Yellow drum of Calor Gas appreciation thread

Kichote

The yellow drum of Calor kosangas has to be an iconic symbol of rural Ireland at this stage and just like the Guinness it's owned by bloody fordiners. Yet I have never seen them out foreign. Down throughout the years they have never changed in appearance and refreshingly nobody has tried to revamp or modernise or redesign them in any major way.

The fitting at the top of these bottles isn't used any other places as far as I know. It's always fun to watch someone from the big smoke try to change the drum of gas if they've never done one before.

No sleepy little village would be the same without a corner shop with a supply of these drums standing outside. If you drove done to Ballybunion or Ballyshannon or any one of these Bally places you'd be disappointed if you didn't see one.

People don't realise it but before rural electrification everything that wasn't an oil lamp or a tractor used to be powered by these yellow drums. Fridges, heaters, cookers, the whole shibang. Hopefully they'll be around for many years to come!

ted1

Kichote wrote: »

The yellow drum of Calor kosangas has to be an iconic symbol of rural Ireland at this stage and just like the Guinness it's owned by bloody fordiners. Yet I have never seen them out foreign. Down throughout the years they have never changed in appearance and refreshingly nobody has tried to revamp or modernise or redesign them in any major way.

The fitting at the top of these bottles isn't used any other places as far as I know. It's always fun to watch someone from the big smoke try to change the drum of gas if they've never done one before.

No sleepy little village would be the same without a corner shop with a supply of these drums standing outside. If you drove done to Ballybunion or Ballyshannon or any one of these Bally places you'd be disappointed if you didn't see one.

People don't realise it but before rural electrification everything that wasn't an oil lamp or a tractor used to be powered by these yellow drums. Fridges, heaters, cookers, the whole shibang. Hopefully they'll be around for many years to come!

I've seen them in Spain. The gas man Brian he then up apartment where people use has bottle heaters and cookers.
http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/in-the-city/the-gas-man/

Badly Drunk Boy

How much are they here nowadays? According to that link, in Spain the cost of a 12.5kg butane tank is €11.05. How does that compare?

my3cents

I love them so much I have seven empties lined up in the yard as a sort of shrine to Calor Gas.

my3cents

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

How much are they here nowadays? According to that link, in Spain the cost of a 12.5kg butane tank is €11.05. How does that compare?

Around €30 here :eek:

tom_k

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

How much are they here nowadays? According to that link, in Spain the cost of a 12.5kg butane tank is €11.05. How does that compare?

Last one I bought was €28.95.

Maximus Alexander

Ehhh... We have them in the Big Schmoke. We use them for barbecues or patio heaters.

my3cents

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Ehhh... We have them in the Big Schmoke. We use them for barbecues or patio heaters.

But you keep them in the back garden where they can't be seen. In the country you get to see them in their natural habitat.

Its a bit like the difference between urban foxes and real country foxes that like being chased by men on horses and lots of dogs. You know its country thing.

andekwarhola

Historically notable in a circle of life way for being used to cheaply heat entire generations with Supersers and bombing English army barracks/RUC stations.

Parchment

They make great posts for making jumps for horses!

looksee

Try pressing down that black lip that locks the connector in place when you have old and dodgy thumbs. Its impossible.

I wrote and suggested that a little gadget that would press down the lip that you could use your whole hand on would help. They said it would be dangerous as people would be able to force them and break them. :rolleyes:

So I don't have the little yellow cylinders any more, I have those ginormous ones that last for ages and someone else comes and changes them.

kierank01

i'm sure i've seen them in 'strlia for the barby

and i'll just leave this attachment here

Kichote

kierank01 wrote: »

i'm sure i've seen them in 'strlia for the barby

and i'll just leave this attachment here

Not the same thing at all boss. Different gas, different connector

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Kichote wrote: »

The yellow drum of Calor kosangas has to be an iconic symbol of rural Ireland at this stage and just like the Guinness it's owned by bloody fordiners. Yet I have never seen them out foreign. Down throughout the years they have never changed in appearance and refreshingly nobody has tried to revamp or modernise or redesign them in any major way.

The fitting at the top of these bottles isn't used any other places as far as I know. It's always fun to watch someone from the big smoke try to change the drum of gas if they've never done one before.

No sleepy little village would be the same without a corner shop with a supply of these drums standing outside. If you drove done to Ballybunion or Ballyshannon or any one of these Bally places you'd be disappointed if you didn't see one.

People don't realise it but before rural electrification everything that wasn't an oil lamp or a tractor used to be powered by these yellow drums. Fridges, heaters, cookers, the whole shibang. Hopefully they'll be around for many years to come!

Rural Ireland? I 've lived in rural Ireland all my life and never saw one in use except for a barbecue. I see more in town for room heaters, outdoor heaters and barbecues than I'd ever see in a rural setting.

Atari Jaguar

Thought for a minute I'd read this thread and the Gas Cylinder would be changing.

I don't even buy them but I don't like change.

blackwhite

Kichote wrote: »

The yellow drum of Calor kosangas has to be an iconic symbol of rural Ireland at this stage and just like the Guinness it's owned by bloody fordiners. Yet I have never seen them out foreign. Down throughout the years they have never changed in appearance and refreshingly nobody has tried to revamp or modernise or redesign them in any major way.

The fitting at the top of these bottles isn't used any other places as far as I know. It's always fun to watch someone from the big smoke try to change the drum of gas if they've never done one before.

No sleepy little village would be the same without a corner shop with a supply of these drums standing outside. If you drove done to Ballybunion or Ballyshannon or any one of these Bally places you'd be disappointed if you didn't see one.

