Calor Lite 6kg propane advice

We have a remoska at home got when they had their Lakeland had  offer on but OH cannot get on with it and I did not really want one so it stays at home

That's less than a litre a day. Are all your meals cold/salad, cold washes? We've just done 11 days off grid and used 15.4L (1.4L per day) and I try to be frugal. Mind you, £11 for a refill compares well against 1.3 Calorlites at £28 a throw.

Flogas Light was formerly BP Gas Light and is also now marketed by Homebase as Gas Light. I don’t know about availability but it is a brilliant design and far superior to anything Calor has ever produced. Lightweight, translucent so that you can see the level, robust grab handles and 27mm clip-on regulator so no spanners. Funny how inferior products (Calor) can still survive due to marketing, inertia, whatever.

Inadequately sized gas lockers is one reason. Even Gaslites are exorbitantly expensive for the volume of gas that you are getting though. Just like Calor. Refillables is the way to go unless your gas use is really minimal.

even more frustrating is the locker thats 'just about' big enough for a large bottle but the locker door wont allow the bottle through......

sometimes it seems converters are doing everything they can to keep customers buying gas in the smallest quantities possible.

Our fridge has a well hidden and I’m told, almost never used, pull out drawer in the top plastic section which holds its electronics. If you pull out that drawer, you will find a tray which holds four AA batteries which will maintain the fridge’s control function in situations where the primary battery is flat or disconnected.

We have fitted a ‘memory back up’ battery tray behind our Alde wall panel. Alde make them as a simple plug in addition. It’s not designed to power the heater valves etc.

Our stand alone, 100w supplementary solar panel needs reorientating to ‘follow the sun’ in dull weather, to maintain battery power in dull weather. There’s another 20w panel on the roof.