Living In The Bailey Adamo 69-4 | Arriving At Hawes Caravan And Motorhome Club Site

[@TheNextLife]

We just spent 7 months travelling Europe in our 69/4 and loved it. OH we never put the cap on, it’s only for when the MH is in a showroom

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

That's great to hear.

[@jackirichards8789]

Crawling around under the van to empty water would not fill us with glee!! Love the table! It is the overhead bed that wouldn't thrill me! I like the island beds and the single beds for ease of going to the loo in the night if needed! I would love to see you, Jenny and Poppy try out more motorhomes and campervans! I like your honesty and respect your opinion of the different features! Another great video, thanks! XX

[@susansmith8773]

Aw we are missing you both already . It’s lovely watching you both . We’re looking forward to our next meet up :0) xx. ( Wherever that may be ) .

[@pedro-adventures.7518]

Great video as per normal !!!!!! waste water looks a right pain .........pity you felt unwell I love the Hawes site and all the cheese at the Wensleydale visitor centre !!!!!!!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Couldn't face cheese!

[@timharrison3521]

Hello you two😊. I was going to say that the waste drain would be a dealbreaker for me which would be a shame after alll the positive notes I’ve made…. Then reading the comments I saw that a viewer(Sheila) put out the idea of adding a collapse pipe to it, problem solved😄. What a great community you have here Bob🙌. Also I find that you and Jen are the nicest, most easily watchable couples on here. Thanks for the effort you both put in 👌☕️

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thank you, yes, it's great that we can find out things like this via KZbin.

[@jaynehook2520]

Wonderful site, definitely one for the future xx

[@elaineh7811]

Thanks Bob and Jenny always enjoy your videos and what you having for tea .🍟poppy and Tara .🐕

[@angusrevis1486]

Hawes is one of my favourite Wensleydale villages!

[@amandamartin-smith6130]

Just so love Poppy, she is absolutely amazing. Reminds me of my westie Millie, so inquisitive and saying, what are you doing 😂😘😂

[@andrewflint8509]

great video enjoying them love the adamo

[@gallivantinggalantes]

Hi Bob and Jenny, you made me giggle as you were trying to sort the seats out, you will be worn out. What with crawling under the van to take the waste water cover off. I wouldn’t like that. I like the table but it does seem huge. Aah little Tara bless her x

[@lizzyask4652]

“The fridge does chill the wine well”……….. SOLD!🥂

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

👍😊

[@MrJasdog107]

Hope the Bailey as been a pleasant change for you. We are Bailey owners and enjoy its unique layout on Peugeot Boxer cab with Alko chassis . Can't wait to take it to Hawes its got be one of our very favorite sites.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes it has, thank you.

[@Sheila-uu3nl]

Great video. I actually added a collapse pipe permanent to the waste outlet, so I don't have that problem

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Good idea.

[@don-qb4xb]

We have the 75-4DL. What size adapter did you need for the outlet.

[@helenanderson6874]

We have a Ford chasson that opens underneath, I would love to know how you fitted a collapse pipe to yours.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

@don21 Colapz do an adapter with their waste pipe kit. amzn.to/3HsZWmc

[@Sheila-uu3nl]

The information I got was from Live for Travel. As well as colapz adapter you need a elbow joint, all info on his channel and how he did it. An easy fix

[@snowyowl539]

Does look a good motor home x

[@HitchUpAndTow]

Don't like the way you need to dump your water, they could have designed that better. Great size table and being able to fold it in half gives you the best of both worlds. We have got to learn how to play Rummikub LOL. Great video and it was great meeting you both. Keep safe👍Mark & Coral

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, good to meet you two as well.

[@Mike99Nine]

We hired a m home one year and the bed wouldn't go that low so you had to use a ladder, was a right pain .that table is great design I agree!

[@debshamish6533]

I’d go for the baked beans Bob…..👍🤣 I’m having Tesco finest fish cakes this evening too😊 🥂 Think that grey water tap/drain would drive me nuts - don’t fancy having to lie on a wet dirty floor to release the cap. I love the way the dogs, especially Poppy, take ownership of the sofas - that’d be my dog (Hamish) #CreatureComforts

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, but I left that cap off the rest of the time, but it would be awkward using service pitches and the wastemaster. Better with a fixed pipe to the outside of the motorhome.

[@jimmyconnolly3461]

Bailey need to up their game with the grey water release tap. It’s either too close to the ground and now you’ve to get onto the ground and get under it. Apart from that, I like what they do. Just a pitty. The Ford looks amazing to drive. Great vlog as always.👍

[@jimmyconnolly3461]

But, I totally agree Bob. That’s the best table I’ve ever saw on any motorhome 👍

[@jackiesmithsmetaldetecting]

Hi Bob, Jenny ,Poppy & Tara looks like the motor home has lots of space for cooking , seating and entertaining etc i would need a manual for turning the seats and emptying the waste water but i wouldn't complain about it :)

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

Hi, we've just bought a 75-4i, so perhaps the spacing is not the same as this version but, I lifted the table (electrically) as high as it would go, and pulled it as close to the kitchen as it would go. It almost touches the kitchen edge and is only about an inch lower. It can therefore be used as an additional food perpetuation surface. It's wonderfully versatile.

