Bought this stand for my heater. It works great and properly fit on the small gas canister. I recommend this to everyone.

I have two different brands of propane canisters. One has a preinstalled plastic ring around the bottom and this base fits it very well. Light and sturdy. I have other canisters that do not have the plastic rings around the bottom. These do not fit the base well and it falls off. Its ok if you leave it standing in one place, but I carry mine around while clam digging at night on the beach and need the base to be tight.

If you have a propane lantern. This will come in handy to hold the tank and lantern .It provides a stable for the lantern

Through the years I have purchased a variety of devices (stoves, lanterns and catalytic heaters) that screw onto the top of 16.4 oz propane tanks. Most came with no base, others came with simple, round and rather narrow bases not much larger than the diameter of the tanks themselves.A Coleman lantern (Coleman Two-Mantle Propane Lantern) purchased about ten years ago came (and still comes) with a surprisingly superior base having recessed, web-like feet that rotate outward to provide a far-more secure base. Sadly, this base is not available separately or with any other Coleman product.The next-best base is this Stansport's base. Yes, it copies the best of that Coleman base with its four swing-out web feet. But, its plastic is much thinner and its edges much sharper than that Coleman base (the "Stansport" label was applied very crooked and was torn on every one of the four bases I have purchased so far - a minor but annoying imperfection).Still, this Stansport's rotating feet are a must for stand-up stoves, lanterns and catalytic heaters to minimize the chance your propane tank and device will tip-over, a likely disaster (and potential deadly one) when the device is in use.

I bought this to convert my blackcat coleman heater to a stand up straight one. It's working fine. The fold out legs gives it better support. I'm looking at getting another one for my lantern.