Gas bottles

Dunclair replied on 07/07/2023 21:45

Posted on 07/07/2023 21:45

There is a thread on here relating to gas bottles but it is a couple of years old now and things have changed, mostly because Calor don't sell small bottles any more.

About nine or ten years ago I bought a Safefill bottle. It has paid for itself. Not only on my being able to buy much cheaper gas, but the sheer convenience of going on a trip knowing that we have plenty of gas.

When I first bought the bottle there was an ignorant jobsworth who wouldn't let me fill the bottle but these days I have not had that problem at all. I bought the adaptors for Framce amd Spain but have never needed to use them. 

I can see the level of gas in my bottle and check it before I leave home. I have a fuel station close by that sells LPG at a veey competitive price so if I need to fill up, I do.

If you have the space in your locker, get a refillable gas bottle. You won't regret it.

MoHoSinger replied on 05/05/2024 19:43

Posted on 05/05/2024 19:43

"If you look at the sticky list of where you can fill safefill their are loads on the list where lpg pump has being removed, and even more where no longer allowing safefill."

 

My local Morrisons PFS does LPG and I believe most Morrisons do.

I filled my bottle there this morning. Being a newbie I was very grateful for assistance from the MoHo owner on the other side of the pump who showed me how everything worked.  I was struggling as the instructions on the pump were not clear. 

70p per litre was the pump price. A bargain!

Chris

Lyke Wake Man replied on 12/05/2024 18:13

Posted on 12/05/2024 18:13

I have just read a thread by someone saying their safefill had split, twice my safefill has overfilled, 7.5 kg. gas + 4.1 kg. for the bottle =11.6 kg. my scales usually weigh 12.0 kg.

yesterday when I come home it is weighing 14.00 kg. so it looks like I have 9.5 kg. in a 7.5 kg. bottle, so I don't doubt someone having a split bottle

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