Looking for specs help from Complete Campsite owners

[kris10j0sh]

Hoping to get some tips and ideas from all the Complete Campsite owners out there; been reading as many Complete Campsite threads as I can find and know there are a few of you .

So our family (x2 adults & x2 kids under 3yo) have decided to take the plunge and upgrade from our trusty OzTent set-up to a camper trailer. Have been looking now for about a year and have decided we have our hearts set on a Complete Campsite; looking at making the swich mid next year when hubby returns from overseas.

We are looking at a soft floor, buget will prob stretch to Uluru, just not sure whether to start with Jabiru and spec up or with Uluru. Tow vehicle is Patrol. We currently only camp in carvan parks cause we dont have power, but are looking at doing some NP camping, 'serious' 4WD trips and laps of Oz. Hubby has said IS is a must, and want 16" tent for space, but there are a few other options we arent really sure on and were hoping for some real time comments and run-downs.

Other than the IS and tent size upgrade, this is what else we think is def nec:
- Dual battery
- trailer side storage
- boat rack brackets

Heres the wish list we're not sure about:
- bike rack
- extended draw bar
- boat rack
- enclosed annex
- extra water tank
- hot water & heating

We want to be able to take bikes with us, but also thinking when the kids are older kayaks might be good to have for coastal areas - hence the boat and bike racks. Pros & cons of each?

In realtion to the extended drawbar we are conserned about the clearance issue for 'serious 4wding' and getting off the beaten rack. How else or where else could bikes be attached? Words of wisdom about clearance issues?

Hot water and heating is prob a personal thing, dont want to be 'glamping' but hot water would be nice in winter time, and just got back from Saphire Coast camping and it was pretty cold at night in our tent. Like to hear pros and cons of people with the Diesel system.

How much is a dual battery system really needed? Hubby eventually wants to put a dual battery system in the Patrol.

Where does the 2nd water tank go?

What types of extra storage boxes can/have been added to extended drawbar?

What is the difference in number of internal and external power points between Jabiru & Uluru?

Is it really worth having a 2nd bayonet in the kitchen for attaching BBQ?

Does anyone have a zipper connection on annex for connecting an OzTent - is it worth while? (Grant showed us pics at the Rosehill show so know it can be done)

Rear locker shelving - pros and cons with and without?

Detachable jockey wheel over swing up?

Well its a few questions, but we are hoping the family of Complete Campsite owners will have lots of tips, advice and information to help us though the process of deciding which specs are really need and which arent, and pros and cons.

looking forward to hearing from you all.

The Elmore Family.

[V8CRSA]

Hi,and welcome to myswag. We have just ordered a complete campsite as it was time to upgrade our old mountain trail.
We decided to start with the Jabiru and only add the options we wanted,in saying that we got just about everything except the diesel heater and the upgraded kitchen.

We too went for the larger tent,we only have one child atm moment and 2 big dogs but have room for more children in the future as well as our dogs.
We started off with only the brackets for the boat rack,but on talking to Grant at CC we found out you need to take the camper back to have the rack fitted later as they have to weld and paint still. So we decided to fit the rack from the start
We also have the side storage,that is a no brainer in our books,and dual batterys are great for being able to stay out bush for longer with cold beer longer .

We didn't get the bick rack,still not sure about the extended draw bar as it adds a lot of extra length. Only worry about the ext draw bar if you need to mount an outboard or lots of bikes there or have a prado or pajero.I belive you can add another storage box to an ext drawbar as well,but becareful of tow ball weight if adding too much to the draw bar.

We got grant to through the annex walls in for nothing as they where running a promo in 4WD action when we ordered ours,we have them on our current camper and have only used them a few times.

Extra water tank....well we didn't ,but still thinking about it.......as 90 lt is only just enough I think,they mount the second tank under the rear of the camper.

We added the gas hot water and ensuite ten as we think this will be good for hot showers for the kids......and us.We didn't think the extra for the diesel h/w and heater was needed.

