Latest Calor Press Release on Calor Lite

don't see the point in that Dave. why change half a bottle for a full one knowing the second bottle is full is the safe guard you have plenty when on site. when the first is empty swap to the full one and exchange the then empty one so the second is a full reserve ready for use when required.

I’ll bear Gaslight in mind, CY, thank you, in case we have trouble changing our Calorlite cylinders at any time.  I’ve had a look at Gaslight stockists, and the nearest to home is just over 14 miles away, however it does appear that you can buy online.  That’s not too bad, considering our caravan stockist is a similar distance, albeit in the opposite direction.  I’ve re-read some replies to my previous posts (in 2017), and Pippah suggested that she uses orders and has them delivered.  Safefill is definitely not an option as our local Morrisons doesn't stock it, and the nearest place seems to be in north Kent somewhere.  Perhaps if others are moving away from Calorlite, the stock of cylinders in circulation will be enough to keep us going for a while yet.

We’ll play the waiting game for now.

Bandgirl, according to MyLPG.eu  there are LPG outlets in Hastings, Polegate, Hailsham and Hurst Green in your part of the world.

Spending a month in the New Forest, on a site without sanitation or EHU, we survived very well with our Calorlites. But we did need three replacements over that period. The friendly hardware shop in nearby Brockenhurst consistently had a stock of full ones. Assuming that caravaners won’t be enthusiastic to separate their awning, pack everything away and temporarily decamp to refill a fixed installation, refillable bottles might be an alternative. But a quick search of the area indicates that none of the New Forest garages sells LPG via a gas line.

OK, where there’s a will there’s a way, so of course such matters can be overcome, but I’m left wondering why Calor have quietly decided to abandon lightweight bottles altogether. With the imperative to switch away from fossil fuelled engines, we are more likely to see an expansion of electrical charging points, than LPG dispensers. Until, that is, people recognise that our National power supply infrastructure is so far short of adequate, that running the entire UK with electric cars can’t be done. At which point Hydrogen is a likely contender for the next generation of engines, but unsuitable for our leisure vehicles, without a major appliance replacement cost.

As I see it, it’ll be a very long time before exchanging ready filled bottles has been superseded.

We use 10kg (that's Gas weight)  gaselite bottles from Homebase (they sell them usually for Barbecues you can see through the bottle to check gas level , not as heavy as metal bottles, different connector to Calor Gas bottles, Using a combination of Aires campsites, free and commercial Aires (only for Motorhomes) and Campsites with electric we survived on 2 bottles for 8 weeks in Spain.   

Just used up the last of my Calor lite bottle. Understand that there are supply problems and may not be able to get a refill until new standard is brought out. However, in the interim, I am happy to go back to older type bottle. Now the problem. The club apparently won't accept a Calor lite swap for a standard bottle. Don't understand this - why do I have to go to a major Calor depot? Anyone else had a similar problem?

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Thanks to EasyT for his response. Guess it looks like a personal choice of the Warden. Would have been nice if the club/Warden could explain the rationale.

I am not keen on the refillable type as we don't use enough gas to justify the cost.  I am planning to buy a pair of the gaslight bottles instead.  I like the idea of being able to see at a glance how much gas is in the bottle.  I also like the thought of considerably less weight.

 My local Calor place had a load of Calorlite in last week. I asked what they were .... can't say I'd seen the grey top bottles before. He said they were £3 more too 

Not your fault that neither of these are exactly adjacent to Northampton! Sorry, I forgot to mention that bit.

MM, ours has a grey top. Are you in Lancs, as in your signature?

Anyone nearer my end of the world seen them in stock, please? I'm still wondering if it's just our shop playing to sell what they've got, or if Calor really are stopping them this time.

Thanks.

Morning

So, our calor delivery driver has told us that they are not producing lite bottles anymore. They are still servicing them so there are a few around but they will gradually disappear in the next couple of years. They've stopped stocking them at all at our depot in Cornwall. Because of that our supply of 6kg steel bottles has been very hit and miss due to the increased demand

JK

I use the 3.9kg size. 

And our load margin shot to ribbons. 

At least i will have an explanation to give the Vosa Man (or whatever they are calling themselves this week) as to why i am overloaded. 

When I weighed it it was with Calor lites ....ossiffer.

So easily addressed now in most units as I have said earlier, take my route and move over to Flogas's Gaslights.

Their aquisition of the BP product followed recently by the  change of ownership of Homebase has resulted in these being again much more widely available, now through Flogas's very extensive retailers network.

Those units only designed for sale in the UK could have issues with physically getting Gaslights in, but those aimed more generally at the European market should be able to, as these cylinders are based on the same size used there.