Hi ho
just a quick post to let you know about the day i gad today.
I purchased a twin burner with grill from mountain warehouse. And it didnt come with a valve or hose
went to b and q to see if i could get a hose vavle and bottle of gas
now i made it clear i wanted this setup for a camp cooker and was mis sold a bottle of patio heater gas and the wrong vavle a a too short hose.
After an hour of arguing that this is their problem and not calor gas. because to calor gas its a third party dispute. I managed to get a full refund. so bewarned. i was almost £70 out of pocket.
------------- The logic of my formula tells me your stupid because you prefer hotels.
There is nothing wrong with using Calor Patio Gas for camping - many do as it is just propane after all. If you were sold the wrong regulator, that is another issue, and the pipe must always be as short as possible. £70 is what it costs for a new contract and a filled cylinder. There is no issue swapping one kind of Calor cylinder for another type. However, a much cheaper way to start off is to get a cylinder from your local recycling site or try freecyle or eBay.
Quick question folks it might be a daft one.
Why should the hose be as short as possible?
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Tefkas - some places will no longer swap one sized Calor Bottle for another - or at least they wouldn't last year. I had to get the gas for the church BBQ - and because they couldn't get at their bottle in time (genuine reason) I took my empty 7.5 kilo with the intention of getting it swapped for a 15kg - and then swapping their empty 15kg for a 7.5 kg so we still had a small one. Went along to the local camping shop and was told that Calor would no longer allow them to swap. Yet in the past this had never been a problem. It had always been any Calor for any Calor.
I can not guarantee this is truly the case, or it was just the shop or a local issue - but it wouldn't surprise me if it were the case.
Paul and Kate - hose short to avoid trip hazard and wasting of gas on disconnecting.
With regards swapping between bottle sizes - there are 2 groups with the 15kg butane and propane being in one, and everything else being in the other. In theory no swapping between groups, however our local supplier has. I believe caravan dedicated places won't, but more hardware based suppliers will be more flexible.
------------- Yes, the car is bigger than the 'van.
Quote: Originally posted by Camping nutcase on 26/8/2012
Tefkas - some places will no longer swap one sized Calor Bottle for another - or at least they wouldn't last year. I had to get the gas for the church BBQ - and because they couldn't get at their bottle in time (genuine reason) I took my empty 7.5 kilo with the intention of getting it swapped for a 15kg - and then swapping their empty 15kg for a 7.5 kg so we still had a small one. Went along to the local camping shop and was told that Calor would no longer allow them to swap. Yet in the past this had never been a problem. It had always been any Calor for any Calor.
I can not guarantee this is truly the case, or it was just the shop or a local issue - but it wouldn't surprise me if it were the case.
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Topic: b&q gas bottle warning
