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Calor’s gas debacle

Incensed by Calor’s 4.5kg gas bottles debacle, I invested hours and many phone calls to solve my replacement problem. This was finally achieved by purchasing a Flogas 4.5kg cylinder just before all providers seemed to not issue any cylinders except for refills to existing customers.

The third large supplier that I contacted to obtain the appropriate regulator sold me their third to last one. Clearly, there was a national rush to find alternative gas solutions.

I can report that the Flogas 4.5kg cylinder DOES fit in the Moody 36 Mk1 gas locker! But only by a very tight margin. I didn’t switch the regulators as I still had gas left in my second cylinder. I contacted Calor about my now empty first cylinder,

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