does anyone know if Calor are operating again, all our local fuel stations last year had no gas & like everyone else I'm trying to plan holidays

Another alternative would be Safefill. The cylinder is expensive to purchase but the gas is half price thereafter. We carry one 7.5kg Safefill and one backup Calor Lite in our Triton. Safefill can be tricky to find however they are now advising that Morrison’s LPG filling stations will fill them.

I wonder what the country wide issue is, they need to pull their finger out and make hay while the suns shines with everyone wanting to go away in this country!

I wonder if the gas companies have concentrated on producing oxygen during the pandemic and got a bit behind with the propane??

I hadn't thought about that, its certainly a possibility.

The Calor website says its the demand for bottles for patio heaters with everyone staying at home which is the problem.

Presumably, Campingaz isn't affected?

C

Having bought my van in May last year this is my first winter experience and Today I thought I’d exchange a 4.5 empty calor butane for a 6kg propane, well that didn’t happen. Two local caravan shops would not exchange my bottle and will only do like for like on an exchange basis and said that this was the instruction from calor. That’s not stated on the calor website and according to them you can still exchange bottle sizes within a category. So I’ve emailed calor and I’m waiting for a reply. Off to Morrisons tomorrow and hoping they’ll be a bit more relaxed about the bottle exchange.

Just in case, don't forget you need a different regulator and fittings if you change from butane to propane.
Steve

Thought I’d have a quick about drive locally and came across a couple of filling stations with calor bottles that are not showing as retailers on the calor website. Managed to exchange my 4.5 butane for the 6 propane. Also Went and got the propane pigtail.

don't forget the regulator !

If it's a a bulkhead 30 ml bar regulator [which means most vans built after 2004] you don't need to change the regulator just the pigtail.
Dave

Thanks Dave, connected it up it’s a 2016 van with a bulkhead regulator never thought to check

Quick Update.
I got an email from Calor to say they have asked all their retailers to do like for like exchanges only.
I suggested they update their website.