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20/4/2016 at 5:15pm
Location: West Midlands
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We've had everything over the years, end up going in circles, from tent to TT to FC to caravan, God knows how much money we've lost 😳
We've had a folding camper and a Camplet trailer tent. I don't think there's much in it tbh, you do have more storage in the folding camper which is good, but awnings are still fiddly (causing major rows in our case, lol) and the downside for me was a wet pack up, I hated having to open it all up again at home. But a big folding camper would give you a lot more room and comfort than a trailer tent, they kind of feel like a caravan, when your sitting inside it. Plus I found the beds more comfy than the trailer tent 😀
Now we've been living abroad for 3 years, due back in UK this summer. I'm trying to decide what we need to buy! We love camping, but there never seems to be something that ticks all our boxes, hubby wants a caravan, I want a tent and son wants a trailer tent!
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25/4/2016 at 10:36am
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Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 25/4/2016
Quote: Originally posted by mzzy on 21/4/2016
Yes, totally right!
Although I've noticed that there doesn't seem to be many new folding campers being produced now, plus the prices have gone up a lot!!
You're right Mzzy. And there were reports of leaking when Pennine switched to the new Isabella canvas (probably resolved now but it did make me wonder if they're as good nowadays as they once were).
They have been resolved now, fortunately. The problems originally arose when the Isatex canvases were introduced, however, the current Isacryl fabrics have had no such problems. The quality is, actually, a lot better than it once was. As Pennine expanded rapidly, they did have some quality issues for a while, which might have been one factor in the demise of the company, but the new owners have stripped everything back, to just four variants of, effectively, two models, and have concentrated on getting everything right, which they seem to have done.
If I have one minor critisism of the later models, as opposed to the earlier ones, it's in their decision to go 'all electric' with some of the systems. Many of the older models had dual fuel heating and hot water, but current ones are all electric. Seems a little strange, to me, that you're paying up to £14K for a camper, and you cant use the heating or hot water unless you are on EHU. Other than that, I would say pretty much spot on.
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