CaraBus have some interesting, and fairly unique/rare, multi-bed layouts. Including bunk beds in the rear to sleep 4 and convertible rear seat/lounge that turns into a smallish bed. It would be awesome if you could cover the bunk bed layout CaraBus in a future video!
I thought I had already done it but not everything I do gets published so I will do it again in September! However remind me before hand as I can forget!
I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the trouble to make them. They are my guilty pleasure, especially when you do smaller vans. Were I to buy, it would have to be a smaller vehicle as I have an over 70’s driving licence and therefore limited. I love this van.
Me and the hubby are so wanting to buy our first motorhome and we have been looking for quite some time but what we need is one with Air Com , surly by now these should be fitted as standard we live in the UK
The problem with AC is that it needs 230V hook up. You can fit AC on any vehicle for around from GBP4k. There is now 12v AC but it is not as effective.
That is a really difficult question as what is comfortable for one person is not for another. For me, I like a mattress to be really hard, I don't like soft mattresses, but I think this is a minority opinion!
Are there any vans like this one, but which work completely without any gas? Maybe possibly solar, diesel heater, generator, electric, batteries, inverters and/or all that jazz...instead? But absolutely no gas?
We have a Dreamer D60 Fun. It does have a small gas bottle for the 2 burner stovetop - but even the tiny 3.9Kg bottle is going to last a very long time when you're just cooking with it. The heating and hot water in ours is a Truma 6D Combi... so you can use just electric if you are on a hookup, just diesel off the vehicles main tank if you are 'wild' camping or both (e.g. on a hookup in VERY cold conditions). The huge fridge freezer (149L) is 12v electric only and seems to work extremely well.
@@ukgroucho I am mostly concerned about safety. An acquaintances daughter, son in law and their two children were found dead in their camper-van, because of the gas somehow... this is a very real threat.
@@marenhumblebee2736 You can get noxious gas alarms. I'm considering getting one as one thing I got warned about by a VERY campervan experienced couple (I'm a newbie campervan owner) is that a trick used in continental Europe by thiefs is that they pump anaesthetic gas in through an open roof vent, render occupants unconscious and break in and steal stuff. These alarms will kick off at quite low levels of 'foreign' gas and seem to range from about £70 upwards for a narcotic gas / propane / butane gas and in some cases carbon monoxide gas alarm. Would also detect a propane leaking wake you up and also covers a few other angles...The big advantage of the diesel heating / hot water when off grid is that it's cheaper than propane and very readily available and easy to 'refill'. The 13Kg propane bottles that most gas heated camper vans use (x2) take a bit of lugging around - I have 3 at home for BBQ, wok burner and a spare - ohh and right now you can't actually buy one in the UK (at least not Calor) as they only allow dealers to offer exchange for a fill if my local propane dealer is properly informed. Lots of PPL in the UK buying nice gas BBQs and discovering they cannot buy a bottle..
CaraBus have some interesting, and fairly unique/rare, multi-bed layouts. Including bunk beds in the rear to sleep 4 and convertible rear seat/lounge that turns into a smallish bed. It would be awesome if you could cover the bunk bed layout CaraBus in a future video!
I thought I had already done it but not everything I do gets published so I will do it again in September! However remind me before hand as I can forget!
@@VanlifewithAlan thanks! I will have to go through your videos and see if I missed it. Great videos as always sir!
I so enjoy your videos. Thank you for taking the trouble to make them. They are my guilty pleasure, especially when you do smaller vans. Were I to buy, it would have to be a smaller vehicle as I have an over 70’s driving licence and therefore limited. I love this van.
there's a huge choice of B licence campervans and motorhomes, most vans are 3500kg max . therefore B class. go for it.
@@michaelhartley11 Thank you for clarifying what I should be looking at.
I like this, think the interior was nice, good bathroom to be "cheap" version, standard solutions that work, good car for the money, nice car.
Me and the hubby are so wanting to buy our first motorhome and we have been looking for quite some time but what we need is one with Air Com , surly by now these should be fitted as standard we live in the UK
The problem with AC is that it needs 230V hook up. You can fit AC on any vehicle for around from GBP4k. There is now 12v AC but it is not as effective.
could you tell me, how comfortable is the actual mattress? thanks!
That is a really difficult question as what is comfortable for one person is not for another. For me, I like a mattress to be really hard, I don't like soft mattresses, but I think this is a minority opinion!
Are there any vans like this one, but which work completely without any gas? Maybe possibly solar, diesel heater, generator, electric, batteries, inverters and/or all that jazz...instead? But absolutely no gas?
Yes, there are several. The manufacturer Van Tourer for example! th-cam.com/video/PF8f8KfS36E/w-d-xo.html
@@VanlifewithAlan oh so interesting 😀 thank you so much for the reply
We have a Dreamer D60 Fun. It does have a small gas bottle for the 2 burner stovetop - but even the tiny 3.9Kg bottle is going to last a very long time when you're just cooking with it. The heating and hot water in ours is a Truma 6D Combi... so you can use just electric if you are on a hookup, just diesel off the vehicles main tank if you are 'wild' camping or both (e.g. on a hookup in VERY cold conditions). The huge fridge freezer (149L) is 12v electric only and seems to work extremely well.
@@ukgroucho I am mostly concerned about safety. An acquaintances daughter, son in law and their two children were found dead in their camper-van, because of the gas somehow... this is a very real threat.
@@marenhumblebee2736 You can get noxious gas alarms. I'm considering getting one as one thing I got warned about by a VERY campervan experienced couple (I'm a newbie campervan owner) is that a trick used in continental Europe by thiefs is that they pump anaesthetic gas in through an open roof vent, render occupants unconscious and break in and steal stuff. These alarms will kick off at quite low levels of 'foreign' gas and seem to range from about £70 upwards for a narcotic gas / propane / butane gas and in some cases carbon monoxide gas alarm. Would also detect a propane leaking wake you up and also covers a few other angles...The big advantage of the diesel heating / hot water when off grid is that it's cheaper than propane and very readily available and easy to 'refill'. The 13Kg propane bottles that most gas heated camper vans use (x2) take a bit of lugging around - I have 3 at home for BBQ, wok burner and a spare - ohh and right now you can't actually buy one in the UK (at least not Calor) as they only allow dealers to offer exchange for a fill if my local propane dealer is properly informed. Lots of PPL in the UK buying nice gas BBQs and discovering they cannot buy a bottle..
Vans will usually not need much storage many used for weekend use and two only more often than not.
Yeah skylights are good so you can pull the blinds for privacy and still get plenty of light.
Great price and a quality build…I’ve seen more expensive dodgy home builds in an old Ducato ex builders vehicle…
Suppose the bathroom storage was especially designed for covid season with room for plenty toilet rolls as well as towels.
There's certainty no such thing as cheap at the moment until production steps up.