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01/9/2013 at 9:58am
Location: Sitingbourne Outfit: baily champaign
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thanks for the replies folks & keep em coming. Swaggy your info is most helpful as I had been led to believe putting up the cabin for an overnighter took only 15min
Lobey, I have read many of your posts with interest over the years and I am sorry to hear you are not to well. I hope things get better for you soon.
we found that we preferred being able to leave the base unit on site & have the car to sight see , & caravanning was to much worry regards constant damp ingress problems & both caravans & motorhomes have the disadvantage of having a considerable amount of equity depreciating at a considerable rate over the years
thanks again TD
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01/9/2013 at 12:18pm
Location: West London. Outfit: None at present! Qashqai 2.0dCi
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We bought a folding camper (Conway Challenger) for our first venture into the camping world,we were both in our mid sixties. It was brand new & we were chuffed with our purchase, bought all the gear we needed to equip it & off we went. This was in 2007, the year that summers turned dreadful. After 2 trips away with disastrous weather we packed away for the first winter after both admitting that we hadn't enjoyed the experience very much. It took us around 3-4 hours both to set up & take down. This was everything done, awning up, inner linings in place, unpacking the other stuff from the car etc, etc & getting everything ready to use & the reverse when packing up, also we have never, ever, taken so much notice of the weather forecasts, packing away in the rain is a nightmare. The following season we decided to have another go, but after one trip away, again in awful weather we decided to bite the bullet & sell it.
In fact, we did sell, but in part exchange for a pop-top caravan, a Fleurette Tamaris 31T, a 1999 model, we have now moved on to a newer model, Trigano Silver 31TDL. This proved to be a revelation, easy to tow, only 2 minutes to pop-up the roof, & kettle on within 30 mins. Solid walls, hot water, heating, a grill & hob, fridge, & joy of joys, a toilet compartment with a washbasin.
We have not looked back & are only sorry we did not find the pop tops sooner.
This is our personal experience but I'm sure that there are plenty of folding camper owners who love their F/C's.
This will show you what's available, we p/x'd our camper there & bought our latest van there too. We are both in our early 70's now the pop top is perfect! Pictures in my gallery.
Post last edited on 01/09/2013 12:43:46
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01/9/2013 at 8:30pm
Location: West country Outfit: Mondeo
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I'm nearly 64 and this year we sold our caravan and bought a dandy designer. This is probably the best way to show you it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mHnP1HR31c The walls are not canvas but thick insulated PVC which is cool in summer and warm in winter, does not have to be dried so can be packed away wet and left till you next use it. The side and end walls are solid with a proper caravan door and windows. Fully loaded it is 500kg so easy to tow and push round. I can erect it on my own. We onl have a sun canopy, which is also PVC and can be left up in high winds. Not having an awning makes it all so much easier. I struggle putting pegs in. We have a skirt under one bed where we store everything outside including the porta potti. Yes its a come down from the caravan but is comfy to sit in and very comfy to sleep in. We have a bed each. We got this as we could not afford a caravan when I retire next year.
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