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27/12/2021 at 10:19pm
Location: North Somerset
Outfit: Freedom Microlite
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Colin, thanks for your helpful comments. A trailer tent or folding caravan are the other two items on my short list. The little Gobur Carousel Slimline 10 would be ideal, being the lightest of their models. Of the trailer tents, I like the look of the Raclet Solena, but as I like camping all year round I think the folding caravan would be easier to keep warm in the cold and wet winter months.
Robert (Bob) Thanks also for your suggestions, and for the link. If I was going to settle for a trailer tent, either the Raclet, the Camplet or perhaps the Cabanon Venus would be top of my list. Folding campers... I have no experience of that type of unit, but imagine that while they offer more in the way of comfort than a trailer tent, there is still the issue around keeping the unit warm in winter, with its canvas walls.
I guess there are always compromises you have to be prepared to make, whatever unit is decided upon. In the past I've done the rounds of a number of different types of unit so I do have a bit of an idea what I want (or am able to buy, on a low budget!) So basically, now I've got a small car it's a case of something lightweight, with the minimum of faffing around to set up, and which can be kept warm in the winter!
I was hoping there would be more teardrop owners around by now to share their experiences. I haven't found any yet, nor have I seen any on my travels!
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28/12/2021 at 8:47am
Location: Warwickshire
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I have a gobur carousel and can testify they are a great bit of kit, mine is the standard width, Year 2000, it has hot and cold water, toilet and heater and motor mover,I I do tow it with a vauxhall Antara which doesn’t even know it is there, takes about 15 minutes to set up excluding water, the awning takes probably 40 minutes, you don’t say how small your car is so can’t advise if it is suitable for towing the gobur, we had a pennine pullman folding camper previously which are similar weights and we towed that with a Renault dynamique 1.7 litre engine, although we did have to change down on hills it coped well enough, hope this information is helpful to you, good luck in whatever you decide on
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28/12/2021 at 9:29am
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Quote: Originally posted by kpnuts81 on 28/12/2021
I have a gobur carousel and can testify they are a great bit of kit, mine is the standard width, Year 2000, it has hot and cold water, toilet and heater and motor mover,I I do tow it with a vauxhall Antara which doesn’t even know it is there, takes about 15 minutes to set up excluding water, the awning takes probably 40 minutes, you don’t say how small your car is so can’t advise if it is suitable for towing the gobur, we had a pennine pullman folding camper previously which are similar weights and we towed that with a Renault dynamique 1.7 litre engine, although we did have to change down on hills it coped well enough, hope this information is helpful to you, good luck in whatever you decide on
Thanks for that KPNuts, I had a Gobur Carousel once, a few years ago, at the time I was touring a lot more, and attending a lot of rallies and it all seemed a bit of a faff to keep setting up and packing down: I had the Slimline to start with which wasn't too bad, then I got the standard width one which took even longer to set up because of the loo cubicle.
Things change: people change, I am much more likely to head off on my own these days and enjoy my own company so I'd be happy enough to go to one place and stay there for a week or so, so the 'faffing about' element wouldn't be such an issue. They are lovely little caravans, sturdily built, and although unfortunately Gobur don't manufacture them any more the company is still very helpful if you have any issues with replacement parts and/or repairs. My issue now is the price! The Carousels hold their values very well so probably out of my league financially for the time being.
I didn't mention my car on the post as it's detailed on my profile: it's a Toyota Yaris 1.33 VVT-i TR 5 door. It has a kerbweight of 1050kg so the towing weight of 900kg in the manual is probably 85% of that? (I'm hopeless at maths) I checked with the Camping & Caravanning Club Towing Match service which says the 10ft Slimline is a safe and legal match for my car, except the noseweight is on the heavy side so I would have to be careful of what I stored in the front box.
Colin21: Thank you also for your further comment. I agree, the ability to stand upright in a camping unit is a criteria that has become important to me too!
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29/12/2021 at 6:09am
Location: North Somerset
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 28/12/2021
Maybe investigate a campervan with raising roof, that would then be your only vehicle? Low roof profile means you can still get under car park gantries. Drive up, hook up, hot or cold drink within 15 minutes of arrival. All year use.
It would need to have the right number of travelling seats / seat belts to be a vehicle for you to use daily.
Hi Fiona W, Thanks. Yes you're right, ideally a campervan would do most of what I'd require, however, I haven't been able to fund the purchase of such a beast! Not one that wouldn't fall to pieces as soon as I left my driveway, anyway! Added to which is my requirement of having two fully belted passenger seats, as I'm quite involved in grandchild care. I therefore found myself having to look at vehicles that had a boot-jump set up, and that didn't really suit me.
Last year I experimented with a 'car camper' arrangement: a VW Sharan, from which I removed 4 of the 7 seats, and built a plywood bedbase. However my DIY skills didn't extend beyond that one adaptation. Also, from an environmental point of view I felt really uncomfortable driving about in a gas-guzzling, high emissions vehicle. Ideally, a tiny car for daily use would have obviated that concern, but at the end of the day, it all comes down to money. Or in my case, lack of!
So, here I am with a smaller, more environmentally-friendly car, and a frame tent which I absolutely love, once it's all set up, and the weather's dry and warm! But I really miss the all-year-round camping that I used to do when I had a Gobur previously. Sigh.
It seems to me, chatting to other campers, that lots of other people try different units before realising what they started with was, actually, the best arrangement for them!
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