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Hi Jafa

First i would like to say we have a Cadac and cant fault it. I have one bottle of propane and one of butane and dont notice any difference when changing from one to the other.As far as the hose lenght goes i have been told that it should be no longer than 3 metres but not sure if thats gossble 

Hi Jafa,

Are you saying you refill your gas bottles at the autogas pump on a petrol station forecourt at 48.4p a litre meaning that it costs you about a fiver to fill up each one which is a fraction of the cost that the rest of us pay to for a refill Campingaz or Calor Gas bottle (holding significantly less gas unless you go for the 15kg Calor Gas at about £21)? 

We bought the Cadac easy chef last week and the instrutions say to use 1.5m of hose, I personally dont think this is long enough especially if attaching hose to the connection outlet on the side of van..... far too close especially with awning on, the only alternative is to take a extra bottle of gas to use away from van which I didn't want to do ..... lnot used Cadac yet, but from comments on here how good they are I'm sure we won't be disappointed...

What length of hose do you have.... and any comments

Thanks

Thank you Jane that's very interesting.  I run the car on autogas so I curse Campingaz/Calor Gas for the amount they charge for refills.  I had a look at the Gaslow website; the initial cost of the refillable bottles has to be weighed against the amount of gas used but the idea of just topping up when I'm in the garage does appeal - especially at under 50p a litre.

Not sure about hose length.  When you think about it the distance from the tank to the engine on a car can be a fair length so just the distance itself doesn't seem relevant.  Presumably it's something to do with the pressure and robustness of the hose itself.  When I've bought the rubber type hose for a camping cooker or the garden barbecue I've been asked what length is required with no mention of restriction.  Hopefully someone far more technically adept than me can help with this.