TiggerToo
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How easy is it to source Camping Gaz bottles in Scotland / Hebrides?
Camping Gaz in Scotland
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dunedin
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Scotland ain’t exactly remote - masses available in the Clyde and major marinas / harbours throughout Scotland. But clearly many of us go to remote anchorages with zero facilities so worth ensuring your spare cylinder is full before head “off-piste”.
I have just swapped Gas cylinder so need to find a place to change. Not over concerned.
ylop
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Not too difficult (there were some challenges post covid/brexit but they seem to have gone). Assume you are looking for 907? Common in proper marina's, larger camp sites and specialist gas suppliers found in larger rural towns, but as dunedin says plan ahead - small facilities may not have any or dunedin and I might both have been in that week and cleaned them out so will be a week or two before they have more. We change ours as soon as an opportunity arises rather than hunting for the best price - despite the ridiculous cost.
[70521]
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I carry three 907s for longer trips. Just replace an empty cylinder at the first opportunity.
TiggerToo
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That's what I usually do (plus a 15Kg Calor gas one - which was more than enough for the 4 months in the Azores). I just wondered how easy it was to find the 907s in the Hebrides
Concerto
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ylop
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You’d think that would be useful - but weirdly it doesn’t list a number of places that do have stock and includes at least one who looked at me like I was crazy and “we’ve never stocked them”.
Concerto
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Strange. I have used it and found suppliers. You can also do a google search for Camping Gaz supplier near me. I found suppliers in Orkney and Shetland, but did not need any whilst in the Hebrides. Many camp/caravan sites frequently carry stock. In Lerwick the Shetland supplier even delivered it to the boat.
Shuggy
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Places I buy from: Ardfern; the garage on the road north from Tarbert, Harris; Tobermory. I think we also bought from a garage in Poolewe once. And the garage in Kyle of Lochalsh used to sell them. I carry 3 these days and exchange them at Flogas in Perth when I go home.
petibonvm
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Hello, what is the price for recharging? Thank you.
Shuggy
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I’ve no idea. I exchange an empty one for a full one. £48 at Flogas. We have just added an air fryer to our on-board cooking repertoire so we can use less gas. It works off the inverter and absolutely everything cooks in 15 mins with the engine at 1,000 RPM. Which is less than £48…
ylop
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Nobody (at least in Scotland) will take your old cylinder and refill it. They take your empty cylinder and swap it for a full one. Thats costs about £48 as shuggy says - which makes it very expensive compared to calor etc.
There are two competitors around offering 907 compatible alternatives. Leisuregaz (bright yellow cylinder). A little cheaper. I can’t remember the other name - black cylinders, cheaper still but no Scottish dealers. Leisuregaz has a few Scottish outlets but none are at marinas.
Someone also makes a cylinder designed for you to fill yourself at LPG pumps - it’s not cheap and extra gauges might make it a tight fit in some gas lockers but the main thing that stopped me going that route is LPG pumps are not too abundant near rural coastal locations!
Boathook
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There was a refillable cylinder the same size as the 4.5kg calor bottle. The safety bits reduced the bottle to 2.5kg or so. The other thing that put me off, apart from price, is the lack of refilling places and they seem to be getting less.