My wife and I are relaxing outside our current camper trailer on the last night of our 2 and a half week Christmas break, during which we spent all of in our trailer (except 2 nights with family in Melbourne) with our toddler, and we have decided that the current trailer we have is at the limits of its suitability for us.
I know the answer to this question is "it's personal" and "it depends" but I'd love to hear people's thoughts on the current offering of camper trailers.
First some background, the trailer we are using (borrowed from Family) is a large trailer type with a DIY 'kitchen' on the rear tailgate. Everything is stored under the bed in plastic tubs or in the pajero and the floor/awning/pegs/etc in the storage container on the front of the trailer.
We have decided that having to play tetris to pack the trailer each time we leave is frustrating, as well as things like storing the fridge in the trailer rather than the pajero.
Our wish list includes:
-Steps to the bed (we currently have to carry a painters stage to get into bed, heavy large and annoying but also makes packing really frustrating - needs to be right at the front but also come out first and go in last)
-Drawers for clothes in bed area and kitchen utensils/pots and pans in kitchen area.
-Fridge storage
-In built water tanks
-On board 12v
-Large enough for 1+ children (with at least one in a porta cot for a few years)
-Easy enough for one person to set up while the other wrangles children
-Tows easily both on and off road (think Oodnadatta track/Cape York I suppose as an example of the aspirational use)
-oh and not horrendously expensive
.....Yeah I get the feeling that there is no way I even get close to ticking most of those without the last one going out the window.....
At the moment we are looking at the Black Series Delta, but there are so many options if I google it I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts.
We plan on heading out to one of the camping shows early in the year to walk through them again, having seen what we like/don't like should give us new light vs the last time we looked.
Also on a completely unrelated note:
Water usage, found we were using about 7L per day with most of that going to washing up.
What does everyone else do to manage water out on longer trips? Any way to wash up without using 5ish L of water?
I know the answer to this question is "it's personal" and "it depends" but I'd love to hear people's thoughts on the current offering of camper trailers.
First some background, the trailer we are using (borrowed from Family) is a large trailer type with a DIY 'kitchen' on the rear tailgate. Everything is stored under the bed in plastic tubs or in the pajero and the floor/awning/pegs/etc in the storage container on the front of the trailer.
We have decided that having to play tetris to pack the trailer each time we leave is frustrating, as well as things like storing the fridge in the trailer rather than the pajero.
Our wish list includes:
-Steps to the bed (we currently have to carry a painters stage to get into bed, heavy large and annoying but also makes packing really frustrating - needs to be right at the front but also come out first and go in last)
-Drawers for clothes in bed area and kitchen utensils/pots and pans in kitchen area.
-Fridge storage
-In built water tanks
-On board 12v
-Large enough for 1+ children (with at least one in a porta cot for a few years)
-Easy enough for one person to set up while the other wrangles children
-Tows easily both on and off road (think Oodnadatta track/Cape York I suppose as an example of the aspirational use)
-oh and not horrendously expensive
.....Yeah I get the feeling that there is no way I even get close to ticking most of those without the last one going out the window.....
At the moment we are looking at the Black Series Delta, but there are so many options if I google it I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts.
We plan on heading out to one of the camping shows early in the year to walk through them again, having seen what we like/don't like should give us new light vs the last time we looked.
Also on a completely unrelated note:
Water usage, found we were using about 7L per day with most of that going to washing up.
What does everyone else do to manage water out on longer trips? Any way to wash up without using 5ish L of water?
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