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We try out a Canopy but did we get the right one?
This time we are visiting a site we haven't been to before, Salisbury Hillside Caravan & Motorhome club site, the clue is in the title, it's on a hill and you will need levels!
The levels we use are Milenco MGI wedge level set, you will need 2 for a twin axle caravan.
bigwhitebox.co.uk/product/single-milenco-mgi-wedge-level-set/
The canopy we decided to go for is the Dometic Sunshine Air Pro 400 previously know as the Kampa Sunshine Air Pro
bigwhitebox.co.uk/product/kampa-sunshine-air-pro-canopy/
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Here is the kit we use to film including affiliate links
GoPro Hero 11
The Hero 11 is a great bit of kit, especially since the stabilisation is insane.
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GoPro Volta
Not only is the Volta an excellent grip it has a built-in battery so it is great for extending filming time.
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GoPro Accessory Pack
This kit includes loads of different connectors and mounts for all occasions.
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iPhone 12 Mini
All the greatness of an iPhone but in a smaller form factor.
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DJI MIC
Improves sound quality significantly, especially if you are moving around away from the camera, we use this with both the iPhone and GoPro
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Why We Are Getting Rid of Our Cadac BBQ
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How we set up our caravan on site
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Longleat Caravan and motorhome club site is one of our favourites, however, the country lane entrance always generates a little extra excitement/stress! In this video we show you how we set up our Swift touring caravan on site for a weekend stay, will there be arguments or will it go to plan? Our awning is a Dometic Leggera 260S, here is a link to it. bigwhitebox.co.uk/product/kampa-leggera-air...
Grass Caravan Pitch in Wet March Did We Make a Mistake?
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Normally we would have been out in the caravan before March but this year this will be our first outing, however, we have done a few things differently, firstly we used Pitch Up for the first time to make the booking and secondly we are on a grass pitch...following one of the wettest starts to the year in the south! The site we visit is The Old Dairy Farm, here is a link to their site which wil...
Caravan Water System Cleaning Using Puriclean
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How To Drain Down a Caravan Using a Homemade Kit
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Caravan Winter Preparation Draining down your touring caravan when leaving the campsite is good practice, however knowing how to drain down before the winter is essential, leaving water in the system with the taps and drain valve closed could be catastrophic, however, the question is how far do I need to go? In this video I make my own drain down kit to try and remove all residual water from th...
New Forest Caravan Club Site - What You Need to Know
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Here is a brief tour of the New Forest Caravan & Motorhome Centenary Club Site and a few of our favourite places to visit when in the New Forest. Beaulieu Motor Musem www.beaulieu.co.uk/ Corfe Castle www.nationaltrust.org.uk/corfe-castle Free entrance and parking for National Trust Members Friars Cliff Beach www.visit-dorset.com/listing/friars-cliff-beach/115884301/ Nice beech near Christchurch...
We Made a Mistake at the NEC Motorhome & Caravan Show 2022
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Visiting the NEC Motorhome & Caravan Show 2022 with a clear plan of what we wanted to achieve, however, inexperience in producing video content very quickly showed its hand and resulted in a change of plan. On a positive note, we learnt from the mistake and the trip wasn't a complete disaster, the plan for the next show will be very different. Appearing in this video are, Andrew Ditton @andrewj...
How To Fit a Thule Bike Rack to a Caravan, Straightforward Right?
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Fitting a Thule bike rack to the back of my caravan, the brackets are already pre-fitted by Swift Caravan, so this should be straightforward, right? It seems that Thule may have over simplified the instructions and quite a lot of head-scratching was required. This Thule bike rack is designed to be fitted to a touring caravan or motorhome, if you have a Swift model from 2016 it will have the bar...
Top 5 Caravan Motor Mover Mistakes
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Caravanning Off Grid at Rutland Water
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Join us on our first attempt at caravanning off grid, this is totally new to us and will be a learning experience, will it go to plan and will we have enough power, let's see how we get on. Just a bit of background, our caravan came supplied with a 150W solar panel, we have fitted a 100ah AGM battery and have two gas bottles, one is nearly empty at the start of this trip. The only extra thing w...
Caravan Security - Is It Secure Enough?
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Securing your caravan should be the first step when taking delivery of your new or old pride and joy. If your caravan came with some security devices it is still worth doing your own risk assessment to check it will be as safe as required either in storage, onsite or at home and meet the needs of your insurance company. We have decided to fit the following security items to our caravan. Alko pr...
Collecting Our New Caravan - Did It Go To Plan?
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It's the collection day of our new 8 foot wide caravan, will it all go to plan? If you've watched our previous video you'll know we have been shopping for an 8ft wide caravan, if you haven't seen it click the link below. Shopping for an 8ft caravan ua-cam.com/video/62pQUn49CfU/v-deo.html Our new caravan is a Swift Archway Sport Caldecott (Same as Sprite Super Quattro FB) Here is the kit we use ...
Tow Ball Preparation Don't Make The Mistake I Did
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Milenco Grand Aero Platinum Towing Mirrors Should I Upgrade?
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We bought an 8ft wide caravan but will it be delivered on time?
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Buying an 8ft wide caravan would you pick Bailey Coachman Swift?
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Buying an 8ft wide caravan would you pick Bailey Coachman Swift?
Caravan Waste Pipe, Who Knew There Was So Many Sizes 23.5mm 28.5mm
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Land Rover Discovery 5 Software Bug Or New Feature? 360 Surround Camera Pivi Pro OS 3.0.0
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Land Rover Discovery 5 Software Bug Or New Feature? 360 Surround Camera Pivi Pro OS 3.0.0
Land Rover Discovery 5 Alexa and Wireless Apple CarPlay Setup Pivi Pro OS 3.0.0
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Land Rover Discovery 5 Alexa and Wireless Apple CarPlay Setup Pivi Pro OS 3.0.0
When is a Caravan Aquaroll not an Aquaroll, are they not all the same?
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When is a Caravan Aquaroll not an Aquaroll, are they not all the same?
My caravan mains water adapter valve didn't come with instructions
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My caravan mains water adapter valve didn't come with instructions

