Gizmodo: propane

Cordless Propane Mosquito Trap Gives You Al Fresco Bug Jerky

AddyDugdale — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:30:00 EDT

Effective over up to an acre of land, this battery-powered garden gadget allows you to commit mass mosquito-cide using a tank of propane. Silent and odorless, the trap emits octenol (something that mozzies find sexy, aspazzarently) to lure the beasties close to the machine. Once there, a vacuum gathers them into the "removable catch basin", or death pan, as I like to call it, where they are dehydrated, giving you the potential to serve mosquito, midge, black-fly and sand-fly biltong at your barbecues. Cost is $500, and the mosquito trap will run for up to three weeks on a 20-pound propane tank. [Hammacher Schlemmer]

Bistro Table Patio Heater Keeps You Warm Even in a Blizzard

Charlie White — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:56:11 EDT

There's less than a week until Autumn arrives, and we're already starting to feel a chill in the air. That's why you'll need to start thinking about warming up that chic sidewalk bistro where you hang out. The Bistro Table Patio Heater can help, keeping its heat down low where you need it rather than blowing almost of its heat up into space like those tall heaters do.

Fueled by propane, this swank-looking table has a hammered bronze powder coat finish, and can run for 26 hours per tank at its High setting, and 45 hours on Low. Now you can party all winter long out on that patio—just fire up the patio heater and you're good to go. Available now, it's $359. – Charlie White

Product Page [Outdoor Leisure]

Pluma, Propane Tank Redesign

Travis Hudson — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:01:02 EDT

Everyone out there has a propane tank sob story. You know, you host a big Fourth of July bash and everyone comes over and catches a glimpse of your ungodly ugly, white propane tank and leaves the party, stealing your dog on the way out. Yeah this has happened to the best of us.

Portuguese design firm, Brandia Central, has given a new twist on that previously ugly propane tank. The design won a gold medal at the 2006 Industrial Design Excellence awards and it is pretty damn sexy if I do say so myself. This Fourth I'll have to fight the babes off with a stick once they see the Pluma propane tank sitting next to my grill. Travis Hudson

Pluma, A Redesign Of The Propane Tank [OhGizmo!]

Keg-a-Que

johnb — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:57:43 EST

I'm almost sure this is as old as my grandma, but summer's around the corner and that means one thing—flame! And meat! OK, two things.

The Keg-a-Que is a propane grill made from a beer keg. This $64.99 grill is completely portable and can hold up to 18 succulent hot dogs or up to 15 burgers. Not sure if they have a charcoal version, but this is one keg you'll want to tap again and again—for its meaty goodness.

Product Page [PortableGrillsOnline]