[@PoshcatsCamping]

We were sad when you drove off. We recorded the dog walk in our latest video and found the nice beck behind the site after you had gone. It went a little way to cheering us up 😊👍🏻🚐 Trev

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thank you, it was lovely to meet up with you both again.

[@lynnbittner5190]

Thank you, enjoy these videos! Hmmm could just eat a fish cake :)

[@keithalisonpreston9327]

Love Hawes. You carn't beat a good fishcake x😂

[@patrickwills7842]

Gorgeous dogs 🥰🥰

[@jkee7017]

On the waste bung we leave the thing off all the time with no problems.

[@davidjames6851]

We bought the Adamo 75-4i, and I have adapted the waste using rubber elbows, and 30mm waste water pipe - so I can now drain off at the side of the van, or insert flexi hosing (for a super pitch) without getting on my knees. And I have abandoned the cap as being pointless! If I knew how to upload photos of it I would……..

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, you could send the photos to me at [e-mail] and I can put them on my community page.

[@davidjames6851]

Done

[@stewchesman5259]

Great video again Bob and Jen. I think the layout is great with the bench seats and swivel chairs, and that table is brill. I could do away with the travel seats, seem to take up so much storage space, and having to crawl underneath the van to empty the grey waste!!! What's all that about? Surely Bailey could come up with a better system than that. How does fitting a colapz waste pipe solve the problem? Thanks for sharing another great video. Enjoy your time ;))

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Fitting any pipe that bring ngs it to the outside would help make it easier.

[@stewchesman5259]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo So crawl under the van once and its a permanent fixture? Doesn't it require capping off?

[@gnarlyboot477]

Hi Bob & Jenny, as you mentioned running out of hot water when showering. I wondered if you had come across the Alde Flow system. Not much on KZbin about it. But after asking on the Caravan Vloggers Face Book page I received some positive feedback. It’s an additional heat exchanger that preheats the water into the hot water tank. Gives you hot water for as long as you have a cold water supply. You can only get it fitted by Alde, we’ve bit the bullet and booked our fitting in April. Cheers from John & Al 👍

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Not heard of that, does it work on Truma heating?

[@gnarlyboot477]

I don’t think so, as it’s plumbed into the Alde boiler. But maybe Truma make something similar.

[@gnarlyboot477]

Looks like Truma make an instant hot water system.

[@jackiestokes6502]

I do like the van but where would the coffee machine go. Like you guys we take our coffee machine away with us but we do like to keep ours out all the time 😊

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

You can't leave it out, it would go flying if you stopped quickly! 😃Plenty of space in the work top.

[@busterboy7505]

Nice Motorhome Bob and Jenny, the table is brilliant, fridge looks great, but having to get under the side of the Motorhome to remove the cap so you can empty the water is a terrible idea, needs changing, good job it wasn’t raining, or even the ground being just wet would be awful, I am a bit confused, is Tara your dog, been following you both for quite a bit now and sometimes you only have poppy with you, 👍.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks. That's was one if the drawbacks with the Adamo. Tara is my sister's dog and comes with us occasionally.

[@teedee3765]

What are Bailey thinking with that gray waste set up ? It’s not like they have never designed a motor home before !!! That would be a joyous occasion when it’s pouring down !!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, it's puzzling.

[@bobmckayfreedom]

There must be a better way As you know I have mobility problems …how do they expect you to do that each time ….if I had it I would run an fixed extended pipe

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

It should come with an extended pipe to the side of the motorhome.

[@sound2photo]

Ho!Ho!..Great review of plusses & minuses of this nice motorhome. Completed with the Wine & Dine feature, or was it the whine and dine? Top Mark's for Jenny and Bob's real life review! 🥇🥇🥇👌👌🐈🚐📷

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thank you.

[@barryelstone8431]

Love this site, have you had fish and chips from the village chippy I can highly recommend. Not impressed with the way you have to crawl under the van to remove the bung, surely manufacturers can make it easier we are not all spring chickens.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, been to the chippy many times. Agree with you on the waste pipe.

[@susannordstrom5065]

Even a spring chicken would be annoyed

[@stephenprickett7584]

The cap on the waste outlet comes off, I think its only used for storage purposes. The trickiest thing I find is to position the van's outlet over the grating or worse just over a small man hole cover. A lot of shunting back and forth required. As for using a waste master, well that's something I have yet to experience....not sure if it will actually fit underneath.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Thanks, unfortunately I forgot to try the wastemaster!

[@mpaws]

So far I've liked the Bailey. But there's one thing that would seriously put me off and that's the position of the waste drainage pipe and having to crawl under the van to remove the cap. I can't understand why any motorhome designer would think of putting it in such an awkward place.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Me neither, but it can be worked around.

[@swdman1234]

I think you could a series of videos entitled "How not to...." it would be very entertaining. Also will you be doing a wind up saying how the performance of this compares to your MH such as mpg and auto box? Guy.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Bailey asked me not to do comparisons with motorhomes from other manufacturers. I did think about doing a how not to series, starting with coiled up electric cables...

