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Subject Topic: What Gas? Post Reply Post New Topic
31/7/2007 at 8:34am
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Hi everyone

I was given some gift vouchers for Halfords and bought one of these

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_162474_langId_-1_CarSelectorCatalogId__CarSelectorGroupId__varient__categoryId_31306_crumb_63502-33937_parentcategoryrn_31306

When I unpacked it, it was a bit bewildering as to what kind of gas I need, or even if I need a regulator, like I have on the BBQ. Any ideas, as the peeps in Halfords sounded baffled when I rang them!

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31/7/2007 at 8:54am
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The cooker will run on butane or propane, i would suggest butane, if your camping predominantly in europe camping gaz 907 is more readily available but if your camping mainly in this country, calor gas is cheaper and easier to source, i would suggest the 4.5 Kg bottle for camping and you will need a regulator for it, the RRP for calor gas butane 4.5 Kg is £11-75 but without an empty bottle to trade in you will be asked to pay a deposit on the bottle, about £20 i think, see if you can get hold of an empty bottle from your local tip or local free ads, any size will do as you can change sizes when you trade it in

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31/7/2007 at 9:32am
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Caster

How long should a 907 canister last - I ask because ours recently only lasted a trip of 4 nights and yes we were cooking for 7 people but only one of the breakfasts was cooked so it was the evening meals mainly

Am I doing something wrong (we did turn the gas off after use each time) or is this about right

 



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31/7/2007 at 10:47am
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Not sure of the definative answer to that concerning burn time but i would expect it to last longer then that, we used a 907 for a ten day trip and cooked breakfast and dinner on it every day, as well as copious cups of tea, i reckon we used about half the bottle, are you sure it was full when you started, and yes, just in case you have a small leak you should really turn off at the bottle when not in use

Just as an afterthought, you refer to "907 canister" rather then bottle, you are referring to one of these i take it 

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02/8/2007 at 9:20am
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Thanks caster

Yes we are talking about the same canister/bottle

and clearly I am not getting the same usage - do dodgy suppliers exist, perhaps I need to switch supplier ? I will try one more from them first and then see where I stand

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02/8/2007 at 12:00pm
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You could try weighing the bottle, the weight of the gas should be 2.7 Kg and the empty bottle about 3.5 Kg, so a full one would weigh around 6.2 Kg, (the weight of the bottle is stamped on it somewhere )

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02/8/2007 at 12:17pm
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good point caster, I like your logical approach

then at least I will know if I am being robbed, if not (which is likely) then its down to us wasting it somewhow (unless the wife has developed some weird gas sniffing habit ?)

 



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