Caravan newbies

im sure theyre no different than MHers....if they use gas then they have three choices...

bring enough with them....

use a local exchange bottle..

use a refillable system...

having a few extra hoses and adapters might allow flexibility between option 2 and 3, as you do....

the long termers ive seen in caravans just stand a local bottle outside their van with a long hose to the vans regulator.

just curious, but why the move to a caravan if you've enjoyed the freedom you have in a MH in Europe?

good luck with your deliberations....  

I can't help you on this one Greygit, but you will no doubt get an amount of pricless information soon from the seasoned abroad caravaners,be patient and watch. 

Safefill refillable for me with the adaptors for France and Spain although I am not sure how easy it is to find gas points in Spain - someone will come along and tell you I expect!  I will be interested in the change to caravan too.  Probably all the reasons I tug! 

I don't find any problem with the caravan and gas.   We occasionally give the heating a boost and we regularly use the cooker rings, grill and oven.  We started with two 6.5 kg Calor Lite bottles on board but now just carry the one but just make sure we have a reasonably full one before going away.  We go for six weeks at a time and have yet to make any impression at all into one bottle in that time.  I would confidently go out for as long again and not worry about the gas.

You can buy the appropriate adaptors for foreign gas bottles I think Gaslow sell them. The question would be will your Spanish bottle fit in the gas locker if it does then no problem if not you will have to source a longer hose so the bottle can sit outside.  It may also be worth thinking about having an auto change over head. So you don't have to faff about swapping the pig tails about when gas runs out. 

I don't find any problem with the caravan and gas.   We occasionally give the heating a boost and we regularly use the cooker rings, grill and oven.  We started with two 6.5 kg Calor Lite bottles on board but now just carry the one but just make sure we have a reasonably full one before going away.  We go for six weeks at a time and have yet to make any impression at all into one bottle in that time.  I would confidently go out for as long again and not worry about the gas.

Just for the record. I estimate that I used 4kg of gas over 2 nights last weekend. It is dangerous to generalise, and gas consumption depends hugely on how, when and where you caravan. 

It all depends on what time of year you are going abroad.  If in summer you may use very little gas and a calor bottle will suffice.  However if you are going in winter you will probably use gas heating to avoid tripping electrics on sites.  If you are intending to go abroad or offgrid often then safefill will be cost effective and give peace of mind.

it seems a shame that you have a perfectly servicable refillable gaslow system but will you be using it...?

i ask because you will need to install it in your caravan (like Kjell does) so youll have to fill on route.....

many caravanners use safe fill as they can use the car to take the bottle to be filled.

either Repsol or Cepsa are making a huge improvement in their lpg pump availability.... 

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I would agree with BB and AD, it will depend on how you plan to holiday.

We always take EHU, but if it is metered, and expensive,  we use gas for heating/HW.

We only go abroad March-June and/orSeptemb/October, so not in the coldest part of the year.

We have 2 fixed Gaslow 6kg bottles, and have no problem filling up en route as we never stay more than 7-10 days on one site.  We wanted to have 11kg bottles, but they were just a little too tall to fit.

It was easy to fit the system in the van, we have the filling point in the side of the front locker.

If we were overwintering in say Spain, we would get a local bottle.

If you stay for several weeks on a site, refillables and/or local bottle would be easier.