Calor gas - price

orian

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I have just purchased a Calor gas 7kg butane refill from our local petrol garage. A few months ago I was charged £15.99, today I asked them to double check the price, it was £20.99.:mad::eek:

I considered Gaslow last year and decided not to install it because I use diesel for heating. I think it is time to part company with Calor. Any thoughts?
 
Just been the local camping shop and got a 6kg calor lite refill £19:eek: but the last one lasted us well we have had it on since july and done a lot of camping including 3weeks in france .

Mike
 
BP light

ALL these gas-selling companies have only one trouble: to make it the customer as hard as they can get it. :mad:
I tought I found the sollution for gas problems in Scandinavia: BP-light.:eek:
Saw these bottles in France last year: lighter than a steel one; plastic and you can see how much is left in the bottle. Only: scarcely available in Belgium, but OK in the UK, Netherlands, France, Danmark, Sweden, Portugal .... (no problem I'll buy one only 30km away in Holland) BUT: you cannot swap these bottle in Scandinavia nor Portugal and other countries for they have another valve mounted on the same bottle !
Didn't those smartheads ever heard of one standard system mounted on all bottles with adaptors when needed ? :rolleyes: Nowadays these bottles, altough they are the same cannot be changed from one country to another.:mad: You only have to buy a new bottle (deposit ..) and trow away the empty one !!!
Shame: the EU at his worst :mad:
 
Phew, glad I bit the bullet and installed a gaslow system in January after some very good advice from this site. I havent looked back, it is quick easy and a damn sight cheaper than that price :eek:
I have a 6kg and an 11kg bottle, we dont let them both empty but the most it has cost on a fill up is £15 ish so far

Get on the Gaslow you know it makes sense ;)
 
Hazy-thoughts said:
Phew, glad I bit the bullet and installed a gaslow system in January after some very good advice from this site. I havent looked back, it is quick easy and a damn sight cheaper than that price :eek:
I have a 6kg and an 11kg bottle, we dont let them both empty but the most it has cost on a fill up is £15 ish so far

Get on the Gaslow you know it makes sense ;)
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This makes sense Hazy,
However, you'll have to get different adaptors to fit in LPG-stations in several countries on the continent. (Netherlands have te UK coupling, Belgium the Italian, France the German.....and the others don't know.:eek:). What a nonsense. Why do they make it easy if they can make it difficult ? :mad:
 
Belgian said:
This makes sense Hazy,
However, you'll have to get different adaptors to fit in LPG-stations in several countries on the continent. (Netherlands have te UK coupling, Belgium the Italian, France the German.....and the others don't know.:eek:). What a nonsense. Why do they make it easy if they can make it difficult ? m:mad:[/QUOoTE]

I arctually got a couple of adaptors Fwhen I had the system installed Belgian. From memory one is a French and Spanish connector, and the other one is a "European" which covers almost every other possible countries that we would look to visit :)
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You've been charged for the next size bottle, I've just bought a 13kg Propane bottle ready for our trip to Holland and it's the same price as last year... £20.99!!!! And that's from a different garage to last year.

Flo-gas is slightly cheaper than Calor but with less outlets!
 
The man from Flea bay, he says YES!!:rolleyes:

(£21.25 ! not for a long time)
 
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I just subscribed to the Auto-Gas website and bought a map. prices are as low as 42p a litre. I usually pay 59p a litre, 55p being the cheapest since last year.

Go Galow, it only hurts in the beginning.
 
Thanks to everyone for their useful comments. I have checked local suppliers and the best price I have found is £18.08.
As I purchased the gas from a Total garage I have now taken up the matter witheir Head Office.
 
orian said:
I have just purchased a Calor gas 7kg butane refill from our local petrol garage. A few months ago I was charged £15.99, today I asked them to double check the price, it was £20.99.:mad::eek:

I considered Gaslow last year and decided not to install it because I use diesel for heating. I think it is time to part company with Calor. Any thoughts?
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I bought my last gas bottle from the local Morrisons garage when i handed them my morrisons loyalty card the assistant said sorry no points for bottled gas as this money goes straight to calor,so it sounds like your supplier is adding a little extra profit on for themselves,Andy.
 
Mine was from Total at Daventry, that's £20.99 for 13kg on Propane - perhaps Butane is dearer??
 
Filled up my bottles, 1 x 11 and 1 x 6 gaslow bottles, both nearly empty and I was charged just over £14 for 29 litres which is close to 15 kgs of gas.
I have worked out that by the end of next year I will start ti save a fortune on gas having saved the installation price.
I was at my dealers a couple of weeks ago and the system price has gone up substantially, so I am so glad i took the plunge when I did, My first reason for installing was a long standing back problem that meant i always sought help to put the new bottles in my locker but now I am just so happy the calor bandits are not getting any more of my hard earned cash:D:D;)
 
Hi Rick,

I'm intrigued! Both my partner and I have dodgy backs and the idea of not having to hump heavy bottles around fills me with joy :) but I don't understand what is different with the Gaslow system. :confused: Apologies if I'm being thick (it's late and I'm full of flu) but could you explain please?

Mujisan
 
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The Gaslow system has refillable bottles piped into a fitting on the side of your M/H similar to a fuel cap on a car.
No need to remove the bottles to refill.
Hope this helps
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idea of cost to install *****?
 
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orian said:
I had a recent quote to fit one 6kg bottle with necessary valves, pipes and filler - £383

Bob
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wow!!!!!!! if only everyone in the world rplied that quick lol,thanks orian!!!!!! think i'll stick to changing my bottles!!!;)
 
if you fill a gaslow system at designated gas site ie not a garage forcourt,tell them its for domestic use and you should get the road duty removed and fill up for aprox 32p a litre.that equates to 3.84 pounds for 6kilo refill
 
orian said:
I have just purchased a Calor gas 7kg butane refill from our local petrol garage. A few months ago I was charged £15.99, today I asked them to double check the price, it was £20.99.:mad::eek:

I considered Gaslow last year and decided not to install it because I use diesel for heating. I think it is time to part company with Calor. Any thoughts?
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Hi Orian,
I also have diesel heating, but this didn't stop me from fitting a Gaslow system. The price difference for the gas fills, will soon pay for the system, if your a regular camper. Had my system for a few years now and no problems, my spine is better also, no lifting of bottles!
The new Gaslow bottles are even lighter in weight now, but more expensive, so if you do go Gaslow, shop around you may still find some of the older cheaper type.
Happy Camping:)
 
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