Camping Gas 907 Refill Cost

[tonygibbs]

I got rid the 907 bottles years ago and replaced with butane (blue container) or propane (red container) for the winter months. Obviously use the appropriate regulators. I have never had an issue on boats or general camping.

 

[AngusMcDoon]

How much are people paying currently? I think I just paid nearly £30.

That's £11 per kg of gas.
The disposable 220g gas cartridges I use work out at £4.87 per kg.

Bonkers, innit?

 

[davidpbo]

Not much use on a night passage.

Or a swinging mooring with 150 watt inverter (Somewhere on board), 10 Watt solar panel and 4 amps off the outboard coil of it is screaming.

Long hookup'll sort that..

Wot lights and day shapes or are talking seabed? ;-)

 

[Roberto]

That's £11 per kg of gas.
The disposable 220g gas cartridges I use work out at £4.87 per kg.

Bonkers, innit?

in France the 907 3kg refill is about 23-25 euro.

For a few more euro (about 30) one can get a refill for the *13*kg butane bottle

 

[Spirit of Glenans]

€25 in Skibbereen, last Thursday.

 

[pagoda]

I got rid the 907 bottles years ago and replaced with butane (blue container) or propane (red container) for the winter months. Obviously use the appropriate regulators. I have never had an issue on boats or general camping.

+1

I gave up on CG 907. and then Calor Butane years ago. With a propane regulator, I use the 3.9Kg calor propane bottles. No problems in the winter any more!
Butane was hopeless, CG 907 extortionate and hopeless. Well worth finding space to convert.

 

[VicS]

DO NOT put propane into a Camping Gas bottle

Please explain-

Because the pressure in a propane bottle is very much higher than in a butane bottle.

Camping gas bottles are designed for butane. They may well not be safe to use at the pressure of propane. There is certainly no reason for them to have been tested for use at the pressure of propane.

 

[Sailfree]

in France the 907 3kg refill is about 23-25 euro.

For a few more euro (about 30) one can get a refill for the *13*kg butane bottle

Shop in Benodet marina €29 for bottle refill in Aug14!

 

[onesea]

I know its a grumble but in the over all cost of running a boat... Is it really that much of a problem? with a habbit of using marinas drinking and eating ashore we do 1 maybe 2 bottles a year. The main use is fry ups, coffee and heating pasties!

How many bottles do forum uses really use...

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

Current prices here are €1.60 per kilo for LPG mixture and €1.70 for propane.

http://liquigasmalta.com/latest-price/

 

[Paddingtonbear]

You are all barmy!! buy an Origo

 

[VicS]

You are all barmy!! buy an Origo

We are not that barmy!

 

[RobbieW]

..How many bottles do forum uses really use...

About 1 every 15 days (907s) whilst living aboard not in marinas, fortunately in Greece so 10 euro a pop

 

[Poignard]

(...) with a habbit of using marinas drinking and eating ashore we do 1 maybe 2 bottles a year. The main use is fry ups, coffee and heating pasties!

Life sounds very pleasant and civilised on your boat. I'll bet you have no difficulty finding a crew! :encouragement:

 

[Seajet]

SWMBO, who lives in an all electric village subject to power cuts, was stung well over £80 for a 907 bottle & gas last Christmas...

 

[MikeBz]

I hope you appeared pleased with your present.

 

[Sailfree]

I know its a grumble but in the over all cost of running a boat... Is it really that much of a problem? with a habbit of using marinas drinking and eating ashore we do 1 maybe 2 bottles a year. The main use is fry ups, coffee and heating pasties!

How many bottles do forum uses really use...

I think you reflect exactly the attitude that enables anything to do with yachting to be sold at an inflated price

 

[Seajet]

No, I think onesea has a good point; these days with decent food in most pubs, even breakfasts at yottie places, the onboard cooker is used much, much less than when I started cruising 40-odd years ago.

The cooker is almost ' emergency / holiday cruise ' equipment now unless one's keen to use it; I used to carry two 907 bottles and use 3 a season; now I carry one and don't get through that, which is good news for weight on board...

 

[johnphilip]

That's £11 per kg of gas.
The disposable 220g gas cartridges I use work out at £4.87 per kg.

Bonkers, innit?

Can you connect a regulator to a cartridge? With only a single bottle locker this would be really useful as well as cheaper.

 

[JumbleDuck]

No, I think onesea has a good point; these days with decent food in most pubs, even breakfasts at yottie places, the onboard cooker is used much, much less than when I started cruising 40-odd years ago.

The cooker is almost ' emergency / holiday cruise ' equipment now unless one's keen to use it; I used to carry two 907 bottles and use 3 a season; now I carry one and don't get through that, which is good news for weight on board...

Doesn't that say more about your cruising grounds, though? This year I was biffing around the Irish Sea, staying manly in marinas, and didn't cook on board very much. During last year's jaunt around the west coast of Scotland I bankrupted myself at the Boathouse on Gigha, treated the crew to a meal out in Mallaig and a curry in Ardrishaig and that was it ... every other meal for four weeks cooked on board, partly because I wanted to but mainly because there ain't much alternative when you're anchored in the erse end of nowhere.