Six Month Caravan Tour & Review | Honest Review |
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- It's been 6 months since we picked up our new Great Aussie Caravan and we absolutely love it! Are there things we would change? Absolutely! Has anything broken? Yep! Would we buy another one? Of course! Just like building a new house, nothing is perfect and there needs to be some TLC along the way. Tune in to this episode to see our honest review of our caravan as we are not sponsored or affiliated with any company, brand or person. Any questions, please ask us in the comments section.
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Hi Laura and Troy, Thanks for the honest review. I suggest you do not burn candles in your van.. Fire can cutter a caravan very fast. The last thing you want is a person or pet trapped in the van. It's not worth risking lives. Keep the flames for the campfire
Hi Neil, thank you for watching and commenting. We're happy to hear you liked our review. True we understand the risk with candles. We would never leave it alone and would put it fully out when off to bed.
Cheers Neil 🍻
Congrats on your set up.
And was glad to see the transparency in your video.
Many times ive see videos where there is no transparency and disclosure in videos.
Thanks Mick, happy to say how it is with no bias or affiliations. thanks for watching and commenting
@@JourneyUnknown ❤
Thanks for your honesty with your van. Have you thought about getting a whirlybird an or some form of temperature monitoring for the dog box? I was just worried that those little side vents won't be enough ventilation for your dog especially in the heat. Would be heartbreaking to stop and find your lovely dog had suffocated or overheated in there that's all.
Hi Anita, thanks for watching and commenting. We haven't put Coco in the dog box yet. Until we install the whirly vent similar to the ones that transport greyhounds. if the temperatures are very hot she won't travel there.
I have nothing but praise for my CEL-FI, it works brilliantly but I do have a Yagi directional antenna on an extension above the van. I would suggest you need to raise the position of your aerial, you would get no signal if the tower is in the direction of the front of your van. Cheers Jeff
Thanks Jeff, it does look like they've installed the antenna quite low. That's a good idea l might have to get an extension aerial.
Cheers for letting us know 👍
Good review, but the cel Fi go is not internet its a booster for signal when you already have service, best mounted in your car, we had service in a lot of places there was no signal, also grab the door latch extender they are 30 bukcs,solves the window amd door opening 😊😊
Thanks guy's, yep we understand it's not internet. We've had service before, and the unit didn't boost at all. Star link is a much better solution
I have watched a lot of these tour videos. I have never seen anyone with a spare cassette for the toilet. It never occurred to me but makes so much sense. Wow.
Hi Cindy, Thank you for watching and commenting ☺️. It's great you can get a few tips from watching our channel 😀
@@JourneyUnknownwhen off grid (for two adults), how many days do you get out of one cassette approximately?
Around 4-5 days
Finally youtubers that tell it straight the good the bad and the ugly.Sick and tired of all the sponsored influencers who rave about product because they have sold out.
Cant wait for your big trip.
Big thumbs up from me.
Hey Michael, thanks so much for your honest and kind comments! We watch the big TH-camrs and tend to turn off after a while, they all have their sponsors at the start or promote a product in the middle. You can see how much we’ve paid ourselves for our van and products. Thanks for coming on board!
@@JourneyUnknown If you keep this up, I think we are going to have a wild ride across Australia!.. Can't wait.
Awesome review
A suggestion for your propane, ask your local foam/rubber guy to cut holes in a thick pice of foam not right through so the bottles dont touch the floor.
Cheers
Johnny&Rene
Thanks, Johnny & Rene that's a great suggestion. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
👍👍curtains old fashioned curtains are always the best 👌and they add extra colour and softens the every thing thats too white and the thick ones keep the heat out and the cool in Visser verser 😊 getting in a person to check over is a good idea but he will never know that some screws are too small and theres not anoth glue behind the fittings , its tryil and error when road testing a new van just don't travel too far from the dealership in the first few months in case off problems
Cheers, David, that's some great info. Thanks for sharing 👍 🍻
Hello Laura and Troy, I hope y'all are well. Awesome video as always. I agree with everything y'all said. Especially when you pay that much for something it best darn right be in mint condition, which it is not. That's the problem with the world these days is everybody wants to raise the price of everything just because someone else raised their prices but yet they don't want to do the upgrade to go with the price raise. They just go ahead and charge $90,000. For a $20,000. Camper. It's ridiculous 😒.
Y'all did Awesome with the review. Thank y'all for sharing I hope everything turned out perfect for y'all.
Stay awesome you two.
