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Exports: Gaslow is one of the few product lines we send to W.Europe.  

Pricing & Carriage:  2011 increases inevitably - both Gaslow and VAT but we've tried to hold prices wherever we can, a few have even gone down!  Also please note that the vast majority of systems orders will have a value qualifying for free carriage - that's a saving of £10 - £12 or even £19 over our competitors!

... "Cylinders arrived safe and sound. Thank you very much. We will certainly recommend you to others who may be interested in going down this road. You have kept us informed throughout which is very important to customers who order from things seen on the internet rather than visiting a shop in person" M.D.

Gaslow Products are listed here by the 2009-10 catalogue page.  Please read the page in conjunction with that version.  Quick search? Use Ctrl+F and enter say '1665' or 'gaz'. 

Click here for the new August 2009 edition of the catalogue with some additions and amendments.  
Caravan Club endorses Gaslow but not portables - click to see PDF here. 
Click here for page restricted to refillables & related products.

Calor user & not into refillables? This full catalogue page has a lot of info on Gaslow products for all uses so please do read on below the refillables info. There's plenty here for you lower down especially in the shopping section. We offer the entire Gaslow range including hoses, adaptors, change-overs, gauges, wall mounted and on-bottle and five year warranted quality regulators  - and we even have 50mbar systems for older German imports plus marine products too.

Can I use a refillable at home and refill it at my local garage?  Err no - user-refilling of loose bottles is not permitted. It might be possible if you can find an LPG depot that will refill for you ...at a suitable price??

Can I get a cheap refill and where??  Yes - it is much cheaper than buying in the usual exchangeable bottles, and there's no premium for buying small amounts either - a big contrast to 'Calor'. In 2009 I paid 49p/litre for Autogas from a depot and well over 50p in garages but much more for for bottled Calor gas - from 80p/L in 11-13Kg sizes up to over £1.70/L in smaller bottles!  With an Autogas system you can refill or simply top-up cheaply at over 1200UK Garages - see this website for garages in your area of the UK www.drivelpg.co.uk/map/index.php. There are other useful guides too from Flogas, Calor, etc. Also you can buy an annual map, sometimes even from a local garage, or very useful downloads for your TomTom or Garmin or Navman. None seem to be really complete though, our local Flogas depot isn't on the web maps for example. Several European guides are available too, you could try this useful German website for searches abroad - again it isn't complete but does offer a great starting point, especially for LPG in Spain where it's harder to find www.gas-tankstellen.de/menu.php?jump=menu. Tankstellen also offer POI files.  Another great resource for Spain is a privately created Google map that you can see on Google Maps here http://tinyurl.com/5fwfnh ... do note though that the Portugal section is understated - LPG is fairly common in fuel stations in the higher traffic areas - at 92 locations according to 'tankstellen'. A good printed or downloadable European guide (PDF €20 in 2009) is available from http://new.eurogasauto.egm.it/, they have on-line searches too. A handy guide to European refilling is at www.drivelpg.co.uk/filling_up.php.

New Spec Refillable Cylinders:  Introduced in 2008 the new Gaslow refillable cylinders come with a built-in float level gauge. This built-in float operates in the lower half of the cylinder for better accuracy at lower gas levels and enters the red with just 18% remaining - very handy indeed and also less temperature sensitive than external gauges. The cylinders are also lighter than previously and easier to fit in tight spaces or sloping roof cupboards due to removal of the large collar. Other Changes: Notably the 01-1645 to 1655 ranges no longer come with high pressure hoses so you can specify the best ones for your system. NB: The No1 has a single fill inlet, the No2 has a twin 'T' inlet so always start with a No1 and add a No2.

A popular refillables misconception cleared up:  You have to save up for a twin installation - wrong!  As long as you have a gauge you can manage perfectly well with just one bottle because there is no exchange involved. You just top up your gas whenever you wish or when the gauge says you are getting low. Mixed systems are perfectly possible too. The case for twin refillables is mostly to carry more gas for longer intervals between top-ups.  Many small gas lockers designed for 2x6Kg will take the compact 11Kg Gaslow cylinder so you may get nearly as much the one cylinder anyway!  And if you decide later that you need a second cylinder of either size the upgrade route is easy. Connecting to the refillable cylinder is easy too - the outlet valve you connect to is the same screw type as used on the Calor 4.5Kg Butane cylinder (21.8 LH). NB this not the usual UK Propane fitting. The filling hoses have a different thread and fit to separate dedicated inlets.

