calor gas bottle

[debbor]

hello ,
prepping for bad weather , and civil unrest.

I have decided to get some backup fuel , does anyone have a 15kg empty calor gas bottle to sell me in east Yorkshire, this should see me (when refilled) through most situations.
just picked up a 2 ring camping stove from go outdoors , £15 what a bargain ..
http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/hi-gear-eco ... ve-p142450

my prepping journey has begun.

[Yorkshire Andy]

I don't have one to sell debbor however if you have a bike scour the farm lanes on the outskirts of town you'll likely find one dumped

I use BOC in Goole for work they do ennergas which is a local supplier based in Hull who don't charge for the bottle just the gas


If you are traveling calor is great but you pay a premium for the convenience of UK wide exchange


Another option is the refillable bottles which you can fill at any autogas pump at most big petrol stations but they start at about £100

Be aware you will need a specific regulator 15kg calor use a click on type the 13kg (immsmc) red propane use a reverse threaded bolt on regulator

[Hoipoloi]

At one time the local council tip were glad to give you a bottle in exchange for a bag of sugar and some tea bags. Nowadays (by me anyway) they tell me it's against regulations to give them to joe public.
Maybe worth a try in your area.

[preparedsurrey]

Hi, go to a local skip place, they'll have a pile of bottles that get dumped into skips, they're always glad to get shut of them, failing that your local council tip will have a gas bottle section, tell them your other half brought your one down earlier by mistake and can you please please please have it back.
These will almost always be empty BUT you might get lucky and get one with a decent amount of gas in it.

[debbor]

great info people, thank you

[bob the builder]

If you know anyone in the fire service speak nicely to them as they get them dropped off at the station now and then cause people don't know how to dispose of them propperly we used to get some through a parent for the scouts this way. Also try freecycle/gumtree another option if you were closer to paisley my troop is reducing the number of gas cylinders we have by emptying and swapping for a donation to troop funds

[dangerman]

I managed to acquire about fifteen of these bottles when I won an auction on eBay. Turned out that a few of them still had gas in. Win!

I exchanged a few of them for the tiny ones for storage capacity reasons. Some I still have empty and a couple I exchanged for the 15kg butane and 13kg propane. I also managed to get a couple of empty flo gas cans that I exchanged just in case. It's nice to have a variation of canisters because all the valves are different.

[aldhelm]

This might sound like a dumb question, but alternate cooking supplies were something I never really considered before coming on here. Apart from a hexi stove for camping, I never gave it a thought until now.

Do the calor gas etc refills have a use by date or do they just last as long as the seal on the valve?

[Yorkshire Andy]

This might sound like a dumb question, but alternate cooking supplies were something I never really considered before coming on here. Apart from a hexi stove for camping, I never gave it a thought until now.

Do the calor gas etc refills have a use by date or do they just last as long as the seal on the valve?

The bottles certification lasts 10 years we have a few we rotate due to campin . i was given 3 camping gas 907 bottles by a old chap who gave up caravanning think he just wanted shut of them having bought one for camping in Europe I wasn't turning them down
http://m.cotswoldoutdoor.com/camping-ga ... lsrc=aw.ds


OK they are smaller and more expensive to refil but they are easier to Cary and been smaller easier to store and in my eyes safer as they hold less gas