Should I Buy a Refillable Gas Bottle?

[Dannco75]

Looking to buy gas for our MH. Would people recommend refillable? We're planning on using it most weekends

 

[Phill D]

It really depends on how and where you use the vehicle.

If you use sites that have ehu and only the occasional cl or wild without ehu then refillable may not be cost effective.

However, if you mostly use off grid stops then refillable is probably for you.

It is certainly cheaper on gas , but as I say it really depends on how much you will use over a 12 month.

 

[Dannco75]

It really depends on how and where you use the vehicle.

If you use sites that have ehu and only the occasional cl or wild without ehu then refillable may not be cost effective.

However, if you mostly use off grid stops then refillable is probably for you.

It is certainly cheaper on gas , but as I say it really depends on how much you will use over a 12 month.

Am I right in thinking that I'd only need to buy the bottle once and then I can just refill it as and when I fancy?

I don't really like the idea of potentially going on trips without knowing how much gas is there.

Just spend 100 or however much on a bottle once instead of 30 or 40 each time?

 

[Lenny HB]

Yep, once bought the bottles are yours fill up as and when. Essential for foreign touring..
I've already filled up 3 times this year with about 100lt approx 50kg, hate to think how much that would have cost with exchange bottles.

 

[Dannco75]

Yep, once bought the bottles are yours fill up as and when. Essential for foreign touring..
I've already filled up 3 times this year with about 100lt approx 50kg, hate to think how much that would have cost with exchange bottles.

I think I'll go for refillable most likely.
Is safefill the brand to buy?

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[Barti Ddu]

If you have any intention whatsoever to go abroad for more than a week or two, then refillable is the only sensible choice. Easy to fill up with LPG on the continent, but impossible to exchange UK Calor or Flogas cylinders.

 

[barryd]

A few years ago I would say refillable is the way to go unless you are always on hookup and only go on short trips. For the UK at least I think (well for us) its best to have both so I have one Calor and one Gaslow with a filler on the side of the van. The Gaslow is the preferred option but the issue is there are less and less LPG stations these days so its getting harder to fill up and sometimes impossible. In the UK at least we have the best of both worlds as you can always find a Calor bottle but not always an LPG station.

As said, mainland Europe on a long trip Gaslow or your refillable of choice is the way to go.

 

[Lenny HB]

I think I'll go for refillable most likely.
Is safefill the brand to buy?

No, they are a single hole bottle not very good for a perminant install as they have to be filled via the outlet, and you can't fit an external filler.

Gas bank are a 4 hole composite bottle, Gaslow & Gas it are steel bottles and Alugas Aluminium bottles.

 

[Kups]

Gaslow for us everytime. Just invested in a Mopeka tank sensor for very accurate gas level monitoring, superb. https://mopeka.com/

 

[martxer]

I think I'll go for refillable most likely.
Is safefill the brand to buy?

I opted for safefill as I didn’t fancy drilling holes in a new van.

Happy with the bottles so far very light so easy on the payload and you can see how much gas is in the bottle by shining a light through the bottle.

I chose safefill as the cost to have gas low installed and the need for a gas bottle urgently made safefill the easy choice for me. Having an install like gas low makes filling more convenient. Go for what suits your needs best .

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[jumar]

22 litre refillable lasts us from 10 to 15 days in the winter months...running fridge, hob, heating and hot water..
In the summer it's just the fridge and hot water..

 

[CaptainPaul]

I've got 2 brand new gaslow gas bottles for sale both never used or fitted & both have easy view level sensors fitted 1 is 11kg (rrp £200) 1 is 8kg (rrp £190) I'll let them both go for £200 all You'll need after that is the hoses and filler cap.... bargain
Problem is im in Ireland and not sure how I can send these across the shuck (presuming your in Angleterre? ) but if you can think of how to shift them they're yours for 200 quid

 

[Jev88]

Note that free standing refills are now banned at Flogas depots and some other sites. Fill port on vehicle is still okay.
In your shoes I would go one refill and one ordinary Flogas or Calor. Best of both.

 

[hja]

We have gaslow with exterior fill point. Gas is cheaper, bottle doesn’t need to be empty to refill like an exchange cylinder does. No lugging heavy gas bottles in and out of maybe difficult spots. We only camp in uk and don’t have problems filling up. We might fill at home because we do have a garage in town or we fill on our travels using the mylpg app. Last summer filled at a lorry depot which was great, they filled for me and the gas was even cheaper. Our cylinder has a dial on top which while not wonderfully accurate does give an idea of how much is in there.

 

[Pausim]

I think I'll go for refillable most likely.
Is safefill the brand to buy?

