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Refillable is usually around one fifth of the cost of bottled gas.
Filled at morrisons the other day 20.36 lts gas was 0.58 a ltr
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AN ALTERNATIVE..
If your plan is mainly to be in Spain then your calor will / should last easily for the France section.
Once in Spain buy a used Spanish bottle for €10 ish.. a 13kg refill is about €14... SORTED....
Yes.We are planning to go down through France to Spain March/ April is refillable gas the best way to go as I understand I won’t be able to exchange my Calor bottles
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Forgive me, might be getting a bit thick, but what is the point of having a refillable bottle AND a Calor bottle? We've never had a problem getting autogas refills anywhere in Europe, so when one bottle runs out we go looking for a refill. There's always enough to wait until it's convenient; okay we have had occasion to have to go off track but, hey, we're on holiday so no sweat, somewhere else to see. The only place it isn't available is Morocco and we make other arrangements there (see my Morocco article in Resources). The cost of a second refillable bottle is only a little more than a Calor and the cheaper gas would soon cover the extra cost.
The only reason I can think of is you are parked up for a long time somewhere and it is easier to just exchange a bottle without moving the van. IMO you might as well have a caravan, motorhomes are for touring in. And don't get me started about "toads"!
We had two Calor bottles originally, unfortunately the gas locker is only big enough to take 6kg bottles, but as soon as we started going continental, fitting a dual refillable system was a no-brainer. We bought it for the convenience but the reduced gas price was a bonus - we've easily recovered the installation cost. Now seriously considering an underslung tank.
But I suppose each to his own.
Never had a problem in Germany. Best to have an external filler mine is one of the small square ones mounted in the skirt.Out of curiosity: when you refill the Alugas bottles (thinking of getting them), do you take them out of the van? Asking because I have been told that in Germany you can't refill them if they are sitting in the van (which leads me to think that you can do so in other Countries?)
Thanks
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The other option is a Safefill lightweight refillable at £150 to £175 dependant of size
The larger holds 19 litres ( most underslungs are only 25 litres)
We like ours because it is light in weight, so can be a pink or blue job
Also ,unlike calor you can part fill or top up when not empty
Very flexible....and not £500
And if filling abroad @Doug53 will need an extra left-hand thread adaptor. MikeConsider getting just one SafeFill bottle, especially if the investment cost is a concern. Then you can use a local bottle of whatever variety is available (I believe they’re cheap in Spain). A SafeFill bottle is remarkably light as well.
In over 30 years I have never handed in a cylinder with even the smell of gas leftWith all the above mentioned maths to be accurate you would need to include all the times you end up handing a cylinder in with gas still in it, as you don’t want to risk running out, or you are heading off for a long period.
Refillable is just so easy. After every trip away I fill with fuel, and refill my gas. Sometimes only a couple of £ into the gas, but I know I’m always full and ready to go.
In over 30 years I have never handed in a cylinder with even the smell of gas left
I always seem to end up collecting cylinders as certainly never paid for a deposit, we actually often either sell an empty or sometimes full cylinder to someone at a meet who has run out or needs more .
Mind I have refillable too and also fill my own Calor bottles