The 12v power outlets in the too campers are the same,but the uluaru gets 240 vt power as well,we choose not to have 240vt as the inverter will do everything we will ever need.

We added a 2nd bayonet fitting,to run a baby q webber from.

I belive the rear locker now comes with the shelf fitted as standard in the rear locker.

We stayed with the swing up jockey wheel,as its quicker,easier and you don't have to find somewhere to store it.

Cant really tell you any more than that because we havnt got ours yet,its not due until the first week in September. We are still finalising our order and are still making changes.Grant and Cameron from CC have both been great to deal with too.
Im sure other will have more answers to your questions too.
cheers  Matt

[kris10j0sh]

Thanks for your response Matt. Its great to get feedback from actual CC owners & buyers. We have spoken with Grant extensively at a couple of the shows over the past 12mths, but we wanted to see what others had to say since at the end of the day Grant is selling his product.

Love to hear any other comments you may have once you taken possession of your CT.

[Pete_R]

Hi,
Our Uluru is coming up for 2 years old. We started at the Jabiru & upgrading but Uluru spec included a lot of options we wanted. On the standard Uluru, we added the larger tent, an extra bayonet for the weber (this should mandatory) independent suspension, internal rear shelf, thermal blanket, DC-DC charger, bike rack for 4 bikes (includes extended drawbar). All the annex walls we got as part of the camping show promo. We carry a 2.5 seater kayak occasionally but I either put this on car roof racks or directly on camper with some padding underneath so I don't rip the torneau cover.
A few things to consider...get Complete to make up a canvas cover for the kitchen window as gets hot in summer otherwise. Get the DO35 hitch lock. We opted not to get heater as enough blankets & a good woollen underblanket should keep you warm in bed. For hot water, we picked up the Coleman hwod for less than $200 new. Twin batteries should come standard on Uluru but extra cost for Jabiru.

If you still intend doing caravan parks after purchasing a Complete with bigger tent & bike rack, you will need to make sure you get bigger sites when you book....our layout is 7.5long  x5 metres wide when set up.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Pete

[CRW]

Hi Elmore Family

Welcome to the Complete Family

We now have the CC hard floor Fraser, but we have just upgraded from the CC KakaduXT 16

We have 2 adults and one son aged 12.  We went for the 16ft tent for various reasons but found it was a bit too big for us, but that is our situation.

I had the the diesel heater, which was located in one half of the front tool box, so I had CC fit another tool box to the extended Drawbar.  As for the length of the set up and real and sometimes extreme 4wd I tow the CC with a 200 series Landcruiser diesel.  I purchased both because if I want to go somewhere then I will and both these are ideal
For this.  I have towed the CC all through the Vic high country as well as numerous track throughout NsW and the extended drawbar was no drawback at all.

As previous said we had the Webasto hot water/heater, however if you want to go cheaper then CC have the Mercury Hot Water system that runs off your gas bottle.

On the Hard floor I got then to add the bayonet connection to the front near the gas bottle as we use the Webber Q a lot.

Sorry didn't have the bike rack or boat loader, but if you have the boat loader then the bikes can go up there..

The dual battery system on the CC are one of the best on the market and we have never had a problem with it.  I carry a set of 160w solar panels but only need to just top up the batteries after about four days so for normal weekends you won't need them,

Please feel free to talk to Grant about my experience with the CC as he knows the places I have taken both our soft and Hard floor and I am not easy on either the camper or Cruiser.

Please feel free to PM me if you have any further questions, hope this has helped a little.

Cheers

Carl

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[kiva]

We have a extended drawbar on ours and it has been a useful area for storing stuff.

Our previous camper had a detachable jockey wheel, the current one is swing away. The swing away is much more convenient as it is "just there" and ready to go, whilst the detachable jockey wheel needs to be stored while travelling. It is possible to be in a situation (depending on the terrain) where you can't swing the jockey wheel down due to lack of vertical space, while an attachable jockey wheel wouldn't be an issue as you just attach to the post as required. However after having both types, I couldn't say which is "better". One is more certainly more convenient, but in the end it's a bit of a muchness.

