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Not yet had a chance to see one but if the built quality is half decent might just take a punt.I have had a good look around the Sunlight, which I believe is made in another factory to the Dethleffs but still appears well constructed with a little economising on some of the fittings but the Hymer pedigree has been established over many years and I cannot see them putting their name to an inferior product.
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Love my A72. Done a lot of research of all makes of MH. This one ticked all boxes.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Brian. We will re-post our question in a new thread.Small problem - last post was 2016 so you might not get a reply.
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Howdy everyone, and Zigisla in particular,
We found this forum and decided to join exactly because of this message (more about us and our plans here). We currently are trying to decide between a Sunlight A72 and a more well-known unit from Dethleffs. We have a lot of questions as we could not find a lot of info on this unit (the manufacturer's page at is really light on the details, and we could not find a single brochure online).
Our main questions are:
1) How is the thermal insulation on this unit? We rented a Dethleffs A5831 during a trip to Germany, and after overnighting in a parking spot in the Alps at -15 Celsius with no issues, we were really impressed with its cold weather performance. How does the Sunlight A72 compare?
2) Are there fly screens in the windows? We were able to confirm there's one at the "house" door, but found nothing about the windows.
3) Is there any issues with traveling with a full fresh water tank (ie, near its 120 litre stated capacity)? We found a rather cryptic note on the manufacturer's web site that seems to indicate this tank needs to be emptied before driving until it's under 20-litre full. As we love wild-camping, if true this would be a real impeditive for us... :-/
Thanks in advance for your help,
--
Du & Nica.
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This jibes with the info we've been able to find: seems they are all made at the same factory(ies), and the main difference is that the Sunlight, as the less expensive "entry-level" brand, gets less fancier, "designer" options and furnishings. Not really a problem for us ;-)So basically the price difference came down to the furniture and fittings.
The Corado & Sunlight are built on the standard Fiat chassis cab not the camping car chassis.From what I could see all three were built on the same chassis,
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The Corado & Sunlight are built on the standard Fiat chassis cab not the camping car chassis.
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Use it or loose it, you really should use it every time take the van out even if it's only for a short while to circulate the gas so that the oil in with the gas keeps the seals luricated.plus air con which haven't used much
Hi Du & Nice, this comes with its own problems which may or may not affect you.One thing we are considering is the upgrade to 3850kg maximum weight
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We have two batteries but nothing like the cost of yours. Maybe worth having it fitted somewhere else. Re charger I don’t think this an upgrade and th alternator is big enough. The second battery just sits beside th other one under the drivers seat. We have 2 x 95amp hrs and coupled with 150w of solar, we have enough power.@Zigisla thanks for the confirmation re: the weight upgrade being just paperwork. It will be well saved money we will then put towards a more meaningful upgrade like perhaps a 2nd battery...
It's a rather expensive battery at €299, so I'd like to ask whether you know if they upgrade anything else (like a larger charger, or perhaps a larger alternator coupled to the engine) or if they just plop a battery in a spot that would be ready for it anyway)..
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We have two batteries but nothing like the cost of yours. Maybe worth having it fitted somewhere else. Re charger I don’t think this an upgrade and th alternator is big enough.
Glad to hear it, @jumartoo ! We think a popular brand should "blend more" with its surroundings and possibly easier to get service etc (we found no less than 16(!) official Sunlight dealers/service centers in a radius of just 100km around Dusseldorf and Frankfurt).Sunlight motorhomes seem very popular. We've seen a lot of them in Scandinavia, especially Sweden, and Germany this summer.
Nice, @campa cola! In Chile a lot of the roads are not well paved/levelled, specially to the South (Patagonia), so we want as much ground clearance as we can get.haven't come close to scraping my T 132 the back yet, even with a full 150kg load in the boot and a low tide ferry in Ireland
LOL :-O 3 amigos? ;-) What we knew for "3 amigos" here in SA is when the CheckEngine/ABS/OilPressure lights turn on simultaneously which mean the driver is "Sorry Out of Luck" ;-)he Carado cab came with the FIAT 3 amigos for me ( hill glider/cruise control/speed limiter
Another mark on the "plus" column for Sunlight. I don't think rental companies would buy any "garage queen" vehicles as it would be disastrous for their bottom line...Many European hire companies use Carado/Sunlights as they are relatively simple and robust.
Humrmrmrmr... something we will also need to think about. Haven't seen a spare tyre mentioned anywhere on the Sunlight site...There is no spare tyre as standard but I used my previous one.
Good point -- we didn't know that but it surely makes sense. We will be sure to turn ours on every now and then.Use it or loose it, you really should use it every time take the van out even if it's only for a short while to circulate the gas so that the oil in with the gas keeps the seals luricated.
Great, @pagey -- so far we haven't been able to find even a single negative comment about the Sunlights (here in the forum or in the web generally), that really helps us build up the confidence!i have a 2017 sunlight t68s well made love it see avtar
@Burgo, thanks for the info. The Sunlight brand is shaping up to be exactly what we are looking for: good quality, solid construction, robust and reliable, and a good value-for-money. We don't care much for veener/trim/bells/whistles/etc if they make the price go up ;-) And thanks for the tip on Allan's YT channel, it has a few reviews for ClassB/Van Sunlight models, good to appraise the brand's quality in general.We hired a Sunlight while checking out layouts and were quite impressed with the VFM. (...) Looking at the different models it seemed very much as the main difference (...) was down to soft furnishing trim options, some veneer options and a few bells and whistles such as spice racks etc. Always worth checking out Alan Heath's YouTube channel to see if he has a video review (he's got over 300 on there!).
Thanks for the heads-up, @pappajohn -- Nica (the wife) actually holds a bus driver license here -- which enables her to drive non-articulated vehicles of any weight and number of passengers. We even have an official declaration (in spanish, but with all the official seals and stamps) stating exactly what her licence allows her to drive. But having said that, our idea is to have the bonus (ie, the added cargo capacity) but not the onus (having to worry about licenses, and specially not being able to rotate driving -- as Du the husband holds a common up-to-3500kg license).Your Chilean licence or international driving permit may be enough to confuse any police officer if stopped but worth knowing if you didn't know already.
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