Thread: Which is Better?

Food for thought on the Ultimate...
No easy access to kitchen etc for quick lunch stops is a PITA...

The benefits of the others is a roadside lunch is easier!

On the Conqueror - have you seen one in the flesh? Definitely not utilitarian inside!!!!
Outside reminds me of Tvan styling.
And the kitchen, food prep, sealed clothing areas and hot water service are brilliant!
I'd suggest taking the better half for a look

Hey Guy’s,

I started with a Coromal camper a few years ago and found it to be tops, but it wasn’t long before the set up / pack up / canvas was a pain. We were doing trips into the centre and staying a max of 2 night in any one place.

We wanted quicker-easier -smaller - lighter so stared looking a hard floor campers, considered Ultimates, Kimberley’s etc….Ended up purchasing a CUB Drover XTD.

Don’t be put off buy the much smaller cost, we towed that thing to Cape York along the CREB and OTL, gave it heaps, it was unstoppable and not one problem. At nearly ½ the cost of the others and all the features it must be considered.

After 2 years sold it on RV Point lost $2000.00. Took less than a couple of weeks.

One thing with all of these campers is the CANVAS. Set up no problem, but the major problem is the pack up – wet canvas is a pain, (canvas gets wet all the time, condensation on the inside, dew and rain on the outside) all of the campers require the canvas to go to the inside at the pack up stage and will later need to be set up again to be dried out. What a pain.

Just bought a Coromal pop-top full off road van, it has independant suspension, treg hitch, air-con, hot water, shower - weight is 1.75T loaded. I am sue that it will go any where that it will fit. Set up is less that 3 mins (that is awning, chairs, beer..) Don’t care if it rains…No wet canvas…Happy wife.

Also have an Oz-Tent RV4/roof rack with awning for full off road camping –Best of Both Worlds
Just my thoughts…

which Coromal model ?

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I know there are various extremes how one can go camping, from a swag to one of those massive 3.5 ton 21' + monster Kedron off road caravans that cost well over 100k each.

This is our van sure its not small like a camper nor will it go where a off road camper would but it is surprizing where it will go and how easy the Disco tows it in the rough when in low range. It has a massive amount of ground clearance, independant suspension and a Trig hitch which all helps greatly off road. The photos show how much ground clearance the van has which in this case is much more than the Disco.

This set up is not for everyone but as we intend to do some decent travelling up through the centre at some time we decided we wanted something comfortable, capable and easy to travel with especially off road. After checking out many different options we settled on this 18' van because it seemed to us anyway to be the best all round compromise and best of all, it only takes minutes to set up.
With the amount of water it carrys (240 litres) and with a combined 230 litres of refrigeration it has, if careful we should be able to stay out camping away from shops etc for a couple of weeks if we want to. The only thing missing for long term camping is a decent sustainable power supply which it will have once we get solar fitted in the next month.

As I have said previously it is quite surprising how affordabel these reasonably capable off road vans are compared to the flasher off road campers. At some stage we will get a roof top tent as well, just like Drover, and then if we want to go somewhere beyond where this size van can go then we can park it somewhere safe and continue on.

cheers,
Terry

Originally Posted by Drover

Just bought a Coromal pop-top full off road van, it has independant suspension, treg hitch, air-con, hot water, shower - weight is 1.75T loaded. I am sue that it will go any where that it will fit. Set up is less that 3 mins (that is awning, chairs, beer..) Don’t care if it rains…No wet canvas…Happy wife.

My preference but wife not a camper or traveller - not yet anyway.

Originally Posted by VladTepes

which Coromal model ?

Hey VladTepes,

It is a '05 Pioneers Seka XC. 5.0m

Picked it up on Caravan Sales . com.

Was owned by an old couple from Victoria, came with heaps of extras and has lived most of its life in the shed.

Cheers