Refillable Gas Systems
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ISTR that BP are pulling out of the LPG market. I'll try and check with my daughter who is a business analyst with them, or was until last week.
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for anyone interested, an overview of refillable gas tanks/bottle options/costs is in this month's MMM magazine.
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I was under the impression that BP had got rid of all their LPG rigs?? Perhaps a few have retained theirs. As I am late to the Party, Happy New Year all you Non EHUers!! Spent all of Christmas and New year suffering from ‘Aussie Flu’ - can’t wait for those long summer days!😂😂
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I think they still have a few on Motorways probably due to a contractual obligation but the rest have gone now I think.
One good thing about diesels being banned soon there may be more of a push for LPG cars which would mean more service areas offering gas hopefully. Shell seem to be upgrading the LPG pumps and there seem to be more of them also so that's good news.
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BB what franchise was the service station you filled up from in Cirencester?
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the 'cashier/supermarket' is a Co-Op, i assumed they manged the fuel, too......
just looked the Coop website and they have several filling stations, a number with LPG
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Apparently BP do still sell LPG at some of their service stations, about 80 in total, having apparently got lots of gov incentives to install LPG capacity. A searchable map is HERE. Only two once you get north of Edinburgh/Glasgow. Given the government subsidies, there should hopefully be security of supply for a while.
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Does anyone know if the number of UK outlets for LPG (at the lump, so to speak) getting more or less.
It just appears to me that there are less forecourts offering the option of LPG, although with 'education', there may be a larger number of those left who are allowing folk to refill appropriately designed cylinders. Am I right or wrong in this assumption?
David
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David
I expect the determining factor is the number of vehicles running on LPG. I somehow doubt even if we all had refillable systems whether it would be enough to sustain it being widely available if that was the only use? Although totally unscientific I have only seen one filling station in MK selling LPG, there must be more but they are not that widespread.
David
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whilst there are obvious factors like cost per refill and being able to top up at anytime are key in the purchase evaluation process, it's the ease of LPG access across Europe that is a clincher for many who tour at length there.
perhaps the static position of UK LPG 'coverage' doesnt present too much of a problem for these users...
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Had some feedback today from Safefill on the 2 locations I discovered in December.
One is happy to fill but doesn't want to go on Safefill's list for fear of upsetting Calor. The other apparently was like falling on death ears, which was our experience at Christmas.
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Hi everyone- happy New Year to you all!! Having a clear out and getting ready for the new season. I have a brand new Calorlite (empty) - are these still sought after or can I turn it in to a Calor dealer or even take it to the local tip! Calor rental cylinders ain’t part of my plans now. Thanks
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Merve, we returned our cylinder when we were on the CC site at Cirencester.
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I plan to buy a Safefill bottle soon so have been interested in this thread. I looked at the two maps mentioned earlier, MyLPG and LPGMAP and neither showed Brayford Leisure who are Safefill dearlers and, as far as I'm aware, suppliers of LPG.
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agreed, their website says they have a LPG point but i cant see t on mylpg.eu...
however, no doubt they can be emailed to place an update...which is, i guess, how these sites evolve..
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Graymee, definitely do it. I managed pre Christmas to convert 4 other people on the Lunar Caravan Owners Club page on Facebook before Christmas. The biggest thing that delayed our decision was the cost, but once we took the plunge we were truly converted.
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Are we beginning to see the demise of garage tops up of LPG, at least in this country. I notice on another forum there are posts about shortages of LPG but thought nothing of it until a few days ago when coming back from a long snowing cold weekend away, I stopped at one of my usual top up points, a Shell garage, and they had no gas and I was informed they hadn't had any for 2 months!
peedee
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For that very reason I only replaced one of my exchangeable 6kg Calor cylinders with a Gaslow self-refillable. Both are connected so that when/if the Gaslow runs out I switch over and dip into the Calor cylinder temporarily until I find an LPG pump.
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Details of the above- now found the receipt- Just filled up myself ready for the season. I had my small Safefill filled as it was empty and had my medium size one topped up which had been keeping nice and snug in my workshop. 16.7 lts all together or 8.345 kilos. If I had bought that in Calor cylinders working on £24 per 6kg cylinder I would have paid £33.74!! So saving, funnily enough, enough to swap a Calor cylinder- as if! 🤣🤣🤣😂
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Just filled my safefill bottle up for the first time, well pleased. I filled it up at the Shell Garage at Normanston Dr, Lowestoft NR32 2PY. Its right on the round about just before the railway level crossing.
It might be helpful if we could have a sticky showing where people have filled up their bottles.
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Have you informed mylpg.eu oneputt? He will make sure it’s on his map and data list. Safefill, due to pressure of work and trying to educate the great unwashed re Safefill have found that their map is out of date and are now using this site for their Safefill friendly sites. Try it. Thanks for the info mate.
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