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 14/07/2016 19:43
Our gas bottle ran out this week, we haven't had to buy one for a while we were charged £18 for a 6kg bottle, assume that is about right?
.If it is the standad..6kg i would think so the lightweight is higher priced ,if J Kernow is still on he should be able to give an up to date price,
Calor must have made a real killing in the last months,as LPG is a by product of oil but the price of their gas has not followed,
Posted on 14/07/2016 19:52
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
A no brainer because we will be saving money after 2 years. I intend to be camping for a darn sight longer than that.
Surprised there was any confusion but I am happy to provide clarification.
Posted on 14/07/2016 21:18
I have a 10 kg Safefill which ran my fridge, cooking etc for over 3 weeks and cost £7.20 to refill as it was not quite empty. LPG is costing about 57p per litre or £1.14 per kg. The equivalent gas in Calorlite is about £3.42 per kg. Because I was not using an EHU I also saved £4.40 on site fees per night. The best bit though was that we could pitch near the beach as we did not need to be wired to an EHU.
Posted on 15/07/2016 10:07
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
A no brainer because we will be saving money after 2 years. I intend to be camping for a darn sight longer than that.
Surprised there was any confusion but I am happy to provide clarification.
cheers, i guess that was the case....perhaps if your post had said 'only' two years i wouldnt have appeared so dense...
Posted on 15/07/2016 10:09
I have a 10 kg Safefill which ran my fridge, cooking etc for over 3 weeks and cost £7.20 to refill as it was not quite empty. LPG is costing about 57p per litre or £1.14 per kg. The equivalent gas in Calorlite is about £3.42 per kg. Because I was not using an EHU I also saved £4.40 on site fees per night. The best bit though was that we could pitch near the beach as we did not need to be wired to an EHU.
Win, win, win!
Posted on 15/07/2016 10:21
To some, 10 fill ups might take 10 years, then it's probably not worth it unless not supporting Calor attracts. To those that like to camp off grid for part of the year that time will be dramatically less and in our case under 2 years.
My calculation does not take into account anyone having to purchase new Calor cylinders or the residual value of the Safefill.
If a 13kg Calor is the cylinder of choice then it will take longer to break even as that has commercial pricing applied to it as it is used by builders etc.. It's on the "caravanners" 6kg that Calor really charges way over the top because untill recently there was little competition and caravan manufacturers tend to make the gas lockers too small for a 13kg. GOTCHA!
Bob2112
Caravanner