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When we first started looking for a caravan the Beachcomber caught my eye - I love the name - and I Wstarted a thread about it

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=8&TopicID=206138&SearchPagePosition=1&search=bailey+beachcomber&searchMode=phrase&searchIn=Topic&forum=8&searchSort=dateDESC&ReturnPage=Search

As expected the comments were good & bad. We didn't get to view it and it was over a year later that we bought our caravan.

Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 24/11/2011

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I would recomend a swift jura 4 berth,i think the build quality for swift is far better than bailey evan though ive got a bailey.

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The Swift Jura is a dealer special edition from Knowepark Caravans, it is and always has been a 2 berth.  Agreed a good 'van ... we have the 2010 version, our at least we do currently, our new Sterling Cruach should have been built this week.

We did own a Bailey Beachcomber 440/4 from new in 1995 until 2004.  Great 'van.  The only issue we had was some water ingress round the toilet hatch in year nine.  The weight quoted by another poster as 1132Kg fully laden seems high to me, our 440 weighed in at 990Kg fully laden, from memory the slightly larger 470/4 was around 1050Kg.  A wonderful van, we added blinds and flyscreen, an oven, extra sockets, extra lights, folding TV table etc etc to ours.

We took a year to find our van. We'd spent many weekends browsing dealers & looking at a few private sales. You've set a budget so you're half way there.  Next you need to decide which layout will suit you best, either end bedroom or bathroom. We went to a dealer because we knew nothing about vans & wanted the backup of a warranty.

Good luck tomorrow!!

Quote: Originally posted by IainM on 25/11/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 24/11/2011

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I would recomend a swift jura 4 berth,i think the build quality for swift is far better than bailey evan though ive got a bailey.

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The Swift Jura is a dealer special edition from Knowepark Caravans, it is and always has been a 2 berth.  Agreed a good 'van ... we have the 2010 version, our at least we do currently, our new Sterling Cruach should have been built this week.

We did own a Bailey Beachcomber 440/4 from new in 1995 until 2004.  Great 'van.  The only issue we had was some water ingress round the toilet hatch in year nine.  The weight quoted by another poster as 1132Kg fully laden seems high to me, our 440 weighed in at 990Kg fully laden, from memory the slightly larger 470/4 was around 1050Kg.  A wonderful van, we added blinds and flyscreen, an oven, extra sockets, extra lights, folding TV table etc etc to ours.

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Quote: Originally posted by homebird2003 on 26/11/2011

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We took a year to find our van. We'd spent many weekends browsing dealers & looking at a few private sales. You've set a budget so you're half way there.  Next you need to decide which layout will suit you best, either end bedroom or bathroom. We went to a dealer because we knew nothing about vans & wanted the backup of a warranty.

Good luck tomorrow!!

 

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