Kimberley Karavan

With the Karavan, you can have it as a manual windup only or pay extra for the batt operated windup ! And yes, if the batt dies you can lower it but NOT raise it ?? I personally would go for the manual raise setup !

As for dust, they have done a lot of testing and dust should NOT be a problem.I'd be surprised if anyone has complaints about dust ??

Extended warranty?? Yeh, nobody wants to be a guinea pig, but someone has to buy the 1st of anything new, but at least with KK they do stand by their products and they do fix any faults that may come up.

Ozdzy, the comment on the battery dying, I can then connect up the ute and the battery power there or connct the Honda EU20i to charge the sytem for a while. I have made suggestions and have been told that my suggestions will be retrofitted if and when they go that way. I think that shows intent to move the designs forward. That is what I want as an owner.

Gronk, the winch is standard and I guess as all winches the power through from the battery is first place to check - solenoids and the like.

Pretty hard to keep dust out of any thing .. I liked the look of them ,, them and the HiRise look the goods..

Hope it works out well, Me personally I don't like too see anything someone has spent time and money to make and sell go wrong.. But that's Me

Richard

Interesting Richard, you thought the Highrise had the goods, and I didn't. I have looked at them twice. Before and afer interest in the KK.

Yeh, same thoughts with JohnR, the highrise, although it was the "template" for the KK, is nothing like it now. Everything is different,suspension,the way it opens, cooking, toilet, energy use etc etc.
Price wise the highrise should be 10 - 15 thou cheaper (but it isn't )

Gronk, I think the innovative approach and fittments made a lot of miles over the Highrise. So many caravans that are more spaceous don't have a table that slides away like the one in the Karavan for instance. The use of diesel for hot water, heating and cooking is a long way ahead in the stakes of usability as it can be connected all the time. 12 litres in three weeks make sense too.

The Highrise has a bed you have to fold back to exit the door unless you are a pint size. I found that a handicap, others may not. I am over 190cm.

I find the Karavan spaceous where the Highrise wasn't. Personal choice.......

when i say spaceous, I don't mean like a 22' van, just more than the Highrise. The Highrise afterall was the first generation collapsible van.

Hello JohnR, how do you find the toilet/shower setup ? Do you use it ? Does the water stay in ? Do you have a c - - p while the missus is cooking ?

From what you are saying , all of them have the batt powered raising mechanism ?
When they were 1st coming out they had either the batt power or manual power.

Mate, have no trouble with SWMBO's cooking, it doen's give me the cheets. We both cook actually and so often it has been outside. Can manage to use the conveniences between cooking times. Have had a few showers and the water stays in the shower. Had a few friends in the shower too, one at a time while I shivered outside of course. I find it better than so many shower tents actually, even with the bowl between the knees. I think it is the shower water you are asking???? Seldom miss the bowl as my aim is pretty good... ;-) Aside from that the venting above the shower/toilet has been teriffic so far. Trials so far indicate that showers take about 5 litres of water.

The electric winch is standard now. All the demo units have been converted or were being converted to Warn winches. 1500 pound ones. They have ™'d it Powerglide.

Hi John, thanks for your comments, it's good to see everyone had the same questions as l did and all valid points and all answered the same way.
I have a feeling we will be happy with the karavan.
If it's ok John l might give you a call, it would be good to talk to some that has one.

Cheers

Stu

Sorry John

My bad english "them and the HiRise look the goods.. "

Them (the word) meaning the KK,,,,
and the HiRise look the goods..

Only sore the KK on the HR, but what I meant was they both are good concepts

Richard

Hi Richard, thanks for the clarification. I re-read your comments several times thinking it was ambiguous. I have been known to be like that myself unintentionally of course. Politics aside. ;-)

Stu, better sooner rather than later or after next weekend......