In November 2022 we sold our French house and in January 2023 we invested the money from it in a new motorhome an Autosleeper Broadway with an end bathroom. It has a kitchen with oven, grill, microwave and an automatic 3 way fridge so that is a huge leap forward from Homer the Hymer. We also have a 25 kg underslung LOG gas tank so we should be able to survive longer off grid. The lithium leisure battery was only 60 amp so I’ve connected another 60amp in parallel so again we should be able to last longer off grid. Driving is easier, lighter steering and brakes that work! cruise control etc. We have beefed up security by having a Van Bitz Growler alarm and immobiliser fitted.
We travel in our 1999 Hymer B544 named by us as Homer for a few reasons as explained in a blog. It has a 2.8 diesel engine, is just over 6m long and has a max weight of 3,400 kg. We enjoy the layout it provides for us with its drop down bed which we can leave made up, a good dining area, a bathroom we have used for showers when on aires, the kitchen is adequate but doesn’t have an oven but we are contemplating investing in a double skillet. It has the capacity to carry six people with seat belts, we find it reasonably economical often returning 29 mpg, it doesn’t burn oil and although you can’t claim it to be speedy we get places in the end. We have installed a solar panel, an extra leisure battery and a refill gas bottle which means we can be off grid for days at a time.
Update March 2020.
We went for a Remoska instead of a double skillet and that has proved to be worth its weight in gold.
We have fitted one 11kg Gasit refillable bottle and carry a 6kg normal bottle as back up. I connected them so that I have a switch over so can use the second bottle if one runs out. We now have a 120w solar panel.
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