A really good camper, easy to tow, super easy to set up, superbly comfortable and you can cook/sit and eat out of the fly's, weather etc. As some one previously has mentioned, a quick meals break is a little more difficult as the fridge/cooker is covered by the canvas. We have found that if we are going to be pushed for time we just make something in the morning and store it in the car fridge. We have also just stopped and folded out the lid and only setup the galley area (2 spreader bars) which takes about 1 minute.
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I don't have a camper, but did the research awhile ago.
My preference would have been the T-Van. I know people say the suspension is complicated, but no more complicated than a Land Rover - and you take that anywhere. Besides, the military trailers are made by the T-Van people, including the large satellite dish trailers.
I would have considered hiring my camper out to get some return on it, and that's another reason I short listed the T-Van, the suspension would better preserve the trailer in the hands of a renter. The weight was also in the T-Vans favour, though I would have opted for the extended draw bar.
In the end, I opted for an almost instant setup blackwolf tent. It doesn't have a kitchen, but I don't need to tow it either. Plus, it's $30K cheaper. In the end it was weight & cost that made be decide against a trailer for now.
Having said all this, a work collegue bought a T-van recently and a suspension bracket cracked off before it even went off road. T-Van were apologetic and made good on the repair, but it did upset his holiday.
Now I think, that if I was going to get a trailer, I'd use a D1 chassis & Suspension (durable, proven - and identical to the Defender) and build an alloy camper ontop of that.
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