How much do you pay for your gas ?

£40.50 for 2 x Calor propane 6kg bottles

approx £11 to fill (from empty) my 11kg (22 ltr) gaslow.....

so pumped gas currently around a quarter of the cheap calor example above.

edit: and a third of Crusader's Flogas example. 

...and in percentage terms, its even cheaper the smaller your bottles, as Bob has found out.

many threads around cheap gas on CT, so more info there, just some facts for those....who think they are being ripped off.

its true, for those who use tiny amounts of gas, refillables will take years to pay back.....but its more than about the capital outlay and more about the convenience and not being tied to (and ripped off by) suppliers that charge you a shedload for having the gas pre packaged in a bottle, especially when, like Bob, youre only buying a few ltr.

he was charged £32 for the approx 5 ltr bottle, around £6 per ltr!!!..

..use your own bottle and you only pay for the gas...around £2.50 for Bob to refill at the pump at 50p per ltr...

...1/12th of the cost..........and you can always sell the kit (for a good price) at any time...

BB one thing to remember though is availability of lpg at the pump. We were in Cornwall last weekand found it very hard to locate a garage with a pump even in Plymouth but most stocked bottles so you do need a bit of forward planning and be prepared to detour if you use a refillable system, plus with BP coming out of the market it will only get harder so I  don't think it's fair to say refillable is the only answer. Of course on the other side of the water it may be easier and more pumps available! 

Michael, youre absolutely right...

when in spain, we could use a local bottle as back up...

..this 'approach' can also be used by anyone in the uk with a two-bottle locker, filling up when able but having the 2nd bottle if required....

Michael, youre absolutely right...

when in spain, we could use a local bottle as back up...

..this 'approach' can also be used by anyone in the uk with a two-bottle locker, filling up when able but having the 2nd bottle if required....

Write your comments here... Doesn't really work in a campervan so I guess we just grin and bear it when we need to refill. At least I know that when I turn up in some remote village in Far Far Away the local ironmonger will have a Gaz refill lurking somewhere in his shed. 

In Spain last week on a campsite near Valencia €18 for a Gaz exchange bottle. It had a  proper seal, I think that sometimes they not properly refilled.

£40.50 for 2 x Calor propane 6kg bottles

approx £11 to fill (from empty) my 11kg (22 ltr) gaslow.....

so pumped gas currently around a quarter of the cheap calor example above.

edit: and a third of Crusader's Flogas example. 

...and in percentage terms, its even cheaper the smaller your bottles, as Bob has found out.

many threads around cheap gas on CT, so more info there, just some facts for those....who think they are being ripped off.

its true, for those who use tiny amounts of gas, refillables will take years to pay back.....but its more than about the capital outlay and more about the convenience and not being tied to (and ripped off by) suppliers that charge you a shedload for having the gas pre packaged in a bottle, especially when, like Bob, youre only buying a few ltr.

he was charged £32 for the approx 5 ltr bottle, around £6 per ltr!!!..

..use your own bottle and you only pay for the gas...around £2.50 for Bob to refill at the pump at 50p per ltr...

...1/12th of the cost..........and you can always sell the kit (for a good price) at any time...

Couldnt put it better! It's more than just about cost. To be untied from a dictator and excessive rip off prices is more valuable to me than any worry about  the outlay for a safefill or gas low system. Guess what I voted last week!!!  To be able to fill up and know that I have freed myself from over charging for a cylinder that they have charged another 100+ people for. That alone is worth the outlay! Long live people power!

Recently paid £26 for a 13kg Calor, but am fed up of it and so switched to Safefill. We have done a ready reckoner of costs and savings, payback time etc, and it is here to read if you want it!

Russ

6kg Calor propane - £21.

I could get it 2-3 quid cheaper if I drive 10 miles to Go Outdoors, but why bother?

I paid £25 at Cadeside last month for a Calorlite.

I paid £25 at Cadeside last month for a Calorlite.

around £6 at the pump......