How long is a piece of string---------gas usage

The string is twice as long as it is from the middle, to the end.

the lantern use will probably kill it. Cooking no problem
I had 4.5Kg on the boat we went out with for 4 weeks
to the Abrolhos. with 3 people we cooked every night
and teas and coffees. the 4.5 was plenty. 3-5 hours a day
lantern use will most likely not be enough
good luck
gmd

William, Why dont you buy another bottle? Buy 2kg gas bottle or smaller and you can use it for the gas lamp and you can use the stove and lantern together. The other benefit is if you run out of either bottle, at least the second bottle may get you through some cooking for that night and you can fill the next day somewhere,!! Michael.

You shouldn't have too many issues filling your gas bottle on the trip as a lot of the garages cater for it now. Buying the second gas bottle would be a good investment to use for your lantern.

we had a 4.5kf and apart from the latern business it cooked and coffeed us up easily from Nowra through Innamincka and birs=dsville up and over to Alice....even then it wasnt empty but filled her up anyway, managed to get home from there.....

not a silly question at all......I would never have thought of how long it would last...

Laura

As above.

For the 4 of us, 4.5kg bottle use to last 4 weeks for cooking etc.
(Depends how often you boil water for drinks/washing up etc.)

1 kg bottle for gas light use to last 2 weeks for maybe 2 hours per night.

Certainly not silly & was the very question that led me to change over to 12 volt lighting & unleaded cooking. Tired of unexpectantly running out of gas or topping up the bottle prematurely to ensure I didn't. Gas usage is a very personal thing depending on what you're cooking & how long the lantern runs for. From my early experience a 4 kilo normally lasted 2 weeks but I often boiled water on the campfire & sat in the dark :-)
Cheers Craig...........

Take the gas lantern and then use a hammer to smash it to pieces. Replace it with some fluros or a dual fuel lantern, and you will have no problems.

hi William.
I have 2 bottles on my camper which is great because you can empty one bottle completely, swap over knowing that when you get a refill it will be a full refill. The lantern use will chew most gas, i use a 12v flouro on my aux battery, i dont trust those gaslights especially around very young ones but that's probably just me...

In NZ (no I don't want to go back there) LPG filling is treated a lot more seriously than it is here in Oz.

For example:

you, personally, cannot fill the cylinder - it must be done by a trained and qualified person. They wear gloves. eye protection and use soapy water to check the fittings before and after filling

Most service stations that fill LPG now use fully automated units

You have to sign a register with your name and rego when it gets filled

The attendant checks the test date etc and if not correct will refuse to re-fill - he/she signs that he/she has checked the tank details.

The cylinder is weighed/tared and weighed again after filling - you only pay for waht you get (not what someone 'guestimates' you got). Overfilling an LPG cylinder can be very dangerous (fires have resulted from this)

I havent found any where in Oz that treats LPG filling like this

p.s
I will not fill my own cylinders and 'sometimes' have to ask, politely of course, to have them filled - I then stand well clear especially when the attendent is quite happy to let the gas escape from the vent, doesnt wear glove, doesn't have eye protection - it is a known carcinogen