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  • @stevereed9391
    @stevereed9391 8 днів тому

    Barbie the BBQ

  • @stevebomonster
    @stevebomonster 9 днів тому

    Telta sky 400 air canopy has zip in sides and front for night.......

  • @stevebomonster
    @stevebomonster 9 днів тому

    The carpet goes down first, so you don't damage the canopy.

  • @stephendrabble4154
    @stephendrabble4154 9 днів тому

    Showing how simple it is to remove the rack with £££££ of bikes on..

  • @freedomofabird
    @freedomofabird 13 днів тому

    Very useful thank you😊

  • @kennyclarke8119
    @kennyclarke8119 13 днів тому

    Drained the system today and got 2litres from it. Used a spare trauma intake and a tyre valve from kwikfit. Cost me nothing . Well pleased with the result. £50 saved.

  • @Bessie66
    @Bessie66 14 днів тому

    Can you attach side panels to it?

  • @Bessie66
    @Bessie66 14 днів тому

    Looking forward to this - just got rid of our awning and bought the dometic air break and want a sun canopy

  • @CAC8K
    @CAC8K 16 днів тому

    Big help thanks guys!

  • @rogerbroadbelt3424
    @rogerbroadbelt3424 19 днів тому

    I need the mover to put the caravan on the drive, we put it on the drive front first so the door is at this side.

  • @davidgray2653
    @davidgray2653 22 дні тому

    Look at me and my caravan lucky you can afford it have you not got better things to do

  • @eddgreen9376
    @eddgreen9376 23 дні тому

    I thought you were going to have got an electric tepanyaki hot plate like a lot of folks seem to have these days.

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 22 дні тому

      No not for us, have to keep it gas!

  • @brucebell1809
    @brucebell1809 29 днів тому

    Experience is trumps over this video. You soon learn if you happen to make any one of these errors (and others). All are obvious but brain fade is the main contributor to any mishap. His tips are self evident.

  • @RichardDavies-tn2ug
    @RichardDavies-tn2ug Місяць тому

    My tip is ditch the chemicals and get a green toilet additive that goes in both flush and container.

  • @alanbrooke5006
    @alanbrooke5006 Місяць тому

    Upgraded my caravan without a mover dealer offered a free mover. I said I don’t need one of those things can I have the cash please. No chance so took the mover. Best piece of kit ever 👍🛬

  • @raygeary1698
    @raygeary1698 Місяць тому

    Best to put brackets on 1st then bar

  • @MrMGZT
    @MrMGZT Місяць тому

    Hi i use Puriclean at the start and end of season, grey waste pipe i just flash it out with the freshwater😁 the toilet at the end of season i wash it out bleach and leave for sometime then rinse then use disinfectant i do this with all the sinks not had any problems with my system but everybody as their own methods.

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 29 днів тому

      Sounds like a good method to me!

