Glad you are happy with your van, it’s a great layout. I was having a conversation with my wife just last night about how to keep the bottom sheet on the bed, now I know! Thanks for the idea Angela, will be ordering some of those now. Take care 👍

Thanks for that, Dan. We spent ages last year looking at all the mid-bathroom 4 berths (Bailey Unicorn Cabrera, Lunar Clubman SR which had lots of good points but the only one using old-fashioned construction techniques, Elddis etc). In each case we wish the fixed beds were just a few inches longer! Our 2006 (!!) Odyssey had serious damp at the front windows so we took it in to a really good repairers nearby to have a look at it, to see if it was worth doing anything with it. Detailed examination revealed the expected damp as a result of deteriorating window seals, and a couple of minor issues we knew about (eg bathroom light not working) but it is, amazingly, structurally fine with no other damp at all anywhere! Plan of campaign is that the van will go in for that work this weekend (may be there a few weeks which is no problem). The window and the niggly little things can be sorted and it can be serviced at the same time after the work is completed. Cost effective and we quite like the van anyway. But we will be able to use it (first trip probably in March?), and then we can gently continue to look at new vans without any pressure to buy ASAP. With the work done, no damp etc, getting rid of the van by sale or PX will be much easier if and when we decide to make the plunge. But I think your layout seems the one we'll go for. Four berths for 2 people.... For us the Alde heating, mid-washroom and end-fixed-bed seems the best option. Can't wait to go out again.....we have in the past spent the evening and slept in our van at home as it is kept on the drive, on permanent hook-up when at home. Never nay problem getting a good night's sleep in the van!

Hi all we’ve been doing the caravan hunt of late and the Baileys have caught our eye! Just the two of us but we do get guests, loving the middle toilet for this reason, glad I remembered tonight that you bought this caravan, ridgeway visit on Monday for us! 👌🏻 thank you x

Lovely caravan you got there,looks fab inside and out,we got the new waste pipes you showed on your other Vlog.and just received 2 of the spots with USB ports,going to fit them tomorrow, so thank you ,Chris

Great tour of the new Caravan. It seems to be working very well for you and proves that all that searching was worth the effort. It's been very good to follow the search, puchase and final use process through your videos. I'm sure they will prove invaluable to others embarking on the same journey to a new Caravan purchase.

Thanks for the video. Glad you are all enjoying your new caravan.

Looks like a great setup you have there, nice when you have things that work for you and the way you operate as a family. Learnt so much from your channel thanks Dan.

Hi Dan, Another great video. Cheapo baskets, check Mattress clips, check 27 USB ports, check, Throws on seats, check Useless bedroom heating, check. On the last point, you not doing anything wrong, because the warm air has so far to go compared with the other outlets, it cools down on it's journey, we have made it slightly better by a couple of ways, #1, when the living area is toasty, close all the vents apart from the bedroom one, or, leave the bedroom door open so the warm air can circulate. Hope it helps. All the best Black country Dave.

A good caravan tour. In my experience over the years you gain some things and lose others, you were right to do what you did when buying your new van, however as you have now found out they never get it alsolutely right, so you are doing your little tweaks, and quite rightly so to make it right for you. Always enjoy your videos. Regards Bernie

Hi dan we are very new to carvaning we have an sterling eccles sport 2 berth and the last 4 days we have been away for the very first time and it was great. Can we just say thank u for all your advice and support on your KZfaq channel it has been a great help as it is really scary learning all the new skills you require to enjoy your caravan. Can I just say the duvalays are fab thanks again and keep up the good work it is very much appreciated Anne and Ken

Picked up our new Ridgeway 640, last Saturday, our fourth Bailey, it looks great, really looking forward to taking it out

Thanks dan for the tour of your New and beautifull New caravan.👏👏👏

Hi Dan there is nothing lousy about your caravan it’s beautiful hope you enjoy your travels in it 👍

Looks like you really settled into your New Bailey. I have now managed to get hold of the Dimmer Lights. Thanks Dan. Phil👍

Thank you for this, we're only at the 1st stage buying a tourer and there's so much to consider. Can't wait to start adventure's 😊👍

