We loved the video! 😁 glad to hear you're enjoying your XT16HR East West. We've passed on your feedback points to the development team. Happy exploring 🧡
Just came across your video. For the outside lights We originally used lens (indicator) repair tape from supercheap. Some lights we went double thickness to also dim them a little more. 1 roll was cheap, did all our lights & several people when we’ve camped with them & they’ve had the same problem!
Thanx for this.., lots of good notes here. On the toilet.., I don't know if you pull the trailer with a truck, but if you do, you might have success with simply buying a second toilet cassette to double your maximum capacity before dumping.
A wonderful review. Fair, balanced and informative. We have a 19.6 ft van with north/south bed. At my age, I fully appreciate the need for regular night time visits to the bathroom 😂 We keep a 2nd spare canister in one of our storage compartments to help us manage the challenges of finding a dump spot on occasions. We also have the internal gas cooktop and oven, both of which we use. Our front boot slide houses our Weber Baby Q which we find most useful. I agree that a second hot plate and full sink is not ideal. And our internal LED lights are an absolute overkill. They would be sufficient for a football stadium 😂 We put in a gas heater which is also great. I'm pleased your diesel heater does the job as the winter mornings in a tin box can be most "challenging". And great minds do truly think alike. We also have a two stage water filter! Best wishes for your challenges in having the service work completed.
Thank you for your comments. It sounds like you have a good set-up and we are envious of your BBQ slide. It seems many travellers carry an extra toilet cassette and is something for us to consider. Thank you for your kind wishes in having our service work completed, I’m sure we will get there eventually. Safe travels.
Hey guys . May I ask a question ? In relation to the troopy with the short A frame how does the rear doors go when hitched up ? 😎 You have the setup we are looking at so thanks 🙏 heaps for this vid and have subscribed to cont to join your travels 😊
Hi, and thanks a bundle for subscribing. Great question, overall it’s pretty good, the doors open fully without a problem. When we are hitched generally we will open the back doors from the passenger side, then need to step over the A frame to access the fridge as it opens from the drivers side. This problem could be resolved by having a fridge draw or an upright fridge that opens from the passenger side. But it’s not a big deal. If you would like any photo’s or further info on our set up, we are happy to provide. Good luck with your plans and safe travels.
Hi guys, we have a 2023 XT16HR Island. Like you, we've done a few mods, but we're really happy with the van. We have upgraded our electrics partly to get more power but also to re arrange storage space. We have two near new MDC 200 A/hr batteries we are selling (on gumtree if you want to look) in case you are interested. Happy to exchange ideas if you'd like to chat directly. Cheers, John & Karen
That’s awesome John & Karen, glad to hear you are happy with your van. It is a great model! Funny you should mention electrics, we were just talking about increasing our battery. Brenton has seen that you can get 400 A/h batteries of a similar size as our 200 A/h, so we are thinking at some point of changing this over. Thank you for the offer of looking at your batteries, but it’s not what we are looking for at this point in time. When the time is right, we may reach out to exchange ideas. Happy travelling 😊
We put a 620A/hr battery in the space previously taken by one of the 200A/hr's! Cost $5k!😢 it is also self-contained, so it means it complies with the new regs. Strongly suggest when/if you do this, you seriously look at your DC2DC and MPPT'S😊
Hey guys, Go to a super cheap store and get some stick on orange blinker repair sticker roll and stick onto your outside lights . It’s cheap and doesn’t attract the bugs.
Great vid guys. We've been looking at the same van so good to see/hear your feedback. Payload on the van its self a bit low from memory? Any issues around what you can carry just in the van?
Thanks for watching! We have had no issues with our weight, and we usually carry full water. We have everything we need to live in the van full time. We do carry our chairs, floor matts and camp fire in our tow vehicle. We did remove the annex and outside shower enclosure straight off the bat, as we were pretty sure we wouldn’t use it and didn’t want the extra weight. We did keep the anti-flap kit and have since purchased a privacy screen, (which we don’t use that often, but is all that we need). We also gave away the TV, as we are don’t watch TV. If we do want to watch something, we watch on our iPad, which is also what we do all of our editing on. Not sure if you have watched our ‘weigh’ video, but there is some very good information on there about weight distribution and we outline what we have and don’t have. For example, we don’t have a coffee machine, microwave, air fryer or BBQ. We live a pretty simple life. We have dress clothes, for weddings and funerals. Winter clothes and about 4 pairs of shoes each. You realise very quickly that you don’t need much to be happy. We wear the same clothes week on week and when something gets worn, you buy a new one and get rid of the old one. We are very tight on if something new comes into the van, then something has to go. Good luck and safe travels when you get there 😊
Our tow vehicle is a 2007 Toyota Troopcarrier with a standard GCM of 6800kg. We did get a GVM upgrade to 3750kg. We still have approximately 300kg spare payload on the troopy when towing. We did do a weigh video on both the van and tow vehicle if you would like more information on our statistics.
Same van as ours, they are heavy. We didn’t need to do a GVM upgrade, but we were upgrading our suspension and the engineers recommended to a GVM upgrade at the same time, which we did and we are glad we did, because we would have been right on the limit towing.
We loved the video! 😁 glad to hear you're enjoying your XT16HR East West. We've passed on your feedback points to the development team. Happy exploring 🧡
Awesome, thank you!
Just came across your video. For the outside lights
We originally used lens (indicator) repair tape from supercheap. Some lights we went double thickness to also dim them a little more.
1 roll was cheap, did all our lights & several people when we’ve camped with them & they’ve had the same problem!
