{mosSender [email protected]}If you live in an older home or apt. and require a gas balloon for cooking, have you figured out approx how long it lasts? Apparently, there's som...
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If you live in an older home or apt. and require a gas balloon for cooking, have you figured out approx how long it lasts?
Apparently, there's some kind of expensive gauge to use, but since I don't own my house, I didn't want to invest in this. (There's no way to know how much is in the balloon because one can't see through the metal. Talk about the potential for being ripped off and literally, a lack of transparency.)
Instead, for the past few years, I started to track how long the gas lasted.
The balloon was good for exactly 12 months with the amount of cooking I do.
For the first few years after I made aliyah I used Amisragas ("the" gas co., at least in the Tel Aviv area). They try to convince people that they're the only co. that it's legal to use. This is untrue. They also charge extra if you want it the same day. Well of course I'd want it the same day. How else can I cook? They know they have people over a barrel.
I finally realized that I didn't have to be over a barrel and started to buy from an independent contractor. There's same day service without an additional fee.
But more importantly, the balloon lasts well into 16 months. (And no, I haven't taken any vacations that would reflect a long period of no use.) This tells me one thing: Amisragas doesn't fill their balloons up all the way.
You can look in the yellow pages for the names/tel. numbers of independent sellers. I live in Ramat Gan and use an independent from around here.
Joan Weinberg
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