..

Supply chains have been interrupted and often completely halted for nearly a yr, so now days you HAVE to be very patient and WAIT for supplies to show up once and a while. Otherwise, your going to have to take a lot of long drives and visit a lot of stores to find what you are wanting.

OR you can simply just order off of the Internet and hope you will get it in the next six months..

No kidding? They're in short supply?
I'd get a refill adapter ASAP then. Works well. Sometimes I refill them (if I'm bored, lol, or remember to).

A possible explanations of any shortages of filled 1 lb cylinders could be the recent freeze in Texas if shipments got diverted or people did panic buying when they saw what was happening in Texas.

bukhrn wrote:
My local Sams club says "Not available at your local store" so I checked 5 others in eastern Va, and got the same message. Must be a Va. thing.

You will have to go personally to the Sam's club, often times their inventory shown for the stores in their online websites do not always show the inventory quantities or availability correctly..

Happens that my DD works in our local Sam's club, even they sometimes are not able to get correct answer if they have it in stock from their own internal systems and they have to walk around the store to see if they have it.

Typically found around the seasonal summer stuff like their charcoal/grilling/outdoor furniture items..

But, yes, there are steel shortages which may be affecting stores capability of getting disposable cylinders, my local WM often is out of them, have a Rural King, none in stock the last time I looked, haven't tried Tractor Supply lately (hate that store as it is a dirty disheveled pig pen), didn't see any at my local Lowes or Home depot the last times I was there.

On edit..

You might wish to try just propane when searching online, not "Coleman".. You don't NEED to buy Coleman brand propane..

depending on what you need them for, you can get a hose to go on a 20lb tank then connect to the 1lb device connections. That might be a good solution.

Maybe it's a regional issue. I just bought a pack of 4 at my local Walmart yesterday and there were tons of them. Maybe try Walmart.com with a ship to store option.

bukhrn wrote:
My local Sams club says "Not available at your local store" so I checked 5 others in eastern Va, and got the same message. Must be a Va. thing.

Here in PA, my local Sam's Club is out of stock, the next three have it.

Gdetrailer wrote:
Have no issue finding them at my local Sam's club, they sell them in a six pack for $20.. But yes, No refillable propane cans have gotten scarce, the normal places I typically buy them at no longer have them..

I believe part of the problem is a metal shortage, metals like steel and aluminum has caused a lot of shortages of pretty much anything made of those metals..

Refrigerators, most any home appliances, lawn mowers there are shortages..

Soda cans, yeah, hard to find consistent supply of some brands and types so it wouldn't surprise me that there may be a shortage of disposable propane cans..

See Supply chain shortages

Heck, if you need lumber or building materials, there is major shortages there and the prices have nearly tripled since Jan 2020..

Needed some 2x12x8 ft treated boards to fix a shed floor, paid $25 per stick back in Dec 2020, those used to be less than $11 each..

Been hearing rumors of 1/2" 4x8 sheets of plywood well over $55 per sheet!

Now we just may end up with a another TP shortage since there is a cargo ship stranded (run a ground)in the Suez Canal and is blocking ship traffic causing ships to be rerouted adding a half million miles to the goods trip around the blocked canal..

My local Sams club says "Not available at your local store" so I checked 5 others in eastern Va, and got the same message. Must be a Va. thing.

dedmiston wrote:
I just saw shelves of them at Wal-Mart today.

Not my WalMart, in Store or online