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You may be better to buy a cheap trailer tent, as the cost will be far less, they are much smaller and easier to tow and it will give you a good idea of how it will be in an FC (albeit without the little extra 'luxuries'), and you sleep on a 'proper' bed which is off the floor.

this is what we did and I have to say I certainly have never regtetted doing it this way round.  A cheap TT can cost a couple of hundred pounds, rather than the £1000 plus you may have to pay for an FC (you can buy cheaper FCs but they will tend to be very old and may have problems).

A TT is fairly easy to move on again, if you decide to move up to a FC, as they are cheap and easy.

just my thoughts and advice, i'm sure others will disgaree and say go straight in for an FC - it's 'horses for courses'.

Good luck with your decision - you won't regret it either way.

Quote: Originally posted by Blue Sky Pennine on 01/7/2015

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They will, indeed StixJimbo (starting with me)

It is, indeed, horses for courses, and there's nothing wrong with taking a halfway step via a TT, if you want. To be fair, the only thing I would take issue with is the prices quoted above. I am going from personal experience here.



Of course; you have to look around for bargains like these, they don't come up every day, and, at the lower end of the budget, you do have to be more wary of potential issues.

I do think the impression above is a little misleading (just my opinion, of course, as you say; we all have different thoughts on these things, which is why these forums are so helpful) because it suggests, perhaps, that you a would have to pay £1,000 for a FC, and that anything less would be older. To be fair, the £200 budget suggested for a TT is not going to get you anything newer. I have picked up late nineties Pennine Aztecs and Apollos, in immaculate condition for £500 - £600. A TT, of similar age and condition will, generally, cost £400 - £500, so, from a purely personal perspective, I know which I would prefer to spend my money on (although I do agree, there are some excellent TT bargains to be had for around £200, but most wont have kitchens etc, and, if they do, you then have the same potential risks as you do with a folding camper).  Once again, my personal experience and i'm not trying to mislead anyone at all, but thanks for the vote of confidence!

Of course, as I mentioned above, you do need to be very wary when looking at cheaper FCs, as there is a little more to go wrong with them, so not all of them are the bargains they appear to be (but the key thing is; many are, which is why I would err more towards and FC, rather than a TT).


That would be my opinion on it, but I agree, we all have different perspectives, none necessarily more right than others. Good luck with it, whichever route you go.

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Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 01/7/2015

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Seems you were a little quicker than I was Blue Sky - the good news, for the OP, is, we both agree

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Quote: Originally posted by Blue Sky Pennine on 01/7/2015

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Quote: Originally posted by eel28 on 01/7/2015Seems you were a little quicker than I was Blue Sky - the good news, for the OP, is, we both agree

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It is, indeed.

The Conway models you may be thinking of that are similar to the Aztec are, possibly, the Challenger and Countryman.

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Quote: Originally posted by Blue Sky Pennine on 01/7/2015

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Chill out!!

I notice you have focused on two points of opinion, and, for some reason, taken them as a personal attack, not at all, just stating my case and ignored phrases like; "just my opinion - we all have different views on these things" and "we all have different perspectives, none necessarily more right than others". As you seem to have done with mine

Not suggesting any one opinion is any more valid than another. We bring them all together in the forum so the OP can make an informed decision, based on all the various opinions on offer.

The way the statement was posted was IN MY OPINION a little misleading. Ah, you see we can all have an opinion ;) That is very different from suggesting that you were trying to mislead anyone in any way. Just that I felt the information (based on my own personal experience) needed to be expanded on to reflect a different perspective.

I buy and sell these all the time, but that doesn't make my opinion any more relevant or valid than anyone else's, hence, back to my own statement; "none necessarily more right than others".

If you re read it, once the red mist has subsided there is, and has been, no 'red mist' (this is only an internet forum after all) I think you'll see it was just another opinion, in exactly the same way yours was.

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I will add, though, that my point about the smaller size of a TT is probaly just as, if not more, relevant than price  - particularly as the OP says they have never towed before, so safety couild be an issue here (and I am a professional driver so am, I feel, qualified to give this advice).

Anyway, as we have both said, these are our own opinions and the OP will be able to make a better informed decision from the advice posted.