SafeFill LPG - Best Purchase For Full-time Motorhome & Van Life
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- These safe fill LPG bottles are by far the best purchase I've made for my motorhome, so much cheaper and easier to use than calor gas bottles for my heating, water & cooking. There as simple as "plug-and-play" when it comes to fittings, if you've got calor now, your fittings will be fine as they are. These bottles come in three different sizes, 5KG, 7.5KG & 10KG
I'm in no way affiliated with SafeFill, I just love the product and what it's done for me.
SafeFill no longer sell them on their website but a SafeFill dealer sells them on ebay which makes postage a lot easier - ebay.us/kObYvF
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You are going to do really well with this channel I don't know why I love these videos but yours are sensible and informative and you have a charm , keep going and if I ever go lpg I would do this
Wow! Thanks Beau Kay for the kinds words 😀😋😁 glad you like them.
You are smashing this better than top gear. Actually the bottles automatically cut off at 80% full this allows for expansion and temperature change. Thank you and I agree Best Buy ever
Thanks Peter! Awesome Complement 👍👍👍😁😁😁
Yeah your right about where they cut off, which is one of the things that's so good and safe about them, I love them!
1. Now you've made me not afraid to use the gas, I'm switching to this as soon as my current bottle runs out. So thanks!
2. I'm impressed you said 'it gives you an extra couple inches' and it wasn't followed by a 'thats what she said' or any other innuendo 😂
Good good glad I could be of help, the last thing you wanna be doing is jumping in and out all the time. Haha yeah the off one gets past me here and there lol 😁😁👍👍
DANGER , DANGER WILL ROBINSON ( for those of old enough to remember Lost in Space ;) ) A key safety requirement is that gas bottles should never be filled above 80% of their max capacity otherwise you run the risk of an explosion and possibly killing yourself (and others) if you don't allow some space at the top of the the cylinder for gas expansion. The bottles in your video do not appear to have any mechanism to determe the 80 % level ? . Gaslow or Gaslit systems etc. do have these safeguards. As a rule of thumb , allow for 2 Litres of LPG (max) per KG (net ) of tank capacity ( empty) . For example , if you have an empty cylinder rated 5KG (net) capacity then no more than 10 Litres ( max) of LPG should be pumped in.
I had the gas it system installed. Two 6kg bottles.it will pay for itself in 12 refills.amazing
Tell me about it mate, calor are a rip off unless you a 2 or 3 time a year person then LPG is the way to go
Great video, very informative and very well shown, you''re a natural teacher, thanks, Alan, UK.
Totally agree with you I’ve got the gasit system..... so much easier and cheaper than calor ..... good video mate 👍
Your vids are great no rushing straight forward layman’s terms you show everything how things are done great
Autogas is charged at 20% VAT.
LPG for heating is charged at 5%.
Therefore you should find a calor stockist who sells LPG and save on Tax.
That's a good tip, wonder if using red diesel for heating instead of auto diesel works the same way ? 😅😄😃😂
Yes I bought an 11kg one 8 months ago... Fabulous aren't they, Carvers in Wolverhampton fill you for no money 39p litre that's because they produce there own gas and sell it at the domestic gas rate is only 5% vat.
The more people that purchase these the better..
Great video I've subscribed
Mate your spot on! Best thing I've bought on the motorhome that is always in use and saving me loads of money. 39p dam! That's an amazing price, I'd be loving that!
Market update
I filled up my Safefill bottle on Friday last week, at Carvers in Wolverhampton. It was just over half full.
The price has since dropped to an amazing 0.23p per litre.
It took just over 8 litres he said thats £2.13 pence. Please.
And he fills it up for you...🔝🆙
Vat was included at only 5% because this is the domestic rate in fuel not 20% we have to pay on food children's clothing and books etc.
Safefill system is over delivering, we never go cold in our caravan.
AMAZING
@@muddymarvellous Good god they wouldn't be loosing much if they gave it away loooooool Wonder if they dye it so you cannot run your LPG car on it looooool
Doing the same with my little camping gaz bottles .£28/£40 for 6kg ! Now under a fiver. Awesome. Enjoyed the post chap.
