That was interesting about the annex/awning. Take it down and drive away. We find the pack up of the annex to be quite tedious. And of course if it's dry, all the better. We're all different. We store our clothes in the bins at the front of the van. One side each. Food bins go under the bed while travelling and on to the benches when set up. We have not yet connected the water as we do our cooking and washing up outside on a folding table. We also carry a Labrador, so that's another one to accommodate. I pack the table down each night and he sleeps on the table on the floor, in a padded bed of course. He also occupies most of our back seat in the car. Being a Cruiseliner, it has a large front boot which can carry more stuff than is advisable for decent weight distribution.
Thanks for sharing your experience. We did take a look at the cruiseliner and I wondered how that might affect the weight. We carry very little in the van now. Basically we went through each cupboard before we left and took out anything that we havent used since we own it. We ended up filling a hige tub! The annex is hard to put up on your own but I have an idea I would like to try next time. Thanks for watching,
@@CandidTourists I would think you'd be good with your towing vehicle. Looks like a Ford Ranger. We are towing our Cruiseliner behind a Falcon XR6. Great car, but that's what it is, not a great towing vehicle. We have ordered a Pajero Sport 4WD. We find putting up the annex hard with 2 of us. We bought the full annex with all sides. We now don't put all of them up, but from none to one or two. We bought a gazebo and a hub tent attached to it. We had a lounge that converted into a bed. That turned out to be uncomfortable, so we put a double bed mattress in instead. This gives us some storage under the bed for tubs of food and shoes etc. We cook and wash up outside on a table and haven't yet connected water to the van while away.
We have a Toyota Hilux and its great for towing I reckon your Pajero will be a great update for you. Smart idea converting the lounge if you are like us we spend a lot of time outdoors and not having to set up a bed each night makes a huge difference@@johnwebster5983
That's a great idea using a gazebo with a small half tent extension. Last week we went away camping for two nights. In the time we unpacked our tent packed the car up. The camper van next to us was still taking there fully enclosed Annexe down. @@johnwebster5983
Hi, Thanks so much for your videos. I have an Avan Aliner too, but not sure why my hot water is no longer hot. The pump is still working. I’m connected to power at CPark. Any suggestions?
good question it could be the fuse. It can take a bit of time to heat up as well. When you turn the tap to hot and let it run prior to turning the hot water on it should fill the unit ..worth a try. We have a leak in our water pipe at the moment in the van and have to look at getting it fixed. we cant connect to mains currently
We didnt get any leaking inside the van at all its pretty water tight. What I do find is that depending on the weather you may get a little condensation inside but this would be common in all caravans/tents. We have had it in some very windy and bucketing rain and were worried about leakage (See our Bathurst Video) but the van held up really well.
That depends The fridge is 3 way so If using gas yes you have to turn the gas off for travelling for safety. If hooked into electricity at a camp site once you disconnect the fridge at the campsite the fridge is off. The only time you can have the fridge on when you are driving is if it is set to 12V and you have an anderson attachement that connects it to a battery within the car that is being charged by the car when it is driving. I have seen this set up in the back of ute and in the engine bay of those people that have this installed. We looked into into it ourselves but was quite costly so we opted to use an esky during the times we did not have the fridge on during travel. Hope that helps.
@@CandidTourists thank you, yes it does. This is good to know as I had t thought about it before and you’re right, esky would work just fine for the drives.. thanks again!
@@CandidTourists We have a Cruiseliner with red and grey Anderson plugs. The red is for ESC. We turn the fridge to 12V for the car to maintain the cold.
@@johnwebster5983 We didnt worry about setting up a connection to the car to keep the fridge going when travelling. I reckon if we were going away for 3 - 6 months travelling I would definitiely look into it 😀
Nah no tiolets in this model. We use camp toilets when we can or our own Tetford toilet. There are Avan models that I have seen with toilet and shower but you have to reshuffle everything in the van to use them and I couldnt be bothered with that. Our little chemical toilet doesnt smell but as it starts to get ready for an empty you can start to smell the chemical. I would hate if that were the case in the van. I also wouldnt want any accidental leaks throughout the van either -- fresh air for me LOL! Even bigger caravans have the storage tank stored from the outside and I am guessing that is for both easy acess and to eliminate any possible odours.
That was interesting about the annex/awning. Take it down and drive away. We find the pack up of the annex to be quite tedious. And of course if it's dry, all the better.