We had a second gas bayonet fitting added for a BBQ etc, though we haven't used it yet. We figured it was easier to just get it all done at build time.

Good luck with your decision!

[Dogsbreakfast]

has anyone got a dirtbike carrier on the extended drawbar?

[Bird]

Think long and hard if you need a 16ft tent.
You may find you struggle in many caravan parks for sites that sizee. Our 12ft tent barely fits in some sites, and overlaps in 2 we have been to..

Also puttin the annexe up in the rain is a nightmare (see athe other thread running at the moment)

We have a 12ft and 2 young kids and have plenty of room. Remember you dont live in the tent, only sleep and get changed.

[kris10j0sh]

Hi guys. thanks so much for your helpful comments and feedback about your own experiences. Already got some great tips to ask Grant for, that you only hear about from an owners perspective. Yeah we a little worried about the size of a 16ft tent, but want the extra room for expanding the brood. Puts mind at ease knowing nobody has had clearance issues with an extended drawbaw. Think the 1st 'trip' on the list once we're all geared-up is going to be a Vic high country trip, so that good to hear your experiences Carl.

[Finners]

Welcome Elmores!

- bike rack
alternatively lay bikes in basket of boat rack - still enough room for kayak

- extended draw bar
I had the same ownership history as CRW but the opposite experience  re clearance (maybe my lousy driving style!) - I also had Kakadu XT16, but with standard drawbar and ground it out frequently on erosion berms - but no damage other than rhino lining a bit torn - easy fix - so tough tracks (within reason) doable

- boat rack
recommended, with the basket. Adds to set-up and pack-down time marginally. Do consider how you then get kayak from campsite to water though! (Trolley? Collapsible trailer? On tug? and if on tug - why not on tug in 1st place?!)

- enclosed annex
We only once ever had a storm bad enough to need all walls - which we had - but on reflection we'd only go the end walls and kitchen return wall at most. They can make the kitchen return with velcro and all gable length with velcro so it becomes a moveable wall to protect cook from cooking in the afternoon sun

- extra water tank
Yes - highly recommend if planning longer stays with no potable water. It goes under body rear of axle. The do a nice alloy shield standard (needed - it can ground out on departure angles).

- hot water & heating
I thought I'd never use it, wife insisted on it - and she was right of course - it's great for hot showers in remote areas, using creek water from your jerry. I've never run it all night for internal heating - that's what beanies and rum are for ;p

How much is a dual battery system really needed?
Don't cut cost on this one! Dual batt will give you a huge sense of comfort/security

Rear locker shelving - pros and cons with and without?
We built our own to utilise all the locker space - so recommend go with their shelving

Detachable jockey wheel over swing up?
Detachable if you are serious about high country tracks

I agree with Lost about the 16' tent. We (just like CRW) went to the Fraser hard floor after the Kakadu, and now laugh at how greedy we were in spec'ing the kakadu's 16' tent back then. Now our 2 primary school age kids still have plenty of room to sleep (and us to change) in the much smaller hard floor. Do ask yourselves if you cannot fit a bunk and a cot in the 13'. Also the 16' weighs more and is tough for 1 person to pack away. And if you really will do tough trails - then weight is your enemy.

Enjoy the planning! You'll love the quality and service once you take delivery.

- Finners

[kris10j0sh]

Finners great advice thanks! Whats your tow vehicle Finners? Do you remove the boat rack when you pull up to camp or just lock it in an upright position?

Tent size is a hard one; on one hand we dont want to limit ourselves to one type of camping only; but then again we want more kids and dont want to end up cramed into too small a tent area. What do people think about getting more than x2 camp stretchers into the 13ft tent? After looking at the 13 & 16 tents, we were thinking while you could squeeze say bunks and a stretcher in, is it really feasable? Anyone out there with 3 or more kids got a view on the issue?

