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Just to keep you up to date – we will by the end of the month have stock of 4T fuel in much more handy 1 litre bottles – we will encourage the existing stocking dealers to carry this size ( hopefully!!) and  equally hope that the other dealers will be more inclined to start to carry the 1 litre size !!

Hope of interest to you and your colleagues.

Tony Gilhome
Business Development Manager - Aspen
Anglo American Oil Company Ltd

Tony's contacting Millets and Yeomans to try and get them interested in stocking it.

I suggest that you contact him directly and tell him your local camping supplier, the sort that sell Coleman Fuel, and ask him to approach them to.

tony at aaoi co uk    (obviously taking the spaces out and putting the dots in)

Quote: Originally posted by romany on 28/7/2007

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My problem is both the supliers in our area only sell it pre mixed with two stroke oil not much good for a lamp or cooker

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I had a similar problem but I persauded my stockist to get some in on the promise I would buy the 3 x 5 litre bottles minimum order if he did not sell them.

He sold out within a week!

I've been using a peak 1 stove on and off for over 18 years (the same one!) and I cannot praise them enough.  The big drawback (with mine at least) was the requirement to use Coleman fuel.  I was really pleased to find this thread.  After a little background reading and a few 'phone calls a very nice bloke called Peter at:

Ramage D I Y Equipment Hire
43 Liverpool Rd North
Burscough Lancashire L40 0SA
Tel: 01704 892384

agreed to get some Aspen 4T in stock.  He now has both 5L and 1L sizes.

I'm not, in any way, associated with Ramage DIY but thought it would be a courtsey to both Peter, and the forum members to let everyone know there is a stockist in the NW.  They are about 15 mins (if that) from Junction 27 of the M6.

Follow the signs for Martin Mere (the wetlands bird sanctuary where they will be filming Autumn Watch again this year).  As you turn left off the main Southport road, go to the end of the road, right at the lights and Ramage DIY is about 250 yards down the road, on your left, just before the Tesco store.

Give Peter a ring to check stock before popping in.

Aspen 4T stores really well (unlike petrol) so get some in now ready for your travels next year!

Thanks to the individuals who made the original post on this subject.

I may be missing something here but my reason for having a coleman dual fuel was it CAN be run on petrol.

Coleman fuel is expensive, 4T is even more expensive. Unleaded, while not exactly cheap, is a heck of a lot cheaper than specialist fuels.

Please enlighten me......

Quote: Originally posted by ivanparkin on 25/1/2008

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I may be missing something here but my reason for having a coleman dual fuel was it CAN be run on petrol.

Coleman fuel is expensive, 4T is even more expensive. Unleaded, while not exactly cheap, is a heck of a lot cheaper than specialist fuels.

Please enlighten me......

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4T is less than a quarter the price of Coleman fuel in the UK, other reasoning and dicussion here http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=6&TopicID=106816&PagePosition=1&showActive=10&ReturnPage=Active

and then here http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=6&TopicID=113855&SearchPagePosition=1&search=aspen+4t&searchMode=allwords&searchIn=Topic&forum=6&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=Search 

Thanks for the links moondust. Interesting reading.

Is it possible to use an unleaded/Aspen 4T mix?

Maybe the best of both worlds?

I can't see why you'd want to do that.

Coleman fuel and Aspen 4T are both naphtha (white gas) and this is the best fuel for the stove.  But the main reason for not using u/l petrol is that the additives used to make it better for cars include some really nasty chemicals - you don't want to spill it on yourself or inhale the fumes (which can be hard to avoid given it's volatility).

If you are happy to use petrol to mix then you may as well just use petrol on it's own.