Compare bottled gas suppliers in New Zealand at Canstar Blue. Rockgas, Genesis Energy, Mercury and Elgas were compared on Overall Satisfaction, Bill and Cost Clarity, Customer Service, Tools & Advice and Value for Money.
See our Ratings Methodology.
Rockgas delivers gas and customer satisfaction, rated the No.1 supplier of bottled gas by Kiwi consumers for the second year in a row.
Our review compares bottled gas suppliers on customer satisfaction, so you can discover what other Kiwis think about our bottled gas retailers before you make your own choice. Think of it like asking hundreds of your closest friends which bottled gas suppliers they think deliver the best value and service!
Canstar Blue surveyed 416 Kiwis who have bottled gas delivered to their homes for their feedback on the supplier they use.
Respondents rate their satisfaction with their bottled gas suppliers from zero to ten, where zero is extremely dissatisfied and ten is extremely satisfied. Brand satisfaction was rated by respondents on the following criteria:
The winning bottled gas supplier is the one that receives the highest Overall Satisfaction rating once all the scores from the Overall Satisfaction criteria are combined and averaged.
Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included, so not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The brands rated in this survey are listed below in order of best overall satisfaction.
Find more information on our Most Satisfied Customer methodology.
This year, Rockgas celebrates its fifth Bottled Gas Award win and back-to-back titles. And, again, it takes home Canstar’s award on the back of a very impressive set of ratings from its many happy customers.
Overall, Rockgas earns more top 5-Star ratings than the other three bottled gas providers in our award research combined, and enjoys top scores across the all-important categories of Customer Service, Value for Money and Overall Satisfaction.
Rockgas is New Zealand’s largest LPG retail supplier, providing fast and reliable service to over 140,000 customers, through a national network of branches and franchises.
Rockgas delivers 45kg bottles to homes, to provide gas for cooking, heating and hot water. Ordering refills is quick and easy via the Rockgas app. Rockgas also operates a network of over 180 refill locations to service 9kg BBQ bottles.
Rockgas’ prices for bottled gas vary across the country, depending on location. For more details, check out the Rockgas website.
Placing second on our awards table, Genesis earns two top 5-Star ratings – for Customer Service and Tools & Advice – and two great 4-Star scores, including for Overall Satisfaction.
Genesis is a publicly listed company that is 51% owned by the NZ government. Genesis provides electricity, natural gas and bottled gas (LPG) to New Zealand households and businesses, and also generates electricity.
It’s quick and easy to order bottled gas from Genesis through its Energy IQ app. Delivery is speedy and you can track the delivery. Plus, Genesis offers a 5% discount if you bundle your gas and electricity supply.
Mercury earns a great 4-Star rating for Overall Satisfaction, placing it third on our awards table. It earns a further 4 Stars for Bill Cost & Clarity and Tools & Advice. Mercury’s highest rating, 5 Stars, is for Customer Service.
Mercury is one of the highest profile energy companies in New Zealand, and is best known for its electricity plans. However it also offers utilities, including broadband and mobile, as well as piped natural gas and bottled LPG. Mercury offers dual-fuel discounts for customers who combine bottled gas and electricity at their address.
Note: Mercury is currently not taking any new bottled gas customers.
Elgas rounds out our award table with a 3-Star rating for Overall Satisfaction, which is by no means a measure of dissatisfaction. Elgas rates 4 Stars for Customer Service and Value for Money.
Elgas is part of the Linde company, a leading global industrial gases and engineering firm. Elgas offers:
If you rely on bottled gas to heat and power your home, it’s essential that your supplier is reliable – delivering on time, every time.
Therefore it’s no surprise to discover that when it comes to the most important aspect of their bottled-gas supply, over a third (38%) of those in our survey cite great Customer Service as their No.1 concern.
Understandably, Value for Money is also an important driver of satisfaction for almost a third (27%) of respondents.
Here’s the full rundown of what the consumers in our survey say are the main things they consider when rating their bottled gas suppliers:
Bottled gas is either butane or propane gas that has been compressed into a liquid form and bottled. When release from its pressurised bottle, the liquid reverts to a gas, which can then be burned to fuel heating or cooking in the home.
While bottled and natural gas perform the same tasks: either used for heating or cooking in the home, there are differences between the two:
While there are over 2500kms of high-pressure supply pipelines in New Zealand, supplying gas to more than 60,000 customers, there is no mains supply in the South Island. And if your home isn’t already connected to mains gas, a new connection can be prohibitively expensive.
However because bottled gas is portable, it’s an easily accessible option if your home is off the mains gas grid.
Natural gas is often referred to as mains gas or piped gas, and is only available to homes on the mains network in certain parts of the North Island.
Unlike bottled gas, which is usually butane or propane, mains gas is primarily methane.
For more information on our natural gas award, click here.
Homes using bottled gas usually have two 45kg bottles. When one empties, supply switches to the other and a replacement is ordered for the empty bottle.
How long a gas bottle lasts depends on your power usage, whether you’re using the gas for cooking, heating, hot water, or a combination of all three. Obviously, the more gas you use the more bottles you will have to purchase.
However, here’s a rough guide to gas bottle consumption for an average home:
Bruce Pitchers is Canstar NZ’s Content Manager. An experienced finance reporter, he has three decades’ experience as a journalist and has worked for major media companies in Australia, the UK and NZ, including ACP, Are Media, Bauer Media Group, Fairfax, Pacific Magazines, News Corp and TVNZ. As a freelancer, he has worked for The Australian Financial Review, the NZ Financial Markets Authority and major banks and investment companies on both sides of the Tasman.
In his role at Canstar, he has been a regular commentator in the NZ media, including on the Driven, Stuff and One Roof websites, the NZ Herald, Radio NZ, and Newstalk ZB.
Away from Canstar, Bruce creates puzzles for magazines and newspapers, including Woman’s Day and New Idea. He is also the co-author of the murder-mystery book 5 Minute Murder.
Use gas because it’s cheaper: 31%
Use gas for cooking because more controllable: 31%
Have compared gas suppliers over past 12 months: 22%
Have switched gas suppliers over past 12 months: 14%
Canstar Blue surveyed 5037 New Zealand consumers across a range of categories to measure and track customer satisfaction, via ISO 26362 accredited research panels managed by PureProfile. The outcomes reported are the results from respondents who have a bottled gas account. In this case, 416 New Zealanders. Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included. Results are comparative and it should be noted that brands receiving three stars have still achieved a satisfaction measure of at least six out of 10. Not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The ratings table is first sorted by star ratings and then by mean overall satisfaction. A rated brand may receive a ‘N/A’ (Not Applicable) rating if it does not receive the minimum number of responses for that criterion.
The past winners from Canstar Blue’s Bottled Gas ratings:
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