I have a Safefill and regret buying it. On its third fill the 80% cut off failed and the cylinder overfilled. I had to get advice from Basildog on how to release the excess gas. If I can contrive a visit to N Yorkshire I will get a proper system installed. I suggest you talk to Autogas 2000 about your options.

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[guy b]

Gaslow all the way. No issue at all abroad unless you don’t have an external filling point.
Very simple to fit yourself as well. Worst bit is drilling a 57mm hole in the side of the gas locker

 

[NR]

100%

 

[barryd]

I have a Safefill and regret buying it. On its third fill the 80% cut off failed and the cylinder overfilled. I had to get advice from Basildog on how to release the excess gas. If I can contrive a visit to N Yorkshire I will get a proper system installed. I suggest you talk to Autogas 2000 about your options.

Yep. Charlie and his team are the best for sure.

 

[Neil S]

I think I'll go for refillable most likely.
Is safefill the brand to buy?

I had Safefill but changed to Gaslow , reason being that I was finding more LPG stations were refusing the filling of standalone gas cylinders .

 

[Lenny HB]

I've got 2 brand new gaslow gas bottles for sale both never used or fitted & both have easy view level sensors fitted 1 is 11kg (rrp £200) 1 is 8kg (rrp £190) I'll let them both go for £200 all You'll need after that is the hoses and filler cap.... bargain
Problem is im in Ireland and not sure how I can send these across the shuck (presuming your in Angleterre? ) but if you can think of how to shift them they're yours for 200 quid



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Might be a problem I don't think any carrier will take them you can only ship new unused ones even then via very few carriers.

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[CaptainPaul]

Might be a problem I don't think any carrier will take them you can only ship new unused ones even then via very few carriers.

Yea I think your right Lenny, hence I haven't stuck them up on our classifieds section here on the site, but a bargain if someone was either over here on holiday or lived here

 

[LostInSpace]

If you use sites that have ehu and only the occasional cl or wild without ehu then refillable may not be cost effective.

Convenience is more important than cost effectiveness.

I don't really like the idea of potentially going on trips without knowing how much gas is there.

We have 3 Safefill. Only go on short trips with the lowest bottle.

 

[LostInSpace]

I have a Safefill and regret buying it. On its third fill the 80% cut off failed and the cylinder overfilled. I had to get advice

We only ever fill them from empty - and specify 18 litres, please.

 

[Phill D]

Convenience is more important than cost effectiveness.

Only if you have the financial means to support your convenience.
And
A ready meal is more convenient than home made is that a more important choice!

 

[Brains]

If you intend on touring on mainland Europe for more than 2 weeks, then you need a refillable system.

Talk to Autogas2000 in Thirsk about the best option for your needs and requirements.
The benchmark system is a double Gaslow system, but there are other options.

Whilst refilling LPG in the UK is getting harder, there are still hundreds of outlets.
The MyLPG.EU app will tell you the local ones and the current price of LPG.

It does not matter if there are none near you, as you simply fill up when needed, hundreds of miles from home, as, with twin bottles, you would have a week or two's warning that you needed to fill up.
(A bit like the AdBlu waning, that you 'only' have 1,500 miles left before you need to fill up)

We have one Gaslow, one Calor bottle set up "just in case".
After 5 years of carrying around the Calor bottle and never using it, I have now switched it on to empty it over the next few weeks and bought a smaller Gaslow bottle to replace it as my backup.

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[Burge]

I've got 2 brand new gaslow gas bottles for sale both never used or fitted & both have easy view level sensors fitted 1 is 11kg (rrp £200) 1 is 8kg (rrp £190) I'll let them both go for £200 all You'll need after that is the hoses and filler cap.... bargain
Problem is im in Ireland and not sure how I can send these across the shuck (presuming your in Angleterre? ) but if you can think of how to shift them they're yours for 200 quid



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I wished I was coming over to Ireland I would purchase those from you

 

[CaptainPaul]

I wished I was coming over to Ireland I would purchase those from you

If they're not sold (very possible as I'm not really trying to sell them) but if not I could maybe throw them in the van for you when I'm next travelling through Blighty and arrange to get them to you

 

[Burge]

I have 1 Gaslow 6kg bottle & was thinking of getting rid of my Propane 6kg & adding another Gaslow, looking around at over £100 + for one bottle so yours are a great buy for someone

 

[Burge]

If they're not sold (very possible as I'm not really trying to sell them) but if not I could maybe throw them in the van for you when I'm next travelling through Blighty and arrange to get them to you

That sounds a possibility hopefully someone will buy them off you.

 

[GoCoeGo]

I have just gone with one Gasbank Duo 11kg, and a calor as backup. So far I'm very happy with it. The duo has the direct fill point.. Be sure to buy the adapter for it e.g bayonet.