Thread: Jayco style pop up campers

Originally Posted by Narangga

I came across these recently Scott.

12ft Off Road ST Camper Trailer ? North Coast Campers

Have you or anyone else looked at them? They don't seem to have many decent photos on their website unfortunately and provision of dimensions is a bit spartan.

Did notice the website ages ago but have not had a physical look.
Looks good but still pretty expensive. Reminds me of the AOR Quantum that my father has.

Our camper trailer is now sold and the long wait for the Rhinomax continues.

Cheers,
Scott

Reminds me of some of the Lifestyle Campers.

Originally Posted by LRD414

Way back at the start of this thread I posted about hydrid pop-top caravans and it's been a long and winding road of options in here since then.

We had been thinking about upgrading from the forward-fold camper trailer that has served us well for about 2 years now on long trips and short getaways.
But we've been looking for something with an easier setup for single night stays and more comfort when wet and/or cold than a canvas tent.
We don't tend to use it for extended stays in a single location where the full size canvas room would really come into its own.

Anyway, a couple of weeks ago we committed to buying one of these:

Scorpion Hybrid - Rhinomax

Photo from CampMountainCampers Off-road caravan hire

We researched a fair bit, both online & climbing through a number of different makes and products and believe that this one represents the best value for what we want:
- 2 people
- reasonably light (1,320 tare & 90 ball with water in the tank)
- ease of setup/take-down including the awning (no ropes)
- comfort level
- not too big (wide or high) & descent clearance
- suitable for 6 month or longer trip (planned for sometime in the next few years)

We think it compares well with the likes of AOR/Lifestyle/VistaRV/Ultimate/Echo/KK/CompleteCampsite

- AOR, KK and Complete are significantly more expensive and in most cases heavier.
- Ultimate is a bit cheaper but is still majority canvas and has more setup (including making the bed)
- Lifestyle is cheaper and good value for money too but you also get a bit less
- Echo has quite a lot of canvas and a pole/rope type awning

Only downside is the waiting time, we are anticipating May/June delivery. This is ok for us, allows time to sell the camper trailer. Plus we won't be doing the really big trip for a couple of years.
They're also not very big on making changes/modifications. The fibreglass laminate panel construction means that panel cuts and penetrations are all pre-planned for each model. Changes can be done but are expensive and not really preferred from a production-line perspective. This is ok for us because it is already well thought out for our intended use.

Cheers,
Scott

What is the proposed delivery date Scott as we are now almost in June?

Originally Posted by Narangga

What is the proposed delivery date Scott as we are now almost in June?

Sadly the May delivery has slipped to mid June due to overall production delays. But we have recently agreed a couple of minor improvements and modifications with them, which is now getting us excited to take delivery. Our first proper trip is planned for August so this timing is still ok.

Scott

Originally Posted by LRD414

Sadly the May delivery has slipped to mid June due to overall production delays. But we have recently agreed a couple of minor improvements and modifications with them, which is now getting us excited to take delivery. Our first proper trip is planned for August so this timing is still ok.

Scott

Hopefully it will be mid-June so that you can have a hands-on play with it before the August trip.

Originally Posted by Narangga

Hopefully it will be mid-June so that you can have a hands-on play with it before the August trip.

Ended up being a shorter than hoped for period getting used to it but we have it now and have made good progress in the list of little things to tweak and improve before the August trip to the Flinders.









Very happy soon to be campers

Scott

We've looked at those, so be interested to see how you go.

Just got an older style Goldstream Crown. Pretty happy with it as it is lighter than the newer ones and easy to tow. Plenty of storage space and very quick and easy to set up. Only negative so far is that we are going from a King size bed in our camping trailer down to a double bed. Haven't had it off road as yet but it looks very hopeful.