Refillable Gas Systems

Well done Pippah- looks like it might be a busy thread! Can we get a bit off glue on it? 

Safefill latest: for LPG Stations, please refer to mylpg.eu this site is taking over the Safefill maps etc and when it happens , they will be putting a note that a particular site in Safefill friendly. Ullswater Road Garage in Penrith is one such site which is not shown on the Safefill map but is Safefill friendly- I know. I've just filled up there!!

Can we not have a sticky thread that lists LPG friendly refill locations, Locals, Petrol Stations, Services etc (as we get to know about them, independent of mylpg.eu/Safefill etc)

Both gas bottles and fixed tanks (don't want to upset anyone)

It would be useful to have that information in one thread instead of looking through loads of posts trying to filter out the information

Just a thought

Having considered safefill for quite sometime and seeing the change of rules regarding filling them, I called in at Morrisons at Catcliffe in Sheffield but couldn't get a positive response because the manager was on holiday. However I hen went to the Shell Station on Handsworth Road and there the manager said ok as long as as he saw the bottle first, so with that I said I was going to buy one, that was when he said he might be able to get me a better deal on one and made a phone call. That was when things went pear shape as the person he was talking too was the head of Health&Safety and the result was he had 6 calls that day all asking the same thing and company policy was a complete blanket ban on filling all cylinders, so I then thought that was the end onf me having Safefill as I wasn't happy about doing a 30mile round trip to fill it. I had already been in touch with Safefill about the problem and they said they would take it up with Shell, but what I wasn't aware of was that my wife and granddaughter had bought me a 10k Safefill and took it to fill it up 15l at around £10 and the other bit of good news is that it fits in my front locker - Just!!!

Yes Brayford do take the bottles round the back, no I don't think they let you take your van round yourself.

It's thanks to our friend Mr Calor that they moved to pump to the rear of the building. Remember when it was at the front but never seemed to work. Mr Calor didn't like them having the pump.

There is an alternative supplier locally,  Church Farm, Main Street, South Scarle.

BTW. Was at Ambergate Caravans last week and had a good discussion about Safefill bottles as they are not happy with Calor.

They have the lites as No Longer Available, that's what started the conversation.

Calor have shot themselves in the foot by stopping calor lite, as it has made lots of people look at other options.  Safefill, Gaslow, Gas-it, Alugas and other makes are more attractive when you think that Calor are going to give you nothing back for the Calor Lites, but will charge a premium for their new bottles - when they come available.

Thanks Pippah45 for starting this - great minds and all that

Indeed it's a thread needing a sticky, lots of useful info already.

Richard

Yes I do remember when it was out of commission - several times - can they really feel that threatened by a few caravanners filling up?  Perhaps they make so much money on small cylinders that they can afford to supply the chicken farms at 20p a litre?  The world is going mad! 

Thanks I mentioned Church Farm when I first got my Safefill - although last time I drove down that road I didn't see the sign - but my eyes could have been on the road! 

I feel that some people worry too much about where to refill - but perhaps they are very heavy users - I have always been back home before needing a refill but of course none of us have the same need.  And I admit I haven't gone off grid much in winter either - but all news seems positive on the refilling front. 

Great minds indeed H!  But so many people suggested a thread was started - I thought I would get on with it - a few minutes before you did!