Camco 59125 Four-Port Propane Distribution Tee with 5 Foot Hose

The Camco 59125 is a four-port propane distribution tee that turns a single propane supply into a small manifold. If you've ever wanted to run a grill, a portable heater, and a lantern off one tank at the campsite, this is the fitting that makes it happen. It threads onto your main cylinder and gives you four different outlet connections, so you're not swapping hoses back and forth every time you want to fire up something different.

Here's how the ports break down. One end is a Female Prest-O-Lite (POL) fitting with a Male ACME thread, which is what connects the tee to your main propane cylinder. From there you get an excess flow soft nose POL port, a 1 inch-20 male throwaway cylinder thread for the small disposable one-pound bottles, and a 1/4 inch inverted flare outlet for running copper tubing to a fixed appliance. Four legs, four different ways to tap into the same gas supply.

One more note on the ports. Each leg is its own connection type, so you're not limited to one style of appliance or cylinder. That flexibility is the real value here. You can leave the tee mounted to your main tank and connect or disconnect whatever you need for the day, whether that's a two-burner camp stove in the morning or a heater once the sun goes down. It keeps a propane setup organized instead of a pile of loose adapters and hoses rolling around the storage bay.

It ships with a 5 foot supply hose, so you're not buying that separately. The hose runs an excess flow soft nose POL fitting on one end and a 1/4 inch inverted male flare on the other. That gives you a bit of reach between the tank and whatever you're feeding, which is handy when the tank lives in one spot and the appliance sits a few feet away.

The soft nose POL fittings include excess flow protection. In plain terms, if the gas suddenly starts flowing faster than it should, say from a hose that popped loose or a line that got cut, the valve chokes the flow down to a trickle. It's a safety feature, and a good one. The thing to know is that the excess flow valve can trip if you crack open too many appliances at once and pull a big surge of gas through the tee. If that happens, close all your appliance valves, let it settle, then open them one at a time. It resets and you're back in business.

A few install tips from experience. The 1 inch-20 throwaway cylinder thread wants to be hand-tightened fully and then given about another quarter turn. Don't gorilla it with a wrench. Once everything's connected, brush a little soapy water over each joint and open the gas. If you see bubbles, you've got a leak and you need to snug that connection or reseat it. It's a thirty-second check that's saved a lot of headaches. The 1/4 inch inverted flare outlet does need a proper flare on your copper tubing, so if you're running a hard line, take your time with the flaring tool and don't cross-thread the nut on the first turn.

On the tank side, the Female POL and Male ACME thread combination is what mates the tee to your cylinder's service valve. Match it to your tank fitting before you head out. A thread mismatch there is the single most common reason one of these ends up back in the box, so it's worth a two-minute check against your tank.

Between trips, cap the fittings or store the tee somewhere clean and dry so grit doesn't work its way into the threads. Propane fittings seal on clean, undamaged threads, and a little care here keeps every connection tight for years.

Who's this for? Anybody running more than one propane appliance off a single tank and tired of juggling connections. Campers and RVers use it to feed a grill and a heater at the same time. It's also handy at a base camp or a tailgate where you've got a stove going and a lantern to keep lit. If you only ever run one appliance, you don't need a four-port tee. But the moment you add a second or third burner, this Camco tee earns its keep and cleans up the whole setup.