What about recovery points? Have done a fair bit of 4WDing but never towing, and only day drips. We have a snatch strap for the 4WD, and want to upgrade to a winch when the buget permits. Wondering if there is any need to have some recovery points added to the front of the trailer for getting it out?

Hey hzj105t if you dont mind me asking why the change from Mountain Trail to Complete Campsite? We looked at MT and they seemed quite similar to CC; but the new MT colour scheme turned us off. Plus Grants knowledge of his product impressed us immensely.

[Bird]

Many companies do a small extra room that attaches on the drawbar side which will still fit on a standard size site..
It could be an option
I'll let the others with more kids answer, but it does come up regularly..

I agree with Finners on the dual battery setup well worth the small cost.
And annexe - we have 1 end wall and one front that joins that round the kitchen, it has done us so far.

[Finners]

Whats your tow vehicle Finners?
Had a V6 3.0 CRD 510nm Jeep GC back when towing the Kakadu. Did it with ease, albeit hills on the F3 would need a gear kick-down and settling on 90km/h. Now have 5cyl 475nm 3.2 CRD ute. Tows the Fraser easy at 108km/h in 6th at 2,000rpm sucking 13.1l/100km - but the ute has had heavy bling added. Steep hills need 5th or 4th and letting speed settle to 80kmh - getting more means mashing the loud peddle and that's pointless on a diesel

Do you remove the boat rack when you pull up to camp or just lock it in an upright position?
It can't be removed (easily) - you just release the clasps and the struts spring it out of the way (about a 60 degree angle). That lets you deploy the tent. If boat on the rack - you need to lock it at 90 degrees - a simple task but can take 2 to muck around with aligning holes for pin insertion. Almost X rated that ;p

What about recovery points?
Recovery points standard on rear, and not needed at front. If in the very unlikely event you need to detach camper & winch it out on its' own - you run the cable to the drawbar's A and skull drag it (don't use jockey wheel - it'll get too damaged)

[V8CRSA]

Hey hzj105t if you dont mind me asking why the change from Mountain Trail to Complete Campsite? We looked at MT and they seemed quite similar to CC; but the new MT colour scheme turned us off. Plus Grants knowledge of his product impressed us immensely.
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We did look at mountain trail,and the first thing that put us off was the new colour scheme.We also forund the CC to be better finished and they just did the little details much better.Mountain trail still as powercoated steel around the bed and CC everything is covered in carpet is just one example.

Plus Grant was just great to deal with and gave us nothing but straight answers on everything we asked him.
After visiting the factory last month,we are very happy with our decision. Our old mountain trail is very well made and has been great to us,but they just aren't finished as well as the CC.

cheers Matt

[Pete_R]

Tent size is a hard one; on one hand we dont want to limit ourselves to one type of camping only; but then again we want more kids and dont want to end up cramed into too small a tent area. What do people think about getting more than x2 camp stretchers into the 13ft tent? After looking at the 13 & 16 tents, we were thinking while you could squeeze say bunks and a stretcher in, is it really feasable? Anyone out there with 3 or more kids got a view on the issue?

Whilst we don't have 3 kids, we have the bigger tent & have no issues with the putting it up or down, although it is an advantage having 2 people when setting up the annex awning. Both our kids have their own stretcher beds & then there is still enough room to set up a pantry. Having said that, an option if you did go the smaller tent, is to also get an Oztent RV4 which is supposed to fit perfectly at the end of your annex - the kids then have their own sleeping area.

Like I said in my earlier post, if you get the bigger tent & still intend doing tourist parks, then you need to ensure that you quote the size of your set up otherwise they might give you a smaller site you will be squashed on - we do all our bookings via phone rather than taking chances with internet bookings. The only time we have had an issue was when trying to book Treasure Island on Gold Coast as all their camper trailer/tent sites are only maximum of 5 metres wide - easy solution as we just found somewhere else to stay with larger sites

[dav]

With the tent size I have a 5 & 2 year old  and a 3 mth old bub. I just got back from a week away camping with all three plus the wife. Mine is a 9 ft with no walk up I did set up the kids room for the first time in two years there was heaps of room. I wouldn't set the kids room up unless I would be staying in one spot for four nights or more. When it was just the four of us just the 9 ft with no bunk bed was  heaps of room for us. So with a 12ft or 9ft with a walk up there would heaps of room for for or five and with a oz tent zipped on the end when needed  would be the way to go.

