Posted on 22/06/2016 19:16
Just cost me £32 for 2.75 kg of butane. A camping gaz 907 is the only thing that fits in my van but to make matters worse I gave them back 0.75 kg because I needed a full bottle for Silverstone .l don't use much gas and mostly rely on a solar panel but CampingGaz make Dick Turpin look like a benevolent gentleman. Anyone with a campervan got a better solution ?
Posted on 05/09/2016 17:04
I have said before and I say again- if we want cheaper gas - much cheaper gas- then it's up to us, the little guy. By sheer weight of numbers of people calling to fill Safefill cylinders garages will, one by one realise that they can't hold the flood back any longer and won't want to! They want to sell gas!! Well, with over a million caravanners- that's just caravanners- do we really think that filling won't become easier in the future? No- who in their right mind doesn't want to sell lots of what they sell?? Keep buying Safefill cylinders folks and do yourself a favour and everyone else who has been ripped off on exchange cylinder for years!! The future is here!!
I think that is very wishful thinking.
Access to LPG for our refillable cylinders it is only available because we piggy-back on its use in cars, once that goes so will the distribution infrastructure.
Most caravanners/motor-home LPG users only buy a small fraction of the number of litres of LPG as they do of diesel or petrol; how can we believe that turnover could remotely support its distribution?
Posted on 05/09/2016 17:40
Maybe we need some caravan dealers to install LPG pumps, then we can top up there! It is quite possible to get a small tank (1000L) installed with an autogas nozzle attached... Doesn't need to be a big forecourt setup! Maybe I will pop into mine some time and ask them what they think!!
Posted on 05/09/2016 17:50
I know a factory a few miles away with it's own LPG pump to fill their fork lift trucks.
Now that has given me an idea
Worth a try!!
Even after LPG is dead for cars, I think it will still be going for domestic/commercial properties with the associated distribution network etc.
Posted on 05/09/2016 20:21
Replenished my Safefill 7.5kg on way back from Norfolk....£5.77... laughing all the way home ....
There is a slightly better feeling.... filling up, and driving away from a place that has a well known gas company's name emblazended on everything... I'm not going to name names (or places) though!!
Posted on 05/09/2016 20:44
If you are right, that could be problematic for some M/homers who only have built in propane tanks.
if refillable ever became 'problematic', Id just revert to whatever was available in the market i was in at the time...
as it is, I'll probably take a Spanish bottle when next in spain, just in case....
however, over there, Repsol and Cepsa seem to be increasing the number of LPG equipped fuel stations, and getting LPG at many French supermarkets is still straightforward....
as ever in these things, the UK errs on the cautious side and is often behind the curve rather than ahead of it....
Bob2112
Caravanner