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Just a thought, lpg forklifts
Some big companies using lpg forklifts have large lpg tanks and refill their own bottles, does anyone here work at a company like that?
Obviously they have special valves so the bottle can be on it's side but what about refilling?

How much do you spend on camping gas a year? I suppose if you go to the expense of a refillable bottle though you can use it for patio heaters, bbq's etc.

in 2005 i slept in my camper 88 nights, and on average one 4.5kg bottle lasts me 10 nights*, that was 9 bottles in a year at £14 or there abouts at a time, stupidly expensive, and would have been almost double that if i had been using CampingGaz.

you do the sums, refillable is the way to go.



*depending on use of fridge , and including "days out" where we were brewing tea and using the fridge, making toast, pancakes and frying bacon.

thats how I worked it out but,
you spent say 150 in the year, if you get a big bottle/tank thingie add on a remote filler kit and you are at 150 but you still need to buy a years gas for the new bottle/tank.

I agree refillable is the way to go but I believe the bottles will get cheaper and more varied in size and shape (in my research I found a lot of new foreign built motorhomes, as most are, don't have english bottle size gas cabinets), it's a relatively new thing and can only get better.

Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it

that's nine small bottles, so about 7 6kg ones! at a fiver a time to refil, you are looking at an initial over spend of £35, but then the next year you'll save £115! i've had my bottle about a year and so far have not regretted it! next year i'lll be in profit so even better!!