[1HDT]

Welcome Elmore's to MySwag.

Been watching this and thought I would chime in.

We bought the kakadu 16'XT 12 months ago. We did the figures and by the time we optioned up an Uluru we were better off to just go the Kakadu.

Three main thoughts that come into mind:

Drawbar:
90% of where we camp is very remote and difficult to get into. For this reason we opted not to get the extended drawbar or the boat rack option (weight). Even with the short drawbar I have damaged the jockey wheel on high erosion mounds and exiting high creek banks etc. Keep in mind that’s with 285x75x17 KM2's on it as well. Having said that, the jockey wheel is the only thing that’s touched so far.

Weight:
Finners is right. Any serious stuff and weight really is your enemy. There would have been 2 times I can think of straight away, were it not for front and rear lockers the result of that day would have been a little different in its outcome. We opted for only one water tank as our camping systems revolve mainly around flowing creek water for washing up, showers etc. This also helps with the amount of weight we tow up and down steep stuff. This would be a limiting factor for outback camping, but we can get two weeks of more from the one 90lt tank when used mainly for drinking water etc. (provided the fridge is stocked well with cold, aerated, refreshment alternatives)

Tent:

Tent size is a hard one; on one hand we don’t want to limit ourselves to one type of camping only; but then again we want more kids and don’t want to end up crammed into too small a tent area. What do people think about getting more than x2 camp stretchers into the 13ft tent? After looking at the 13 & 16 tents, we were thinking while you could squeeze say bunks and a stretcher in, is it really feasable? Anyone out there with 3 or more kids got a view on the issue?

We have 3 kids, one of which needs a pota-cot to sleep in, hence our decision to go with the 16' tent. There are no bones about it in our opinion, the 16' tent is a limiting factor in the areas we can set up. Not impossible, just requires some more thinking. We have 2 kids lying on the floor on Therma-rest mattresses and 1 in the Porta-cot. There is enough room to:
   a. Walk in between the 2 sleeping kids to attend to the child in the cot
   b. Walk from the door to the steps and not have to step over sleeping kids
   c. change and not tred on kids sleeping
   d. lay out clothes/dress kids and not have to stand on the beds
   e. line up 3 bags of kids clothes plus a bag of dirty clothes on the floor and still have room to walk around.

One point that is often forgotten is the size of the tent also dictates the size of the awning  . Trying fitting the kitchen, 5 chairs, 3 kids, 2 adults and a table under a small awning when its bucketing down or blowing rain into one edge of your only cover! Been there/done that, not a happy place to be.

The 16' tent really needs 2 people to pack it up, even more so if you want to dry the bottom of the tent before packing up for the last time before the next trip. Having said that, I've done it by myself, not impossible just hard.

If we did not have 3 kids or they were a little older, we would have gone with the 13' tent, alas that is our situation.

Hope this is of some help and I haven’t rabbited on. 

[kris10j0sh]

1HDT your words of wisdom are great, just want we were hoping to hear. While we only have 2 now, they are 2 1/2 and 10mth and in order to fit in our Oztent RV4, the bub and wife go in RV4 end with bags & hubby and older in tag-along. We just dont all fit in the RV4 with bub's cot, plus we use leisure mats rather than than smaller ones. Its the main reason we are wanting to upgrade to a camper trailer. While we have loved our RV4 and tag-along, when bub moved out of the basinet we non longer could all fit in one end, and the area between the tag-along and RV4 is not weather proof (doesnt have a proper floor) so it can get a little crowed when the weather turns really nasty!

