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Old 20th April 2017, 03:32   #3
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Originally Posted by Sector-9 View Post
I seem to recall BP gas was the most expensive (though nice plastic bottles), followed by Calor, who also do a lightweight though still metallic cylinder.
I have not costed it for a good while, but the BP gas was cheaper than Calor if you could get it from one of the cheaper sources. Paying Homebase's charge, £28-50 per 10Kg's I suspect is now probably on par with Calor's charge for the light weight bottles.

We don't use much gas, so replacement cost was never a big factor - I bought into them because they are light, you can check gas remaining with a glance, easier to handle and because it helps break the stranglehold that Calor has.

The Safefill (self refillable bottles) are identical to the BP version, they only differ in the gas connection at the top and the upper plastic is red instead of green.

I am looking to source a 27mm clip on Gasboat connector at a sensible price (if anyone might have one surplus?). All of the 27mm clip on connectors include a one way valve that only allows gas out of the bottle. The valve on the Gasboat can be easily defeated, so as to allow gas / liquid in or out. That would then allow me to decant from one partially bottle to another, allowing me to carry just the one bottle.

Not quite so urgent to be able to do that now, since my potential sources for the gas bottles increased dramatically, when Homebase dropped their insistence on your having a bottle deposit receipt, before they would offer the refills - but it would still be handy to be able to decant.

I am having to take a 1/3 and 1/4 full bottle with me for our summer fortnight. 1/3 might not be enough - How much easier to be able just pour the 1/4 into the 1/3 full one.
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