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Subject Topic: Campingaz and refills in France
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Off to camp in france for first time. We have a camping chef 2 ring stove with a grill which we attach to a campingaz (907) bottle. The bottle will run out whilst on holiday and i just want some reassurance that i will be OK to swap out in france (Staying near benodet in Brittany).
From what i have read in other forums and on google i am under the impression that the campingaz bottles are widely available (at petrol stations, supermarkets, hardware stores) but i have got confused with some messages mentioning getting Pigtail connectors (i am correct that is if you have a caravan?)
There has also been mention of using "twinny" gas and buying a regulator. I am happy to go with whatever is cheapest.


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You should have no problem exchanging your Gaz bottle in most places in France. A tip, if you go to a large supermarket, (Super U etc) go to the service desk at the entrance and swap your empty bottle for a voucher that you hand in when you get to the check-out.

Yes, pigtails are normally the flexible pipe joining the bottle to the regulator and fixed copper pipework in caravans. Use your 907 bottle just as you do here in the UK.

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Thanks for that quick response - just what i wanted to hear


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We are just back from just near you....:-(. Either Leclerc in concarneau or intermarche both had camping gaz.

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thanks for the answers. in the end i could swap out on our campsite for a cost of 24 euro


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Would have been cheaper to exchange at E Leclerc.  We paid €18 for a 907 cylinder in July.   Unfortunately got the replacement cylinder and then the gas latern failed.

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