6kg Calor Lite refill price variations.
A couple of months ago, I bought a 6kg Calor Lite refill from a caravan accessory outlet near Worcester. Cost £29.99 incl VAT..
Today, I bought same thing from an agricultural dealer here in Kent for £23.25 incl VAT.
Are the caravan accessory shops lifting our leg? Is there a recommended selling price as nothing is shown on the Calor website?
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I just had a 19kg propane (flogas) delivered free for £21 (inc).
I don't blame those who make a (very) healthy profit ...if people are willing to pay whatever they are asked.
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Thats why I, and many others, changed to Safefill.
To fill my 7.5kg from empty is roughly £6.75.....
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A similar question was asked about why prices vary when purchased from Club sites. The answer was that not all main suppliers will deliver for free so Club sites add the delivery charge to the price. Given that the locations used are miles apart I wonder
if this might be a possible explanation?David
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I expect to pay around £16 on a CC site for a 3.9kg propane. For me this is fine. I know that the 6kg Calorlite is little different in weight but with medical condition I would find the taller bottle hard to put in place within a front locker. Also I am
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I expect to pay around £16 on a CC site for a 3.9kg propane. For me this is fine. I know that the 6kg Calorlite is little different in weight but with medical condition I would find the taller bottle hard to put in place within a front locker. Also I am
not a heavy gas user..that bottle has lasted us over a year and only £1 more than we paid then. Like you we are not heavy uses of gas, we did look at getting a refill system but decided it wasn't worth it. We always carry 2 bottles though just incase.
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If starting from scratch, then to me it's a no brainer. By the time you fork out for a full bottle plus deposit you have to be nearly half way there, then you most deffinately need two, so as not to run out when least expected, so you are not far short of
buying a Safefill. Only need one as you can see what gas you have left easily and reliably, no gauges to worry about.....0 -
We use calorlite, for weight reduction, refills from GO Outdoors at £21 a time, but noting the cost of safefill, I looked at their site, and they appear to have released a lightweight version of their bottles. Can you refill these abroad? £159 a bottle start up seems a bit off putting though.
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If starting from scratch, then to me it's a no brainer. By the time you fork out for a full bottle plus deposit you have to be nearly half way there, then you most deffinately need two, so as not to run out when least expected, so you are not far short of
buying a Safefill. Only need one as you can see what gas you have left easily and reliably, no gauges to worry about.....Depends how much gas you use. We only have 2 small 3.9kg propane and even a £16 a refill it costs me between £24 and £36 (tops and only because I will trade in what is left at Christmas if I think it less than half full. We are away 17 weeks. Any savings
would, for me, be offset by the faff of taking off site to fill instead of simply swopping at the site office.0 -
Used to be a Calor dealer in Market Rasen, have a few cylinders put by, but will certainly look into Safefill when I run out. Seems I would have to go to Lincoln to refill bit of a drive,but no doubt could incorperate with something else.
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It all depends on how much you use if your experience is a 3.9kg lasts a season the a refillable makes no sense. If like me you know the Alde claim that a 6kg bottle should last a weekend a refillable makes absolute sense.
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As we use only one bottle per year, at present, it makes no sense to change. Admittedly we alway go for EHU sites.
We have been away for 14 weeks this year and still plenty left in the 6Kg bottle. Only using the gas for the oven seems to stretch the life of a bottle a long way.
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I'm about the same as my neighbour Bluemalaga in respect of useage. On average less than one 6kg bottle a year. I have two bottles although I only load one normally, because why pay more in fuel to lug about an unrequired bottle? As soon as I suspect
the in use bottle is getting low I load up the second one so as not to get caught out.TF
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and only because I will trade in what is left at Christmas if I think it less than half full.
Why?
Simply because I like to start the season with two full 3.9kg bottles. If I loose out a fiver on the deal, say, the overall cost of my 17 weeks in the caravan goes up by less than 4.5p a night. Norralot aye it
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It all depends on how much you use if your experience is a 3.9kg lasts a season the a refillable makes no sense. If like me you know the Alde claim that a 6kg bottle should last a weekend a refillable makes absolute sense.
Write your comments here...
As we use only one bottle per year, at present, it makes no sense to change. Admittedly we alway go for EHU sites.
We have been away for 14 weeks this year and still plenty left in the 6Kg bottle. Only using the gas for the oven seems to stretch the life of a bottle a long way.
We are going on a 5 day non ehu rally at new year. Based on past experience I expect to use about 11kg of gas possibly more if it's very cold. Safefill makes sense for us.
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and only because I will trade in what is left at Christmas if I think it less than half full.
Why?
Simply because I like to start the season with two full 3.9kg bottles. If I loose out a fiver on the deal, say, the overall cost of my 17 weeks in the caravan goes up by less than 4.5p a night. Norralot aye it
As you use so little gas and always carry a spare, why does it matter if it runs out a few weeks early?
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and only because I will trade in what is left at Christmas if I think it less than half full.
Why?
Simply because I like to start the season with two full 3.9kg bottles. If I loose out a fiver on the deal, say, the overall cost of my 17 weeks in the caravan goes up by less than 4.5p a night. Norralot aye it
As you use so little gas and always carry a spare, why does it matter if it runs out a few weeks early?
There is one particular time, towards the end of my 17 weeks away, when it does matter to me. Can you guess?
Christmas Day and Boxing day. I am not wealthy but have enough money to see me out and the loss of 5 or 6 quid will not affect my lifestyle which is all that matters to me. If somebody was giving away fivers I would not join a queue to collect.
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There isnt one,- If you read my post a couple above I made it clear in page 2, that I carry the spare for that reason. Why are we arguing?
TF
I'm not arguing!
Ours ran out during preparing the evening meal last Friday!
It was no problem as I knew it was imminent and had the spare with me. in answer to EasyT, if that had happened on Christmas day still no problem as I would have had the spare.
I don't start off the year saying I can only have X bottles and I need to make it last, I just buy and use as much as I need but I can't see the point in throwing away 1/2 bottle of gas, no matter how much it costs - I just don't like to see waste!
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I don't start off the year saying I can only have X bottles and I need to make it last, I just buy and use as much as I need but I can't see the point in throwing away 1/2 bottle of gas, no matter how much it costs - I just don't like to see waste!
Some people see such things as waste. I don't as somebody has been paid to produce the gas, Somebody has been paid to fill the bottles and to distribute, somebody has been paid to stock and sell. Not a total waste therefore.
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Depending on how long we are away and where we are going we either carry 1 x 6kg lite or 2 x 6kg lite, we also have a 13kg steel bottle that will fit into the locker along with a 6kg so we have lots of options. We have vanned for over 35 years in one format
or other so have always had bottles. If we were starting out from new or were thinking of spending more time off grid we would consider refillable but we are not so what we have does us fine, we use so little of it.0 -
I have 1 6kg Calor bottle and 1 Calorlite. The Calorlite was bought new this year swapped for my Calor butane(along with its agreement). When the bottle runs out I will purchase another Calorlite. The main purpose is to lower my noseweight, but as we take
about 2 years to use a bottle it will probably not be changed until 2018. So, for me the extra cost in not worth worrying about.0