People don't realise it but before rural electrification everything that wasn't an oil lamp or a tractor used to be powered by these yellow drums. Fridges, heaters, cookers, the whole shibang. Hopefully they'll be around for many years to come!

Calor, an English company, a symbol of rural Ireland?

You could have at least said Flogas!

Mr. FoggPatches

Wtf is a drum of gas?
It's a gas cylinder

SEPT 23 1989

Is it not referred to as a bottle?

Kichote

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

Wtf is a drum of gas?
It's a gas cylinder

We always called em drums of gas around here

Mr. FoggPatches

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is it not referred to as a bottle?

I'll allow it.

endacl

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Ehhh... We have them in the Big Schmoke. We use them for barbecues or patio heaters.

If we could figure out a way to use them for decking we'd use them for that too!

Kichote

blackwhite wrote: »

Calor, an English company, a symbol of rural Ireland?

You could have at least said Flogas!

There's a few smaller operators after starting up with them. The drums are the same shade of yellow but they're called Eiregas or something.

Every now and then a fella gets busted for illegally refilling them. Calor & Flo gas must have a huge markup on them

blueser

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is it not referred to as a bottle?

Not sure where "drum" comes from. I always get a bottle of gas, though "cylinder" could also suffice.

SEPT 23 1989

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Is it not referred to as a bottle?

It's a cylinder (sil-INder) where I'm from in Tipp.

maudgonner

Nah, it was always a drum of gas when I was growing up.

SEPT 23 1989

drums are for oil or chemicals

blueser

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

drums are for oil or chemicals

Or for providing percussion in a beat combo.

my3cents

I think calor themselves can resolve the great naming question.

Our complete range of gas cylinders

Maximus Alexander

They're not actually cylindrical though. They're capsules.

my3cents

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

They're not actually cylindrical though. They're capsules.

I think the OP only said drum because he couldn't spell cylinder.

Hmmm, capsules eh, well try taking two capsules before meals 3 times a day.

my3cents

my3cents wrote: »

I think the OP only said drum because he couldn't spell cylinder.

Hmmm, capsules eh, well try taking two capsules before meals 3 times a day.

I hope those aren't suppositories...

blueser

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I hope those aren't suppositories...

If they are, you shove 'em up your a**e! (with due credit to Trainspotting).

maudgonner

my3cents wrote: »

I think calor themselves can resolve the great naming question.

Our complete range of gas cylinders

Pffft, sure what would they know.

Bandon Co-op say it's a drum, and I think you'll find that Bandon Co-op is a world renowned authority on all matters, be it gas-related or otherwise.

Ubbquittious

maudgonner wrote: »

Pffft, sure what would they know.

Bandon Co-op say it's a drum, and I think you'll find that Bandon Co-op is a world renowned authority on all matters, be it gas-related or otherwise.

Sub-€30 as well, not a bad price.

There was a fella near me selling them for 27.00 but he went bust. Too good to be true I suppose

freshpopcorn

Magnolia Kind Truck wrote: »

Rural Ireland? I 've lived in rural Ireland all my life and never saw one in use except for a barbecue. I see more in town for room heaters, outdoor heaters and barbecues than I'd ever see in a rural setting.

I find that really amazing!

cml387

I would guess that many rural gas cookers are still powewred by the gas BOTTLE as we always called it.

Historically Kosangas was yellow, Calor was green.

Let's have Google Fight sort this one

I didn't include "gas drum" because anyone who says that is mental.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I find that really amazing!

Well, there you go now!

my3cents

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I find that really amazing!

I certainly see less roaming free in the country than I used to, perhaps they should be put on the endangered species list but the 14 that I have rounded up had to come from somewhere? Because of the endangered nature of the species I'm running a breeding program.

screamer

I've a heap of old empty cylinders. They're yellow and I'm pretty sure all calor. I must see where I can bring them to get them recycled or whatever....

screamer

screamer wrote: »

I've a heap of old empty cylinders. They're yellow and I'm pretty sure all calor. I must see where I can bring them to get them recycled or whatever....

Id say you'll get a few quid for them anyway.

We used to have a few in a field as posts for jumping rails; the local garage-owner was driving by one day and he nearly had kittens. Said they were costing him money and we weren't to keep them.

glynf

my3cents wrote: »

But you keep them in the back garden where they can't be seen. In the country you get to see them in their natural habitat.

Its a bit like the difference between urban foxes and real country foxes that like being chased by men on horses and lots of dogs. You know its country thing.

I just spotted two of them at the bottom of my garden, obviously its mating season...

blackwhite

There's definitely a value to them.

Check what branding is on them, and contact the company or a local dealer.

Liamalone

Ah, ye olde tank of gas. My mum still uses one for her cooker. £23 if you hand back an empty.

judeboy101

I use mine to compress the rubbish in the bin, long live the flat rate.

Dramatik

My only experience with them is if you do too much you get the ''wom woms'' I'm from Dublin so that might explain it

screamer

Nope they're worth nothing just checked calor website and it states you can take them back to your local retailer and they will take them from you.

blackwhite

screamer wrote: »

Nope they're worth nothing just checked calor website and it states you can take them back to your local retailer and they will take them from you.

Checked online, and in the UK they pay a minimun of £7.50 per cylinder returned

https://www.calor.co.uk/unwanted-calor-bottle-return


Supposedly the reason they don't offer the same in Ireland anymore is that some people used to have great fortune in finding multiple cylinders "unattended" and would bring them in to claim back the deposit.

SEPT 23 1989

How could you have gathered so many when the bottle keeper never releases a new one into the wild without a dead one returned?

screamer

They are here a long time......

SEPT 23 1989

Liamalone wrote: »

Ah, ye olde tank of gas. My mum still uses one for her cooker. £23 if you hand back an empty.

"tank"

I have heard it all now