Love it, such a price difference
This might just be the answer to a problem. Ordered an Auto-trail Campervan that was supposed to have a 25 litre underslung tank but they've changed the spec to 2 x 3.9kg calor gas exchangeable bottles. The Safefill 5kg bottles is bigger in height and diameter and if I can fit just one 5 KG bottle in the locker I'll be a happy bunny. If this works for me I'll buy thee a pint.
Fantastic video. I haven't got a campervan yet. You have made this a very clear video on how to do it.
My only experience was when we hired a RV in Canada 10 years ago - you were not allowed to operate the LPG (propane) pump yourself - someone from the filling station had to do it.
There are gaslow and Alugas versions too. I have alugas with a filling point on the bottom of the rear bumper, so much cheaper than pre-filled bottles. Mine came with an auto-changover system as well oh and gauges on the top of the tanks. A lot more expensive though, must admit.
Very nice system Malcolm and your so right, sooooo much cheaper than pre bottled stuff 👍🏻😊
I have a safefill in my caravan and I agree with everything you say. I don’t have one of those adapters though and my local LPG station has that type of pump. The first time I used it someohow some gas went into the bottle and thereafter it failed to fill time and again. I ended up having the bottle replaced when actually there was nothing wrong with it, I just needed the extension. I found another garage which worked with a different pump style but now I have seen you use the adapter I will be getting one. Cheers 🙂
Yeah I had the same problen at one pump until I got the adaptor. Really glad to have helped mate, thanks for watching 👍👍😁😁
Safefill bottles are very handy for their weight and the level view of gas. Otherwise it's a pain in the *rse, because they have to be unplugged and taken out of the vehicle.
Furthermore it's a problem to fill them in other country's in Europe where it is not allowed to fill outside a bottle on a LPG station, but only allowed to fixed installation. Per example, in Belgium you only find 1 on 20 stations who allow you to, and probably it has to been done between dark and light if you know what I mean.
Hey Chris, yeah I can't really comment on filling them in Europe as I've not made my way over there yet with the motorhome but it's definitely something worth keeping in mind for when I do, cheers mate 👍
The Urban Motorhome -- Digging a little deeper brings the next up: The bottles sold under the name "Safefill" are by Hexagon Ragasco and are only approved as a refillable transportable gas cylinder and not as a gas tank or gas cylinder. So it's perfectly safe to use them and fill them as you do (transportable), but then you have that idiot (European) law I mentioned.... It's all about the money... Have a wonderfull day, love your channel mate!!
See www.hexagonragasco.com/downloads/documentation-and-literature/documentation-and-literature
Great thanks I just came back for a weekend away and had no Gas calor are absolutely useless everywhere was out of stock so we had takeaways all weekend definitely getting one of these
Ok so I've just recently brought my first Safefill bottle 10kg, I went and filled it up at Morrison's yesterday at 57p a litre, happy days!
Cheap as Chips.
Thank you Darren, this is going to be a big money saver!!
great idea, loved that you showed us exactly how to do it with the pump. I was inspired to look into it straight away. don't think its for me as I use two bottles a year at about £19 each from go outdoors. £160 to buy bottle and £7 a fill off the top of my head it would take 4 years to break even if I bought one bottle. brilliant video though, subscribed
Thank mate, a lot of people have said that about me showing them at the pump, when I got one I was a little lost on how to do it and tried to find a video to no avail which gave me the idea to do this on mine. No I don't think it will work out for you as well as it has for me...haha 4 years 😂 but like you say your not a regular user. Thanks for subscribing 😀👍
I use the Gaslow bottles in my MH and yep its so cheap I never worry about it either, I use about £12-15 a month in mid winter for cooking and heating etc plus my fridge is on gas too, I have an account so atm I get it for 54p a ltr, the down side to that is that there is only one outlet in my town and area, the account I have has many outlets in the UK but non in France but its still cheap over there...also I have a fill point on the outside of the van so I dont need to open the locker...like you say it is a must for the MH whichever system you choose...Great video again mate....
