Gas bottles

The lightweight calor ones are scarce I believe and full with 6kg gas weigh 1.5kg. The 6kg calor weighs 13kg. I have arthritis in spine and shoulder and choose to use the 3.9kg bottle which is under 10kg and nearly 6'' shorter than the 6kg meaning it is easier to handle. The cut out in the front of the gas locker is designed for the 6kg Calor I use a length of the closed cell pipe insulation around the bottom of the cut out plastic well to make sure that they ride in the centre although not really necessary. 

I think that empirically I found that about half the weight of a gas bottle reacts on the hitch from memory. So two 6kg bottles applies about 13kg to the hitch and two 3.9kg applies 10kg. Not much saving. I think that there is a lightweight. I don't think that I know of any lighter other than safefill 5kg at 8.5kg. But to buy empty nearly £160 each. I use 6 kg a year over 130+ nights so for me the 3.9kg. 

The lightweight calor ones are scarce I believe and full with 6kg gas weigh 1.5kg.

I should have said 11.5kg! Mistype!

I think that there is a lightweight.

I was thinking of gaslight from flogas who do a 5kg gas lightweight but doubt that it is much lighter (if at all) than the 3.9 Calor. Since many sites stock a Calor refill I will stick with that.   

Calorlites are being discontinued and will become increasingly difficult to obtain. Whilst you could pay for a Flogas lightweight, the initial cost, like Calor rentals will go a substantial way to the cost of a refillable Safefill, equally lightweight and with the benefit of a future of buying cheap LPG, which will pay for itself over a reasonably short timescale. It will also enable you to obtain gas whilst abroad, something that neither of the other two options will do.

I use the gaslight from Homebase quite light 10k bottle full weighs in at 15 k,plus you can see the level as you use it around £38 quid last change, but that was around 12 months ago so don't quote me on that price..

There were 4 stores within 15 miles of us to years ago. All now closed

Yeah that has bothered me a bit mate, we've still got two fairly local but when BP stopped doing gaslight Flogas stepped in and franchised Homebase, so lets hope they have something up there sleeve, so to speak..

Safefill, equally lightweight and with the benefit of a future of buying cheap LPG

It depends on your gas usage and particularly so with a caravan as opposed to a motorhome. It would take me around 1,000 nights with  the inconvenience of going off site to refill that will permit refilling refillables. For me that is 8 years with a bottle certified for 10 years. After year 8 I would save around £20 a year. Not worth the effort for me personally

“with the inconvenience of going off site to refill that will permit refilling refillables”

I know! Let’s have LPG pumps on club sites for refilling. 😀

+1, genius TW👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

As far as I can see 120 stores have closed since 2015 but I know that there were some before that.

From newspaper article May 2018 - (I think it was the Independent)

Homebase has been sold for £1 after Australian group Wesfarmers said its purchase of the group two years ago had proved “disappointing”. The DIY chain is being sold to restructuring firm Hilco Capital, which previously bought HMV from its administrators in 2013.25 May 2018