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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 20/8/2020

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I must be naive, i am surprised such a cracking (and presumably expensive), has such a poor shower room. Our curtain used to wrap around us in the motorhome we had. Hence when we popped it in for a caravan, a full washroom was more important than anything else in there.

It could be that many overseas (German?) owners prefer to use the 'blocks', hence the need for 'wasted' space on a full washroom isnt there. You dont see too many water barrels outside foreign 'vans either.

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Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 19/8/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Sukywuky on 19/8/2020

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We are new to caravanning as prior to buying this caravan we have owned various large motorhomes for the past 15 years. Sadly health issues has meant my husband has lost the C1 part of his licence, so driving a large motorhome is now no longer an option and we do not fancy changing to a small motorhome, so a decent size touring caravan was our preferred alternative.

The van we have purchased is a brand new Hobby 620CL.

Post last edited on 19/08/2020 04:40:28

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sorry to be the one that asks this, but what vehicle are you using to tow that caravan with? as the caravan weighs 1900kg i would think you well into 4x4 types, which if as you say your hubby cant drive anything due to loss of c1 catorgy he would be exceeding with that combination

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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 20/8/2020

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I must be naive, i am surprised such a cracking (and presumably expensive), has such a poor shower room. Our curtain used to wrap around us in the motorhome we had. Hence when we popped it in for a caravan, a full washroom was more important than anything else in there.

It could be that many overseas (German?) owners prefer to use the 'blocks', hence the need for 'wasted' space on a full washroom isnt there. You dont see too many water barrels outside foreign 'vans either.

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Quote: Originally posted by Sukywuky on 20/8/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 20/8/2020

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I must be naive, i am surprised such a cracking (and presumably expensive), has such a poor shower room. Our curtain used to wrap around us in the motorhome we had. Hence when we popped it in for a caravan, a full washroom was more important than anything else in there.

It could be that many overseas (German?) owners prefer to use the 'blocks', hence the need for 'wasted' space on a full washroom isnt there. You dont see too many water barrels outside foreign 'vans either.

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Some of the Hobby’s we looked at had some absolutely fabulous bathrooms with separate showers, so not all of them have wet rooms like ours has. However, we particularly fell in love with this one as it ticked all the boxes that were so important to us in so many other ways that we decided we were willing to make a compromise regarding the wet room. Not everyone’s choice I appreciate but for us it wasn’t a big issue and having a comfortable and spacious living, kitchen and bedroom space with access all around the transverse island bed were our main preferences.

It has an onboard water tank too, which again is something we wanted especially for winter use. We didn’t fancy our only water supply option being an aquaroll just in case the temps plummet and all we have is a barrel full of solid ice!

Can’t wait for our first trip away next week.

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Quote: Originally posted by Sukywuky on 20/8/2020

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Quote: Originally posted by Mick S. on 20/8/2020

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I must be naive, i am surprised such a cracking (and presumably expensive), has such a poor shower room. Our curtain used to wrap around us in the motorhome we had. Hence when we popped it in for a caravan, a full washroom was more important than anything else in there.

It could be that many overseas (German?) owners prefer to use the 'blocks', hence the need for 'wasted' space on a full washroom isnt there. You dont see too many water barrels outside foreign 'vans either.

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Some of the Hobby’s we looked at had some absolutely fabulous bathrooms with separate showers, so not all of them have wet rooms like ours has. However, we particularly fell in love with this one as it ticked all the boxes that were so important to us in so many other ways that we decided we were willing to make a compromise regarding the wet room. Not everyone’s choice I appreciate but for us it wasn’t a big issue and having a comfortable and spacious living, kitchen and bedroom space with access all around the transverse island bed were our main preferences.

It has an onboard water tank too, which again is something we wanted especially for winter use. We didn’t fancy our only water supply option being an aquaroll just in case the temps plummet and all we have is a barrel full of solid ice!

Can’t wait for our first trip away next week.

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