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Initially, the hose did not let gas from my 20 lb propane tank reach the burners on my Coleman NXT 200 grill; while a 1 lb disposable canister worked fine. It was puzzling why the canister fit fine but the hose and big tank did not. However, after digging around for answers on the web, it turned out the remedy actually was to modify the grill fitting to better fit the hose, i.e., the pin in the grill's female fitting is slightly too short and thus does not reach deep enough into the hose end to allow gas flow. I fixed this by placing a 10 mm socket into the grill's female fitting and turned the pin/nut counter-clockwise, loosening the nut (that is part of the pin assembly) by about a quarter turn, thus in effect lengthening the pin just a little to make up for the shortfall in the hose end. Then when I tested the hose again, gas successfully flowed to the burners. No leaks. I also checked to make sure my disposable canister was still a good fit after this modification, and it worked fine and did not leak. While my repair worked, I have to give the hose a one-star review for forcing me to do work that should have been done by the manufacturer to begin with. I don't know if Coleman screwed up making the hose or their grill, or both, in this case. Hopefully they will sort it out in future.