  • @breeze1472
    @breeze1472 Місяць тому

    i agree didnt like the area in first one,the second layout was good but only 4 birth number 3 coachman is my pick

  • @raygeary1698
    @raygeary1698 Місяць тому

    Why not use electric grill your using hook up

  • @topcat7538
    @topcat7538 Місяць тому

    I have had this canopy for 2 seasons and am very pleased with it. I have the 400 size with side walls. I use this for touring in Europe during the summer and in the UK if the weather forecast is ok. I always put the side walls up as I feel that the poles along each side add a little rigidity. Also, I don’t need to bring chairs, table, etc towards the centre of the caravan overnight in case of rain blowing in. When it is hot the sides unclip in seconds and are neatly rolled up and laid on the ground. In cooler weather I have a 400 porch awning. This is a pole awning as my wife and I find it lighter to handle (we are both 75). I also use a Dometic electric pump for the air canopy. The only downside of packing away the sun canopy is that the bags supplied by Dometic are very small so we have purchased larger bags to make life easier. We have caravanned for 47 years and we feel that we niw have the perfect set ups.

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 29 днів тому

      That's good to hear, someone once told me the perfect set up is a journey not a destination!

  • @Mark-wc9pp
    @Mark-wc9pp Місяць тому

    What happened to the videos. Did you stop? Just started watching and have enjoyed your videos. Shame you’ve stopped

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 29 днів тому

      Hi, circumstances changed unfortunately, hoping to do an update soon!

  • @peterhoare1039
    @peterhoare1039 Місяць тому

    Forgot to release Hand Brake couple of times

  • @cliveevans6352
    @cliveevans6352 Місяць тому

    We have been caravanners for over 30 years and I always said "I dont need a Motor Mover as i have a reverse gear (blah blah blah)". However we have recently purchased a new van and we were offered a mover as part of the deal. My wife (god bless her) told me in no uncertain terms that the mover was a great idea as i am not getting any younger. All i can say is WHY DIDNT I DO THIS YEARS AGO?????

  • @RichardMallock
    @RichardMallock Місяць тому

    Why do it ?

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 29 днів тому

      Paint needs removing before using with a stabilised hitch, if the hitch is not stabilised then no need

  • @bdixon189
    @bdixon189 Місяць тому

    As a total newbie to this im glad Ive come across your channel. A great help to me and my mrs, as we start our journey. Thank you.... following

  • @collyoung6017
    @collyoung6017 2 місяці тому

    My neighbours have caravans with movers and we held races in the street - Truma won [me]

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 29 днів тому

      You should have filmed that!

  • @adventureswithdipsy
    @adventureswithdipsy 2 місяці тому

    Yep, we’ve arrived at exactly the same conclusion as yourselves; after lugging the Cadac 50 around for the last 2 seasons - with very little use - we’ve just upgraded it and our old 2Cook2Pro jointly to the new 2Cook3Pro, as a one-stop solution. It looks as though Camac/Dometic have listened to their customers as the new features on the 3Pro address a lot of the (albeit minor) issues on the 2Pro. The windshield, coffee pot stand and handles for the griddle plates are all excellent additions! Not taking the Cadac50 will free up a fifth of the valuable space in our motorhome’s garage shelving, with a considerable amount of weight saved, too. Love Cadac’s products which always give great service and are excellent value for money!

  • @johnmackenzie7487
    @johnmackenzie7487 2 місяці тому

    2 out of 5 for me, plus one you didn't mention, driving off with the motor mover still engaged (older grit type rollers). Replacement rollers aren't cheap !

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 2 місяці тому

      2 out of 5 is a good effect although driving with the rollers engaged could be the top trump!

  • @tjeffpowellful
    @tjeffpowellful 2 місяці тому

    A motor mover is essential if you have an Alko wheel lock. The lock has to be lined up accurately which is easier with a mover.

  • @barbsdee3831
    @barbsdee3831 3 місяці тому

    Yes a bird scarer. They usually go off every 20 minutes or however the farmer sets it. You’re such a city dwellers 😂🤣😂

  • @barbsdee3831
    @barbsdee3831 3 місяці тому

    Heath Robinson was an oft used phrase when I was a child, my dad was always coming up with gadgets to ‘fix’ stuff 😂

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 2 місяці тому

      Heath Robinson is a super hero!

  • @barbsdee3831
    @barbsdee3831 3 місяці тому

    I’ve subscribed thank you really enjoyable and informative ❤

  • @barbsdee3831
    @barbsdee3831 3 місяці тому

    When my husband was alive we used to lug our heavy cadac on every trip. When he prematurely died of cancer I got rid of the caravan and beautiful canopy and vango awning but I still have the cadac in the garage. I’m now thinking of getting a 2 berth and starting again. That bbq is fab! Loving your channel ❤ Doris the Dometic!?

