They've claimed that for years, I mean at least five or six years back. Arguing with retailers over letting them have one or two of a given size.
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What sort of deposit are you supposed to pay to rent calor cylinders?
I have at least 5 cylinders that I have 'acquired' over the years. Never paid a single deposit. In previous years they were dumped at recycling centres along with old fire extinguishers and were available for the taking, even got a few full cylinders that way. Now they are all locked away in cages and not accessible.
I have at least 5 cylinders that I have 'acquired' over the years. Never paid a single deposit. In previous years they were dumped at recycling centres along with old fire extinguishers and were available for the taking, even got a few full cylinders that way. Now they are all locked away in cages and not accessible.
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If you trolley into a calor depot and buy a bottle without something to exchange they charge a deposit. These can be cashed in when you return an empty, our local depot will (or did) take back up to seven at a time and give the deposit back, no proof of purchase needed.
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just exchanged a 19kg propane. Took it to my usual dealer, who had changed to flowgas, wouldnt take or exchange the calor. Wanted £60 for a bottle and 40 for the gas. Found a Calor stockist. £62 
HFM
HFMreason been they collected them all up a few yrs ago and scraped the lot.
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We took out contract 18 yrs ago for new bottled Calor for our caravan , You need the rental agreement/contract for refund IIRC the bottle return value diminishes to zero after something like five years . Not sure if it can only be reclaimed at the original point of supply either...... they still own the bottle after that point .
The house bottles were from West Wales Gas no deposit and one for onew at the local supply shop .
Big volumes nine times out of ten not wanted back when they were empty ...met a farmer who had 87 big empty bottles at his chicken farm & 30 or more small ones to dispose of.
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IIRC ........ Reason :- severe dangerous internal rust & water from wet gas in the bottles made & filled in Chinajust exchanged a 19kg propane. Took it to my usual dealer, who had changed to flowgas, wouldnt take or exchange the calor. Wanted £60 for a bottle and 40 for the gas. Found a Calor stockist. £62
reason been they collected them all up a few yrs ago and scraped the lot.
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probably because the bigger bottles wouldnt fit in to the storage boxes on caravans even the new ones
the idea was they wanted to cater for the larger users. most people would be changing bottle suppliers that fit so they thought better of it
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I heard this as well - don't know if it true or not....?
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Bobupndown
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Happy at this news, I really like my little caravan gas cylinders 
Cobbler
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It was in the Caravan & Motorhome club magazine, no new ones to be issued but would exchange existing ones.
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Cobbler
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In the last month or so, it could have been the Camping & Caravan club mag, definitely one or the otherHow recently?
brightspark
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months ago i saw this from there website. there carrying on swapping them for folk but if return bottles are out of test date or damaged they wont be replaced and scrapped so eventualy when theres not many left thats it
We've been concerned about this too. The gas locker on our van will only take 2 x 3.9kg cylinders.
It would require major surgery to get anything bigger in.
I can't see it in the March Caravan & Motorhome Club magazine but found this, which includes a statement from Calor, on Practical Boat Owner:
www.pbo.co.uk
It would require major surgery to get anything bigger in.
I can't see it in the March Caravan & Motorhome Club magazine but found this, which includes a statement from Calor, on Practical Boat Owner:
Calor Gas U-turn on phasing out 3.9kg & 4.5kg bottles - Practical Boat Owner
Calor Gas has confirmed that it will continue to supply 3.9kg propane and 4.5kg butane cylinders having announced it was phasing them out
www.pbo.co.uk
Cobbler
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A friend of ours has the same problem, just bought a new campervan to find out they couldn’t get the gas. Luckily they found that Calor patio gas cylinders would fit the locker.
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Yes, I read it the latest Caravan etc. magazine. I also had a look on Calor's (chaotic) website. Which shows the small Butane and propane cylinders.
https://www.calor.co.uk/gas-bottles/refills-and-returns/refills
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did you know you pay more for patio gas bottle exchange than the standard screw on regulator ones and its the same gas
patio gas regulators clip on and are safer than screw ones when people are p.issed and change the bottle 
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Yes, my friends were aware of the higher costs, but they fitted in & its propanedid you know you pay more for patio gas bottle exchange than the standard screw on regulator ones and its the same gas
