No Calor Gas bottles

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I wonder too but assume its a motorhome thing all this gas.

Probably because they are more mobile and tend to stopover in places without electricity more than caravans. I have had Gaslow systems in both my motorhomes and they have more than paid for themselves in terms of consumption and convenience over 20 plus years of use.

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We bought a used outfit on Monday and were warned by the dealer that cylinders were not easy to get - sure enough all retail suppliers are ‘refill-only’, Calor have said there are no new-issue cylinders being made available for now until who knows when.

I managed to find a 6kg propane Calor with a decent amount left in it on Facebook Marketplace - a Facebook acquaintance has also said they have an empty one I can have, so I should be OK now but for a while it was looking bleak.

Then all the sites are booked up and awnings are all out of stock... this lark needs some planning!

In my case, our decision to go to Safefill was really to do with the weight of the cylinders rather than the cost, now they it is more difficult to get calorlite.  In reality, the cost maybe, at best, quite similar over a ten year period, as we don't use a lot of gas - but then, could be quite difficult to work out with any degree of accuracy.  However, if you add in the cost of replacing a caravan axle because of possibly overloading the caravan, it may perhaps, be the more economical option??   At least I have a local source of refilling my cylinders, so the current shortage/ problem of swapping a calor cylinder has been overcome by swapping to Safefill.  They have also assured me that they have every intention to continue to refill Safefill cylinders because of the investment they have made in installing the system.

David

I've just looked up the Safefill system - looks interesting.  As an aside I was close to the development of the BP Gas Light cylinders for a while - an innovation I was pretty excited about back then.  I do recall there was one small issue with them, that being the evaporative cooling effect on gas pressure; in use the cylinder would cool down to a point that the LPG wouldn't evaporate readily enough to maintain decent pressure.  This was really only an issue for high-flow use, like a patio heaters - with metal cylinders being thermally conductive this is mitigated somewhat by environmental heating but the thermally-insulated composite cylinders do not allow this.

Also, I believe the Calor cylinder shortage is not affecting refills/swaps - they are still out there to be had, it is affecting new users who want 'in' on the racket.

We picked up our caravan in April and still haven't managed to find somewhere that will supply a Calor 6kg bottle. Some places have them as exchanges but have been told by Calor not to sell bottles to new customers. Has anyone else had this problem and found a solution? We also had the same response from a Flogas dealer.

If you are just starting out, consider a refillable, particularly if you plan on going abroad. If you use any significant amount of gas, it will pay for itself over time.

Perhaps pick one up on eBay or similar. Although given there scarcity they might be fetching a premium price. When we switched to refillables 3 years ago, I gave ours away, and they weren’t even empty.

Just had a browse on line and there are a few 6kg Propane bottles (£80 seems to be the going rate) up for sale, I guess you would need to collect but I was wondering what Calor would say about that.

I haven't read the ins & outs of a Calor contract but I am sure that you never own a Calor cylinder and I would be surprised if Calor allow you to transfer the contract to someone else for a fee.