  • @barbsdee3831
    @barbsdee3831 3 місяці тому

    Love the watering can ❤ We used to clean off the worst of the muck which is acceptable and not like cleaning and polishing the whole caravan like we’ve seen some do 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

  • @derekjacob2101
    @derekjacob2101 3 місяці тому

    Hey both - it seems you’re back. I’ve missed your no nonsense video tips hints and experiences. Hope all is well with you both as it appears summer is peeking out from the cloud cover. D

  • @appleyardgardenwoodencraft8736
    @appleyardgardenwoodencraft8736 3 місяці тому

    We got a move after years and years of pushing and pulling into the garden and campsits then we got a newer touring caravan and wot better way to move it around I always take all the batteries out and put them in the garage with the motor mover remote 😎

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 2 місяці тому

      It definitely removes the struggle

  • @ordinarypeople801
    @ordinarypeople801 3 місяці тому

    No.6 - Do not forget to install a caravan mover first!

  • @bethzolin6046
    @bethzolin6046 3 місяці тому

    I have 3 awnings for my campervan - 2 side ones - one if with all the family, 1 if alone, and a tailgate awning which my disabled daughter uses to store her wheelchair. However increasingly if I’m on my own - I’m struggling to put them up alone, so am going with the Maypole variation now it’s got see through sides - plus it’s got a 4mm Kador strip that fits my campervan. Love your set up though - just can no longer manage a caravan on my own.

  • @ninomanzoni47
    @ninomanzoni47 3 місяці тому

    very good video Many tks.

  • @beccabeme
    @beccabeme 3 місяці тому

    Subscribed just for the battery test fake...

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 2 місяці тому

      It's one of my favourite!

  • @garethlane1667
    @garethlane1667 3 місяці тому

    Great video, would have liked it more if you explained that centre beam in the roof… is that tensioned somehow?

  • @montyspearo
    @montyspearo 3 місяці тому

    Good video. Lowering jockey wheel was one I never considered before. Few other tips. Check stays/legs are up before moving. I clip remote to drill to remind me. Lanyard on remote and always carry around your neck so its not forgotten. Hold remote so its pointing in same direction as caravan. If you are facing front of caravan have remote top facing your body. Spare battery for remote. I left it on a couple times to find it flat when needing to move van. Apply handbrake and chock wheels before disengaging MM.

  • @percyprod6574
    @percyprod6574 3 місяці тому

    Another one for you. This applies especially if your van is on a slope. Make sure the handbrake is on before you disengage the mover!

  • @andycotton162
    @andycotton162 3 місяці тому

    Only just seen this, as it popped up on my YT page only today.....I love the motor mover, but just have one concern - our mover, probably only used 20 times, slipped recently on wet grass at a CL and wouldn't move the wheels - the teeth just wouldn't grip the wet tyre. I had to reverse the car and hitch up in the old-fashioned way, but at an awkward angle. I'm always a bit wary, now, of wet weather.

  • @robclarke4963
    @robclarke4963 3 місяці тому

    Hi. Did that little 90 degree connector come with your 2 cook pro? I didnt get one with mine. If notncan you please advise where you got it? Thanks.

  • @aaronparkinson1844
    @aaronparkinson1844 3 місяці тому

    When doing waste pipes, I pop a couple of wine makers corks in outlets to hold water for desired time and it works a treat.

  • @TarkMalbot
    @TarkMalbot 3 місяці тому

    A little Victron MPPT charger with Bluetooth would do the trick. Wouldn’t have a screen but you can see everything on your screen. Another option is a Renogy which is a larger unit but will have a screen. Great videos. Thanks for sharing

  • @RichardCarey-ij8gj
    @RichardCarey-ij8gj 3 місяці тому

    We have that canopy and it’s my favourite because it’s so easy to put up and take down. I’ll only use the sides if the weather is likely to be wet. We got caught out one night and woke up to wet chairs which we hadn’t fold up when the sides weren’t fitted, a lesson learned. It’s a great solution without all the hassle of a full awning setup and it’s not too heavy either. We also have a Kampa Rally Air 200 and a Kampa Club Air 390 which don’t get the same amount of use as the canopy.

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 3 місяці тому

      Sounds like a good setup

  • @paulnicholls4732
    @paulnicholls4732 3 місяці тому

    Hi all i have been towing caravans since i was 19 i'm now in my 60s never had a motor mover till the caravan i have now i have only used i once on site in the past 2 years yes they are good but for me too much faff and not every one has them great vid thanks.

  • @timthompson7559
    @timthompson7559 4 місяці тому

    How fastidious are sites about which side you put the awning on? We’re newbies and have just bought an Eriba, where the door is on the other side 🤷‍♂️

    • @BigWhiteBox
      @BigWhiteBox 3 місяці тому

      They normally do not have an issue with European vans, you will be fine!