That is a great tip, thanks for sharing!
Thanx for this.., lots of good notes here.
On the toilet.., I don't know if you pull the trailer with a truck, but if you do, you might have success with simply buying a second toilet cassette to double your maximum capacity before dumping.
Thanks mate! Glad you got something out of it. Yes, getting another cassette is an option, thanks for the tip 👍
Great informative video guys 👍
Thanks! 👍
A wonderful review. Fair, balanced and informative. We have a 19.6 ft van with north/south bed. At my age, I fully appreciate the need for regular night time visits to the bathroom 😂 We keep a 2nd spare canister in one of our storage compartments to help us manage the challenges of finding a dump spot on occasions. We also have the internal gas cooktop and oven, both of which we use. Our front boot slide houses our Weber Baby Q which we find most useful. I agree that a second hot plate and full sink is not ideal. And our internal LED lights are an absolute overkill. They would be sufficient for a football stadium 😂 We put in a gas heater which is also great. I'm pleased your diesel heater does the job as the winter mornings in a tin box can be most "challenging". And great minds do truly think alike. We also have a two stage water filter! Best wishes for your challenges in having the service work completed.
Thank you for your comments. It sounds like you have a good set-up and we are envious of your BBQ slide. It seems many travellers carry an extra toilet cassette and is something for us to consider. Thank you for your kind wishes in having our service work completed, I’m sure we will get there eventually. Safe travels.
Hey guys . May I ask a question ? In relation to the troopy with the short A frame how does the rear doors go when hitched up ? 😎 You have the setup we are looking at so thanks 🙏 heaps for this vid and have subscribed to cont to join your travels 😊
Hi, and thanks a bundle for subscribing. Great question, overall it’s pretty good, the doors open fully without a problem. When we are hitched generally we will open the back doors from the passenger side, then need to step over the A frame to access the fridge as it opens from the drivers side. This problem could be resolved by having a fridge draw or an upright fridge that opens from the passenger side. But it’s not a big deal. If you would like any photo’s or further info on our set up, we are happy to provide. Good luck with your plans and safe travels.
Hi guys, we have a 2023 XT16HR Island. Like you, we've done a few mods, but we're really happy with the van. We have upgraded our electrics partly to get more power but also to re arrange storage space. We have two near new MDC 200 A/hr batteries we are selling (on gumtree if you want to look) in case you are interested. Happy to exchange ideas if you'd like to chat directly. Cheers, John & Karen
That’s awesome John & Karen, glad to hear you are happy with your van. It is a great model! Funny you should mention electrics, we were just talking about increasing our battery. Brenton has seen that you can get 400 A/h batteries of a similar size as our 200 A/h, so we are thinking at some point of changing this over. Thank you for the offer of looking at your batteries, but it’s not what we are looking for at this point in time. When the time is right, we may reach out to exchange ideas. Happy travelling 😊
We put a 620A/hr battery in the space previously taken by one of the 200A/hr's! Cost $5k!😢 it is also self-contained, so it means it complies with the new regs. Strongly suggest when/if you do this, you seriously look at your DC2DC and MPPT'S😊
Thanks for the tip. WOW, 620A/hr is fantastic, yes, it’s a lot more than just changing batteries over, thanks.
Hey guys, Go to a super cheap store and get some stick on orange blinker repair sticker roll and stick onto your outside lights . It’s cheap and doesn’t attract the bugs.
Awesome tip, thanks. We will give it a go!
Great vid guys. We've been looking at the same van so good to see/hear your feedback. Payload on the van its self a bit low from memory? Any issues around what you can carry just in the van?
Thanks for watching!
We have had no issues with our weight, and we usually carry full water. We have everything we need to live in the van full time. We do carry our chairs, floor matts and camp fire in our tow vehicle. We did remove the annex and outside shower enclosure straight off the bat, as we were pretty sure we wouldn’t use it and didn’t want the extra weight. We did keep the anti-flap kit and have since purchased a privacy screen, (which we don’t use that often, but is all that we need). We also gave away the TV, as we are don’t watch TV. If we do want to watch something, we watch on our iPad, which is also what we do all of our editing on.
Not sure if you have watched our ‘weigh’ video, but there is some very good information on there about weight distribution and we outline what we have and don’t have. For example, we don’t have a coffee machine, microwave, air fryer or BBQ. We live a pretty simple life. We have dress clothes, for weddings and funerals. Winter clothes and about 4 pairs of shoes each. You realise very quickly that you don’t need much to be happy. We wear the same clothes week on week and when something gets worn, you buy a new one and get rid of the old one. We are very tight on if something new comes into the van, then something has to go. Good luck and safe travels when you get there 😊
@@outside.normal Thanks for that legends. Hope you have a safe and adventurous 2025!
We have just put yellow electrical tape over our outside lights
Thanks for the tip 👍
What is your Tow vehicle and did you need a GVM to 3500kg and GCM 6500kg lovells upgrade
Our tow vehicle is a 2007 Toyota Troopcarrier with a standard GCM of 6800kg. We did get a GVM upgrade to 3750kg. We still have approximately 300kg spare payload on the troopy when towing. We did do a weigh video on both the van and tow vehicle if you would like more information on our statistics.
@outside.normal I needed the Lovell GVM and GCM upgrade to be legal .
I have a 2018 Hilux rugged.
The van I have is the MDC HR 16 EW
Same van as ours, they are heavy. We didn’t need to do a GVM upgrade, but we were upgrading our suspension and the engineers recommended to a GVM upgrade at the same time, which we did and we are glad we did, because we would have been right on the limit towing.