Best Motorhome / Campervan gadget?
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r3g said:
Had never heard of them until yesterday. Seen them a couple of times but didn't have a clue what they were. Don't caravans have their own water tank in them then? Or is this basically a water container on wheels to get water from wherever the site tap is to your caravan for those sites that don't have a tap on the pitch itself?
Not typically for cold, most/all have one for hot water internally and some will have internal fresh tanks but both want emptying before you pull it with the car on the road....If there is a tap on the pitch I use a float valve in the side of my roll to keep it topped off and draw water out the aquaroll rather than plug it straight to the mains
chappj said:
What app/website(s) are you using to find friendly stop over points? Both for U.K. and Europe…
We collect the van in 2 weeks and then our first trip will be at Easter. We’re thinking Bologna/Florence/Pisa with a drop off at Chamonix or Annecy on way down/return. We need to find places to stop off!
How are you getting on with the new van; good I hope We collect the van in 2 weeks and then our first trip will be at Easter. We’re thinking Bologna/Florence/Pisa with a drop off at Chamonix or Annecy on way down/return. We need to find places to stop off!
We collect ours next week (Twin Supreme 640 SGX). Getting quite excited now
If you’ve not done so already, the Adria Twin Camper Van Group on Facebook is well worth joining. Plenty of newbies as well as experienced owners with lots of advice, hints and tips.
Have you had any probs with condensation in the pop top? Someone posted in the group a few days ago about difficulties they’re having with theirs.
Captain Answer said:
Not typically for cold, most/all have one for hot water internally and some will have internal fresh tanks but both want emptying before you pull it with the car on the road....
If there is a tap on the pitch I use a float valve in the side of my roll to keep it topped off and draw water out the aquaroll rather than plug it straight to the mains
My caravan tows better with the onboard tank full. If there is a tap on the pitch I use a float valve in the side of my roll to keep it topped off and draw water out the aquaroll rather than plug it straight to the mains
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Got any trips planned?
Locally for first trip out (Yorkshire Dales), then down to Somerset for an alarm/immobiliser/tracker to be fitted before on to see friends in DevonAre you going for the growler ?
Are you getting a battery master installed whilst your there ? well worth it we install quite a lot of them here.
egor110 said:
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Got any trips planned?
Locally for first trip out (Yorkshire Dales), then down to Somerset for an alarm/immobiliser/tracker to be fitted before on to see friends in DevonAre you going for the growler ?
Are you getting a battery master installed whilst your there ? well worth it we install quite a lot of them here.
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Escort3500 said:
egor110 said:
Got any trips planned?
Locally for first trip out (Yorkshire Dales), then down to Somerset for an alarm/immobiliser/tracker to be fitted before on to see friends in DevonAre you going for the growler ?
Are you getting a battery master installed whilst your there ? well worth it we install quite a lot of them here.
My favourite accessories are the indulgences:
- Nespresso machine: I had a 2kW Inverter fitted to our BoxDrive 600XL when I bought it so that we could have our morning coffees. We had one in our Concorde Charisma previously, so somewhat spoilt, but there is nothing better IMO to waking up to a proper coffee in the morning. Particularly when you're fully offgrid somewhere. It does mean spending on a decent LifePo4 battery and inverter, but IMO it's priceless.
- Silwy wine glasses: we discovered this stuff when we bought our BoxDrive. Knaus has partnered with them - it's a firm who manufacture magnetic glasses & tableware for vans & yachts. We have limited space in our van but really enjoy drinking wine out of proper crystal glasses. Being able to be creative with storage solutions is great. We also use their magnets to secure the Nespresso machine to the worktop without damaging it.
OK, so both a little esoteric and indulgent in comparison to some of the other suggestions, but we wouldn't be without them.
- Nespresso machine: I had a 2kW Inverter fitted to our BoxDrive 600XL when I bought it so that we could have our morning coffees. We had one in our Concorde Charisma previously, so somewhat spoilt, but there is nothing better IMO to waking up to a proper coffee in the morning. Particularly when you're fully offgrid somewhere. It does mean spending on a decent LifePo4 battery and inverter, but IMO it's priceless.
- Silwy wine glasses: we discovered this stuff when we bought our BoxDrive. Knaus has partnered with them - it's a firm who manufacture magnetic glasses & tableware for vans & yachts. We have limited space in our van but really enjoy drinking wine out of proper crystal glasses. Being able to be creative with storage solutions is great. We also use their magnets to secure the Nespresso machine to the worktop without damaging it.
OK, so both a little esoteric and indulgent in comparison to some of the other suggestions, but we wouldn't be without them.
Spuffington said:
- Silwy wine glasses: we discovered this stuff when we bought our BoxDrive. Knaus has partnered with them - it's a firm who manufacture magnetic glasses & tableware for vans & yachts. We have limited space in our van but really enjoy drinking wine out of proper crystal glasses. Being able to be creative with storage solutions is great. We also use their magnets to secure the Nespresso machine to the worktop without damaging it.
We were given a couple of those by the dealer when we bought our campervan (VW California Beach). They are great quality, we don't really have anywhere safe enough in our van to store them though.My gadget selection would be Ikea's Tillreda portable induction hob. Its cheap and works brilliantly when we are on hook up. Gas is the current backup for wild camping but hopefully we'll get a suitable portable powerbank so we can use induction off grid too.
chappj said:
Would you go for Starlink over 5G/Satellite if buying again now? This was on my shortlist (I’ve been struggling to find a good horizontal roof mount for Starlink).
I'd leave the Starlink free standing. As it needs a clear view of the sky, you may not be able to give it that if it's mounted on the roof of the van. You could stick it on it's (already heavy) mount on a low table so it's off the ground.As for accessories
- a decent external silverscreen - keeps van cool in summer and warm in winter and also means you don't need to mop up condensation every morning
- packing cubes as someone has mentioned, makes packing van so much easier.
- if you want to wild camp, a good investment would be a battery generator, with a standalone solar set-up. Our Jackery can power the services in the van, charge the e-bike batteries up and let us use the air-fryer, without EHU. 2 x foldable solar panels will charge it all up again (can even stick the panels on the roof or in the windscreen)
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