No Calor Gas bottles

There seems to be a shortage of everything LPG related currently. Safefill’s website says due to demand from dealers they are not selling direct at the moment, you can only buy from a dealer. If of course they have any. Whilst significantly cheaper than Calor, I think you might struggle to get your 6kg for £5 at the moment. I topped up our Gaslow system yesterday at Morrison’s, which is about the cheapest I’ve found at 57.7p a litre, which equates to £6.78 for six kilos,

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Safefill devotees always use the  "rental cost" of a Calor to try to convert prospective campers to Safefill, it is a total red herring. No one with a brain cell would ever rent a Calor when there are hundreds available on the internet for around £10 -15.

 

I have a full calor lite that is ready to change (carried in car) When?the one on the c/van runs out ,which has been in use since late 2018

 EHU rules

When the one on c/van runs out we can change over and exchange on a club site when available as  they are normally the most easy/reliable source,no rush

And if no 6kg lites  available then may then will get a calor 3.9kg 

"The way to go" In my case CY that is, quite literally, the problem-its along way to go!

If you use a fair bit of gas and you can access a fill point then Safefill is a great idea however, my nearest fill point, and that's a relatively new one, is 25 miles away.

Our MH buddies live in Basingstoke and have said that fill points, they have a Gaslow system, are disappearing.

As far as price goes I check yesterday, I was posting elsewhere, and at my nearest the price is 99p/litre so a 10kg would be £20 to fill.

This is of course much less than my £42 Gaslight refill but even so will take me, with my low usage, many many years to even break even and if I then factor in the cost of having to go out of my way-I use the Inland Revenue car allowance of 45p/mile to quickly calculate costs-then its a complete non starter for me.

So, like may things, what seems a 'no brainer' for some may be anything but for others.

Re the OP and obtaining a cylinder, I would scour the small ads-ebay, Gumtree, and recycling centres etc-to source a cylinder which I could then exchange rather than pay the hire charge.

Facebook Marketplace is another very popular source of gas bottles. Don't forget you do not need to obtain the identical bottle for your needs as long as it in the same group.  You can for example exchange a 4.5kg butane for a 6kg propane.

Curent typical price of LPG at the pumps is 65p per litre if you can get it.

peedee

One of the reasons that prompted many people to go for refillable route was the impossibility of swapping cylinders whilst abroad with the exception of Camping Gaz. People used to buy French or Spanish cylinders but I am sure that was a faff. Refillables solved that problem and it seemed to me that LPG was more widely available certainly in France. Be interesting to know if the same issues of site closing is also true abroad? I have looked at refillables but they have never seemed to be cost effective for the amount of gas that I use even when we went for two months at a time. We rarely go off grid so another reason not to bother. Fortunately I have two full 6kgs Calor bottle so should be OK for this year and maybe next depending on "events" 

David

The days of roadside LPG filling stations must surely be numbered because of the current villification of internal combustion engines. Even gas central heating for homes is now being targeted.

Our saviour seems to be the acceptance of bottled gas being used for temporary and mobile services.  I just wonder at how big a furore will be created when gas for "patio" use is targeted . . . ?

Hi PD, just had a look on mylpg website.
There are 3 fill points shown in Cornwall with one charging 79p/l and the others both 99p/l.

Apparently Safefill at the moment are not selling direct to the public.