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Quote: Originally posted by Loveshack on 27/6/2009

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Thanks everyone, really appreciate that, I can see myself going to camperland to see for myself and will defo pull out the trailer tent myself- i want a sewn in ground sheet preferably and someting which erects quickly ( as having 3 kids with NO patience at all!!), the one thing that does puzzle me though is if the tents gets wet when you are putting it down do you have to re-erect to dry off so mould doesn't set in? I also want something that is a bit higher to accommodate the under bed tents, ( no banged heads).

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Yes, you have to either re-erect them or Take the canvas off to dry out indoors. There's no other way and if you skip this step you will end up with one very expensive trailer fit only to carry a pile of useless mouldy canvas to the dump.

Also, I don't think many TTs have sewn in groundsheets. In fact the only one i can think of is the Cabanon Stratos, though I could be wrong.

Banged heads? They do it once then they learn to be more careful. Practically all TT underbeds are the same height. I can sit up in one (I'm 5'4") but Hubby can't. We use self inflating mats in the undertent btw. Airbeds take up too much height and they're less easy to crawl in on. A folding camper will give you more head height bit I think you only get one ondertent in some models.

Most of the standard design  TTs like the Conways/Cabanon/Sunncamps etec the same way and will take at least an hour to set up properly, once you've practiced a bit. The pram-fold ones like CombiCamps and Camplets will have their main units set up in minutes but they lack undertents. Sun awnings etc take longer.

Tenacious tape or professional sewing repair seems to be the way to go for repairs to canvas.

I too worried about soggy awnings however if you're in a position when side and front doors unzip completed then that's noe big piece of canvas that's easy to hang up and put somewhere to dry......also I've discovered that our awning frame will erect quite happily on it's own in the garden so that's all we'll do if it get's wet.

Sewn in groundsheets are becoming more common (Trigano's definitely have them now) but it's only on the more modern versions of TT's

Quote: Originally posted by Rossco01 on 29/6/2009

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Sewn in groundsheets are becoming more common (Trigano's definitely have them now) but it's only on the more modern versions of TT's

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attn Vonbladet.

We are going to Bunnick in September, expressly to look at the Holtkamper Astro.

Did you look at this?

Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 29/6/2009

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attn Vonbladet.

We are going to Bunnick in September, expressly to look at the Holtkamper Astro.

Did you look at this?

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Quote: Originally posted by vonbladet on 30/6/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by SGThomas on 29/6/2009

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attn Vonbladet.

We are going to Bunnick in September, expressly to look at the Holtkamper Astro.

Did you look at this?

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Not in too much detail: Mrs von Bladet quickly decided she didn't like the kitchen placement on the side of the erected unit, or the fact that there was only one bed off the ground.

There's no dispute that they are serious quality units, though, if they are otherwise to your taste. And they are certainly very pretty.

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