Hi Shaney
Refer: - Newbies introduce yourself… Hi all the way from South Africa.
One of my “Warrenisms” is, if it’s designed with more than one use it’s a gimmick. Call me old fashioned, I’ll take that as a compliment.
In SA there are mainly 2 generic “off road” designs. Off road
caravans & off road
trailers. The one in your posting is the latter.
It be neither a caravan (with the benefits of being solely a caravan) nor a trailer again with the accompanying benefits of being just a trailer. At best, (in my view) you land up with all the downsides of both the generic types, and only a few of the benefits of the two generic types.
Having said that, these are my comments of the unit.
Well constructed,
works well in warmer climates, built with first rate materials (Military spec rip-stop canvass, vacu-bond construction ETC, well designed for 4x4 use and rugged.
The down side is very pricey for what you get, (Don’t do the Rand – Dollar thing), far too much to pack in & out and folding a wet tent (the foldout canvass bit) into bedding somehow never sits well with me.
In this corner of terror-firma, we have what amounts to
nature’s self-declared criminal, called a baboon. They are very quick learners, and operate during the
day. I’ve personally witnesses the aftermath after a troop of these guys ripped apart the canvass of a “pop top” to get at what’s inside. (Ya won’t be a-snoozing inside for a very long time either as they ain’t exactly potty trained!)
We also have hyenas. Now
a hyena is a scavenger par-excellance that operates at
night. To do this properly, it has been provided with the most powerful bite of all mammals and an acutely developed sense of smell. It can detect the scent of yummi-yum-yum inside sealed containers, from amazingly far distances. It has no problem with tearing apart whatever you’ve not properly packed away to get at it. An’ don’t think you’re going to do the “I’m the dominant species” with these guys, they comfortably chase off lions.
Oh, on top of that, we have rhinos. Half blind & v-e-r-y aggressive, a
rhino is nature’s self-appointed fire fighter. So sitting close to your campfire on a chilly, starry night may not be the best idea unless you don’t mind being crashed over by what amounts to a bulldozer with tude’, driven by a maniacal blind guy.
(So you either sit far away from your fire and pretend you’re nice & warm or get into bed and still pretend you’re nice & warm sleeping under a canvass roof).
For these reasons, a camper trailer deployed in its intended environment such as nature reserves where the animals are at liberty to visit you when it suits them, wouldn’t imbue me with a nice warm fuzzy feeling of security. Every time I left it unattended or went to sleep, I’d close it up tighter than Fort Knox. (Pack-it-out-pack-it-in-pack-it-out…EISH)
Back to my Warrinism… If you into having an elegant campsite with all the bells n’ whistles & looking the part (a South African peculiarity I’m afraid), this might just be the ticket. Me, myself & I prefer a caravan to go caravanning a trailer to pack things in and just the bare basics to carry, pack & keep clean.
But that only be the opinion of an antiquated querky ol’ twit.
Regards
Warren
by schaney » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:08 pm 