Stainless Steel Hoses - Anti-oiling!  An extension of Gaslow's filler hose technology these are exceptional products - high pressure flexible hoses without rubber!  There has been much discussion recently about oily plasticiser leaching out of hoses and clogging up gas regulators leading to costly repairs and unwanted time out of service. One recommendation has been to mount the regulators higher than the bottles but this is not always practical in a motorhome or caravan. Get rid of the problem by fitting our revolutionary stainless hoses and make doubly sure by fitting hoses long enough to loop below the regulator. No chance of oily residue problems with our very long-life, no-rubber, hoses!  In propane 'POL' easy fit and refillable / universal '21.8 LH' types.

Hose Fitting Information:  21.8LH / W20 is the new standard universal fit.  21.8LH is the thread used on Gaslow refillables and on most German bottles. It is also the same as the old Butane Screw thread as found on UK 4.5Kgs. W20 is the thread used on modern regulators and change-overs. So - high pressure hoses are usually 21.8LH at one end and W20 at the other.  Some hoses are made with the UK Propane bullnose 'POL' instead of the 21.8LH but for many situations it is easiest just to add an adaptor to the end of the universal hose; e.g. to fit 21.8LH to UK 7Kg & 15Kg Butane bottles simply add a 21mm adaptor part no 01-1670, or to fit the same hose to UK Propane just substitute an 01-1674 adapter - all very versatile and there are European adapters too!  Please note that the Easyfit hoses and adapters are not suitable for Calor 3.9Kg bottles they are just too small to accommodate the handwheel. The standard UK POL standard spanner fits the 21.8LH nut. The filler hoses are 3/4" UNF threaded and do not require washers or other sealant.

German Triomatic?  Often with three blue units - one on the wall and one on each bottle. These German systems already have a 21.8LH thread so screw directly on to Gaslow refillables but you should replace the washer with an 01-8030 in the process.

Truma Drivesafe / Secumotion?   A variant on a number of European vehicles is the Truma Secumotion / Drivesafe system used to enable the use of gas appliances on the move. An example Secumotion hose / ends illustrated right, screw-on is the new standard but the UK metal end is usually a screw-in bullnose propane fitting of course. The general appearance of these hoses is always similar. To maintain the integrity of the in-motion system you need to either use an adapter for POL hoses or to purchase Truma's own Secumotion high pressure hoses in refillables fit. Type G.8 suits the Gaslow refillables, part numbers 50410-06 for 0.45m or 50420-06 for 0.75m version. From a warranty perspective on new vehicles it might be best to use their Duo-comfort change-over too otherwise the Gaslow auto head is fine. You can now continue to use your existing UK-POL bullnose Secumotion hose/s via our adapter M09-1310 found in the refillables section towards the bottom of the page. You need one adapter for each Refillable that you need to adapt to take a POL hose. We can't yet supply Truma items, all those referred to are compatible with Gaslow though.

Change-overs and Manual versus Auto?  We are great fans of auto-change-over systems here but are surprised at the number of orders we receive for wholly manual systems or even systems with no change-over device at all. This often seems to be a hang over from older habits and ideas about exchanging empty bottles so we thought it would be a good idea to put the case for change-overs and auto versions in particular.  Safety:  Newer systems with the remote wall/bulkhead mounted regulators use high pressure hoses to deliver LPG from the bottle to the regulator. And this is high pressure at over 100psi and with the gas in liquid form. If you use the old ideas about spannering hoses on and off to make a bottle change you will release this high pressure liquid into the air as gas at 250x the volume. Given that it becomes explosive from just 2% concentration and that releasing LPG into the atmosphere is not good for the planet we strongly believe you should use a proper change-over unit instead. When using exchange bottles rather than refillables it is important to use as short a hose as possible to minimise the gas volume and then a change-over will reduce the effect by half of course.  New Management: We need to explain the new thinking about gas when using refillables:- You can top up with Autogas whenever you like, there is no need to wait for an empty bottle or maybe even to know about it, you simply do it whenever is convenient, and when you do both refillable bottles are topped up together; the only thing that counts here is how much gas there is left in total, not which bottle it's in!  Even with mixed systems you will rarely use much of the Calor backup because topping up is so easy. Also of course the bottles have built-in float gauges so you will know when you need to do so. Auto/Manual?  Auto costs a little bit more so it's quite important to understand what you get for your money. The Gaslow Auto Head as illustrated is excellent value for money because it gives you manual and manual over-ride operation as well as auto operation and it has bottle in use/empty indicators as well - a fully comprehensive unit that you can use in whatever mode you want whenever you want. Auto Benefits: The first real advantage is one of convenience, an auto system means you'll never have to go out in the dark or rain at some very inconvenient moment to change bottles (there are good reasons why this is the most likely case!) and the cook won't have to panic when the gas goes out either. The second is a very practical and most important issue - you'll never come back from a day out walking or on the beach to find your fridge defrosting because a bottle has run out!  This becomes ever more important as fridge sizes grow and freezers or decent freezer compartments become more common. The Gaslow Head: To manage an auto system with confidence you need an indicator to show the bottle in use and also a gauge to show how much gas remains; Gaslow have thoughtfully provided both, the auto-head has bottle in use/empty indicators and the new 2009-on refillable cylinders all come with built-in float gauges - perfect!  Also you can reselect/reset the auto head to any bottle as 'prime' at any time it contains gas so you are still fully in control, even of mixed systems. You can even use it as a purely manual change-over by simply turning a bottle off at the valve. By the way, if you aren't a refillable user you can still fit gauges to 'Calor' bottles - the 01-1612 accessory gauges for the auto head on newer systems and the 01-1610 for on-bottle fitting on earlier systems for example. We can't understand why you'd want anything else!  See also Gaslow's 'Twin' brochure pages (new window)

