OUR NEW 2023 LOTUS TROOPER WALK THROUGH! THE ULTIMATE OFFROAD & OFF GRID SETUP TO CARAVAN AUSTRALIA!

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks for checking out our new home for 2023 😍🏠 Let us know below what you loved most about it! 👇🏼

[@paulshelbourne1690]

Great video guys, and it's really helping me move towards our goal and get on the road full-time. We have two small dogs, and we (my wife and I) are both behavioural dog trainers who live stream our training and are thinking of building a travel and train channel. Thanks for the inspiration,

[@Travellingcampers]

Oh that’s amazing mate thanks for sharing! It sounds like you have all the foundations there to just get out and do it, make it happen mate!

[@TessaJenner]

Hey guys love the video you're helping us pick our next van, could you tell me what your floor made of and if wall fill in has an upgrade thanks Tess

[@sumosprojects]

Terrific review, Lotus do up the game in quality caravans 🇦🇺🍻👍

[@stefanwulf4062]

Great video guys!

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you! And cheese for watching 🍻

[@jasondaley6723]

Another very informative episode you guys are like twins so down to earth and suited to each other, you must be itching to get this out on the road

[@Travellingcampers]

Haha thanks mate, really kind of you to share that! Absolutely mate once this car is finished getting painted we are heading north! Have an amazing week mate!

[@andrewtaylor2076]

It all looks great! We are getting a Separette Villa for our van...regarding your venting how did you direct the vent pipe? Our toilet will be on the road side of the caravan and I was thinking it could just direct vent thru the side as I've seen others mention there's really no smell to be noticed even with a low level vent.

[@gretasutton]

Love it Thanks for sharing 👍 ❤

[@kathleenwhelan6500]

Great video. Love the new van colours. Looking forward to next video in regards to storage solutions etc

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks Kathleen we love it! Have an amazing week!

[@thomasrobertfitness]

That whole setup with the bike on the front makes me feel like that I will have to own Lotus caravan one day! 🥹

[@Travellingcampers]

Our ultimate set up!

[@thomasrobertfitness]

@@Travellingcampers it’s perfect! Literally! Congratulation for that guys!

[@benshaw4340]

Absolutely love it guy's! Look forward watching the adventures you guys do in 2023

[@Travellingcampers]

Cheers mate appreciate it! See you out on the road 🇦🇺

[@lindamurtagh736]

The van looks amazing, love the interior colours and layout , Congrats to you both

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks Mumma 🐻 ❤️

[@garymcaninch4360]

Great channel and very informative. Thank you from British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦!!!

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks for tuning in mate!

[@touringaustralia2025]

Love your new van guys it looks beautiful but most of all extremely functional! Thanks guys and safe travels 😊

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks guys appreciate it! Have an amazing week!

[@bcrumbs937]

Amazing!

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you!

[@karenr9838]

Hi guys. We just placed our order for a new Lotus van and would love to hear your thoughts on your tiny Separret composting loo after having it for a few months.

[@Travellingcampers]

Highly recommend it!

[@karenr9838]

@@Travellingcampers thanks guys. Hope you’re enjoying Japan

[@peterbrewer1812]

Magic van guys

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks mate 🎉

[@ladysusanjane2682]

Pretty awesome van ❤

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks! 😃

[@daynaphipps4912]

Gorgeous

[@ctiling9058]

awesome van love everything

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you we are stoked with it! Have an awesome weekend 🤛🏻

[@the.seekaz]

Great looking van and setup always ahead of the field

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks for watching guys, ultimate home for us 😍 See you out on the road 💦

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Lovely set up Guys well done

[@Travellingcampers]

Cheers mate!

[@zoezoe610]

Definitely like the new decals

[@Travellingcampers]

Love the stealth look 😎

[@MrCarson66]

Mint!

[@jeffcai3427]

Hi Josh. Just letting you know people are stilling waiting to see your in-depth review on the battery system which is the most expensive add on to a caravan.

[@yusufsayed1583]

Awesome episode 👏 Congratulations on the new van ❤ Safe travels 🙏 💕 Greetings from south africa 🇿🇦 😊

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you! Have an amazing week!

