Kind of, it’s dead quiet in the dealership and I’ve kind of lost the enthusiasm, it takes quite a bit to do and the take up on my course hasn’t been worth the effort, I’ll probably start it up again in the spring, I’ve just done a podcast with Motorhome Matt to keep my hand in..

Have you given up with the KZbin videos now?

Your videos are very informative. We have just put a deposit down on a 2025 Swift alpine 2 exclusive. We are new to caravaning. Hope we're not going to get to many issues with it. After listening to a few of your post's it sounds like a proper mind field. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.😊

Are we all quiet out there, any caravan gossip or news ?

Used this service because of the video. Quick delivery.. thanks for sharing. Relatively inexpensive too 😊

Have a 2002 Burstner. Only problem is windows delaminating. Have to keep gluing them.

I put a different pump in and that blew the drain off valve. I'll replace that and hopefully, it will work, or I may have to buy a less powerful one.

I've got a 2007 Bailey Peageant Provence and like you said, everything works. However, I have replaced the water pump and fan heater. I didn't buy the Truma fan motor but an aftermarket one one Ebay for £20, works a treat. My battery did blow up which burnt out the wiring center. When I think of it, do you know where I can buy them Molex connectors? Do you also do electrical repairs? I bought a new PDU but wanted to see if I could get the old one fixed. This is my first caravan and I do love it, the freedom and being surrounded by nature. Thanks for sharing. What caravan would I like? The Buccaneer Barracuda or Coachman top-of-the-range one. The only reason why? I'm a plumbing and heating engineer and I love my gadgets. I like underfloor heating to keep the floor dry and more balanced heat. The settings 1 to 9 on this Truma heater don't give me a temperature reading so it's up and down, very dry air I find with these heaters. The others have solar and self-levelling. They have a bigger fridge freezer so I don't need extra storage which the Pageant doesn't provide. They look more modern and have an island bed with storage underneath and his and her wardrobes. I like the modern look of the new caravans. Everything is covered with cheap pine veneer in my caravan, and everything is the same colour. I don't like the bumpy bits on the seats, it restricts your sleeping space and I must say I didn't know you were supposed to turn them upside down. I'm 6 foot so my head was okay on one side but my knees were up in the air on the bottom side, due to that lump. I like the L-shaped lounge, and onboard water storage. I want to install a 50l water tank so I can heat that and shower with one tank of water. There are a lot of things I would change about caravans. The best thing is to work alongside people who own them, live in them, and like you someone with valuable knowledge and experience you share. Cheers! I'll look at the course you're selling

Any thoughts on using some sheet polypropylene instead of ply?

Great video. The Europeans make things look good on the packaging but when you get the real thing it's nothing like it. Kind of like the burgers you get at uncle Donalds. Diesel emission scandal, rather than produce sound engineering. I'll stick with British engineering, but the problem is our caravan suppliers all ship in European heating systems, fridges, and American toilets. We need an all-English caravan manufacturer and everything built, designed and engineered at home to the most amazing specs available. Why produce caravans to a certain spec? Do you know what I think we should do. Start a crowdfunding project where we ask everyone who wants to buy a caravan to choose the best layout, heating options, solar and other options and then choose the 5 most popular designs, people put down their deposit and start building it

I would love to setup a peoples company of caravanners and build our own ultimate caravan that you can fix yourself and is easy to maintain.

We are new in the market and we watch your videos with great interest. However, it really puts us off making our first purchase. We were really liking the Elddis Affinity 550, but after listening to your comments on that manufacturer, it’s probably not gonna happen. So….as an expert in the retail side, if you were buying your first caravan. What would you suggest for around 18 - 22k? Bear in mind we want a rear island bed layout, but other than that we are fairly flexible. Keep up the good work 👍🏻👍🏻

It was great to here someone talking common sence for once. We had an Elddis Crusader with the Solid construction and what a load of rubbish it was. We sold it 7 years ago and brought a Knaus Starclass from new which is in a different league regarding build, if Elddis could build a van as good they would be market leaders but I cannot see it happening.

The German man is correct, Europeans behave different to UK people.

This may sound picky, but if I was doing that exact same job, I would have cut the ply replacement so that the outer skin grain ran the same way as the original.

A very good and informative article. Thanks for you're valuable advice. 👍😊

Thankyou so much!

I gave my mum AIDS in a caravan

Excellent work, brilliant summary.

