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Hello everyone,
We have just joined and subscribed to the forum, we have been fortunate to use a few motor homes from friends over the years and are now looking to invest in one of our own. we are interested in a 5.4m camper and have looked at the Hymer, Carado and Adria so far. We want something compact as it will mainly be used for long weekends and the idea of easy parking and using it as a second vehicle when required is also appealing to us.
It must have 4 seatbelts and a minimum of 3 berths as we would occasionally take our teenage son (if we can entice him from the Xbox). l also Intend to go off grid at times, as we intend to explore the more rural areas of the UK.
We have been looking at new vehicles but the choice of optional extras is somewhat overwhelming and it would be great to hear what you guys would consider as the necessary factory options.
Some questions that come to mind:
Solar power - what output would you go for if you were running a compressor fridge and potentially a diesel heating system? l have read that these are quite large consumers if camping of grid for 4/5 days?
Which batteries? and how many?
Heated water tanks, again how much power would these draw?
Iām sure there are lots of obvious things that l have missed and l would appreciate any advice and experience you could offer. I would be particularly interested in anyone who owns a 5.4m camper and things they would have changed in hindsight.
All the best
Neil
We have just joined and subscribed to the forum, we have been fortunate to use a few motor homes from friends over the years and are now looking to invest in one of our own. we are interested in a 5.4m camper and have looked at the Hymer, Carado and Adria so far. We want something compact as it will mainly be used for long weekends and the idea of easy parking and using it as a second vehicle when required is also appealing to us.
It must have 4 seatbelts and a minimum of 3 berths as we would occasionally take our teenage son (if we can entice him from the Xbox). l also Intend to go off grid at times, as we intend to explore the more rural areas of the UK.
We have been looking at new vehicles but the choice of optional extras is somewhat overwhelming and it would be great to hear what you guys would consider as the necessary factory options.
Some questions that come to mind:
Solar power - what output would you go for if you were running a compressor fridge and potentially a diesel heating system? l have read that these are quite large consumers if camping of grid for 4/5 days?
Which batteries? and how many?
Heated water tanks, again how much power would these draw?
Iām sure there are lots of obvious things that l have missed and l would appreciate any advice and experience you could offer. I would be particularly interested in anyone who owns a 5.4m camper and things they would have changed in hindsight.
All the best
Neil