[@AnthonyAlvisio]

Hi great setup. We are in the process of buying our van, yours looks along the lines of what we are chasing especially the solar and battery set up. Do you a list of that somewhere? Have you had the total rig weighed? Thanks AA

[@Travellingcampers]

Perfect! We explain and give a run down of the batteries and solar in the video, 900 amps, 14000 watts on the roof and we carry 600 watts external. Perfect combo!

[@CameronRose-q9w]

Hi Guys, can you let me know what model convection oven you went with also the toilet model, that looks better than the Natures one?

[@Travellingcampers]

It’s a Panasonic oven mate and the toilet is called Tiny by Separett, a lot better easier option IMO we have been happy with it! Cheers!

[@lesleymercieca6571]

Great van

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks mate 🍻

[@garrybohlsen3850]

Hi guys, Can you send us some info on your water purification setup. We are looking at doing something in our house to get rid of fluoride. Gret set up by the way too.

[@Travellingcampers]

Hey mate thank you! Send us a message on either our Facebook or Instagram page mate and we will send you through some information ☺️

[@jackieandneiltravel]

Beautiful setup! We love following your adventures. We'd love to know what your internet setup is?

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks guys appreciate it! We have the system from Out There Internet which we have used for about 14 months now and love it. We also bought Starlink which we will most likely just use for remote locations

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome epik video 👍❤❤❤🤘

[@Travellingcampers]

Cheers mate!

[@livinginaluvshak5478]

Hey guys. Great vid and awesome looking van! Quick question... what is the box on the chassis under the hot water system for? Is it the compressor for the airbags or something else?

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks guys! The box is for the electronic brake actuator for the disc brakes. Have an amazing weekend!

[@MarkPettitt-l2b]

Guys what a terrific walk through. Can I ask you the price as your have specked? I hope you don't mind, it's just you have a setup that is perfect for me and I would love to know what cost I am looking at here? Best Mark

[@Travellingcampers]

Looking at the high 100s mate, best to contact you local dealer for the best current pricing. It was an amazing van!

[@shaunlever]

Hi - Thanks for the video and love the layout / setup. I'm taller as well and like the idea of the offset bed. You mention Josh is about 6ft....could I please ask how tall in cm? I am 192 cm tall and the specs say that internal height on the Lotus vans is 1946mm, so that wouldn't allow much clearance for me. Josh, do you ever feel like ducking when you walk around inside - or do you get a "trapped in a box" feeling? I'm keen on the Transformer but not sure about the height (will have to lock in a trip to the next caravan show).

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks mate! I am around 184cm, the roof height is no dramas for me. I do know there is an option to raise the roof height, I can’t remember exactly how high though. Definitely be worth looking into with your local dealer or head to the Brisbane show next week, we will be there!

[@harleyboo6951]

Love the van, do you find not having a mudflap between the door step and front axle you get a lot of mud/dirt all over your step? Especially with mud terrain tyres.

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you and no we dont its been fine, it has a mudflap in front. Have an amazing week!

[@robdog6130]

You make a good CAVE mane ! Mate 🤙🤙

[@Travellingcampers]

Haha cheers mate! 🍻

[@Carpo74]

Absolutely mint guys so stoked for you and can’t wait to see where this years adventures take you and follow along. Until I’ve saved enough pennies to buy something even close to this I’ll continue to live vicariously through you 2 👍😀

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks Tracey, Make it happen!

[@emilybyl3709]

Hi Guys Can you tell me where you got the BBQ slide out from?? Also, noticed you don’t have the high lid Weber with thermo gauge on it….is this because it won’t fit in the door opening ? Thinking of doing the same on my new Lotus Cheers

[@Travellingcampers]

Hey! Honestly not sure of the brand of the slide, its just what Lotus use! With the slide, the high lid weber just doesn't fit unfortunately, we found this out the hard way haha! Thanks for watching and congrats on the new Lotus!

[@emilybyl3709]

@@Travellingcampers ok 👍 Other option is the front storage box I guess …. Which you don’t have because of your bike Cheers

[@LesMorrison-yb8ji]

Hi Guys, nice van, I do have a question, when you picked up your van were you supplied with the air hose that runs off the CruiseMaster airbag suspension system, or is this something you need to buy separately? enjoying your vids,Cheers Les & Denise

[@Travellingcampers]

Hey guys thank you! Yes if you have the level 4 airbags it comes with it ☺️

[@michelebauer3425]

Would you be doing a review on the toilet?