Darran Mansfield - The Urban Motorhome ... yes mate I’ve used the app a few times and it’s very good.👍👍
Its the way to go, I changed to refillable. Calor may be easy to get but at a price for that convenience. I can fill my 2 11Kg bottles for £26, where as 2 13Kg Calor bottle cost well over £80. The difference from yours to mine is, the fill side of mine is permanently plumbed in to a fill point. So I just plug in and fill or top up both bottles together in one go and I don't have to disconnect the pipes, so quicker and no hassle.
Do you find some garages get a bit touchy about you filling a bottle direct? I've heard they think you're filling a non refillable bottle. Which is not advised due to no 80% cut off valve.
Stay well, stay safe. Keep up the videos
CharlieG
Just joined the hopefully happy brigade of Safefill LPG users dash - to Morrisons to fill out two bottles. I have been ringing around for weeks to find someone with any in stock - so people may find it a big problem. I am on a lot of wait lists but eventually found the last two in the shop in Crewe. They said they couldn’t arrange carriage because people wouldn’t take them - no problem with Parcelforce, they’re not cheap was next day delivery ace.
Great to see the level, I use gaslow very similar but with a fixed filler point. So no disconnecting bottles
subscribed! I am moving to the UK soon and planning to live in a van fulltime after I settled. hope to see you!
I've got LPG too in my van ,but Gaslow and I love it. Yellow metal bottle.
Don't try to get safefill filled in the cotswolds.
Took me four hours until I covertly filled mine up.
All the places I contacted were dead against filling it up.
Tried to explain about the cylinder, they were having none of it.
Especially Shell garages.
Yeah I was thinking why not use LPG for these mobile calor heaters you can buy for the house especially when it seems five times cheaper !
Hi Mark I was thinking the same, I've got 2 mobile gas heaters do the adapters fit the same on your mobile gas heaters or do they need adapting, I'd be grateful for any advice.
@@steve1962ize I haven't tried but you would certainly think there's an adapter but don't ask a calor gas dealer loool
Only recently found your channel. But am enjoying finding out about things I didn’t even know existed. Like this calir gas alternative...
Keep up the good work... 👍
Do you ever have any problem with filling up LPG at the station forecourt? I have heard that some people had problems getting the pump authorised to fill up a cylinder due to the staff being a bit unsure if it is aloud and safe, just think some are a bit uneducated in the bottles that are designed to be filled with LPG at a service station.
Safefill approved by Morrisons. Others not but Ive filled Calor 10 years same thing.
The information you are feeding me is outstanding my friend. Thank you eversomuch!
Your get it even cheaper if you fill your bottle from the LPG pumps using an adaptor
Agreed, but not the best of ideas if I'm honest for 2 reason.
1. If calor or the forecourts catch you using the bottle they will at the least not be happy and stop you and at most calor will try and press charges/prosecute for theft as you only renting their bottle. (I know I know 🤣😂)
2. More importantly for me is the calor bottles don't have a auto stopcock so you can fill the bottle 100% which is a big no no as gas needs room to expand and should only be filled 80% full.
I'm not preaching, just needed to give the other side of the coin 👍🏻😊😊😊
@@TheUrbanMotorhome 13 kg calor 20 litres, fill from empty, just release button on 19.5
Hi, could you explain what you mean, I want to understand about all this but don't see what 'Fugitive 6568' is meaning or your reply to it, please say. Great video, thanks, Alan, UK.
@@alanmay1945 He is saying fill a free Metal Calor gas bottle with LPG to 80% rather than buy a safety cut out at 80% plastic lightweight Safefill bottle that's £160, but its a dangerous idea because there's no automatic cut off on the Calor gas bottle. But Calor bottles are still a lot heavier even if you did that dangerous trick anyways.
Heya bud quick question i have a caravan and was wondering if i needed to change any connectors if i changed my bottle to this gear.. ?
No answer as yet... you naughty fellow.
Sorry mate, na it's a straight bottle swap, 2 mins job, pull out the calor and chuck in the safe fill and your golden.