PS: Retro fit twin accessory gauges are available for heads attached to older refillables, Calor Propane, etc.

Example Systems:  Straightforward examples for you to consider - click here for pop-up page.

New: 5-Year Warranty 30mbar Regulators:  Inspired by all the recent problems with failing and blocked regulators Gaslow have introduced a replacement 30mbar regulator with a 5 year warranty. Guaranteed against failure even against oiling as long as used with Gaslow stainless steel hoses.

Special / optional / non-catalogue items:  For example: In-cupboard filler head bracket 01-4160 best used  with right-angle hose adaptor 01-4210. Short hose filling kits, 01-4106 & 01-4156, for use with the in-cupboard bracket. Accessory gauges for older bottles to fit the auto-change-over 01-1612, these are similar to those supplied with the Electra 2000 kit, but can be fitted to any auto head installation. Auto-head with 50mbar regulator 01-1755-50 for some older imported 'vans. Right angle adaptor for Jumbo, 01-1676, allows a Stainless Steel hose + Jumbo to be fitted to continuous collar bottles as found in Spain.

Pre-2004 Systems:  Earlier systems use regulators-on-bottle, these are relatively cheap but inconvenient for European travel where a new regulator is needed for gas changes and for every new country. Bottles normally contain either butane or propane but campingaz is a mixture of the two. Autogas is primarily propane; actually it can be a mix but it is always mostly propane. If you are already using propane you can convert your existing regulator to fit a refillable with a propane Adapter and Gauge like the 01- 4330. Converting pre-2004 vans that use butane means you will need to change your regulator to a propane one and coinnect it to the refillable via an adapter like the 4330 or 1310. You might also consider upgrading to a newer on-wall system if you prefer.

Post-2004 Systems:  Newer post-2004 motorhomes and caravans have a remote wall mounted 30mbar regulator that accepts all the common gases. High pressure liquified butane/propane/lpg is delivered to the regulator via high pressure hoses - so changing countries means simply changing a hose or maybe even just an adapter on the end of the hose. To convert to refillables in these newer vans that use 7Kg or 15Kg Butane cylinders, simply remove the clip-on adapter and connect the hose directly to the refillable. If using propane, add an adapter like the 1310 or remove the 1674 adapter if fitted or if necessary change the high pressure hose/s to an 01-6010/20-SS:  Imports with German regulator connections will fit directly on to the refillable cylinder - but new washer is required.

Bottle Weights & Sizes:  Net weights vary on all gas bottles and so are individually marked on every one. As a guide the Gaslow refillables are about 6.9Kg and 11.5Kg. This is broadly similar to 'Calor' style bottles. Sizes are 492h x 246dia for the 6Kg and 580h x 304dia for the 11Kg size, 11.5L & 21L capacity at 80% fill. The new 2008-on bottles are slightly shorter ... 11Kgs No1 is now known to be about 545mm with the valve open and the No2 about 580mm with an elbow and hose fitted.

Delivery Times:  Despatch is normally next day for delivery within two days thereafter. We do aim to be as quock as possible and we do sometimes manage next day.  Due to the great popularity of the system there are occasional component shortages but we would then try to keep you informed of any delays.

More information: Click here for a full Refillables Installation & Use PDF or if preferred we can point you towards an approved mobile fitter. If fitting a white filler head into bodywork Sikaflex is a truly excellent outdoor adhesive-sealant for this, it isn't needed if fitting on a bracket inside the gas cupboard. 

2008-9-10 Catalogue Pages:  Full Brochure - All 20 Pages : 01-02 How Can Gaslow Help : 03-05 Hoses & Adaptors : 06 What is a Gaslow (Gauges info) : 07-09 Single Bottle Systems : 10-13 Twin Bottle Systems : 14-17 Gaslow Refillables : 18-19 Marine : 20 Illustrations of awkward upgrades :