At my local 7 Eleven for $37.95 for the same 8.5kg swap http://upload.ozbargain.com/2013/01/22/10505_image.jpg
Swap n Go BBQ bottle - 8.5kg swap $19.80 @ Masters Preston Victoria. This could be Australia wide.
Other sizes and bottle prices shown in link.
OzBargainers have also previously suggested prices of $19 to $22 found at Bunnings but varies by location.
Important post with Australia Day coming up - must save those dollars to buy those lamb chops to keep Sam Kekovich happy!
Yup, just paid $38 for my local Woolies/Caltex servo. Dang.
standard everyday price at bunnings is $21.95. Not sure why you would ever pay more.
Looks like $19.80 could be the normal price at Masters. There was no sign it was a special. Is this Australia wide though?
interesting… wonder if bunnings will do their price match minus 10% guarantee on the masters price?
wife paid $22 per bottle at the same Master two weeks ago,
You would hope Bunnings could beat it by 10%, they are owned by Wesfarmers who own Kleenheat Gas.
standard everyday price at bunnings is $21.95
Thats new! Last time I looked it was thirty-odd dollars, but with "free" delivery option.
Caltex servo - <1 min walk
Masters - >40 min drive
I paid $30 last week for the same 8.5kg Swap n Go at BOC Gas. I did not know the Swap n Go brand was sold with such a huge variance in price.
saw this at Morayfield (QLD) on sunday
Same deal at the Gregory Hills (NSW) Masters, so I'd say it's a fair chance it's their normal price at all stores (much better deal than servo swap n go!)
Saw it today at knoxfeild. Spewing as I swapped a 3.7 at my local foodworks for $27.95… Kinda needed it then & there though…
Excellent, thanks
I've exchanged mine at Bunnings for $18 before, I was at a different Bunnings today that had it advertised for $19.xx (Sandown, Victoria). Price seems to vary between Bunnings stores.
Usual price for quite a while at Bunnings or Masters is $19-22
Thanks OP, perfect timing.
I had forgetten about the Bunnings everyday price and the 10% price match with MASTERs
Yeah, agreed!!!
Once again, I'd forgotten about the 2 empty bottles in the garage!!!
i swapped over a 12 year old bottle (expired) 2 weeks ago. They didn't even check. Win :D
Is this the standard size for the BBQ? I pay $13 any day at my local servo. This is the one where they fill it up on the spot. Couple of places in Sydney are round the same price.
The fill-while-you-wait is always cheaper… Pity less and less places do this.
I don't miss doing this when I worked in a hardware store over Xmas… Half the day refilling…
There are 2 standard sizes the 4kg (3.7kg) and the 9kg (8.5kg). $13 would be unusually cheap for a 9kg refill, though I there are a few old school servos that are apparently doing it for around the $16-20.
Do these guys honour smaller cylinders like Elgas Swap & Go? Can I take my 4kg in and swap it for a 9??
Sure can, slightly more, price in the picture at the top.
Went to the service desk at my local Bunnings, showed the lady this page on the phone, and paid $17.82.
Thanks, ozb!
Needed a re-fill/swap so searched OzB to uncover this thread. Oxley (QLD/Brisbane) Bunnings is close to me but the nearest Masters is extra 10km outward to Springfield QLD so wasn't sure how I would go with price-match.
Turned out not an issue because they already have price on 8.5kg Kwik-Swap dropped to $19.70 - presumably to avoid price-matching.
From memory last time I went to Bunnings I paid c. $24 for a swap whereas BCF at Browns Plains charged c $20 for a fill.
This link shows $21.85 for a standard in-store swap or $36.98 for a delivered-swap - leave the empty one out for them - which I didn't know they do!
http://www.bunnings.com.au/services_gas-swap.aspx
i work at masters preston,
$19.80 is the standard price (no discount) for 8.5kg swap
+$30 for an empty bottle
=$49.80 for fresh full bottle
don't bother with the smaller 3.7kg bottle you get >2x as much for literally the same price if not cheaper.
price change going out within next few days,
8.5kg swap bumping up to $21.85
Plus vote for the information - not the price increase. Thanks for the heads up.
Anyone get a good deal in Adelaide? Or should I just go to bunnings and be done with it? What is the age limit on LPG bottle to swap?
I believe bottles need to be less than 10 years old, however I and others have taken out of date bottles to a Swap n Go before without them checking. Good way to get an in date bottle.
Just picked up the Masters catelogue from the mail box Bizarrely the front page has an empty 9kg BBQ bottle for $30, so the Swap n Go deal above with gas would work out cheaper. $56.85 for bottle and gas.