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SWAP’n’GO Small Gas Bottles for Barbecues: Bottled BBQ Gas for BBQ Gas Bottle Exchange Near You

BBQ Gas Bottles: 9kg Gas Bottle (8.5 kg gas bottle) & 4kg Gas Bottle (3.7kg gas bottle) Small Gas Bottle Swap

As the name suggests, our SWAP’n’GO® BBQ gas bottles for barbecues is a bottled BBQ gas program that is all about small gas bottle swap (small gas bottle exchange) of your empty small gas bottle for a full bottled BBQ gas bottle, with 9kg gas bottle (8.5 kg gas bottle) and 4kg gas bottle (3.7kg gas bottle) at a hardware store, gas station or service station near you and off you go!

No waiting around gas station for someone to do a manual BBQ gas bottle refill of your BBQ gas bottles around the service station, with gas bottle exchange near you.

You can do a small gas bottle exchange with your empty 9kg gas bottle or 4kg gas bottle for a full bottled BBQ gas bottle swap at over 6,000 local SWAP’n’GO locations with bottled BBQ gas across Australia.

You can even do bottled BBQ gas bottle swap (barbecue gas bottle exchange) nearby with an older POL small gas bottle for newer LCC27 BBQ gas bottles at the same SWAP’n’GO prices​.

We stock a small gas bottle in both the LCC27 gas bottle and the POL BBQ gas bottle types with bottled BBQ gas bottle exchange near you.

If you don’t have empty BBQ gas bottles around for small gas bottle swap, or would like extra BBQ gas bottles on standby at home, its no problem. You can buy a new gas bottle without a bottled BBQ gas bottle swap.

You can get a small gas bottle with a full 9kg gas bottle with gas (8.5 kg gas bottle) with gas or 4kg gas bottle with gas (3.7kg gas bottle) from any local SWAP’n’GO locations, including at a hardware store, gas station or service station near you, to get you underway with a fresh full bottled BBQ gas bottle with gas, without any BBQ gas bottle swap necessary when you buy a gas bottle with gas.

The 9kg gas bottle with gas (8.5 kg gas bottle) is the small gas bottle filled with 8.5kg of LPG. The 4kg gas bottle with gas (3.7kg gas bottle) is the small gas bottle filled with 3.7kg of bottled BBQ gas.

Have questions about SWAP’n’GO small gas bottle swap? See our SWAP’n’GO Bottled BBQ Gas FAQs

 

Gas bottles for barbecues

9kg Gas Bottle with Gas (8.5 kg gas bottle): BBQ Gas Bottles for Barbecues

The 9kg gas bottle with gas (8.5 kg gas bottle) is, by far, the most popular size small gas bottle for barbecues and bottled BBQ gas bottle exchange near you.

They are the ubiquitous BBQ gas bottles around service station BBQ gas bottle swap cages and gas bottles adjacent to backyard BBQs.

You can get BBQ gas bottle exchange with a 9kg gas bottle with gas that come in a safety enhanced LCC27 gas bottle version whilst older bottled BBQ gas bottles have POL valves.

Dimensions of 9kg gas bottle (8.5 kg gas bottle) are approximately 315mm in diameter, 475mm in height and a nominal 17.64L capacity.

Empty 9kg gas bottle weighs approximately 7.8 to 10.4 kg.

When full, an 8.5 kg gas bottle with gas weighs approximately 16.8 to 19.4 kg.

The bottled BBQ gas weight range is do the the manufacturing variances of the many gas bottle manufacturers of the BBQ gas bottles.

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Small Gas Bottle Exchange Nearby with POL BBQ Gas Bottles for LCC27 Gas Bottle with Gas

With SWAP’n’GO nearby gas bottle swap, you can get small gas bottle exchange at a hardware store, gas station or service station near you with an older POL BBQ gas bottle for a newer LCC27 BBQ gas bottle with gas, at the same SWAP’n’GO prices

So, no LCC27 adaptor needed and the associated safety hazards are avoided.

So, if you purchase a new BBQ with an LCC27 gas bottle connector but have old POL BBQ gas bottles, you just need to go to SWAP’n’GO for a small gas bottle swap.

You will find both kinds of small gas bottles for barbecues in SWAP’n’GO nearby gas bottle swap cages during the transition period, which will stretch over a number of years.

Remember, LCC27 gas bottle connectors are backwards compatible with POL regulators.

Note that the LCC27 valve is only for the small gas bottles for barbecues, the 9kg gas bottle (8.5 kg gas bottle) and 4kg gas bottle (3.7kg gas bottle), not 45kg gas bottles and larger.

 

Small Gas Bottle with Gas: 3.7kg & 4kg Gas Bottle for Barbecues

The 4kg gas bottle (3.7kg gas bottle) are the perfect small gas bottle for bottled BBQ gas portability.

These are the smallest gas bottles for barbecues in the SWAP’n’GO gas bottle exchange program.

The 4kg gas bottle size is the small gas bottle favoured as a camping gas bottle for camping gas stove, camping gas cooktop and camping gas heater applications.