Hi Just wanted to say my 10kg composite refillable gas bottle arrived today £13 to fill in shell instead of £25 refill from Go outdoors. Paid £158 inc pump nozzle on ebay. Im proper over the moon . Thanks M8 excellent vid and recommendation.
Mate! I'm chuffed for you, you'll make the cost back in no time at all and no more lugging them bottles into Go Outdoors haha
You got the eBay link? Also, if I'm cooking 3 meals a day and have the heating on couple hours a day (in winter) how long would this 10kg last?
Thanks
@@EVO_777 hi, did you ever get the answer to this?
Thnx
The 2 resellers here both fill bottles from a bulk tank
i get massive reduced 15kg blue pay £29
but its only 30 litres
have a bulk tank and pay 33p a litre
Great video. Very useful info, however the Safe Fill website does not take online orders for the bottles. There are about 21 retailers who sell the Safe Fill bottle, however they are all in England only. Pity. Know they are trying to increase their network though. Thanks and love from Scotland x.
After your recommendation I've bought 2x 10kg bottles for my new overlander as I need to keep my truck lightweight I chose them over the heavy gasit bottles
Brilliant mate! Yeah these are proper lightweight and it’s great being able to see inside them, I flipping love them, my best purchase hands down!
@@TheUrbanMotorhome if I cant get refilled i will blame you for it 😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 I’ve never had any problems filling them 👍🏻👍🏻
Did you notice someone elses comment that autogas LPG is charged with 20% VAT that you could avoid if you fill at a calor gas LPG retailer ?
Had a Safefill from day one. Best purchase as you said. 💙❤️👍
I'm in The States, in Oregon. We don't have this fill system but I wanted to say fantastic VLOG. Very informative, I wish all the content on here was as well made.
Mate! Double Yellows much? lol. Keep doing your thing man, good for you.
Brilliant video, just exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’m sold on the idea for my Bürstner. Thank you. 👍👍
Good to know for when I start my van next year great video
Great clear advice. Even the simple things are daunting the first time. I think you just many people make the switch from calor gas!
Thank you so much for this video. I have just lost my home in the last week. I slept on a park bench for a week but managed to get back to parents house. Im considering taking this option as i odnt want to pay to live in another house i dont own and can be chucked out when prices rise. I just have one quiestion before you got this CZcams page up and running what did you do for work ? Earning money ects. Love the videos i am scared to do this but i will and hopefully i will live a better life :) thank you.
Seems interesting but living in Cornwall there is only 3 places where you can fill up, unfortunately no where near myself, so until there are more top up points I will have to stick with calor
Found your channel this morning and think it's really brilliant keep it up
Thanks Tony 😃😃👍🏻👍🏻
Superb video, great tip to cheaper gas for us all! 👍
Keep an eye on the wheel corrosion mate. The rims will start to leak eventually...
Can these be filled on the continent?
Anyone in Ireland using this system? Great video btw mate. 👍👍👏
Having watched your gas safe you make the most sense out of all I have seen my question is can you just change the bottle or do I need adapters and other fittings thanks simon
Been trying to get a safefill bottle for month's no luck
Really! I'll give them a call this week an see if anything going on with them 👍🏻
Fantastic pal thanks for sharing .
No worries
These videos are very informative and you are a decent honest guy..hope u have a lovely Xmas.
Thanks to you and youtube you can learn fast ,great info ,greatful.
Very useful mate thanks
No worries mate 👍😁
Binge watching your brilliant videos at the moment. Good job im on day off work tomorrow x
Excellent video. This is an upgrade we will do once we upgrade our caravan next year. Cheers....
Awesome buddy .. think next year I’ll invest in a couple bottles .. cheers Chris & Sam
Hi Darren, thanks for sharing on safe fill, think you’ve definitely convinced me 👍 cheers Rob
Excellent video, never knew about these bottles. I may invest in one.
Your videos are really informative . Where does one purchase the lpg containers please and also jsur for example how many warm showers would the two bottles provide ? And also how much heating ? Thanks so much
Thanks helpful video
Great video and replies from people been jotting notes down for when I get my motorhome like yourself full time living. One quick question I'd live to know how often you fill them up and to see a video of a breakdown of monthly expenses ie fuel, insurance, tax, maintenance, food, lpg ect brilliant honest videos tho. Thank you , from Paul colchester, Essex
That is *amazing*, cheap as nuts. Great video!
