Camping has 907

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Anybody else having trouble finding these? Local marina has been out of stock for a couple of weeks and don't know where they will have some more. The local distributor (near Plymouth) has no stock either.

We're down to our last bottle. Heeeelp!
 
pessimist said:
That's interesting. Maybe just a local (ish) problem.
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i suspect it is a national route schedule problem. Delivery will have been divided into inflexible rounds unable to respond to fluctuations in demand to save costs. At times our East Coast chandlery runs out and they state they have ordered more but have to wait until distributor responds, often weeks later. I've taken to the dangerous practice of taking the empty home by car and swapping it there in the holiday season.
 
Kurrawong_Kid said:
I've taken to the dangerous practice of taking the empty home by car
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"dangerous"?

I suppose a bottle of gas is more dangerous than, say, a stuffed teddy. But I can't say I've ever worried particularly about driving them around. The one I bought at the weekend is still in the back of the car, waiting till I next visit the boat.

Lots of tanks of petrol out there on the roads :). Each holding many times more than my little cylinder. Not to mention the much lesser numbers of LPG cars, and the bottles carried in caravans, motorhomes, burger vans...

Pete
 
I always get my 907s from a local camping store on an industrial estate. No problem with supply and it's only in the last two seasons the price has got above 20 quid. The one season I did try to get camping gaz at the chandlers it caused mild panic and at least a fiver added to the bill.
 
Noss Marina in Dartmouth out of 907s so we had to take a 904 instead. No idea how I am going to sort that out later. Chandlers in Brixham completely out of Gaz and notice on the counter says all Gaz cylinders have been recalled? no idea what that is about. Perhaps a SW distribution problem. Reports of no Calor Gas in the Channel Islands on another forum.

Next problem is can we make a 904 last 10 days until we get home.
 
I am in St Helier Jersey, and carry two Calor gas bottles, when I called to replace an empty, I was told no more Calor in Jersey, so had to buy a Camping Gaz, I was given a regulator with it but had to leave my Calor bottle in exchange I can't remember how much off hand but it was in the thirties pounds. Pain is when the Calor I am using now runs out I shall have to change the regulator as well, I bet it's raining or blowing a gale when it does run out, strange how they always run out when you are using them!!
Mike
 
vyv_cox said:
I suspect he means a Gaslow bottle. We have one in the motorhome. It is illegal to refill a stand-alone bottle on a garage forecourt, although many will get away with it. The bottles are intended for permanent plumbing into a vehicle, which makes filling them legal.
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There are filling stations for Gaslow and other specifically designed refillable bottles.

It is not illegal. It is severely discouraged and Calor and others have a huge vested interest in carting full and empty bottles around when you look at the potential margins.

I had two Gaslow on the caravan, now two on the boat.
Consider that in much of the world you rock up with your Calor bottle and they take it away and refill it.

Tony
 
Pagetslady said:
I am in St Helier Jersey, and carry two Calor gas bottles, when I called to replace an empty, I was told no more Calor in Jersey, so had to buy a Camping Gaz, I was given a regulator with it but had to leave my Calor bottle in exchange I can't remember how much off hand but it was in the thirties pounds. Pain is when the Calor I am using now runs out I shall have to change the regulator as well, I bet it's raining or blowing a gale when it does run out, strange how they always run out when you are using them!!
Mike
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There was a similar problem in St Peter Port last year with no 907 to be found.
 
Made some calls this morning, the whole of Torbay area are out of Gaz and haven't had any supplies for 3 or 4 weeks. So stock up before coming down here.
 
Jabs said:
There are filling stations for Gaslow and other specifically designed refillable bottles.

It is not illegal. It is severely discouraged and Calor and others have a huge vested interest in carting full and empty bottles around when you look at the potential margins.

I had two Gaslow on the caravan, now two on the boat.
Consider that in much of the world you rock up with your Calor bottle and they take it away and refill it.

Tony
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See https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/filling_lpg_gas_bottles_on_forec

And

http://www.caravantalk.co.uk/commun...ng-portable-lpg-bottles-on-garage-forecourts/

Perhaps not strictly illegal in UK, althoughit is in many countries in Europe, but few would agree to do it.
 
pessimist said:
Anybody else having trouble finding these? Local marina has been out of stock for a couple of weeks and don't know where they will have some more. The local distributor (near Plymouth) has no stock either.
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Start of the school holidays?
 
Got three bottles in Exeter today so doesn't seem to be a West Country wide problem. Seems to be the Ivybridge distribution centre. They span us the safety check line too. Maybe it's only the Ivybridge cylinders which are dangerous :rolleyes:
 
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