KEEP ADVENTURING
GOD BLESS Y'ALL
🤗HUGS🤗
Yeah unfortunately it's the world we live in atm. Hopefully things get better over time. Thanks for watching and your support 🙏
Good video guys, hope you get all things fixed and happy travels.
Thanks very much Michael. We’re looking forward to getting the van back like new.
Thanks for your grest review. You mentioned the dog box was riveted on to the chassis. Rivets tend to shear off. Probably should fix it with nutserts and loctite. Dont want to lose Coco. Keep up the great video content. Cheers. Frank.
Thanks, Frank. yeah, it's a rivet nut that gets bolted to the chassis. pretty strong. Cheers mate 👍
Poor Coco in the hot box. We know you love your pup, have you tested the temps inside. Happy Travels. 👍
Hey Leanne thanks for watching and commenting. We sure do love our dear Coco and wouldn’t do anything to harm her. We can put a temp gauge and a go pro in there to monitor her but she hasn’t travelled in it yet. We try not to travel in the heat of the day either.
Great video guys! Loved the honesty. Especially when Laura described the toilet as ‘really cute’ 🥰
Haha cheers mate 🍻
Hey 👋 George here again good review of your van and trip will be tuning in again to see how it is going
Thanks George 😊
I sure do get the window open door thing! We have that exact problem with our older Golf. 😖
It's a bugger 😕 😬
I’m not sure that more cameras will help: when it rains you always get a drop of water on the lens that blurs your vision. Fortunately, the copper listened to reason, but he did seem determined to give you some sh*t…and a ticket. It’s bloody amazing the lengths to which you’ve gone to be safe, compared to so many others!
Thanks Warren yep 💯 agree. not too sure about these side camera's idea.
Thanks for tuning and commenting. 🍻
Thank you for your honest refreshing review
Thank you for recognising our honesty 🙏 we appreciate your kind comments 😊
Great video guys. The issues with the external door, the laminate and the table are exactly the same as ours but we have a different brand van. We are having the door replaced and the table and laminates have been rectified by the service department. Your toilet is what we ordered with our van but they didn't supply it. It was larger than what we have now so extremely disappointed about that. Gone from 27lt to 14lt so quite difficult. Anyway, good luck with everything and enjoy your travels. Deb
Hi Deb, Thanks for watching and commenting. You won't know yourself towing a 14ft van. happy safe travelling.
If you use the front toolbox as a dog box, how do you prevent exhaust fumes from killing the dogs?
Hi Jane, its no different to how they transport greyhounds, plus our car has a dpf clean emissions, In saying that, we haven't had to use the toolbox as a dog box yet.
Good review 😊 thanks for sharing x
Congratulations!!!🎉
Ohh thanks so much LSJ!!!
Good video ,sure the Gibb Rd will sort out the cabinetry 😮
💯. We've started the locktight process in preparation 👍
i have a great aussie and i have none of your issues-- the window and door is a stuff up--- rear door like i have is best option, i think you got a rushed job friday arvo, hopefully no more issues, i would have taken in back and smacked the dealer for not checking it over, tightening bolts etc
Thanks for watching and commenting. l think you're right. There's a few issues that can be rectified. Thankfully, GA is happy to get them sorted out.
@Journey Unknown that's good they will help get it sorted out, cheers mate
Love your outdoor laundry it’s such a good idea more caravans should do it. Can I ask where your map pockets by your bed are from please? Ooh and congrats!!
Hey Jacqui thanks so much for your wishes!! Yes they should, it was our idea and we ordered the clothesline and asked the dealer to put it on the van for us. The map pockets were through Great Aussie. You should be able to buy them with any caravan these days. Very handy!
Great episode you have got everything covered
Thanks Bill! Looking forward to getting the van back in tip top shape!
great incite into the new van - i am hoping you can comment further on your mattress, manufacturer and topper if you have one - we have a queen size mattress and it is not comfortable given you are full time vanners,
Thank you in advance peter
Hey Peter thanks for your message. The van is having a service at the moment so I can’t tell you the brand of mattress but it was standard with the van, we haven’t changed anything. We will let you know when we get it back though.
Get dimensions go see Clark rubber and they will cut a 7inch memory foam mattress 4 ya , best mattress I've ever slept on 😊
Ya couldn’t put ya dogs in that dog box if it was hot weather, only 2 little vents & black they’d fully cook in there.. It’s bad enough chuck’n my dogs in the dog box in the back of my ute & i got the whole gull wing door mostly mesh & they get hot AF in there on summer hot days…
Hi Trigger, we won't until the dog box is finished. We have dog ventilation vents coming, not to mention the box is fully insulated. The dogs travel in the air-conditioned car atm and will when is extremely hot.
