Re-Using Thermacell Butane Canisters
Remove Main Valve
Remove 1-way Calve
Using a 3.5mm wood screw, screw into the valve and pull it out.
Butane Fuel Adaptor
Filling the butane container with the adaptors that come with the butane refill can will cause you some grief.
I ended up printing one I found online.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3672072
Not a great seal around the can but opened up the valve on the canister perfectly.
Thermacell Backpacker Hack
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z60jfbkHFH4
Don't want to refill the small butane canisters?
The Thermacell Backpacker allows you to connect a standard butane canister.
Want to use propane instead? The you can buy an adaptor and run it off of propane!
We can modify the Thermacell BackPacker to run on propane using this adaptor: [ amazon ]
Purchasing Pads
Purchased some Electric Mosquito Coils Household Pad off of AliExpress.




