wolfie379 t1_jceo1sd wrote on March 16, 2023 at 8:21 AM

A device that’s meant to be installed on a propane tank (which needs to be refilled regularly), and is designed to break in a manner that will keep it from being removed? What the fuck were the designers thinking?

Seriously, they were expecting you to buy a new GasMate and a new tank every time you used a tank of propane.

HuskyTalesOfMischief t1_jcg2spw wrote on March 16, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Its so the quick disconnect fitting doesn't get over tightened into the cylinders valve. Either install it carefully till the black insert starts to flex and stop or break the plastic insert and extract qd with needlenose pliers/vice grips at later point in time.

It doesn't need to be removed from tank to fill it with gas. There's a variety of standardized lp fill valves/fittings that your lp refueling station can push gas through.