Gas bottles

The lightweight calor ones are scarce I believe and full with 6kg gas weigh 1.5kg. The 6kg calor weighs 13kg. I have arthritis in spine and shoulder and choose to use the 3.9kg bottle which is under 10kg and nearly 6'' shorter than the 6kg meaning it is easier to handle. The cut out in the front of the gas locker is designed for the 6kg Calor I use a length of the closed cell pipe insulation around the bottom of the cut out plastic well to make sure that they ride in the centre although not really necessary. 

I think that empirically I found that about half the weight of a gas bottle reacts on the hitch from memory. So two 6kg bottles applies about 13kg to the hitch and two 3.9kg applies 10kg. Not much saving. I think that there is a lightweight. I don't think that I know of any lighter other than safefill 5kg at 8.5kg. But to buy empty nearly £160 each. I use 6 kg a year over 130+ nights so for me the 3.9kg. 

Calorlites are being discontinued and will become increasingly difficult to obtain. Whilst you could pay for a Flogas lightweight, the initial cost, like Calor rentals will go a substantial way to the cost of a refillable Safefill, equally lightweight and with the benefit of a future of buying cheap LPG, which will pay for itself over a reasonably short timescale. It will also enable you to obtain gas whilst abroad, something that neither of the other two options will do.

There were 4 stores within 15 miles of us to years ago. All now closed

Safefill, equally lightweight and with the benefit of a future of buying cheap LPG

It depends on your gas usage and particularly so with a caravan as opposed to a motorhome. It would take me around 1,000 nights with  the inconvenience of going off site to refill that will permit refilling refillables. For me that is 8 years with a bottle certified for 10 years. After year 8 I would save around £20 a year. Not worth the effort for me personally

+1, genius TW👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Been saying for years, massive calor tanks on club sites so lets start using them to refill. It shouldn't be that expensive to add a specific valve with meter and tap and would recoup cost over a short period of time. Come on clubs get with the times.

I think you need to read the post on LPG pumps

It’s very active and not easily missed on the front page. 😀

If traveling in Europe the Antargaz Calypso 10kg is a light weight bottle. It needs a 27mm clip on connection with what we call a butance hose to your regulator

I cannot understand some people, wants a lighter gas bottle to save weight but would just add more rubbish if they had more weight to hand. Lighter bottle to save what 5kg but would through a 30kg motor mover on the van or even air conditioning unit on the roof or a sat dish. Go through everything in the van and you could probably throw out more stuff that you never use and then keep the gas bottle you already have. Simples.

Or just carry the bottle in the car.

That is very true ,when noting what comes out of some LVs when pitching up on sites and that includes the latest upsurge in the motorised versions of caravan?,what amazes me is those caravans with front lockers that are stuffed full of "kit?",many kilo of weight ,when the hitch head has Max 100kg limit,

ps we start to carry our spare 6kg in the car after about 1yr of use of the one in the midships gas locker

Small pitches and poor access "over there?"