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    Has anybody got any suggestions for a device for monitoring gas usage?

    We’ve been happily using the Loop Energy Saver for the past couple of years, the gas component sticks on to the meter front panel and monitors the dial rotations. It’s been excellent for showing us the impact of various things (e.g. working from home) on our gas bill.

    Problem is, they’ve decided to discontinue it, and although they are offering electric monitor users an upgrade path, they aren’t supporting the gas portion going forwards. Remind me NEVER to buy a device that requires an external server to get data from my front door to my computer...

    I can’t find any alternative anywhere. Any ideas?

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    Wow. I do seem to have hit on a unique problem. 200+ views and no suggestions.

    Does everybody with gas have a smart meter these days? I don’t believe it’s possible to get one in N.Ireland unfortunately.

    Sounds like a business opportunity to me... if it’s not a problem isolated to N.I.

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    I use Smappee for monitoring my gas meter. But the gas monitor only works in conjunction with the electricity monitor.

    Also, they seems to be going more upmarket, with installer based products, and not focusing on the end user market so much.

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    A quick Google came up with these
    Saveometer
    Fludia
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    Grrr. Had a complete response to all of these typed up, submitted and the forum told me I had a missing token. Lost it.

    Ok, so in summary...
    Thanks for the suggestions.
    Saveometer is no good as it’s got no ability to get readings off the unit (and only updates at best once an hour and only 100cu/ft of gas at a time according to Amazon reviews
    Fludia would be interesting except it looks like part of a system I know nothing about and don’t want to get into interface boards and LoRa and writing custom software
    Smappee looks the most likely but the idea of installers (of which there are none in NI who actually seem to mention it on their website) doesn’t sound economically viable.

    Thanks for the suggestions, I’ll keep looking I guess.

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    You could consider getting a smart meter. Octopus produces detailed usage graphs:D83AD2A2-8BAB-41E1-92EF-954EB9286087.jpg

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