Calor rip-off

[bromleybysea]

I went to my gas supplier this morning to get a refill for a Calor 4.5kg butane cylinder. £45. I noticed that you can get a 7kg bottle for £6 less and a 15k one for £64- more than 3x the gas for another 20 quid. Is this the most egregious rip-off or have I missed something?

 

[[70521]]

Just wait until you see the price of camping Gaz!

 

[rotrax]

I went to my gas supplier this morning to get a refill for a Calor 4.5kg butane cylinder. £45. I noticed that you can get a 7kg bottle for £6 less and a 15k one for £64- more than 3x the gas for another 20 quid. Is this the most egregious rip-off or have I missed something?

I refill my own 3.9kg Propane cylinders. For ease of handling, I use a 13kg donor, so not as cheap as it could be if I used a larger cylinder.

Cost me £20.00 for the connecting pipe, each refill costs £12.00 ish.

 

[Boater Sam]

Calor are desperately trying to get rid of the small bottles, To this end they are restricting numbers available and are jacking the price.

 

[lustyd]

Calor are desperately trying to get rid of the small bottles, To this end they are restricting numbers available and are jacking the price.

This was true a few years ago but not any more. They replaced the whole supply of 4.5 Butane bottles and these are now widely available again.

OP your supplier is ripping you off, these should be £33 I believe.

 

[fredrussell]

I refill my own 3.9kg Propane cylinders. For ease of handling, I use a 13kg donor, so not as cheap as it could be if I used a larger cylinder.

Cost me £20.00 for the connecting pipe, each refill costs £12.00 ish.

This^^^

 

[st599]

I went to my gas supplier this morning to get a refill for a Calor 4.5kg butane cylinder. £45. I noticed that you can get a 7kg bottle for £6 less and a 15k one for £64- more than 3x the gas for another 20 quid. Is this the most egregious rip-off or have I missed something?

The going rate for a CampinGaz 907 (2.7kg) is nearly £70 on the Solent. Or £25 in France.

 

[ProDave]

Even cheaper to refill if you happen to have 47Kg cylinders already.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

I went to my gas supplier this morning to get a refill for a Calor 4.5kg butane cylinder. £45. I noticed that you can get a 7kg bottle for £6 less and a 15k one for £64- more than 3x the gas for another 20 quid. Is this the most egregious rip-off or have I missed something?

You were robbed. I paid £33 in East Loch Tarbert for a 4.5kg Calor bottle a few days ago.

 

[MontyMariner]

When we had trouble getting a 4.5kg Calor bottle, like many others, I made up a decanting pipe. I will continue using it.

 

[Steve_N]

Even cheaper to refill if you happen to have 47Kg cylinders already.

The OP is talking about butane - not available in the 47Kg size.

 

[DownWest]

Butane is about 36 euro per 13kg here, from Carrefour. I top off my Camping Gaz from them, along with a plastic 6 kg bottle destined for the boat. No corrosion.

Out of interest, I have been on bottled gas for cooking the last 50 yrs, both propane and butane, one gets used to it and transferes

 

[Sailing steve]

The going rate for a CampinGaz 907 (2.7kg) is nearly £70 on the Solent. Or £25 in France.

That tells you all you need to know about living in the UK vs living in France

 

[IanCC]

And is there 4.5kg in it? Last couple I have had were missing a kg by my measurement.

 

[davidmh]

Who is selling 907 camping gas at £70 . I was shocked when my solent supplier put the price up to £50

David Mh

 

[ashtead]

I assume that 70 is for the gas and new bottle without a bottle trade in ? It was mid 40 at Haslar marina for a 907 with old bottle to return.

 

[st599]

I assume that 70 is for the gas and new bottle without a bottle trade in ? It was mid 40 at Haslar marina for a 907 with old bottle to return.

Nope, 67 for a refill in Cowes

 

[Concerto]

I was told Camping Gaz bottles are taken back to France for refilling, hence they are more expensive than Calor Gas. The Camping Gaz 907 refill should be about £40 for most people, but in the extremities of the UK transport costs may be added especially if they require a ferry journey like to the Orkneys or Shetland Islands.

 

[Scubadoo]

I can get the 907 refill for £39.75 at John Carter in Basingstoke, much cheaper then prices quoted around the Solent.

907 Campingaz Refill - John M Carter Ltd

 

[KevinV]

Last time I looked properly and got the calculator out (a year or two back) Calor pricing worked out at a fixed fee of (from memory) about £34.50 regardless of size, plus about £0.50/kg for propane. Stuff that for a lark - I bought a refill hose, it's easy peasy to do.