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Personservoman
13/6/2010 at 1:21pm
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Off to Le Brevedent in France next week and can't decide which gas bottle to take.Have been using a campingaz 907 which is now under half empty £18-£20 refill.Empty 3.9kg calor bottle £14 refill or empty 5kg patio gas bottle £20 refill,which would last us probably a couple of years. The only advantage to the campingaz bottle is the smallish size and the availability of a refill in France, but why are we being so obviously ripped off.



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Sounds like you need a nice coleman duel fuel double burner, they run on petrol.

I would probably go for the camping-gaz or take another that you are sure will last the holiday. I've got access to a french cylinder (called Le Cube), which is no longer required, it's pretty empty but would be ideal for someone going over for a long period. Got the regulator for it as well.


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907 prices are ridiculous - I sell 15kg butane bottles for £18.50!!

Andy


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Campingaz prices are the price you pay for all Europe availabilty. Campingaz bottles are filled by national LP gas companies in each country, ie Calor in't UK.

BP gas lite is an attempt to go 'international' with a larger bottle with availabilty in UK/Holland/Germany so far, I think, but nowadays there seems little promotion of this product. I'm sure French suppliers are blocking BP gas lite introduction there.

If you going to France for 2wk hol a small Calor bottle will last ok for cooking.


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I think calor is the way to go.The funny thing is at work I deliver right next to a calor depot and they have thousands of campingaz bottles on pallets which they are obviously filling with the same gas.



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Yes camping gaz is a lot of money but for many of the reasons Tentz has said... If you look at the price of a small gas cartridge then they are mega expensive per gram etc.
County4x4 says the 15 kg is much cheaper, well if you have lpg delivered to a storage tank for you heating etc (big one for houses etc) this is way cheaper again...
Gary Cross


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Probabley worth pointing out that butane/propane gas is a byproduct of the oil refining process so its basically 'free'. The cost is in the handling/filling/distribution of the bottles which would be a similar cost whatever bottle size.


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One advantage of 907s is that they're a darn sight easier to pack! A 907 fits neatly into yer average bucket. I can see why folk with caravans go for the big bottles in a front locker but there's no way I'd pack a monster gas cylinder into the back of my car and take it all the way to France and back just to use a tiny % of the gas in it. I know CampingGaz is relatively expensive but really, convenience and availibility are quite high priorities for me.


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Well said val, & that's exactly the reason I use petrol. Only trouble is, as far as I know, petrol stoves don't have grills, but I can live without that.


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Just a thought for you - trade suppliers of gas to industry sell bottles and gas cheaper than those targeting the leisure and camping market. We have one close to us and they are a lot cheaper for calorgas.

Helen


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FloGas are cheaper & I think they will accept Calor bottles, but once you have changed to them, thats it, 'cos Calor won't accept their bottles.



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