Very informative video thankyou i keep getting error code E515H googling it says combustion fan out of tolerance and its started getting harder to do a master reset do you think changing will solve this problem? Thankyou

I use the kit I made up to drain down the pipes as shown in this video:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKLamJdvn8lgjMk . There's many video's on KZbin showing you how to do it safely. You can of coarse buy a ready made kit for £50-£60 that comes with the how to DVD video, But I just bought an extra water pipe, went do to local tyre garage and they gave me a free valve & jubilee clip, total cost less than £20's for the kit. I am not sure its a good idea to run the caravan pump when it's dry.

If it happens to me I would remove the sunroof , build a frame from and fibreglass the whole thing over . You are an encyclopaedia of knowledge on these things . Don’t stop doing videos .

We have the same problem on bailey phoenix 644 it's only 4 yrs old . Bailey should be closed down . Don't trust bailey anything. People don't buy there caravans ..

Hi I’m have problems with my DAB radio. When I use it it turns off the panel & reboots. I followed your instructions but I’m still having problems. Can you help me

Excellent video got an old dethleff staggered by build quality 2006.

We want to winterise our caravan and leave the heating on low (EUH) not sure we can do this as we have a truma combi boiler and no water in the system as we have drained down; is it ok just to have blown air heating on?

Listening to you can be very depressing you seem to be very doom and gloom

I just wanted say.. What a great video...!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

My old caravans were reliable, but I certainly wouldn’t swap my 2023 for one, which sp far is just as reliable 🤞

Not an Elddis caravan.

We had this problem with our mover. Unfortunately we had bent the locating spindle's on each side because we hadn't been locating the bar properly. We replaced both spindles (easy to do) and bought a new bar. The mover works well now. Advice from Power touch was to grease the mover every 6 months with Motor cycle chain lube.

When you screwed the repair panels in.. what are you screwing them Into? Also what thickness ply are you using?

Why do caravan manufacturers not seal the road facing side of the floor and give it protection as standard?

Just add freezban to your water

I’ve had no issues but I keep the caravan in a locked shed

Why did they stop using the 19mm hex head that a socket fitted onto?. That'll be cost. Sadly. Spoilt a great peice of kit by penny pinching.

Makes sense with overlap.

Thanks Darren. After a year of struggling with our mover, just received a new engagement handle from powrtouch and it now works brilliantly. Keep going with your very informative vlogs.

Ours is that shape and just holding on by its dear life.but I think the problem with ours is when you pull the mover on the spring is that strong it takes some connecting to the point I don't think my wife would be strong enough.so over time it's gone out of shape.

My old 1995 Lunar never let me down, however, in my 2012 Coachman VIP the Truma Combi shut down on a trip. I managed to get it fired up on gas but not on 230v. Back home local engineer diagnosed element failure, he took heater away and brought it back, said elements changed but not working needed new PCB. I told him I wasn't paying for the elements in that case, so he walked off the job. After viewing a number of U-tube videos came across one that showed a hidden overheat reset button, not the main reset one. I poked a screwdriver down a hole as shown and heard a click. Connected 230v, switched heating on and it worked, so connected aquaroll, filled water tank and turned heater on, left for 30 mins and I had hot water. Would never have those issues with the old Carver unit in the Lunar.

Why have they changed them the older ones were a socket.

I’ve had 2 manual rods break, that join the 2 wheel clamps together when putting mover on and off, on my mover. First one done under warranty, told import rubbish but hopefully new rode is the better quality, and second with age not. Using rubbish materials in recent years.

Typical penny pinching by caravan suppliers. Throw that crappy bar away. Get a chrome vanadium socket and slide bar. Works superb time after time.

They have cheaped out on the bar, most othe versions use a proper hex and supply an extending wheel brace. This is a bent bit of tube with 2 flats stamped in it and they have the nervous charge £15 for it 🤬 This is what's wrong with everything in the world. Uter greed.

2004 swift perfect

Hello again... I bought a new Coachman this year and that charging area is making an annoying whistling noise (which took me several days to find) sometimes for several minutes at a time. Do you know if this is one of the early signs of there being an issue?

As long as there is room in hot water tank for expansion should not have a problem, just make sure to run hot water out at taps .😊

disgrace, that company should be shut down for trades description offences. Effectively selling people very expensive damp sheds

basic and simple everytime.. much more reliable

I started looking into weights after looking to buy a new PHEV car, and being told that it can’t tow anything above 1350kg (train weight). My confusion was with the fact it stated kerb weight as 1900kg, using 85% CAMC advice this took my van well in but exceeded train weight. Does kerb weight have any relevance now.