4kg gas bottle dimensions are approximately height of 345-450mm, a width of 240-265mm and a capacity of 7L.

All 4kg gas bottle size specifications are approximate.

4kg gas bottle with gas weight when full is in a range from 8.5kg to 10.6 kg.

4kg gas bottle empty weight (tare weight) is in a range from of 4.5 to 6.6kg.

A 4kg gas bottle size contains 196MJ of energy.

 

Small gas bottle: 4kg gas bottle (3.7kg gas bottle)

9kg Gas Bottle vs 8.5 kg Gas Bottle and 4kg Gas Bottle vs 3.7kg Small Gas Bottle

The supply of nominal 9kg gas bottle with an 8.5 kg gas bottle with gas was a bottled BBQ gas safety initiative of the Australian LPG bottled BBQ gas industry.

The same is true of the small gas bottle, the 4kg gas bottle being a 3.7kg gas bottle with gas. But why?

Unfortunately, there are many small gas bottles for barbecues that are labelled as a 9kg gas bottle or 4kg gas bottle that are actually manufactured undersize, with less than the labelled bottled BBQ gas capacity.

This is a result of the manufacturing and design variances amongst the many manufacturers of BBQ gas bottles that are imported, into Australia, from many countries around the world.

Surprisingly, Australia has no mandatory standard sizing for BBQ gas bottles, so they are all approved for sale.

Filling undersized BBQ gas bottles with a BBQ gas refill to a full 9kg gas bottle or 4kg gas bottle fill, thus leaving less than 20% room for expansion (see image) and would create an overfill, which would be a major BBQ gas bottle safety issue.

Cold burns, fires and even possible explosion could result.

The solution was to take into account the BBQ gas bottles size variations and standardise the bottled BBQ gas refill amount on a 8.5 kg gas bottle with gas and 3.7kg small gas bottle with gas for BBQ gas bottle swap.

This allows for the small gas bottle variances between the BBQ gas bottles and prevents any unsafe bottled BBQ gas overfilling.

To make sure that consumers are fully informed, the small gas bottles for barbecues are labelled accordingly.

Bottled BBQ gas from a SWAP'n'GO nearby

Why Choose SWAP’n’GO Gas Bottles for Barbecues? Bottled BBQ Gas Bottles for Gas Bottle Exchange

  • Go to the nearest gas bottle exchange and you get your choice of either 9kg gas bottle with gas (8.5 kg gas bottle) or the 4kg gas bottle with gas (3.7kg gas bottle) small gas bottles for barbecues.
  • At SWAP’n’GO, you’ll find bottled BBQ gas bottles with both POL and LCC27 gas bottles for bottled BBQ gas bottle exchange near you.
  • You can buy full BBQ gas bottles even if you don’t have a small gas bottle swap.
  • You can do gas bottle exchange nearby of an older POL gas bottle for a newer LCC27 gas bottle with gas, at the same SWAP’n’GO prices.
  • Do bottled BBQ gas bottle swaps of your empty small gas bottle without worrying about:
    a) When the BBQ gas bottles were last checked and if still in date.
    b) Whether your bottled BBQ gas bottles have been filled correctly.
  • We pride ourselves on having the best quality bottled BBQ gas bottles around
  • All BBQ gas bottles are either new BBQ gas bottles or checked & refurbished by fully trained technicians
  • At SWAP’n’GO, our BBQ gas bottles are precision filled and leak tested.
  • The yellow SWAP’n’GO seal on the neck or tamper proof plug indicates that the bottled BBQ gas bottles have been quality checked and filled to safe industry standards and ready for your gas bottle exchange.
  • No waiting around a service station near a BBQ gas refill, just do a bottled BBQ gas bottle swap.
  • You get a fresh full BBQ gas bottle near you every time you do a bottled BBQ gas bottle exchange nearby.
  • You own the BBQ gas bottles you receive when you do bottled BBQ gas bottle swap.
  • With SWAP’n’GO, you won’t have to travel far to find gas bottles for barbecues, with bottled BBQ gas bottles near you at a hardware store, gas station or service station near you including thousands of outlets, city and country.

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SWAP’n’GO Dealers of Small Gas Bottles for Barbecues

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SWAP‘n’GO Bottled BBQ Gas How-to Videos

SWAP‘n’GO bottled BBQ gas bottle swap has been providing small gas bottles for barbecues and outdoor heaters for decades.

From connection valves to safe handling and storage, our bottled BBQ gas videos are here to help you get the most out of your SWAP‘n’GO 9kg gas bottle with gas (8.5 kg gas bottle) or 4kg gas bottle with gas (3.7kg gas bottle) small gas bottle and to keep you safe.

How to Choose the Right Bottled BBQ Gas Bottles for Your Appliance

How to Choose Full BBQ Gas Bottles When You Do a BBQ Gas Bottle Swap

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SWAP’n’GO Gas Near Me™ offers 9kg gas bottle swap ​and 4kg gas bottle swap at a hardware store and gas station or service station near you across metro and regional Australia.

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