Electric space heater

Yes, it's definitely horses for courses...

for users like yourself, always on sites with EHU (probably with three pots stacked on the single hot plate) gas usage will be at a minimum...

we have a gas oven, no electric hot plate (3 gas rings), camp regularly without EHU, all year round, so usage will be at the other end of the scale.

it really depends where the OP sits as to whether swapping two small bottles will be a regular pain or not an issue...

either way, being equipped with two 3.9 when the spec says two 6kg should be addressed when stocks become available.

As you say depends on usage, ,on the upside for us more space in gas locker with 3.9kg ,we only normally have been  carrying one  cylinder for the First 18months then have a full in the car for when? the one fitted runs out

,PS veg are normally done in microwave ,and we have a. Lidl mini oven

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Yes... learnt that the hard way, having managed to blow the fuse for the dashboard 12V/USB charging socket. Not only did I have no spare fuses at the time, I wouldn't have been able to fit one since the Fiat Ducato cab fuses are under the bonnet tucked away into an almost inaccessible corner needing a screwdriver to get the cover off...!

Correct, should be 2x 6kg.

When we picked the van up the dealer showed us over it then said "you have brought your own bottle haven't you?" We said no, he said "well you can borrow the one that's in it while you stay overnight, but you'll have to give it back in the morning, there's a huge shortage of bottles..." Which I do remember reading about last year, but had thought was all over by now, given that Calor et al had had a year or more to get sorted out for a whole load more leisure vehicles out there requiring bottles.

Thankfully, the dealer's on-site shop did have one 3.9kg left, no 6kg. In theory, that can be swapped up when emptied to a 6kg, but Calor are still refusing to give 6kg bottles out unless you've got a 6kg to give back.

We then got a second 3.9kg bottle from Flogas - again, at present you can't get 6kg from them, unless you've got a 6kg bottle to hand back.

 

What's your usage pattern going to be like?

...camp all year round?, camp off grid? Camp overseas where these tiny bottles can't be swapped when they run out?

the more 'ticks' to the above list, the more I would consider a refillable system. A pair of 6kg incl filling nozzle easily available now on eBay..

not cheap but depends on camping style and will have a large residual if you ever want to sell.

Yep, that's another option, and one I have contemplated. Saving the cash for a towbar+4x bike carrier at present though:-)