Top 10 tips for buying a new caravan!

In this episode we take you through our top 10 tips for buying a new caravan.
Buying a new caravan can be extremely overwhelming so we thought we'd help everyone out with these tips!

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[marklaurendet]

Some good very good basic tips
The problem with a lot of batteries is alternator power. I have heard of people burning out their alternator from trying to charge too large a battery bank. May not be an issue with later model cars but something to be aware of

[michelleevdjenic]

Great vid we are looking at a new van & the JB Gator X is one of my faves. Jury is still out on what we get but you shared some great info. Thank you 🙏

[shanespicer]

My wife and I really enjoyed your 10 points. We are on our 5th van and most of our camping is free camping. We have 200AH battery and compressor fridge and have problems with heavy cloud cover BUT we always carry a generator. Our battery charger in the van is 30amp and it doesn't take long to top up the battery. Keep up the good work.

[Hapibpba]

Good solar rule of thumb is double the panel watts for the battery amps ie 400amps -800w of solar or more

[kathrynhogan]

Great advice, considering buying a small van and was concerned about rolling so will definitely check out that articulated towing hitch 😊

[trevorreid]

Thanks mate it’s always good to have advice from someone who has done it

[Livedaybyday]

Thanks mate I did enjoy that video as I am sure many other people did now you already know about that I am a first timer so I have shown you the car and I'm looking at caravans in 5 minutes so there's little extra tips and advice are gonna really come in handy thank you

[vin]

great tips Alex well presented mate you have a knack for presenting ..safe travels

[AnthonyAlvisio]

Hi, Good advise particularly like the comments on weight, we are doing our research for a new van and finding lots of sellers who well say, your car has a tow weight off 3.5t it can tow this. Wrong! there 4 or 5 different weight limits you need to consider! Uninsured and illegal if in a crash or weighed

[darrenknabel]

Also think its a good idea to have a couple of portable panels, if you have shade interfering with your roof panels, a portable panel or 2 can be placed in the sunlight to keep charge topped up.
We have just ordered a van with 400A lithium and 400w on the roof. We will have 2 x 250w portable panels on the ground.

[daviddoherty]

Great advice wife and I are starting to looking at vans it’s good to hear from people who are doing it
When you get down to Jurien Bay where we live give us a yell would be good to catch up for a beer

[goeffburdon]

great advice mate, we will use these tips for the near future when we purchase our first caravan 😁

[robertarmbruster]

Thanks for another very usefull video, all good advice.

[beercooler]

Waiting for our Gator X Bunk model to be made, I know we’ve made the right choice

[jwoods]

we found out the hard way in regards to the tow vehicle weights
we have a pajero that has a max tow ball weight of 180kg over 2500kg
and our new caravan now loaded up has a tow ball weight of 220kg

[kesrogers]

You guys are awesome. Love watching your video's.
We just brought a van and just working out what we are going to do with solar.

[ultimateadventuresblog]

Good vid mate. Some great tips on there

[ouroz_adventures]

Gr8 info and gr8 Ep … think we got most tips covered when we ordered our van… wudda loved the air bags…. Maybe a mod down the track 🤙

[becgregory]

We have 300amp in our sting and have also found it’s not enough for the fridge. If we had our time again we would also get 400amp

[brianambler]

Good talk totally agree with your 10 points . keep on going, by the way which generator did you end up purchasing .