Gas rage!

[jdc]

Well you do have the sun! And actually on the boat my fridge is bigger than on dry land (top opening etc).

 

[DJE]

Well I got a 4.5kg Calor butane bottle exchanged today. £23.15 and it was the second last one in the store.

Which means that there is one more going at Liphook services on the A3, southbound side. Good luck!

 

[alahol2]

I've now swapped my two spare butane bottles for Propane at the local hire shop.
I've just got one butane left which is attached to the cooker.
I've got an adapter to change the propane bottle thread to a butane bottle thread so I can still use the butane pigtail.
Gaslow adapter

 

[lustyd]

Well I got a 4.5kg Calor butane bottle exchanged today. £23.15 and it was the second last one in the store.

Which means that there is one more going at Liphook services on the A3, southbound side. Good luck!

I had a similar situation last year and it turned out to be kicking the can down the road as I then spent all summer unable to get another and somewhat spoiled our summer cruise. Now with FloGas who will fill a bottle at their depots or deliver to my door.

 

[ylop]

Has anyone with a 907 tried replacing (or at least carrying as a spare) with anything like this: CADAC Trio Power Pak (370-UK) 6001773116107 | eBay

would need changed more often, and generate a lot of rubbish but those little cylinders are widely available and typically <£2 each which is less than half the price of proper camping gaz cylinders. I think it would fit in my gas locker. Do those cylinders need to be horizontal?

 

[doug748]

Has anyone with a 907 tried replacing (or at least carrying as a spare) with anything like this: CADAC Trio Power Pak (370-UK) 6001773116107 | eBay

would need changed more often, and generate a lot of rubbish but those little cylinders are widely available and typically <£2 each which is less than half the price of proper camping gaz cylinders. I think it would fit in my gas locker. Do those cylinders need to be horizontal?

I think someone was asking about this sort of solution further up the thread. Sad to create so much waste but those 907's are getting a bit silly in price now. Good spot.

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[PhillM]

I guess you need to think about a change to meths sorry could not resist !

 

[john_morris_uk]

Had the same problem with Gaz 907. Chandlers couldn’t get it, found it at a camping site eventually. Highest price so far £45.99

That’s 2.73 kg gas for £45.99

We’ve changed to Gaslo refillable cylinders.
I filled two 14.5 litre cylinders today at a local garage in Lanzarote for €17.48. That’s over three times the amount of gas in a 907 cylinder for less than €9. In other words we bought £45 of 907 gas for €3 if I’ve got my sums right!

The downside is that Gaslo cylinders are £208 each!

 

[Beneteau381]

That’s 2.73 kg gas for £45.99

We’ve changed to Gaslo refillable cylinders.
I filled two 14.5 litre cylinders today at a local garage in Lanzarote for €17.48. That’s over three times the amount of gas in a 907 cylinder for less than €9. In other words we bought £45 of 907 gas for €3 if I’ve got my sums right!

The downside is that Gaslo cylinders are £208 each!

Here in the Algarve there are several petrol stations which sell vehicle gas that will nudge nudge wink wink, fill most gas bottles. Cheap as chips at car gas prices. Having said that I changed two 907 s last year for €18 each

 

[Kelpie]

That’s 2.73 kg gas for £45.99

We’ve changed to Gaslo refillable cylinders.
I filled two 14.5 litre cylinders today at a local garage in Lanzarote for €17.48. That’s over three times the amount of gas in a 907 cylinder for less than €9. In other words we bought £45 of 907 gas for €3 if I’ve got my sums right!

The downside is that Gaslo cylinders are £208 each!

Would they fill Calor cylinders?

 

[john_morris_uk]

Would they fill Calor cylinders?

Officially they’ll only fill cylinders with a certificate. One could always chance your arm and ask I guess.

 

[davidej]

Well I got a 4.5kg Calor butane bottle exchanged today. £23.15 and it was the second last one in the store.

Which means that there is one more going at Liphook services on the A3, southbound side. Good luck!

I’ve just bought the last one from my local chandlery. They found it hiding behind a load of empties!

Someone told me that a nearby camping site has plenty so you have to ring around.

 

[BobnLesley]

It isn't difficult (though perhaps not legal?) nor does it require much equipment to decant LPG from one (preferably bigger) gas cylinder into another one.

 

[john_morris_uk]

It isn't difficult (though perhaps not legal?) nor does it require much equipment to decant LPG from one (preferably bigger) gas cylinder into another one.

At least filling our cylinders is as safe as it can be. There’s a float system and cut off valve that prevents the cylinder being filled more than 80% capacity. None of the guessing/weighing…

(just trying to justify the extortionate price we had to pay for them…!)

 

[GHA]

Here in the Algarve there are several petrol stations which sell vehicle gas that will nudge nudge wink wink, fill most gas bottles. Cheap as chips at car gas prices. Having said that I changed two 907 s last year for €18 each

Went up to €26 for 10Kg little while ago then back to about €22. Moroccan gas the guy said, definite "NO!!!" when I asked if he'd fill a russian car ?

Investing in a transfer kit is way to go for cruising, blag a local empty from the cafe & fill that then decant into your own bottles.
Buy GasBoat 4018 Go-Anywhere Adaptor Kit from SOCAL Southampton

UK homebase can be one place to get a GRP bottle, if you forget to take it back....... deposit used to be a lot less, maybe too many sailors taking them ?
One of the many plusses is you can see how much gas is in the bottle.
https://www.homebase.co.uk/gaslight-propane-cylinder-refillable-10kg/12804413.html

 

[BobnLesley]

At least filling our cylinders is as safe as it can be. There’s a float system and cut off valve that prevents the cylinder being filled more than 80% capacity. None of the guessing/weighing…

Are you still in Morocco? That's where we got our initial decanting gear; two none pressure regulating taps, 5m of tubing, some jubilee clips, a spring balance and a full 15-20kg local bottle including the deposit, all for less cost (about £10) and the week's wait of a Camping Gaz refill

 

[Whaup367]

I’ve just bought the last one from my local chandlery. They found it hiding behind a load of empties!

Someone told me that a nearby camping site has plenty so you have to ring around.

My (boat's) local marina/chandlery has been restocked recently and has it's cage full with small size Calor & Campingaz cylinders, including 4.5 butanes & 3.9 propanes. They have plenty of 907s and some 904s; no 901s though.

Looks like the "Calor crisis" may be over?

 

[lustyd]

Calor said they plan to discontinue the 4.5kg bottles in favour of the more profitable patiogas and camping gas so probably not entirely over.

 

[sailaboutvic]

It isn't difficult (though perhaps not legal?) nor does it require much equipment to decant LPG from one (preferably bigger) gas cylinder into another one.

It's what we been doing lately , roughly we filling 4x 907 bottles for the cost of exchanging one bottle.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Are you still in Morocco? That's where we got our initial decanting gear; two none pressure regulating taps, 5m of tubing, some jubilee clips, a spring balance and a full 15-20kg local bottle including the deposit, all for less cost (about £10) and the week's wait of a Camping Gaz refill

No. We’re now in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. We filled our bottles (see above) in Lanzarote.