I've found that neither the 4.5kg Flogas bottles fit into my gas locker, one due to the height and other due to girth. Both are too big. 4.5kg Calor bottles however fit with room to spare.
Having measured all three I find that very hard to believe, you can’t have room to spare given the millimetre differences in size. I guess you’re stuck paying Calor though so sucks to be you. Only a matter of time before your next nightmare. Personally I’d do my utmost to change the locker…
Me neither. We switched from Camping Gaz to Calor about 6 years ago after a distribution problem with Gaz about 2017 time. After all Calor have been around for decades and were available everywhere. That decision I now regret.
I believe that the overall size of the flogas bottle is the same as calors, it is the 'base' that can be quite different. I made my own 'holders' for the calor gas bottles, and to take the flogas I will need to modify it quite bit, to the extent I'm going to look at a 7kg bottle which will likely be calor; even though they don't deserve my custom.
Everyone seems to have forgotten that Calor weren’t supplying these for three YEARS before they even announced they planned to withdraw them. Normal service is for Calor to make your life hell, why on earth would anyone go back?!
Such a baffling attitude, and 100% the reason Calor have such contempt for their customers.
True, but if I'm modifying my mounting system I would like to fit a larger bottle and the 7kg calor may fit. Having just looked at flogas bottles I'm going to have another measure up so thanks for the 'nudge'.
It is unfortunate, but true. It applies to all the people who own Moody 34/346 I've talked to. I could grind away part of the gutter of the gas locker and therefore get two dumpy Flogas bottles in.
There are 2 shapes of Flogas bottle, and you don't know which you'll get. One is taller and skinnier than a calor.
Safefill could be an option for you
Me too. A £20 connecting pipe, the bathroom scales, a container full of water and a black bin liner allows me to get 4 refills from a 15 kilo Propane bottle. They work out at £12.50 a fill. A 9 kilo refill in Wellington NZ, from an official refill depot, was just over £20 last year. Exchange cylinder from Bunnings £28.
The problem with safefill, is I believe, that morrisons is pulling out of gas refilling and changing to ev charging points plus there aren't many morrisons in my area. This means going to self fill and I can't work out whether the safety system on the bottles will allow that.Safefill could be an option for you
Might be worth exploring if there is any independent retailer near the boat or home. I did the same and found I had one only three miles away from home, they weren't on any map and I only came across them by Googling LPG suppliers, now I see they are listed.
Of the 4 years since people were reliably able to source a 4.5KG from Calor only a few months has been since the withdrawal so if you think this announcement resolves anything you’re likely to be disappointed. This is purely them scrambling to maintain their effective monopoly and I imagine sourcing cylinders will remain as difficult as it was in recent years.