Calor bottles discontinued

https://www.calor.co.uk/cylinder-range-faq

I’ve made the link live, Paul.

It’s going to hit some vanners hard although others will be able to swap to another size or may move away from Calor.

I, like a lot of campervan owners, have a gas locker which was designed by the converter around a certain size of gas bottle. My locker fits 2 x  3.9kg calor propane bottles under a seat. Calor's guidance to buy bigger (6kg) bottles is taking the mickey.

Could the club, or some members give a comprehensive guide to alternatives and refillable systems for those of us with fixed, small lockers and to cover things like the connectors/adapters etc and availability of supplies/retailers allowing refilling?

There will be a great number of people for whom a shift to 6kg bottles isn't feasible. 

Thanks. 

 

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Just look up Flogas stockists near you and go and talk to them - instead of asking the Club do the legwork for you.

I just posted this as a reply on the subject on another forum:-

When you read through in full this is not good news. The 6kg Calorlite Propane has been a favourite of many owners. For several years this has been hard to get and now you can see it is definitely for the chop if you scan down to point 3. They are suggesting a standard 3.9kg or 6kg Propane. Point 11 states "Our cylinder range is under constant review. We have no plans at present for a new light weight cylinder. "
3.9kg Propane - 340 height x 240 diameter - 4.1 to 8.6 kg empty - 9 to 10.5kg full
6.0kg Propane - 495 height x 256 diameter - 7.3 to 10.9 kg empty - 15-17kg full
As an example my 6kg CalorLite weighs 4.15kg empty and 10.52kg full
The logical change will be to a FloGas 6kg,

https://www.flogas.co.uk/product/6kg-propane-gas-cylinder

Colin

Gaslow do a small refillable. I'm not sure of the exact dimensions, as do Safefill. The latter 305 dia. 384H

Keep an eye on developments. B&Q have cancelled their contracts with Calor over this, as it seriously affects BBQ sales.  Goodness knows what they are thinking. 

Other thing is, if you have the bottles (we have 3 x 3.9kg) don’t forget to ask for the deposit back when they are handed in😡

 

Details of the small Gaslow refillable cylinders mentioned by CY can be found >here< They also do a direct fill cylinder more suited to caravaners

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I thought there we be a catch, we certainly couldn’t, as you say, years old and from all sorts of sources. Typical really☹️

We have a big Calor outlet near us, probably need to have a chat about alternatives. We only have older outfits, van and MH, so I wonder how much of an issue it might be for newer outfits. 6kg are too big for our gas locker.