Calor 4.5 Butane and 3.5 Propane to be discontinued

[lustyd]

Flo gas.
Is that £4.70 + VAT on every bottle you buy or just the first ?

Every one. It's a weird setup and relates to elevated gas prices. In theory they wanted to allow for the volatility in pricing without changing their actual prices. Unfortunately it just irks customers as we feel ripped off at checkout. Cheaper than Campingaz still though.

 

[lustyd]

seems lustyd is vindicated which no one wanted!

Yup, believe it or not I didn't want this outcome but at least we can all move forwards confidently now and stop the second guessing and hoping

 

[oldgit]

Every one. It's a weird setup and relates to elevated gas prices. In theory they wanted to allow for the volatility in pricing without changing their actual prices. Unfortunately it just irks customers as we feel ripped off at checkout. Cheaper than Campingaz still though.

Got two of these and a full 907 as well.

 

[LadyInBed]

Can you get a simple Flogas connector to put on a tail?
As my setup has two bottles with tails to a common regulator.

 

[snowbird30ds]

Anyone out there using flogas that can measure the base ring and post it so we can all go measure?

 

[lustyd]

Can you get a simple Flogas connector to put on a tail?
As my setup has two bottles with tails to a common regulator.

They are standard 20mm or 21mm clip on connectors depending on bottle so I'd imagine so.

 

[Minchsailor]

As they are promoting Campingaz as the alternative, the cynic in me wonders if profit might be a motive, as the price/Kg is several times higher,?

And on their web site in several places they use the words "reach out to a distributor". To me this sounds awful corporate cr4p speak; do they mean 'ask a distributor for advice'?

 

[steve yates]

I have 3.9kg propane on bethfran, so looks like flogas from now on. My longbow has two 4.5kg butane cylinders in its gas locker, reckon I might just switch them to two 3.9 propane flogas ones while I’m at it.
For going to the med, is it worth switching to camping gaz?

 

[LittleSister]

So, they're appearing to offer to swop the 4.5kg for a 7kg bottle. Are they offering to refund the original hefty purchase price of the 4.5kg bottles if you don't want/can't use a 7kg bottle? (Let me guess. )

I wonder, then, how I'll get on if I want to swap my empty 4.5kg bottles for empty 7kg bottles to avoid giving them yet more free money.

I can imagine a surge in DIY gas bottle refilling (and possibly a few accidents) in the offing.

 

[Martin_J]

They are standard 20mm or 21mm clip on connectors depending on bottle so I'd imagine so.

I might be missing something but all I could find on the Flogas website were clip-on regulators.

Are those clip on regulators "marine" in any way because there's probably a lot of boats that use a bulkhead mounted "marine" regulator with more than one permanently connected Calor cylinder.

I guess with Flogas you don't need to have two permanently connected cylinders if their regulator is clip-on.

Agree about the dimension questions asked because although Flogas say their 4.5kg butane is approx 340mm height, a post in another forum suggests they might be a bit taller.

 

[lustyd]

My point was they aren't FloGas regulators, it's a standard gas fitting used internationally so you can almost certainly buy the clip on hose ends without regulator.

 

[jimi]

I might be missing something but all I could find on the Flogas website were clip-on regulators.

Are those clip on regulators "marine" in any way because there's probably a lot of boats that use a bulkhead mounted "marine" regulator with more than one permanently connected Calor cylinder.

I guess with Flogas you don't need to have two permanently connected cylinders if their regulator is clip-on.

Agree about the dimension questions asked because although Flogas say their 4.5kg butane is approx 340mm height, a post in another forum suggests they might be a bit taller.

I’d presume that it would be possible to change the pigtail from the regulator to use a different connector. As it’s still butane the same regulator should be fine.

 

[lustyd]

Here you go 21mm Clip On Pigtail Adaptor | Caravan Tech

 

[Whaup367]

Get out of that Whaup367!

Damn. I was wrong.

Well, at least the rumour mill can stop- it seems to be a fact, now, with a reference to support it. :-(

 

[lustyd]

Damn. I was wrong.

I think you were right. Before there was evidence it was just a very frustrating rumour. I still maintain that it was sensible to move on, but you were right to point out that it wasn't confirmed.

 

[Martin_J]

I’d presume that it would be possible to change the pigtail from the regulator to use a different connector. As it’s still butane the same regulator should be fine.

I initially thought the same but didn't manage to find the 21mm clip-on hoses... just regulators.

 

[Martin_J]

Here you go 21mm Clip On Pigtail Adaptor | Caravan Tech

I think I found my own answer... "Marine grade" 21mm clip-on regulators.

 

[lustyd]

blimey that's an expensive "marine" sticker! I wonder what else they did to marinise it?

You didn't fancy sticking with the pigtails?

 

[jimi]

I think I found my own answer... "Marine grade" 21mm clip-on regulators.



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[jimi]

Damn. I was wrong.

Well, at least the rumour mill can stop- it seems to be a fact, now, with a reference to support it. :-(

Hmm .. it wasn't a rumour I was reporting it was a statement from a distributor.