Gas bottles

But £200 for starters.

Gives the flexibility to camp where you wish, on Aires or other stopping places but also the gas is available in any country in Europe..

The initial cost is soon recouped by using a few stop overs rather than sites..and  you have an asset you can sell if it doesn't work out and the gas is a third of the price of bottled gas.

Perhaps not the same for Safefill but with our Gaslow system I don’t need to lift them out of the locker. The savings for my back were worth the cost alone, savings on the gas and ability to fill abroad being an additional bonus.

No argument here. For a motorhome a fitted system makes perfect sense.

For caravaners Safefill make more sense as they can be easily taken to the fill point in the tow car without having to take the caravan with you.

I have had Safefill for a number of years and enjoy the saving in gas prices. I wonder how much longer garages will stock and sell gas enabling refill with the move towards EVs etc. My other reservation regards to the poor quality of the Safefill outer casing which from early on saw the joined sides separate. Also after a refill the valve sticks shut even when the regulator pipe is screwed tight. I have to screw and unscrew the lock nut and let a little gas out after which I can retighten and all is fine. Is Gaslow a better piece of kit?

I too have witnessed many stockists lost to us but what becomes more of a concern is that every time a Calor bottle was filled a check was made on it. This is not so with the removable refillable bottles we fill ourselves and those permanently attached to the motorhome/caravan. These are not checked on MOTs and I’m not sure all habitation services check the integrity of the tanks. Not all of us bother with habitation checks either.

Good points and although i am a Calor user so hopefully am covered by the Calor safety procedures that are in place, In a slightly different context I have been subject to metal corrision e.g. spare wheel slung underneath my Sorento, which, when i came to use it was totally flat, corrosion had caused the rim to loose air and although only small pockets round the rim was sufficient over time to cause the tyre to loose all air. Spare wheel as with underslung gas tanks are not part of the MOT, nor the service.

It would be prudent to ask the dealer/ engineer carrying out the service to chck the spare wheel also if only for your own peace of mind.

would have thought that having a full service the spare wheel would have been part of the checks carried out, obviously not and the service manager told me that if the wheel was easily accessable they would check it, and that is at a Kia dealership, cant get the staff these days, but my Calor 6kgx2 cylinders are ok in the front locker and Calor appear to be working normal now, not that i use a lot of gas

Rufs, I was surprised to read the spare wheel is not part of the MOT. My understanding is you do not need to carry a spare wheel but if one is carried it must be in serviceable condition as it could be fitted to the vehicle.

Colin