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12/10/2015 at 8:29am
Location: Redditch
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If you've seen the videos on setting up, then packing away is just as simple, but in reverse, obviously. It, maybe, takes me a couple of minutes longer to pack away, as I like to make sure the curtains are stowed properly, to avoid creasing etc.
From parking up to kettle on (or beer fridge open) s around 15 - 20 minutes tops for me, including water, hookup, curtains etc, but I do tend to find that the 6 berth models like mine are a little quicker to set up than the 4 berth ones, as you don't have the front kitchen section to set up. Of course, if you go Pathfinder / Crusader, then you will be closer to Ashy55's time, due to setting up the washroom. The awning is, probably, around another hour, but, for me, it's still a lot quicker than my old tents (even with awning) as I'm not spending another hour or two setting up kitchen, cupboards, tables & chairs etc and blowing up mattresses, settees etc.
I would definitely agree that mine is always ready. I store pretty much everything in there, ready to go. The only things I have to take with me are clothes, toiletries and food. I also tend to keep the TV and folding chairs in the house, as I sometimes use them outside the camper. The toilet and toilet tent tend to stay in the loft most of the time, as I only use them occasionally. Of course, if you went for any of the current models (apart from the Countryman) the toilet is in the camper, anyway.
No issues with 'getting it back in its original case'. It all folds up very neatly. Just a case of making sure the canvas is folded out of the way of the poles as they close up.
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12/10/2015 at 10:58am
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Quote: Originally posted by Kelper on 12/10/2015
Awning time seems a bit on the high side, too.
To put up my awning on the Pullman ... single handedly, takes me 30 mins, tops. That's without the zip in panels (our usual way of using it. So add 20 mins if putting them in all the way round.
Mine is exactly the same, but I do know some people struggle with them, and they can take a little longer, so an hour to 90 minutes is not massively out, but I can, certainly, on my own, get the entire unit and awning up within an hour, so a total, potential set up time of up to two and a quarter hours, quoted above, does seem quite excessive, to be honest.
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