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Quote: Originally posted by seagull64 on 17/9/2009

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Do i think you are doing the right thing? OH YES!!!!

Just a few years ago i picked a lovely campsite nr Dumfries in Scotland. The website showed pics of the site bathed in glorious sunshine so with the image in my mind and with our Conway Cruiser hooked up off we went. It was a grey day but held off raining just until we arrived. After about an hour we were sat in our fully erected camper soaked and frozen huddled around our little fan heater drying out. The nights were worse as the wind and driving rain swept the campsite dropping the temperature to just a few degrees. Getting out of bed in the morning was like jumping in an icy pool and in the evenings we rarely ventured into the freezing awning except for the loo which was a memorable experience!!!! Packing up was easy as we didn't care anymore and just threw everything together. My lasting memory though was peering into the dark through our rain soaked awning window and seeing a rather nice Coachman caravan with a warm glow from the interior lights and the occupants watching TV in their PJ's. A month later our camper had gone and we were sat on a campsite near Oxford in our lovely Avondale!!!!!!

If I start to hanker for the canvas experience again i just think of our trip to Dumfries and I soon come to my senses.

We bought our camper in November and sold it in mid May for considerably more than we paid so I should think if you were to sell it to be pretty quick. This is of course just MY experience though!! We bought and sold ours on ebay so it might be a good idea to moniter what they sell for on there.

Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We sold the tin tent two years ago and went back "under canvas". Best thing we ever did, we camp more now than we ever did with the van. Still, what is good for one is not always the best for someone else, good luck with your decision to go to the dark side.

Mike

We've just moved from a folding camper to a caravan.  Definately been in one BIG circle though.  Camplet Trailer Tent-Conway Cruiser-Sprite Muskerteer-Avondale Leda Mendip-(then started all inclusive holidays abroad)-12 Man Dome Tent-8 Man Tunnel Tent-Trigano Randger 575LX & now a Bailey Ranger 550/6.

The reasons why we have gone back to a caravan is as follows:

1. Less hassle getting ready to go away (for the odd one nighter etc), as I can pack the caravan up during the daytime when OH & Kids are at work/school. As al I have to do is open the door and walk in, no having to errect it to pack it.

2. It does not need to be dried out if it gets wet (OK the awning may need to be, but that is no different than the awning on the FC)

3. Easier to break camp as well and a lot less hassle especially if it is raining.

4.Can be used all year round without any worries

5. A big positive for me is a toilet (I know many of you do have toilet compartments in your folding camper, but ours did not)

Againsts:

1. You have to make the beds up nightly (we have just bought a 6 berth van, it has fixed bunks that curtain off, so these don't have to be made every night).  This only leaves us the double bed to be made up and on the odd occasion the side dinette bed area if my son wants to sleep in the van and not in his pup tent.

2. It's longer on the drive, but that's not a major problem as even with the folding camper on there we could not fit two cars on it.

3. Probably more money spent on site fees & diesel as we will be going away more often than what we did in the fc!!! 

Having tried out tents, caravans & folding campers.  I think we have made the right decision for our family.

If you are selling on EB I would go for a classified ad, as it is a one-off payment with no final valuation fee.

Good luck

Quote: Originally posted by spideygirl on 15/9/2009

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We are leaving the folding camper world and entering the tin tent world.  I have had enough of the awful weather, packing away wet and all the set up.  We are buying a caravan.  So now to sell our FC, hope we have done the right thing!    

Is this a good time to sell?

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OK all gone now, my folding camper was sold with hours and has been picked up today. 

It went to a lovely family, who were thrilled with it.  So decided now to buy the Pegasus 534 after seeing one yesterday.