Calor 6kg

[Landy Andy]

You’d be surprised how many Calor cylinders there are at scrap yards. I was.

 

[Bonsaiman]

Does anybody know can you exchange a 6kg lite for a regular 6kg without any paperwork
TIA

 

[Bleau’s]

Exchanging a 6kg lite for a normal 6kg can be done without any paperwork

 

[Basildog]

I can understand that they will be short on cylinders as many many homes I work at have them, unused in their gardens. But if calor gave the money back, or at least a decent amount the cylinders would be returned. Supermarkets worked this out a long time ago.

Not sure why people expect a refund on their cylinder, they are basically paying a hire change .
I can see exactly why Calor has no interest in the leisure sector it’s too seasonal and too much trouble for the relatively small number of cylinders that are sold .

 

[Landy Andy]

Because when you hire something you return it. When you don’t get your money back and don’t return something, it’s called buying.

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[Whitebirdyman]

If the original poster does not want your spare, I’m happy to buy it from you.

I didn't get a response to my offer from the OP so I will message you.

 

[snowbirds]

Exchanging a 6kg lite for a normal 6kg can be done without any paperwork

You don't need paperwork as they cannot replace like for like and Calorlite is being withdrawn by Calor so any supplier should exchange for normal 6kg.I exchanged mine last month with out any problem at a builders merchants. If you have problems call Calor direct.

 

[Baggydave]

Hi
ive got two flo gas calor type bottles 6kg I no longer need. One is full & other used just a little. Our new van has refillable system. East sussex area. Also have a calor lite bottle & a set of filling adaptors going spare.

 

[VXman]

I don’t know anything about refillable bottles. What size are they and how does it work? Also what is the cost?

There are a few types available. I have a Gaslow bottle (see link below). All you need is a bottle, a appropriate hose to link to your current regulator and a filling point. You can have an external fill point so you don't have to open the gas locker.

Then go to a garage that sells LPG and fill up. To fill my 13kg is costs about £15 so a lot cheaper than Calor. If you use it a lot you will make back the cost of buying the bottle/install. Very useful if you travel in Europe as you don't need to worry about buying suitable bottles or connector hoses over there. (calor not available in Europe).

Downside is it's not always easily available in the UK but if never had a problem. There is an app to help you find LPG suppliers.

Gaslow R67 11kg Refillable Cylinder 1 with Level Gauge

The Gaslow R67 11kg Refillable Cylinder 1 is especially designed to meet the French R67 Gas Tank Standards. Gaslow have always held the view that the Gaslow Bottles are considered as "Cylinders" and therefore they are manfacturered to the cylinder standard EN1442:2006. Gaslow were not just alone...

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[Elsie2010]

We've just posted in classifieds our bottles....we paid £70 per 6kg, ee had 5 in total, which included £45 cylinder surcharge per one as at the time we didn't have any to swap being our first van for ourselves and our parents - between us, we have 3 full and 2 empties (the latter may have some in but as we have used them a fair bit, we are classing as empty)

So if anyone's struggling, they're in Classifieds

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[tonka]

I can understand that they will be short on cylinders as many many homes I work at have them, unused in their gardens. But if calor gave the money back, or at least a decent amount the cylinders would be returned. Supermarkets worked this out a long time ago.

They did offer a cash back for old cylinders some time ago, £7 seems to come to mind.
However i think you needed to take them into main depots and mine was in the middle of Birmingham so just not viable.
If they offered it via dealers who did the exchange bottles i am sure they would get a lot back

 

[Nanniemate]

They did offer a cash back for old cylinders some time ago, £7 seems to come to mind.
However i think you needed to take them into main depots and mine was in the middle of Birmingham so just not viable.
If they offered it via dealers who did the exchange bottles i am sure they would get a lot back

Don't think their interested as they need to be recycled/disposed of

 

[Landy Andy]

They did offer a cash back for old cylinders some time ago, £7 seems to come to mind.
However i think you needed to take them into main depots and mine was in the middle of Birmingham so just not viable.
If they offered it via dealers who did the exchange bottles i am sure they would get a lot back

Agree. Many gas place’s didn’t want to give you the £7, and when you have paid £49.99 for the cylinder on top of the gas which here is £35, is just a ridiculous rip off.

 

[Elsie2010]

Agree. Many gas place’s didn’t want to give you the £7, and when you have paid £49.99 for the cylinder on top of the gas which here is £35, is just a ridiculous rip off.

We paid £70 for ours, £40 of that was a cylinder surcharge....per cylinder as we didn't have any to swap
Got underslung Gas now so these are surplus to requirements

 

[jockaneezer]

Some scrap yards are now insisting that any "pressure vessels" that you take in (lpg bottles, fire extinguishers etc) have to be cut in half before they'll accept them, they're not happy just having the valves removed.

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[Nanniemate]

Some scrap yards are now insisting that any "pressure vessels" that you take in (lpg bottles, fire extinguishers etc) have to be cut in half before they'll accept them, they're not happy just having the valves removed.

And who's going to cut them in half

 

[Elsie2010]

Spark + gas = brown pants!