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 12/07/2016 11:15
I paid £25 at Cadeside last month for a Calorlite.
I paid a pound more at the C&CC site at Chipping Norton. Calor Lite around MK is abit like finding hens teeth so I took the opportunity to buy one when I had the chance. The slightly worrying thing was that the lady in reception said that she had heard a rumour that Calor were thinking of dropping Calor Lite, I sincerely hope that is not the case.
David
Posted on 12/07/2016 11:49
I paid £25 at Cadeside last month for a Calorlite.
around £6 at the pump......
I think if I was starting from scratch, I would probably go the refillable route. As if you have not any cylinders you have to buy them from Calor. However, seeing we have the cylinders it would take ages to pay back the investment, at just one and a half bottles a year. This and the fact Calor are easily exchangable on CC sites, makes it unlikely we will change. However, if you are using gas for your heating I can see the logic. I think it unlikely our Alde would run for more than about 4 days in winter, at £20 to £25 a time that would soon mount up.
Posted on 12/07/2016 18:25
I paid £25 at Cadeside last month for a Calorlite.
around £6 at the pump......
I think if I was starting from scratch, I would probably go the refillable route. As if you have not any cylinders you have to buy them from Calor. However, seeing we have the cylinders it would take ages to pay back the investment, at just one and a half bottles a year. This and the fact Calor are easily exchangable on CC sites, makes it unlikely we will change. However, if you are using gas for your heating I can see the logic. I think it unlikely our Alde would run for more than about 4 days in winter, at £20 to £25 a time that would soon mount up.
i wouldnt try to convince anyone to use refillables, especially if they dont use much gas, but two good things are....no lifting of a full cylinder (an issue for some), and the fact that the kit retains a huge amount of its value down the line if it doesnt work out....they go like hot cakes on ebay....
folk forget this when trying to evaluate overal costs...
similarly, they forget about the rental agreements theyve paid for upfront which make calor (et al) even more expensive....
anyway....enough of this....
Posted on 12/07/2016 21:01
Good point BB. Yes, resale value is always there. I went to look at some Weber BBQ stuff at my local distributor the other day and noticed that on the gas BBQs they were selling BP gaslights. I told them about SF and they didn't even know a refillable cylinder was available! They were very excited about it and we're going to contact Safefill. Some people do a awful lot of outdoor cooking in the summer- if they do it on a gas BBQ, Safefill has to be an option.
Posted on 14/07/2016 10:48
Takes about 10 to 11 fill ups to recoup the cost of an 20 lit (10kg) Safefill. That's if you already have gas bottles and you use 6kg Calor.
It's going to work out about 1.5 to 2.5 years for us to recoup the intial cost so a no brainer
i couldnt decide from your post if this meant it was a no braner to change or not.....
2 years is a very short payback for a system with a lifespan of 15 yrs, and the kit can be sold at anytime to recoup outlay should this be desired (eg stop vanning)
...and every fill after the break even point is around a quarter of the price, and a larger cylinder means less changing of pigtails..etc, etc
Bob2112
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