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We have just purchased 2 replacement orange butano gas bottles, we use this to heat water in the kitchen and for the gas hob.
I am sure there are 2 different types of gas bottles here, silver and orange. What is the difference, hopefully we bought the right ones !
no difference other than the weight the orange ones are heavier the silver ones are aluminium. also the silver ones are usually only available at garages whereas the gas man comes round with the orange ones to exchange. the price is usually set by the government every year but the garages charge a little more.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:11am
Alicia 11 wrote on Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:27pm:
no difference other than the weight the orange ones are heavier the silver ones are aluminium. also the silver ones are usually only available at garages whereas the gas man comes round with the orange ones to exchange. the price is usually set by the government every year but the gar...
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...ages charge a little more.
Thank you for this ,I can relax now !
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:15pm
One thing not mentioned with regards to
The orange and aluminium butano the aluminium ones cost more
Puggo wrote on Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:45pm:
We have just purchased 2 replacement orange butano gas bottles, we use this to heat water in the kitchen and for the gas hob.
I am sure there are 2 different types of gas bottles here, silver and orange. What is the difference, hopefully we bought the right ones !
Can I ask where you bought them?
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:22pm
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I had a bottle of butano from Cepsa (aluminium bottle) delivered to my home this week. They and Repsol (orange bottle) both do home deliveries. I use Repsol for cooking because we rent our house and they came with the contract. I use the aluminium ones for our heater in the lounge rather than sticking to the central heating all the time which is electric and expensive.i paid 15.90 for the bottle this week and i have never found them more expensive than the orange ones. They are all more expensive in the winter, the best time to buy is the summer when they come down in price.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 8:40am
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Lyn77 wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:22pm:
I had a bottle of butano from Cepsa (aluminium bottle) delivered to my home this week. They and Repsol (orange bottle) both do home deliveries. I use Repsol for cooking because we rent our house and they came with the contract. I use the aluminium ones for our heater...
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... in the lounge rather than sticking to the central heating all the time which is electric and expensive.i paid 15.90 for the bottle this week and i have never found them more expensive than the orange ones. They are all more expensive in the winter, the best time to buy is the summer when they come down in price.
As mentioned by someone else. The Government set the prices. Seasons have nothing To do with it !!!!!
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:19pm
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Sorry but although I agree that the prices are set by the government the prices do go down in the summer. Thats why I usually 'top' up around September time. The older you get the more difficult it is to lift the orange bottles.
Lyn77 wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:22pm:
I had a bottle of butano from Cepsa (aluminium bottle) delivered to my home this week. They and Repsol (orange bottle) both do home deliveries. I use Repsol for cooking because we rent our house and they came with the contract. I use the aluminium ones for our heater...
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... in the lounge rather than sticking to the central heating all the time which is electric and expensive.i paid 15.90 for the bottle this week and i have never found them more expensive than the orange ones. They are all more expensive in the winter, the best time to buy is the summer when they come down in price.
The orange ones from repsol are currently 13.30€
Sveinb wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:23am:
Can I ask where you bought them?
Go to your local repsol garage and get a new contract 3.65€ and then on top of that you pay for the price of the gas
Don’t get ripped off paying 10€+ from people selling empty ones
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