[@jaynehook2520]

Such a shame the waste water disposal is so unpractical xx

[@allanjones9533]

Regarding the water outlet, as the pull handle opens and closes the outlet, don’t really see the need for a cap?? Seen the adaptation by David James…..I can see the benefit of that on a super pitch with drainage.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

No the cap is redundant, but you would still need to crawl underneath to attach a waste pipe on a service pitch.

[@gordonbyatt7846]

Don't like the cap. Right unternath. A special if. It's been raining not well throughout

[@susannordstrom5065]

The water waste has put me off, in nz we have to attach a hose pipe to empty our water , no drive over grates here

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

I think you'd have to make some permanent attachment to an outlet on the side.

[@stephenjamieson1003]

This looks a very nice van. Do you still prefer your own to this ?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Bailey asked us not to compare with other manufacturers' motorhomes. We will be doing a full review video next Sunday.

[@harrythehymersholidays]

Hi Bob and Jenny, we are thinking of going to Hawes in a few weeks time as we are collecting our ‘new to us’ motorhome, tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have to work so need a good 4g signal for video calls. We have bought the same router you have and have put an ee card in it. We also have the ability to tether our phones - one Vodafone and one 02. Do you know what your download speeds were like? Suzie and Alan

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

I can't really remember I wasn't feeling too clever at Hawes. We just watched some film on Amazon Prime, which was OK.

[@harrythehymersholidays]

Thank you @@BobEarnshawMoHo. Sorry to hear you weren’t feeling too good. If you were able to download films, that should be enough for me. Thank you. 😊 Suzie

[@michaelhodges2448]

Sit in the chair when you’re turning it makes it easier

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Not when you're trying to film it! 😊

[@TimmysFavs]

It's great to see experienced motorhomers demonstrating a different motorhome. The faff with the travel seats, having to set the steering wheel in the correct position in order to swivel the seat's. The more I see of the Bailey Adamo the more I dislike it!

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

As with most Motorhomes you'll need to drop the steering wheel to swivel the chairs.

[@TimmysFavs]

@@BobEarnshawMoHo I think a lot of that is down to the Ford cab. It seems a lot smaller than the Peugeot, Fiat, Citroen cab? I don't have to drop the steering wheel in our Peugeot based motorhome.

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

@@TimmysFavs we do on ours.

[@robertstevenson3126]

I think you might be changing your van in the near future

[@KimandWayneAdventures]

Could the bung not be left off, then you only need to pull the lever ?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Yes, that's what I did for most of the trip. But, if you need to connect a pipe for a service pitch, it's still crawling underneath.

[@normancollis5790]

Great video as usual, thank you both. I'm 76, and thinking of buying a motorhome for the first time. Am I too old firstly and secondly, Swift, Bailey, or Autosleeper? Which would you recommend please?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

It never do recommendations of any one motorhome other another, it's a decision for you to make, far too much money involved and it is a personal decision that should be based on layout and many different preferences around how you want to use it.

[@normancollis3810]

Thanks Bob, It's just that I was wondering about the best build quality.@@BobEarnshawMoHo

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We have a Swift and although you will read all sorts of stories, we haven't had any major issues. Many manufacturers struggle with keeping the weight down to below 3500kg and often suffer from 'short screw' syndrome, where the screws aren't long enough, just to save a few grams here and there.

[@normancollis3810]

Thanks Bob.@@BobEarnshawMoHo

[@mikethomas6378]

I have been looking at the adamo and I think it is almost perfect, slightly worried about losing cupboard space for a microwave, or do I need a microwave?? I can't find anything wrong with this van, but I'm waiting for your overall opinion before I commit, btw who won rummycup??

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

We survived without a Microwave. There's not much other kitchen cupboard space if you do have a microwave. Our full review is on Sunday.

[@jkee7017]

We have the 75 4DL It only has 1 double and 1 single cupboard the microwave was supposed to go in the double so I opted not too get one, now I am used to not having a microwave getting along fine. The van Jenny and Bob are in the kitchen is larger than mine. We have made some alterations to make storage in the van better and it's working out OK.

[@Lifesapavementrave]

We have a 69-4 and decided not to upgrade to a microwave. We haven't missed it.

[@ShiresMatt]

It seems a very basic entry level motorhome compared to your own, would you class it as an entry level?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

No, I think it's reasonably well equipped. Things like window in the door, solar panel, automatic, cruise control, full size cooker, automatic fridge, dab radio, all of which were missing on previous Bailey 'entry level' models.

[@robertstevenson3126]

Might of missed it but is it 3 why fridge or a 12v

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

It's a 3 way absorption automatic energy selection Thetford Refridgerator, that can run on 12v with the engine running, and gas or 230v electricity when stationery.

[@stephennutkin2477]

Pity you couldn’t have pull down shelving in tall cupboards

[@mikepalmer7687]

Will you trade yours in for one?

[@BobEarnshawMoHo]

Not planning on changing for a while yet.

[@garyminion9610]

Looks like a lot of pluses shame about having to crawl under the van to empty waste, they need to address that.

[@carolynandcocohaywood2638]

What a Pfaff with waste water, that would put me off buying it.