We're all different. We store our clothes in the bins at the front of the van. One side each. Food bins go under the bed while travelling and on to the benches when set up. We have not yet connected the water as we do our cooking and washing up outside on a folding table.
We also carry a Labrador, so that's another one to accommodate. I pack the table down each night and he sleeps on the table on the floor, in a padded bed of course. He also occupies most of our back seat in the car.
Being a Cruiseliner, it has a large front boot which can carry more stuff than is advisable for decent weight distribution.
Thanks for sharing your experience. We did take a look at the cruiseliner and I wondered how that might affect the weight. We carry very little in the van now. Basically we went through each cupboard before we left and took out anything that we havent used since we own it. We ended up filling a hige tub! The annex is hard to put up on your own but I have an idea I would like to try next time. Thanks for watching,
@@CandidTourists I would think you'd be good with your towing vehicle. Looks like a Ford Ranger. We are towing our Cruiseliner behind a Falcon XR6. Great car, but that's what it is, not a great towing vehicle. We have ordered a Pajero Sport 4WD.
We find putting up the annex hard with 2 of us. We bought the full annex with all sides. We now don't put all of them up, but from none to one or two.
We bought a gazebo and a hub tent attached to it.
We had a lounge that converted into a bed. That turned out to be uncomfortable, so we put a double bed mattress in instead. This gives us some storage under the bed for tubs of food and shoes etc.
We cook and wash up outside on a table and haven't yet connected water to the van while away.
We have a Toyota Hilux and its great for towing I reckon your Pajero will be a great update for you. Smart idea converting the lounge if you are like us we spend a lot of time outdoors and not having to set up a bed each night makes a huge difference@@johnwebster5983
That's a great idea using a gazebo with a small half tent extension. Last week we went away camping for two nights. In the time we unpacked our tent packed the car up. The camper van next to us was still taking there fully enclosed Annexe down. @@johnwebster5983
Hi, Thanks so much for your videos. I have an Avan Aliner too, but not sure why my hot water is no longer hot. The pump is still working. I’m connected to power at CPark. Any suggestions?
good question it could be the fuse. It can take a bit of time to heat up as well. When you turn the tap to hot and let it run prior to turning the hot water on it should fill the unit ..worth a try. We have a leak in our water pipe at the moment in the van and have to look at getting it fixed. we cant connect to mains currently
Does is it leak?
We didnt get any leaking inside the van at all its pretty water tight. What I do find is that depending on the weather you may get a little condensation inside but this would be common in all caravans/tents. We have had it in some very windy and bucketing rain and were worried about leakage (See our Bathurst Video) but the van held up really well.
Do you have to turn the fridge off every time you drive from place to place?
That depends
The fridge is 3 way so
If using gas yes you have to turn the gas off for travelling for safety. If hooked into electricity at a camp site once you disconnect the fridge at the campsite the fridge is off.
The only time you can have the fridge on when you are driving is if it is set to 12V and you have an anderson attachement that connects it to a battery within the car that is being charged by the car when it is driving.
I have seen this set up in the back of ute and in the engine bay of those people that have this installed. We looked into into it ourselves but was quite costly so we opted to use an esky during the times we did not have the fridge on during travel.
Hope that helps.
@@CandidTourists thank you, yes it does. This is good to know as I had t thought about it before and you’re right, esky would work just fine for the drives.. thanks again!
@@CandidTourists We have a Cruiseliner with red and grey Anderson plugs. The red is for ESC. We turn the fridge to 12V for the car to maintain the cold.
@@johnwebster5983 We didnt worry about setting up a connection to the car to keep the fridge going when travelling. I reckon if we were going away for 3 - 6 months travelling I would definitiely look into it 😀
I would have thought people would have toilets in them!!
Nah no tiolets in this model. We use camp toilets when we can or our own Tetford toilet. There are Avan models that I have seen with toilet and shower but you have to reshuffle everything in the van to use them and I couldnt be bothered with that. Our little chemical toilet doesnt smell but as it starts to get ready for an empty you can start to smell the chemical. I would hate if that were the case in the van. I also wouldnt want any accidental leaks throughout the van either -- fresh air for me LOL! Even bigger caravans have the storage tank stored from the outside and I am guessing that is for both easy acess and to eliminate any possible odours.
@@CandidTourists my car could only tow the small ones either way. Cheeers