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Butane Gas Canisters

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Butane Gas Canisters is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
+16.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Butane Gas Canisters against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Butane Gas Canisters is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Butane Gas Canisters market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Butane Gas Canisters 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +16.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+16.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
August1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
camping gas200K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.82.

Listings sell for £14.82 on average, from £5.70 to £38.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £14.82 that is £30K to £37K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.70–£38.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£30K–£37K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 28% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Barbecue & Outdoor Dining. It carries 1,722 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
28%
Out of stock, average day
6.9%
Average rank
#12in Barbecue & Outdoor Dining
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,722per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Butane Gas Canisters products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£48K£96K£144K£192K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

16%

  • Campingaz26%
  • Straame20%
  • Coleman13%
  • Easy Shopping13%
  • Green Haven9%
  • UR CHOICE4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Butane Gas Canisters search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

35K25KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Butane Gas Canisters search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • camping gas200K/yr
  • gas canisters for camping stove200K/yr
  • butane gas canisters168K/yr
  • camping gas canister117K/yr
  • gas98K/yr
  • butane gas82K/yr
  • gas bottle51K/yr
  • campingaz42K/yr
  • gas canister43K/yr
  • campingaz gas canisters25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butane Gas Canisters

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall14%−0.07

It didnt fit my gas stove

Didnt fit the burner I have

found that they would not fit

Value For Money13%+3.12

Expensive

could be a bit cheaper

it's pretty expensive

Quality-Overall10%+0.58

Poor quality

Not as good as it looks

Not good enough

Flammable8%

burns every drop

It burns

It's gas it burns

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.62

the items not being the same as ordered

Misleading description

Not as advertised

Love

Value For Money36%+3.12

Excellent value

Excellent price

Best value

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%+0.62

As advertised

As Described

Exactly what I wanted

Quality-Overall19%+0.58

The product is satisfactory as far as I can tell

Great product well made

Excellent Product

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Great products very handy

Quick device

Size-Overall4%−0.07

Good fit

very easy to fit

Fits the gas hob perfectly

Return

0.1% Return rate 48% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall38%▆▇▇█▆▆

It didnt fit my gas stove

Didnt fit the burner I have

found that they would not fit

Compatibility-Overall13%▇▅█▂▇▄

Not very compatible

These are not compatible with all weed burners

Defective Material/Parts8%▃▅▇▇▆█
Functionality-Overall7%▆▄▁▁▄█
Connectivity-Overall6%▄▁▄▃█▄

FAQ

Common Butane Gas Canisters questions

Answered from the same tracked data.