Has anyone actually seen the RV4 in use off the CC annex? While we've seen Grants pics, I'd be interested to know how it would impact on your overall site size. Obviously not an issue when bush camping, but what about in van parks? We've seen other camper trailer set ups at parks where they just pitch the Oztent as close as possible within their site, but not attached to their set up. That would be fine for older kids, but not really practical with our littlies.

Hubbies really keen to make Vic high country our 1st big trip, and has few other tracks marked for his holidays, so weight will definately need to be something we consider possibly above creature comforts like hot water systems and bike racks.

Prob a silly question, but since we havent done any bush camping yet was wondering, if you only have one water tank, and say you're away for a month or more; where and how do you fill up the water? Assuming you're not always going to have access to clean running creeks for water. Do you just buy water when you can and fill the tanks with it? Or pull into parks when you can and refill?
 
hzj105t thanks for your open comments about CC over MT. Sounds like we are thinking along the same lines; we like CC over MT for similar reasons.

[1HDT]

Prob a silly question, but since we havent done any bush camping yet was wondering, if you only have one water tank, and say you're away for a month or more; where and how do you fill up the water? Assuming you're not always going to have access to clean running creeks for water. Do you just buy water when you can and fill the tanks with it? Or pull into parks when you can and refill?

No such thing as a silly question.

Bush camp with running/clean water = up to 2 weeks stay using tank water for drinking and incidentals.

Bush camp with no running/clean water = usually dont want to stay for up to two weeks.

However in the second scenario:
   1. Conservative use of tank water last us up to 4-5 days including washing
   2. Can change the orientation of the jerry cans on the front of CC to take up to 5 x jerrys (ie extra 115lts in separate containers which I prefer compared to all your spare/extra water in 1 tank)
   3. When on the move to find better camp or if touring, refill water tank when tracking through towns.

[kris10j0sh]

Know its been a while but I've got a special question for hzj105t, Finners & CRW...

You all mentioned you have Hot Water systems on your CC CT's. Was wondering, do you have 1 or 2 tanks? Also how much water does the HW system go through? Do you know anyone who keeps the 2nd water tank soley for the HW system? Thought being keep main tank soley for drinking and cooking, and 2nd tank for showering. Or is it better to just run all water uses from one tank?

Also what about the HW system power draw? Assuming they need power even though they are fueled by diesel?

Oh and has anyone had CC make a purpose specific smaller storage box on the drawbar for the HW system? They seem to take up a lot of space in the orig storage box on the drawbar, was thinking a 2nd one would save the orig having to be sectioned in 1/2.

Cheers K&J

[kiva]

The hot water on ours flows at about 10L/min. I didn't take too much notice on power draw, but I did notice that initial ignition of the system draws 4-5A which eventually drops, perhaps as the diesel kicks in. All our water runs from the one tank, however with some plugging in of hoses, the water can be drawn from an external source, like a jerry, and the "jerry" water runs through the HWS. So, when the jerry is empty, so is your shower.

[V8CRSA]

K & J;

Like I said on your other thread, we only have the gas hot water so cant comment to much.......and we don't pick up our camper until the first week of September.
The diesel h/w/s needs to be located where its is so the heater duct can blow hot air into the tent.
There is another reason we went with the gas hot water system, we can leave it home if we don't need it for a week end or a trip to a caravan park.

Maybe you should look into hiring a camper for a weekend or two and get the feel for things your self and work out what works for you ?
Its a big decision to make, and one you don't want to get wrong.
We added everything that we thought we would ever need that couldn't be added later.

cheers, Matt

[Finners]

K & J,

Like Kiva - we draw water from a jerry (filtered creek water) thru the webasto. So we leave our water tank/s only for drinking/cooking.

A 20 litre jerry showers 2 people generously, or 4 people frugally.

