Calor gas lite

All very confusing, spoke to the C.C. as to the availability of Calor Lite on their sites, the reply was that they do not get involved with gas supply, it is the responsibility of the individual wardens - probably this is why there is confusion with the costs of refills?

A call to Calor might solve the dilemma - but maybe more of us have realised how crooked their prices are? (can't figure out the spelling for that word - but I don't like Calor pricing - I am on LPG for Central Heating at home and Calor are trying it on seriously especially with older people. 

Rutlander

It's always been the case that wardens finance and sell Calor from their own resources. The same question was asked some time ago and about differing costs from site to site and the answer then was that some wardens were charged for delivery for their gas supplies and in turn added those costs when selling on to members. I very much doubt any warden gets rich on the sales of gas and I would have thought that it is better to have it available in an emergency on site than not at all. We all have the option of planning ahead if we think we might run out of gas to take advantage of cheaper prices if they are available elsewhere.

David

Hi

On Club owned sites, we are supplied with a tested and insured gas cage which we are encouraged to use to supply bottled gas as a convenience to our members (at our cost). In some areas of the country, supply is limited to a third party company and therefore a delivery charge is incurred. This obviously has to be passed on and can make quite a difference in the price of exchanges from site to site.

Hope this helps

Just to keep all informed the calor lite is now back in the same exchange bracket as the 6kg propane steel and the 19 and 47 kg bottles, So you can once again swop your heavy steel for a lite with no penalty.:-

Calor bottles

You can only swop 6 lites for steels at a recognised dealer, not a stockist. The majority of club sites are just stockists and our contract states that we can only swop like for like. I'll know more when we get back to site in March and sign next years contract though.

That is a problem for us non EHUers Brian. I noticed at the show that all the models I looked at had the blasted electric ring on the cooker!! The manufacturers seem to be in cahoots with the Energy companies and EHU sites rather than look at the technology that is available for non EHU caravanning. Perhaps, like thousands of users of their products, they don't think you can live well off grid? How wrong they are!! I'll just have to keep searching or have a 'special' fitted with a full gas cooker. I ain't going back to EHU- not now I've experienced the freedom of non EHU! 

We have the electric ring. When not on ehu you it makes a useful stand for the coffee pot.  When on ehu it also makes a useful stand for the coffee pot as it is so slow to heat up.  More seriously I think that 4  burners is about marketing not practicality because firstly I can't remember I have needed more than three at any one time and secondly try fitting 4 pans on the hob of a slimline thetford aspire cooker they don't really fit. 

 Just to say that I am happy to be able to buy my occasional replacement bottles on CC sites and grateful to the wardens for supplying. I have no grumble about their charges.