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15th Jun 2011, 06:32 PM #1Golden Member
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E versus G argon cylinder pricing
Guy's, it's argon refill time for me again. I've seem to go through about three E sized cylinders a year, so I thought I'd see if going for the larger G size would be of any benefit. The table has the comparison.
It works out that over 2 years I would use 6x E bottles ($1250 incl refills and rental), or a bit less than 3x G bottles ($1159). So G sized would be cheaper (about 12% less per volume of gas at my usage rate). Also there's less trips to go and collect refills. However, I'm going to stick with E simply for portability factor.
Thought this might be useful for someone
Cheers
- Mick
[edit: is there an easier way to do a table than make a picture ??]Last edited by WelderMick; 15th Jun 2011 at 06:42 PM. Reason: fixing up table
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15th Jun 2011, 06:53 PM #2
Gday Mick
Your paying way too much for a G size refill, i pay $111 for a refill of argon with Core gas and my rental is 42.50 a quarter
thanks caveman
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15th Jun 2011, 06:57 PM #3Golden Member
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Yeah I don't doubt it. Unfortunately distributors are pretty thin on the ground where I am (Ballina northern NSW) - happy to hear any suggestions. Cheers - Mick
[edit] actually - just looked up coregas. they have a distributor not far away so will give them a call. Thanks - Mick
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16th Jun 2011, 04:08 AM #4
Gday mick
The coregas G size bottle holds 9.4 cubic meters vs 8.3 cubic meters which gives you a little more gas for your money, i understand that you may pay more money up there in ballina due to transport or lack of competition but give em a ring and tell them the price people in sydney are getting it for and see how ya go.
thanks caveman
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17th Jun 2011, 09:15 PM #5Golden Member
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Well Capt'n thanks for the tip.
My E bottle ran out today, and my rental was within days of being renewed - so that got returned to my old supplier... who'll probably not see me again.
I now have a G size bottle sitting in the workshop. It turns out that a local distributorship got sorted out for coregas just a few days ago and they got their first couple of cylinders delivered yesterday. It seems I'm their first customer. Still costing me more than you (are you a volume customer?) at $183 for a 10.5m3 refill), but this move is going to knock about 30% off my gas bill. Yep, that capacity is right - seems there's quite a few G sizes out there. Pressure is 20,000kpa
I went with G size as the rental was exactly the same as the E size, and refills were only fractionally more.
Cheers
- Mick
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17th Jun 2011, 09:40 PM #6Novice
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glad i read this page, just found a supplier local to me in brisbane. will be going there tomorrow looking for some cost savings. i have 4 bottles rented and costs a fortune each year
thanks for sharing your cost savings
stevo
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30th Jun 2011, 09:53 PM #7Wood and Metal Enthusiast
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Great thread! Will haved saved me alot of time ringin around.
Will be giving coregas a call this week
Cheers
UglyDanLive life to the fullest, you have to go big and do everything with your all or why do it at all?
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1st Jul 2011, 01:19 AM #8
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