- Finners

[cheif carlos]

K & J

Couple of things

We found the matress hard and didn't like it now have a better one than at home

If you have larger than standard tyres ie. 285/75/R16 get the external wheel carrier (as apposed to the kitchen door hung wheel) as the door isn't strong enough to support it then ditch the poxy screw latches on the door and have 2 of the lockable latches to hold the kitchen door closed. If you want to know more I am willing to put up a picture.

extended draw bar - recommend it for getting into the back of your pootrol due to barn doors - have the same issue on the cruiser (base model 105). But don't let them bring the stone guard forward too far.

I have rewired the whole camper as they did such a bad job found wrong crimp lugs for inverter used as they are too lazy to buy the right size and type.

Plumbing is average the hose to the kitchen kinks can be fixed and I have done that, the pump is noisy and can be be made quite with better mounting and location

I am looking to get another gas bayonet fitting installed to the back of the kitchen slide so that I can plug in the BBQ in there (I have 2 bayonets fitted to back of trailer and with a maxium legal length gas hose of 3m BBQ sits just outside line of tent if hose is on the ground)

We got larger tent more so for more annex area.

Recommend thermal blanket our kids now 5 & 3 sleep in (7am) last new years

We have the 78lt ARB fridge and batteries (200amphr) easily lasts 4 days on fridge or 2.5 days on freezer if full

I like the drawers in the walk up wife doesn't but that is only because her hair gets caught in the velco of the cover when accessing them with the canvas down and cover on, to fix wear a cap!

They use cheap slides for kitchen and fridge that need adjusting/ fixing to get them to work correctly.

I have ditched the kitchen feet as they take up too much space in the front locker and have made a set which fold under the kitchen itself

We am not liked by Grant, We brought out his other side as had the camper rebuilt due to original unit so poorly built, and was the only rebuild that he has done. We even left the one we have now sitting in the warehouse as it too was poorly finished then they did things like not covering wheels when resprayed, pulling power inlet pins out of recepitcal. We eventually made him bring it to us as I had had it with them.

Sorry but there is no-way I can recommend them but can help to fix their product. 

Jason

[CRW]

K & J

Couple of things

We found the matress hard and didn't like it now have a better one than at home

If you have larger than standard tyres ie. 285/75/R16 get the external wheel carrier (as apposed to the kitchen door hung wheel) as the door isn't strong enough to support it then ditch the poxy screw latches on the door and have 2 of the lockable latches to hold the kitchen door closed. If you want to know more I am willing to put up a picture.

extended draw bar - recommend it for getting into the back of your pootrol due to barn doors - have the same issue on the cruiser (base model 105). But don't let them bring the stone guard forward too far.

I have rewired the whole camper as they did such a bad job found wrong crimp lugs for inverter used as they are too lazy to buy the right size and type.

Plumbing is average the hose to the kitchen kinks can be fixed and I have done that, the pump is noisy and can be be made quite with better mounting and location

I am looking to get another gas bayonet fitting installed to the back of the kitchen slide so that I can plug in the BBQ in there (I have 2 bayonets fitted to back of trailer and with a maxium legal length gas hose of 3m BBQ sits just outside line of tent if hose is on the ground)

We got larger tent more so for more annex area.

Recommend thermal blanket our kids now 5 & 3 sleep in (7am) last new years

We have the 78lt ARB fridge and batteries (200amphr) easily lasts 4 days on fridge or 2.5 days on freezer if full

I like the drawers in the walk up wife doesn't but that is only because her hair gets caught in the velco of the cover when accessing them with the canvas down and cover on, to fix wear a cap!

They use cheap slides for kitchen and fridge that need adjusting/ fixing to get them to work correctly.

I have ditched the kitchen feet as they take up too much space in the front locker and have made a set which fold under the kitchen itself

We am not liked by Grant, We brought out his other side as had the camper rebuilt due to original unit so poorly built, and was the only rebuild that he has done. We even left the one we have now sitting in the warehouse as it too was poorly finished then they did things like not covering wheels when resprayed, pulling power inlet pins out of recepitcal. We eventually made him bring it to us as I had had it with them.

Sorry but there is no-way I can recommend them but can help to fix their product. 

Jason

What model and year of manufacture is your camper

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