refillable gas bottles

Question

About to head off to Europe for 8 months and need to keep warm. We currently have one 6kg red Propane in our B534, 1990. Obviously this won't last long enough so trying to figure out best options - what gas is available there and can it be used with our regulator etc. Advice and facts welcome please! Unfortunately don't have photo of our regulator as currently away from Hans the Hymer.

Reply

By far and away the best solution for long term travellers in Europe is to fit refillable bottles which you then fill up as and when needed with LPG at around 50p a litre - often less. It works out about half the cost of equivalent bottles and with a set of adaptors you can fill up anywhere, and get away forever from the insane situation of having different bottles and connectors in different countries. A simple one bottle solution will cost you less than that, and a more sophisticated twin bottle system a bit more. Have a Google for Gas-it systems - it is possible to DIY if you are confident, or Peter Curry will I am sure offer you a professional job. We are long termers and our refillables are basically essential equipment. When it's really cold we keep our S700 toasty warm 24 hours a day for approx 20 litres a week - about a tenner. LPG stations are all over the place - some countries less common than others, but there are plenty of websites and / or POI's for your GPS that tell you where the stations are, and you just build it into your schedule. We still have our half full 6kg bottle stashed away for emergencies .... but haven't needed it yet!