Awesome content 👏 love all the videos
Good review 👍 safe travels and catch you legends on the next one 😎
Greetings legends 💜 and cheers 🍻 from south africa 🇿🇦 👏 👍
Thanks for your kind words again Yusuf! Cheers from Downunder and glad you’re enjoying the content!
Please don’t travel up north with your dog in the front tool box. Even though you have lined it, she may die from heat exhaustion. My toolbox, just like yours gets so hot inside. Your little vents won’t cut it. Northern NSW and upwards are extremely hot and humid. It’s not Victoria. She’s a beautiful dog.
Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. No, we don't intend to put our dogs in there on any warm day, whether we are in the southern states or northern Australia 😊
👍👍. Great run down & honest review! Cheers. If u hadn’t said u brought this brand new. I would’ve guessed it was third or at best secondhand. That was made on the cheap.. I’m guessing it’s around $90 - 100k. Van. The van layout looks ok, but the products & workmanship looks really piss poor! & as for those window screens & shades wow did they even test them before they put them in their vans…. Obviously not & the fact u can see through the privacy shade. Yeah well!….. hope you guys get the van back properly fixed, but my concern is they have taken so many shortcuts on cupboards, screens, privacy shades, doors, draw fixings, plumbing ect. So how is it structurally, the wiring, rust protection, suspension ect. & u just said it’s a off road van. Oh…. Hope it works out well. Cheers.
Yep it was a bit rushed through the Covid period. Great Aussie has assured us that everything will be rectified. All in all it is a well layered out van and structurally fine, just the finishing touches needed work. Thanks for tuning in and commenting 🍻
Cheers
Troy & Laura
Hey Troy and Laura like your honest van reviews. I’m still looking at Sunland after watching this video. Troy the fridge isn’t big enough 😂we’re would you put your venison. Really like to catch up with you while you’re in SA
Keep producing the video.
And congratulations you both
Hey Dave thanks for watching and commenting. 😂 l know right we need more space. I will get out for a hunt in April and hopefully gets some filming done. We're back in Vic now with a few more SA videos to come out 🍻
Great informative video, thanks
Thanks Kathleen 🙏
I have seen on another channel a door latch extension which allows the window and door to be open at the same time. Sorry I don't have any details other than they exist.
Hi David, That sounds like a good idea. Thanks for tuning in and letting us know 🙏
Yeh door latch extension $20 👌
Congratulations! Wow that plumbing is worse than mine!
Thanks so much Peter! Oh how bad is it! Will be interesting to see how it comes back.
Great Video 👌 hope getting all the warranty work is easy for you,
we have the Truma Gas hot-water in out camper and its the same size tank. Really happy with it. soo good to have a hot water shower
Hey Phil! Do you have the instant hot water service as well or do you have to wait in between showers too? Yeah we’re hoping we get a nice new van back soon.
@@JourneyUnknown no we don't just the gas with the 10l tank, how we use it thought is run shower, get wet, turn off, soap up and clean then rinse off, so while it is off it will heat up a bit and to last longer.
not sure if during winter that will be the same as we use a shower tent as well.
really happy with it, may get the Truma gas heater as well,
@@philby1979 awesome! The gas heater is brilliant! Had it in my last van!
@@JourneyUnknown nice. it’s a luxury for a camper trailer however having used it several times. Worth the upgrade
Hi Laura and Neil you talked about collapsible Tupperware containers. Where can I find them please? Do you know what they are called. I can’t seem to find them. Are yours actually Tupperware brand.
Hi Anne, You can get the containers online from Flat Stacks. l think $100 for 6 sizes. Otherwise, Caravan shows usually sell them .
I have a feeling the review after the Gibb may be insightful!
Oh won’t it just!!!
Enjoyed your video
Thank you Julie- Anne that's really nice to hear.
Troy & Laura
I had yesterday off work so I had a binge on your videos 🤣 I enjoy them
Haha now that's a great way to spend your day off 😄
Well, they said rest my foot...and that I did..hahaha. oh and it's another day..resting again. I'd rather have no pain but it is what it is. 🤷 🤣 it's a hard life..lol
Rest up hopefully you have a speedy recovery 🙏 thanks again for watching
Just subscribed. Thinking of purchasing a Great Aussie.
