Gas bottle

MinnaJoukoPak · Mar 23, 2022

Hi there,
We get our new GC 680 from VW Finland next monday 28.3., so after some days.
How high is the place for gas bottle? Can I put here an Aluminium 11 kg gas bottle , which has hight 61 cm. Steel bottle should be ok, hight 57 cm. So difference 4 cm. But save in weight is 7 kg.
I would by the bottle beforehand and this will be a good information to know, critical 4 cm?

BR Jouko

andyinluton · Mar 23, 2022

I use a 10KG Gaslite bottle it is 571mm high you can see in the photo below how much space there still is. I think you should be ok.

These bottles are only 5KG empty so a huge weight saving over the steel ones.

MinnaJoukoPak · Mar 23, 2022

Thank´s a lot. According the photo you kindly sent it seems that no problems with 61 cm high Al-bottle. Fine.

Br Jouko

Vagophile · Mar 23, 2022

andyinluton said:
I use a 10KG Gaslite bottle it is 571mm high you can see in the photo below how much space there still is. I think you should be ok.

What do you use in Europe? (I ask because I am sure that you will have found a solution).

andyinluton · Mar 23, 2022

Not decided yet - might just take two of those - will be fine in summer as we would use a site with hook up most days so gas would only be for cooking. As long as we can find beachside showers to rinse off salt water we won't need much hot water.

If winter Skiing I would always have hookup except for nights en-route so 20Kg of gas should be fine.

These days as I cant be bothered cleaning a Cadac we also carry a small stove that runs off the disposable canisters for outside cooking so that covers emergencies / running out.