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The inital cost is high because you have to pay a one off hire charge for the bottle (about £28), then when you need to change it again you just pay for the gas (less than £20 for 7.5kg)

Any brand of gas cylinder will do, around Sheffield there is Flow gas and Energas which will be cheaper than calor but if you run out on holiday it may be harder to exchange so probable wise to stick to calor.

As already said, find yourself a secondhand calor cylinder from ebay or try the dumpit sites then you have not the hire charge to pay.

Many garages stock calor gas.

I paid £6 each for a couple of empty 15kg Calor bottles one ebay and then exchanged them for 4.5kg bottles at a Calor stockist.

Don't know how far you want to travel but these are in Leeds...

Thanks for the advice guys.  I found someone selling a 4.5kg cannister about 4 miles away from me and he kindly threw a regulator in with it too. 

Quote: Originally posted by girlwomble on 26/5/2012

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Swap the regulator for a calor one as these are cheaper to run and the cylinders are avaliable everywhere. Your stove will run on any type of gas if you have the correct regulator.
Go outdoors is generally a few £s cheaper in cylinders if you have a card. They sell both Calor and camping gaz.

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