[@Travellingcampers]

We will most likely talk about it in one of our episodes but won't be a full dedicated episode for a toilet review.

[@blakeylake11]

Beast trailer but would so have to black out that chassis

[@Travellingcampers]

Would be sweet to raptor coat it or something! The gal is so good though because it doesn’t chip!

[@justinsmith6769]

Great looking van and setup. I know you don't sell caravans but what is a rough cost for this type of setup with Lotus?

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks mate! You would be looking high 100s or more fully decked out like this mate. Have an amazing day!

[@brad2020ify]

Hey guys. Sweet van and great vid. I recently got my trooper with monster power as well. I have 6 x 200 on the roof and 500 external. How are you getting the 100+ amps of solar with only 80 amps of Mppt (2x40)? Do you have a third solar charge controller?

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks mate and congrats on your Trooper, that's a wicked set up! As I mentioned in the video mate 80 amps off the roof on a good day which goes through the 2 x 40 amp MPPT chargers. Then my external solar panels go through the 40 amp DC2DC charger which gets me 30 amps, totally a max around 110 amps of Solar. Have an amazing week mate!

[@brad2020ify]

@@Travellingcampers ok sweet. So I will check with Lotus to make sure my external solar is wired through my DCDC - didn’t know you could do that! Thank you!

[@justasheep4427]

So if you don't have gray water tanks, what do you do with the gray water you produce? You dump it right away on the ground? If so, that would be highly illegal in Europe, I'm sursprise you can do something like that in Australia.

[@Travellingcampers]

Lucky we don’t live in Europe

[@benchambers1974]

Would love to know how much this van setup cost you.

[@Travellingcampers]

Hey mate! Current retail for this would be around the 180ish mark

[@iaingardiner1685]

Hi Guys, what brand is the bin?

[@Travellingcampers]

Heya! The brand of the bin is called Tanova :)

[@patlsmith404]

Sharp❤ is this in USA?

[@Travellingcampers]

Thank you! They are not in the USA unfortunately!

[@robposthumus9356]

Available in US or Europe?

[@Travellingcampers]

No sorry

[@BWT599]

The best trailers are always only available in Australia 😢

[@Travellingcampers]

Sorry!

[@BWT599]

@@Travellingcampers Ta! 🤣 🇨🇦

[@hailstorm13]

Can you use caravan toilet paper in the composting toilet?

[@Travellingcampers]

Yep!

[@Wildernessadventuresoz]

That is amazing. How do you people afford such vehicles lol. Now before you say work hard. I do. I guess this is the hard part of solo parenting sigh only one income. I’ll just live vicariously through KZbin hahaha. Winnie the Windsor shall have to do for now. Enjoy your beautiful van 😍

[@Travellingcampers]

Hard work but with the right opportunity behind you mate. Keep grinding, keep the vision strong and get out and give yourself and your family some memories to remember mate! Thanks for watching!

[@markmcgirr390]

Curious why Mud Tyres. Is it for looks only.

[@Travellingcampers]

Hey Mark main thing is sidewall strength and durability especially when the tire is aired down on corrugations/rocks etc. Not for traction as there is obviously no drive to them, and yes they look amazing also. Have an awesome week mate!

[@TOMMYMedina-m9c]

I would love to know how much this cost

[@Travellingcampers]

Around 180k mate

[@blerimvila2185]

❤

[@blackarmouredbeast1989]

Have Storage & Garage ??

[@Travellingcampers]

No we don’t, we are currently at Mildura at our families place whilst we wait for the car to get repainted so we can head north 💃🏼

[@kempseyadventures7277]

Really great van. Please try to speak just a little slower for us oldies Regards Graham and Kath

[@Travellingcampers]

Thanks guys!

[@johnkhan18]

Great van but, I'm sorry, too much black.

[@Travellingcampers]

Oh, what colour is your Lotus Trooper?

[@johnkhan18]

@@Travellingcampers I wish!! If I could afford one it would have bright colours and very little, if any, black. I can not understand this love of black vehicles around now.