Astro76 replied on 31/08/2016 22:17
Posted on 31/08/2016 22:17
HI all.
I've just bought my first caravan and will be taking delivery in a couple of weeks. At the end of october my first holiday (week long) is already booked.
That said, I know that the caravan will need a couple of gas bottles. Having done a little bit of research (and using knowledge gained over years) I'm rulling out Butane, as I don't like that it doesn't work well when it's cold. As I'm interesting in getting away in the winter, I need to have something that will cope with low temperatures.
This leaves me with a few options. I'm looking for large bottles of gas for my caravan, and there is a couple of options that I know about....
Calor lite or Safe fill.
I don't know how much these bottles will cost, or if I'll need to have two bottles straight away (if they're expensive, one bottle might be enough for now with me getting the second later on, the site does have electric hookup, so I'm only likley to use the gas for cooking)
I"m not sure what the best way to go would be, both options are my first thoughts.
What I'm looking for here is what other people think about these and maybe other options that I've not thought about. My thoughts are initial costs for the bottles, and on going runnning costs. For example, I know that a Safefill bottle is something like £150 ish when I looked, but if the Calor lite are much cheaper it might be a much better solution. Also what about the weight, is the safefill lighter than the calor lite? What about other bottle types? (btw, I'm thinking about the big bottles 6Kg I think)
Astro76
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