gas cylinder advice needed

[sian_5062266]

I'm off to France and Spain shortly for the winter, and have read that campingaz is the most readily available gas. I've already bought the adapter hoses, but should I get the cylinders here before I go or should I buy them there? If I get them here will they readily exchange them over there when they're empty? What do the rest of you do? I don't really want to take my calor bottles because I'm not comming back till March and they won't last that long.

Many thanks

Sian

 

[TD42]

we have just returned from france we purchased a light weight 10 kg cylinder of ANTARGAS from super U complete with regulator for 25 Euros this is on special offer at most big supermarkets , although you will have to buy a suitable pigtail if you have a modern van, you will be able to get this from Super U We will keep this soley for use in france.

PS a Camping Gaz refill costs us 19 Euro

 

[sian_5062266]

is this a different type of gas? what's a pigtail? as you can tell I'm technically dumb! it will be a new van, we haven't had it delivered yet, but hope it will come next week!

thanks

 

[Zbungle]

If I were you and all this was new to me, I think I would probably go with the Camping Gaz option. It's not the cheapest but over the year you may end spending an extra fiver on gas - big deal! Campig Gaz is easily available both at home and in most of Europe (although it is cheaper here so buy before you go).

You will find CG in most French supermarkets and probably on the campsite itself. The problem with all the other makes is that none of them are available in both UK and France. The gas itself is (either butane or propane) but not the cylinder; and there's the rub!

To connect your CG bottle to your caravan you don't need to buy a regulator; that's already fitted in your caravan. But to connect between the bottle and the factory fitted regulator you need a short hose with a suitable coupling on the end. This is often referred to as a pig tail.

CG has the advantage of being in small containers and so are lighter to carry. Eventually, BP Gaslight will be available both in France and the UK and this has many advantages (propane works in the winter, the bottles are plastic and very light) but until Truma gets the distribution sorted out, it is not available over there.

Happy caravanning.

 

[sian_5062266]

Thanks ever so much, I think I've got the pig tails, I bought them from the service centre when I took my old van in for a service and I know that the new van as got the correct regulator (when I get it), I don't mind buying the camping gaz bottles so long as they will swap them over there, what I din't want to do was to have to cart a variety of cylinders with me for the next six months. What's really miffed me right off is the fact that I only got a tenner back from my twenty five quid deposit on one of my calor cylinders, I too will be getting the gas lights when I get back.

Cheers

Sian

PS - I had thought of something else to ask which I already wrote down once but the post message failed and I lost what I wrote originally and now I can't remember what I needed to know

 

[Graham_374228415]

A 907 camping gas is around _5 in Spain. Most campers buy a Spanish gas bottle and either use a pigtail or connect it via the outside BBQ point. This is by far the cheapest option although I cannot remember the price of the gas.