Propane price

[Outdoors Dad]

Hi peeps, what's a good price for a 6kg popane bottle refill

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Think calor advertise £25.25 for an exchange

 

[n8ess]

Just paid £32 in Derbyshire.

 

[Outdoors Dad]

Oh I feel better just got an exchange for £24

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Oh I feel better just got an exchange for £24

Probably half empty

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[Outdoors Dad]

Theres a point how would we even know?

 

[n8ess]

Wow, mine was from a local garage , don't you just love having your pants pulled down whilst supporting the local community.

 

[Outdoors Dad]

Sometimes those garages are owned by big companies

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Theres a point how would we even know?

Stick it on your bathroom scales ,there is a tare weight on the bottle.

 

[Outdoors Dad]

I won't bother incase it bursts my 'happy bubble' lol

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[nicholsong]

Theres a point how would we even know?

Weigh one you know to be full and use that as a reference for any you subsequently buy and check them - after a few checks you will be able to know if one is full just by lifting it.

 

[Outdoors Dad]

Not a bad idea to estimate what's left in the other bottle

 

[Spriddler]

I've had a couple of underweight Calor cylinders. Note that the Tare weight on the collar is in lbs and ozs.

My experience and Calor's reaction here:

Not just a Calor shortage but short gas weight too. AGAIN!

I recently posted about consistently underweight bottles and Calor's and the local authority Weights and Measures Dep't findings here: https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/weight-of-empty-6kg-calor-propane-cylinder.194810/page-2#post-4490013 However, yesterday I needed a 6kg propane...

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[nicholsong]

With the increase in price of all petro-chemical products the calculation of whether to fit refillable/bottles tanks must be increasingly in favour of re-fillables.

Our old refillable, even at older/lower gas prices has paid its way.

When doing the calculations does anyone take into account of diversion journeys(sometimes fruitless) to Calor agents, when one is out of gas, compared with topping up a refillable when passing a station on one's normal route?

 

[L' Hobo]

When doing the calculations does anyone take into account of diversion journeys(sometimes fruitless) to Calor agents, when one is out of gas, compared with topping up a refillable when passing a station on one's normal route?

No, I always refill it after every trip and, so far, have never run out. It always amazes me just how little my fridge and cooking use.

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[Basildog]

With the increase in price of all petro-chemical products the calculation of whether to fit refillable/bottles tanks must be increasingly in favour of re-fillables.

Our old refillable, even at older/lower gas prices has paid its way.

When doing the calculations does anyone take into account of diversion journeys(sometimes fruitless) to Calor agents, when one is out of gas, compared with topping up a refillable when passing a station on one's normal route?

We sell hundreds of refillable LPG cylinders / tanks and to be honest not many customers are actually interested in cost savings or payback of initial purchase.
Many are purely interested in not having to lift heavy cylinders and for others it’s about the ability to top up .
We are now seeing more customers who are fed up looking for Calor cylinders.
Hopefully things will settle down shortly but I am not seeing any improvement at the moment.

 

[chaser]

We have always had one of each, a gasit and a calor, but in most cases only use the calor in the very occasionally times we have run out with the gasit, and the calor bottle has been around Europe for five years now and still not empty but obviously hasn't been used much this last couple of years.