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Quote: Originally posted by Mark+Sal on 27/10/2011its a totally portable cylinder..put it in your car and go to any petrol station that sells LPG and fill it up yourself.

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Quote: Originally posted by FM02MZO on 25/10/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by nelmo on 25/10/2011

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Might not be relevant to you but you can't get the BP bottles in France...real pain when we were there.

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Your adapter will fit a Le Cube bottle, which is obtainable at most French supermarket filling stations 

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Now that is one useful bit of info - never heard of Le Cube....many, many thanks...

Quote: Originally posted by birder99 on 27/10/2011

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There is not a filling point within 20 miles of me or my regular caravanning locations. A 40 mile round trip for gas soon outweighs any savings in gas costs. If there was a more comprehensive network I would consider it for one of my bottles.

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Quote: Originally posted by davecamper on 27/10/2011

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I am a newby to caravaning and opted for the BP light, but now considering a safefill.

Anybody using one with an elddis odysey. Want to make sure it fits the locker. I get a BP light in ok, but think I would struggle with the 10kg BP light, although the safefill is a tad smaller.

David

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Quote: Originally posted by JTQU on 27/10/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by Mark+Sal on 27/10/2011its a totally portable cylinder..put it in your car and go to any petrol station that sells LPG and fill it up yourself.

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Oh if it was so!
It's not so around here in my bit of Hampshire. The nearest Shell LPG outlet will not even entertain me refilling. So locally I am stitched up and where we camp usually, the Safefill friendly outlets are even thinner on the ground.
I would check the filling opportunities here first:

http://www.safefill.co.uk/refilling-retailers.html

However I like the concept and would not hesitate if it was viable locally.

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I once checked out buying a self-fill system, but was warned (fortunately) that many filling stations would not permit this.  Whilst correctly using a proper set up should cause no problems (any more than filling a car with LPG conversion), I can see why filling station operators would be worried about fire risks, etc.   I think this situstion will persist for some time.

Perhaps they think all vehicle LPG conversions have been done professionally, and are therefore safe!  Those of us who have been around a bit would not be fooled on that score; would we?

Bertie.

Quote: Originally posted by JTQU on 27/10/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by Mark+Sal on 27/10/2011its a totally portable cylinder..put it in your car and go to any petrol station that sells LPG and fill it up yourself.

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Oh if it was so!
It's not so around here in my bit of Hampshire. The nearest Shell LPG outlet will not even entertain me refilling. So locally I am stitched up and where we camp usually, the Safefill friendly outlets are even thinner on the ground.
I would check the filling opportunities here first:

http://www.safefill.co.uk/refilling-retailers.html

However I like the concept and would not hesitate if it was viable locally.

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For anyone wanting to go for self-fill, I have just thought of a way to get around any anti-filling stations.

Carry one self-fill bottle and one BP Gaslight 5kg bottle.  Use the self-fill only then, if you hit a 'no-no' station, just revert to the BP bottle until you find one where they don't object.   Any thoughts?

Bertie.