I've noticed you don't have gas bottles or are they stored somewhere else or do you not use gas in the van.
Hi Maria, Thanks for watching. Yes, we have a gas less van which we love and will build our new van similar with no gas 👍. Good luck with your new purchase. GA builds a good caravan 😍
Great set up and love your decor.
Laura where did you get the little baskets from you have in the kitchen cupboard and bathroom cupboard please?
Hey Clare thanks so much for watching and commenting! Troy actually surprised me with these beauties as he knew I needed some baskets for the caravan. He got them from the Reject Shop!
@@JourneyUnknown got some 😊
Oh great! They’ll look so nice in your van!
It’s not legal but don’t worry lol - I am so jealous of you guys doing this
Thank you for following along 🙏 😀
Love Coco
Ohh thank you!
Well done 👏🏻 Laura just wondering the clock on the bench , do you know where you got it. Safe travels
Hey Stewie, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes I got it recently from an Australia Post store. It says Australia Geographic on it so you may be able to order it online too.
@@JourneyUnknown thanks and the boss informed me the fridge is a great idea 👍
Oh that’s great! We hope to see more of those drawer freezers in vans!
Unless I missed something, you put your dogs inside a metal box??????
I see there’s a little vent in the door, but that would not be even close to sufficient…..AND you painted the box BLACK!!
Please tell me I missed or misunderstood something.
Yes, you missed something. our dog travels in the car. We were thinking about putting vents in similar to how greyhounds travel but decided not to in the end. thanks for watching
I thought you said the Safety Dave monitor is illegal or was it the coiled cable joiner?
Hey Peter, sorry a bit confusing… Troy was saying that we use the Safety Dave camera but you still need towing mirrors as it’s currently illegal to tow that weight without mirrors. You’ll see in our next video.
Great Aussie are not a very reputable brand. In saying that, every van manufacturer will have things go wrong from time to time.
Poor quality control can be fixed by the dealership so can poor workmanship, but poor design is something else. I believe Great Aussie suffers from poor design leading to the issues you have noted in the last 6 months.
Yeah, they all have little issues. l suppose at the end of the day it's about good how their warranty is 👍
That plumbing join looked like Coco joined it!! The bloke that did that needs his ass kicked.
Do you think that they rushed at the last gasp trying to keep to schedule maybe?
Hopefully it was all sorted for you, cheers & Congrats. 😁
Hey Colin thanks so much for your wishes! Oh I know, we were shocked to see how those pipes were joined! I do think they rushed our van as we put a bit of pressure on them until it was too late but whoever checked over the van didn’t do a good job.
Starlink is the go
Yep it looks that way. Thanks Jason 🍻
@@JourneyUnknown starlink is Half price at the moment
That's awesome. We are thinking of getting the RV star link for the car.
@@JourneyUnknown and I think their monthly price has come down
Cheers mate do you have Starlink
Wow love your van pity about all the faults it must of been built on a Friday or Monday 😆 🤣 but as you say you pay a lot of money for what shit work 👍
Hey Frank thanks so much! We love it too despite some poor workmanship here and there. We did push them to get it built quicker and that may have impacted the result.
I agree re Cel Fi is a waste of money.
Have you used it too Ian? We were so disappointed and it was so over priced!!
@@JourneyUnknown Yes have it in my car. A waste.
Oh dear. Are you looking at Starlink?
Trailermate or boss Jack
They might be the next purchase l think 👍
@@JourneyUnknown boss jacks can be raised or lowered using a drill
Bloody ideal
This is why I’m nervous buying a new van. I’m sorry but that’s poor build quality.
Hi Bradley no need to be sorry, l think you'll find most caravan manufacturers are the same unfortunately! Thanks for watching and commenting 🍻
Poor bloody dogs. They'll overheat in there. That door needs to be all like a small square Rio mesh.
Even with that, they will be very hot in warm weather.
Working dogs travel under the truck in dog boxes with open mesh doors for that reason, even in winter and rain.
Better they be cold than too hot. Especially with more than one dog in there. Their body heat will quickly escalate the temp.
You obviously love and care for your dogs, but one day, you may well open that door to find one or more of them dead.
I know a man that happened to.
Calm the farm Joyce. We haven't finished the dog box. The dogs will only travel in the box when we have installed the rotary vent. not to mention when it's too hot they will be in the air conditioned car. thanks for watching and commenting 🙏