Quote: Originally posted by Oxonian on 28/4/2019
Original OPs question was ref Gaslight bottle from Homebase,why does this always get hijacked into Safefill/ Gaslow etc.
To be fair it's my post and I don't mind. It's all part of the same subject
Quote: Originally posted by Oxonian on 28/4/2019
Original OPs question was ref Gaslight bottle from Homebase,why does this always get hijacked into Safefill/ Gaslow etc.
Was Gaslow mentioned?
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Quote: Originally posted by bessie500 on 29/4/2019
I have used BP gaslight for the last 11 years, no issues at all homebase do refills.
As it's propane it also burn hotter so you dont use as much.
Bessie
Sadly propane is also less dense and of less calorific value so you don't get as much. The same 6 kg red bottle when painted blue becomes a 7 kg Butane!
I used to change to Butane through the summer as that was the cheaper option, but now I like the Gaslights enough to simply keep to them.
I buy one 10kg bottle a year use it all year in the van then at the end of the season use it at home for my bbq and patio heater, i then replace the home one for a new one at the start of the next season , i've never ran out yet & it helps that you can see what gas you have left.
The safefill option would take too long to recoup the expensive bottle price for me & i've been onsite before when someone had to go home as his butane gas failed to to being too cold
Quote: Originally posted by Daves mate on 27/4/2019
Ok, saddo that I am I've spent my evening doing a bit more research on this. I'm not a c&cc member so don't have access to the article in the current magazine and I'm certainly not going to pay £40 to read it. However, after a quick browse of the other caravan forums on t'interweb and reading between the lines it seems that it says there maybe a chance that Calor will not replace the lite with anything but gives nothing concrete. I did find an article dated December 2018 stating the Calor lite replacement would be rolled out by end of June 2016. I can't find any sort of official statement from Calor more recent than the original 2017 statement but, as of 5 mins ago, their website was down. Not sure if that's relevant.
Given the alternatives on the market that seem to be going from strength to strength I just can't see Calor not having a dog in the fight. The caravanning/camping market must be a massive part of their business, we're all looking to save weight and if a lightweight calor bottle is no longer available we'll vote with our feet won't we?
My local Calor depot had plenty of Calor lite bottles when I was there and the bloke I spoke to seemed to think that would be the case for sometime. I guess as long as they're still available I'll keep using them. When they run out and if there's no replacement I'll probably bite the bullet and go down the safefil route