[Aussie Mike]

Just resurrecting an old thread. I'm still renting bottles from Air Liquide but it looks like someone has finally wised up and offered us a decent alternative.

Total Tools is offering a buy your own bottle scheme. E size bottles are $475 each for Argon and Argoshield. Refills are about the $150 mark which is comparable to the big boys. The buy your own bottle come filled so that really means you are only paying about $320 for the bottle. That's less than 2 years rental for me.

They are operating on a swap and go system like your BBQ bottle at Bunnings. They have outlets all over the place and most are open Saturday and some on Sunday too. It's a no brainer for me. Air liquide can shove their bottles.

Cheers