Shine the torch from the back -;))
Excellent video…. Extremely well presented 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏
cheers mate 👍🏻
The safe fill bottles are quite expensive to buy though aren't they. I just looked on ebay and they're £212. Mind you, I guess you get your money back pretty quick at that price difference..
That's overpriced big time, go on the safe fill website and the biggest is less than £175. Yeah they do pay for themselves in no time at all if your full time without a doubt
Gives u a couple of inches "that's what she said" 😂😂😂 great vid pal
Great video, thanks!!
Awesome video thank you
Great video mate. Useful info. Thanks
Your welcome mate 👍
Thanks for your great videos. What happens when it's full does the fuel pump stop automatically?
Dead right that Daz I'm definitely going to look in to them cheers buddy 👍👍
Great !
HONESTY,
And Helpful,
Wit a Guy
Thank You Big Chap ,
In the holder you said turn the screw in top of bottle to off? Should it not be off while it’s in the holder? Your videos are so helpful , thank you . Where do you purchase these LPG bottles from ? Can you purchase that connector too if so where from? Gosh have to get used to that one .
Is it double on first purchase like calor? My work sells calor and it kills me when customers save to by a heater and gas and then realise it’s £40 more on first buy if they don’t have an empty. Come on calor scrap that first empty hire cost. Love your information without drama.
Thanks Yvon, the bottle from safefill comes empty and that's it, you own it 100% forever, you then go to the petrol station and fill it up, simple as that 😀😀😀
Did you fit system yrself or have it fitted
And what roughly is price to have it installed by supplier
This is fantastic!!! Many thanks!!!!!
Very useful and informative video
Good job
Great channel and content. Subscribed and I look forward to following you on your journey.
Great info , got a sub
thanks!
Opened my eyes log way to go
Useful vid. Thanks.
Your welcome 😁👍
You didn't mention the rust dirt and grime on your £40 calor bottle you just bought in the rain ! Lol.
How long would them 2 bottles last if you were to keep heating on for 10 hrs , showered and cooked every day mate .
Hi mate, obviously theres loads of varying factors with how much gas is being used but I'd take a guess and say using what you said it should last for 2-3 weeks, but like i say it just depends on how high the heating is and if you had the water heater on just to heat up for the shower and to clean the plates and not full time. Not the best answer but hope it helps mate.
where did you get that extension adaptor from ?
i have a 10kg safefill and want a extension like yours as well , makes it so much easy to connect the gun.
Just ring up the guy at safe fill and he'll sort you one out, they sell them but don't put them on the website for some reason...cost about a 10/15 quid if I remember...well worth it an makes life sooooo much easier 👍😁
thanks bud
@@TheUrbanMotorhome They wont put them on the web site because they are being used to fill calor
Very handy info never heard of them before 😀
Of i use it in the home for hot water solutions or heating what should I connect it to?
Please could you tell me how much your safefill bottles cost you & also what size please, might get this message more than once sorry but first time attempting
you can find all the sizes and prices at www.,safefill.co.uk and in the video, cheers mate
Is it safe to use on the gas fire
Five times cheaper heating sounds like Christmas everyday to me loooooool 😅😄😃😂😁😄
Great video, really useful info. Thankyou.
Good advice mate
Great vid....stupid queation but lpg/gas same thing as in i won't need to change anything in the van/appliances still work as normal? Soon to be full time in a motorhome...
Hi mate where do you get the lpg gas bottles from please?
How long would that 29 quids worth last during mild weather just cooking and showering? Cheers
@@TheUrbanMotorhome Wow that's a lot longer than I thought. Cheers
Dazza, hope your all well and good mate? Ok, so, would you recommend a safe fill bottle for a full size, standard home gas cooker?
Thanks mate 👍
Morrisons wont let me fill my calor lite cos it not a safe fill bottle
No, your not allowed to fill calor bottles yourself, they don’t have the automatic cut off and you don’t own the bottle, calor do.