Gas bottle options

I think I would fit a Flo gas bottle, I certainly would not rely on Calor who are withdrawing from the smaller bottle market.

peedee

I agree, Flo gas if you can get a contract on a new bottle. If not then start searching e-bay, Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace for an empty you can take in for a refill.

Calor are stepping back from the Leisure market and Flo gas appear to be taking up the slack.

Colin

You could also consider a Safefill, especially if you plan to travel abroad.  But as others have said, Flogas is a better bet than Calor, they also do the Flogas Light.

As far as I can see, Flogas is available to order online for delivery at home.  Does anybody know what fitting it takes?  Would it be the same as Calor?

As far as I'm aware they use the POL fitting which I think is the same as Calor.  

https://www.flogas.co.uk/product/long-hose-assembly?c=cylinder-accessories#features

Thanks for that.  Seems the way to go.

I thought somebody might say that one 6kg bottle was not enough, however, Wildax have gone "gasless" in the sense that the fridge is a very efficient compressor unit, 12 volts only, and the heating is dual diesel/electric.  There is a very large solar panel as standard so gas is for cooking only. 6kg will last us a couple of years! Safefill and Gaslow are options but at £200 or so initial cost compared with around £80 they would not pay for themselves for some time.

Interesting.  Is there a lithium battery fitted to compliment the large SP and keep the fridge going?

A Lithium battery is an extra but I checked the power consumption of the fridge and it is very low, estimated over 2 days if used by itself with no top-up. Solar panel is standard 160 Watts.

The supplier of Wildax underslung LPG tanks has ceased trading and LPG filling stations are in decline, hence the move to electric and diesel.

Thanks for that.  I think I would be rather concerned that the SP and standard battery would not be able to cope without assistance.

Do know that you can get an underslung tank fitted by after market suppliers such as Autogas 2000.

The 6kg cylinder https://www.flogas.co.uk/product/6kg-propane-gas-cylinder#features is the screw fitting.

The 5kg lightweight  https://www.flogas.co.uk/product/5kg-gaslight?c=all-cylinders#details takes the 27mm clip-on

Colin