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 07/09/2016 08:58
I would have thought there are others covering those areas, it is probably just a case of knowing who they are. I am fortunate in that my local garage sells LPG currently at 48.9p.l. and I know of three others within 12 miles.
peedee
Write your comments here...but how often do you top up peedee?
Posted on 07/09/2016 09:23
I would have thought there are others covering those areas, it is probably just a case of knowing who they are. I am fortunate in that my local garage sells LPG currently at 48.9p.l. and I know of three others within 12 miles.
peedee
Write your comments here...but how often do you top up peedee?
...i only top up my wife's Fiat 500 (with a full tank at just over £30) every 10 days or so.....so Sainsbury dont make much out of me...
however, there are many other cars that need fuel...
in the same way, many vans need gas, not filling very often, but Shell and Esso are still happy to pick up many small transactions on LPG....
as i said, several supermarket chains in France have LPG pumps at virtually all their outlets alongside their normal fuel pumps.
yes, the demand has to be there to support the investment, but at the moment, customers are loathe to consider refillable, preferring the 'safety' of a £25 exchange....
Posted on 07/09/2016 09:35
just to add, it also depends on how/where you tour....
some can tour all over europe, stay on sites with ehu all the time and hardly turn their gas on....
however, we have a MH which we use for impromptu stopping, aires, countryside, the odd supermarket, where we use gas for our cooking and hot water...
so, i have a system that allow us to top up our gas (with as much or as little as i like, and wherever its convenient) anywhere in europe....exchange bottles would be a pain as you cross borders....
Posted on 07/09/2016 09:40
just to add, it also depends on how/where you tour....
some can tour all over europe, stay on sites with ehu all the time and hardly turn their gas on....
however, we have a MH which we use for impromptu stopping, aires, countryside, the odd supermarket, where we use gas for our cooking and hot water...
so, i have a system that allow us to top up our gas (with as much or as little as i like, and wherever its convenient) anywhere in europe....exchange bottles would be a pain as you cross borders....
Write your comments here...same here BB however I still say that it is not worth the expense to isntall a lpg pump just in case the odd M/Her or caravanner pop in for £7 worth of gas. I know that if I install a diesel and petrol pump 99.9% of the vehicles that go by need my service but for lpg its only 0.01% of vehicles and then they only need my service say 3 times a year, maybe less and then they are going to buy say 20l whereas a vehicle filling the petrol/diesel tank its going to be 30-90 litres depending on the car and they will do this 12 times a year maybe more.
Posted on 07/09/2016 12:44
Write your comments here...but how often do you top up peedee?
So far this year I have only topped up 3 times and have only used half my average consumption but I have not been out in the winter yet. My average consumption per year is 158 litres or 79Kgms. The average number of times top up visits is 6.75 times per year.
Well you did ask!
peedee
Posted on 07/09/2016 13:16
I actually don't care how much I pay for gas! I buy it when I need it. Rarely go off grid but, even if I did, I'd still buy it when I needed it and wouldn't bother about the cost. We've invested in our caravan to enjoy it and wouldn't baulk at the cost when it came to using it.
Bob2112
Caravanner