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Some advice please. We're researching the choices for our first motorhome would be grateful to learn the opinions and experience of this great knowledge base.
While recognising the convenience of a fixed-bed (& garage below) we're somewhat deterred by the living space it absorbs. Without any experience of living in a MH yet, we favour a rear lounge option that converts into singles or a double, quickly and easily. And although we don't fancy going to bed up a ladder ourselves, we also want an overcab for occasionally visiting kids/family.
At our first live experience inside a MH, at Peterborough last month, I tried to discover for myself just how convenient or otherwise are rear lounges at converting into bed-space. The 'vans were so busy I couldn't get a chance, hence my first question - does it become a hassle if fulltiming? I read that most MH'ers change their first van within two years or so of acquiring it. Not wishing to become an early changer if it can be avoided, why is this - from your experience?
The reason I changed my first van within 18 months, was that I had a fixed bed above the garage, and also pull down bed over cab. Unfortunately, both required access via ladders. I now have two single transverse beds at the rear, over garage, and double bed that comes right down over the dash board in the front (A Class).
Getting older, I could not be doing with getting up and down the ladders. Beds are permanetly made up, and the living/dining area in front/mid section is very comfortable.
"does it become a hassle if fulltiming?"
Yes. And hassle exponentially related to the numbers of glasses of wine you have consumed.
"I read that most MH'ers change their first van within two years or so of acquiring it. Not wishing to become an early changer if it can be avoided, why is this - from your experience?"
Good question, and fortunately one I CAN'T answer from experience. I can only offer an hypothesis from my experience. I'm a techy, researched long and hard, balanced pros and cons and kept my objective head from ruling my heart. If you don't do this it can be an expensive mistake - it is so easy to see the advantages of what essentially is a compromise in design and pay less attention to the disadvantages.
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We have a sundance 630l which is a end lounge . Like you we thought that a fixed bed was a lot of wasted living space and as we can make up the double bed in minutes even after a few drinks we believe that this was the better option . also we did not like the lost head room that having a garage gives you . Having the rear seating arrangement down both sides of the van also means that you can have a lay down without having to make up the bed.
The overhead bed is our storage which can be used should our son honour us with his company.
For us our sundance end lounge gives us the best of both worlds and we brought it from new 5 years ago and have found nothing better since.
Previously, my wife and I had used a Volkswagen Wesfalia van in which we had to move all our luggage and stowed articles up to the top bed before making the lower bed. The upper bed wasn't long enough for my tall frame. When shopping for our current coach built, we were looking to eliminate much of that effort. However, having learned through experience that during times of inclement weather lounging space comes at a premium, we decided to go with a rear lounge with lots of space and light.
Making the bed is a bit of a nuisance but having the lounging space the rest of the time makes the extra effort well worth while. We've only had this current van for a year but we're not yet thinking of replacing it.
we got the end beds /garage because we had a caravan before and got so fed up with putting the bed up and down every morning and night that it was one of the must haves for the m/h
It's all a matter of what suits you but for us a rear lounge means you are not using the most comfortable (in our opinion) seats in the Motorhome, the swivel cab seats.
We have a fixed bed but if we had to change for shorter Mhome we'd have the long benches and cab seats and rear kitchen.
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