Beautiful van Dan. Your kitchen has lots of cupboard space, way more than our van, we really struggle with that. I really like the aerial plug in with the external plug socket too. Great idea by Angela with the sheet straps, we suffer with it popping off too. We had the same issue with the heating not that warm at the end of the van and the modified ours by fitting outlets at the front that you can close off, and insulating the pipe through to the back. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

great view of the van, looking forward to seeing upgrades getting done

We've just changed our van from a Lunar with blown air heating to an Adria Seine which we absolutely love built quality and no problems. However it still has the blown air heating system and a gas fire which we use use on electric/gas. I must say I'm really impressed the electric heat keeps the caravan toasty even in the winter months and is a pleasant consistent heat We've never had the Alde heating system so couldn't comment, only that our caravan warms up very quickly. Glad to hear you are all liking your new van

Thanks for that Dan really good to see how the caravan looks in use. Would be great to see where everything goes when you are towing -aqua roll, wastemaster and all the cupboard stuff. I have just taken delivery of my Jive Titanium 640 from Roper’s and will face the loading question very soon.

Well guys we love your videos, only found them by chance on Friday as we were considering buying our first caravan together and although it has been some years since I last had a caravan, my partner has never had one. We had a tiny budget of £3k sat in the bank and went out yesterday just to look and then came away having bought a Bailey Pageant, not from the places that we visited though. It is old, needs some tlc mainly in the form of cleaning and a good polish and then it is good to go. We ended up buying a caravan being sold by a caravan dealer friend of mine who had just had this Bailey in by PX on another Bailey but with damage and he said he would do us a good deal, the caravan has a squashed awning rail at the back that looks unsightly but thats it, 1 hour later it was ours for £1600, a 2001 5 berth Bailey. A bit of a bargain. We will look forward to more of your fun and very informative videos, we are at a similar stage of our lives with 3 children so can relate to your videos and requirements. Keep up the good work.

Hi dan and family.great video, as usual, from you.we have blow air and found the duct had come apart i fixed them and it was better however still not warm enough for the mrs.we have since found that once the temp was comfy in the lounge we could fiddle with the flaps(saucy) and it would put more heat to the rear bed.the mrs still puts an electric fan in as she really feels the cold but i found condensation became a problem in the wardrobes.once again glad you are enjoying your new van and it looks lovely.

Nice looking van, Dan. Bet you’re really pleased with it. Steve

Thanks for sharing the privacy of your caravan, great tour 👍🏼👍🏼

Looks lovely Dan, always liked this layout but don’t think it would work for us with two young boys though, on the Elddis forum they had similar issues with the blown air heating so what they done is closed of the valve in the bathroom so it directs more heat into the bedroom and then fitted an electric towel rail/heater into the bathroom to heat that, they also insulated the pipes to reduce any heat loss from the front to the back. we now have a handover date for our van, less than two weeks now, super excited with 35 nights booked away already 😀

Hi Dan and family.great tour nice looking caravan. We are going to have a look at the Baliey range when we go to the NEC next month cheers steve 👍

Awesome looking van! Thanks for the tour!

Glad your pleased we brought a swift 2 berth a year ago our third swift been pleased with it brand new few little faults that have hopefully been sorted now was looking at the Baileys at the nec show but we stuck with swift but it’s what suits you happy caravaning

Great video Dan, love the extras you get with the Ridgeway too :-) looking forward to seeing the TV ariel modification vid - Cheers Jon

Hi Dan, your van looks really nice glad your happy with it, the dealer extras make the difference plus your improvements. We got a new van at same time as you and I'm going to do a tour of it aswell. Wanted to use ours a few times first.Excellent bed idea from Mrs T.. Looking forward to your next video.👌..all the best Rob,Amanda, Robbie

Hiya Dan & family, We love your van 👍👍 I’ve also noticed your chairs. Isabella Thor, we have just purchased two and think they are fantastic. All the best. From the Gregg’s.

Cool van. Wishing you many happy years of touring.

Some great tips and honest feedback there Dan 👍🏻

Great video Dan. Really surprised to hear your comment about the heating. We've just upgraded the tow car and started looking at twin axles. However we think we've spoiled ourselves forever in the Elddis Affinity 554 with Alde heating! Mrs C is really not sure about going back to any type of blow air heating. That cuts a lot of very nice vans out unfortunately. Our ultimate test comes in February when we have a week in the Scottish Highlands but I'm convince we will not be cold in the Affinity. You've put another mail in the coffin of blown air heating for Mrs C !

Hi Dan The rear heating point being cooler than the rest maybe because of the venting tube exiting and rentering the caravan from the under the floor to avoid your kitchen or toilet room. In our Sprite our rear vent tube misses the central toilet and reappears in the rear bedroom via the underside of the chassis floor. So the air is cooling outside first. I thought about insulation the tube underneath the caravan somehow. We noticed this when we lived in our van in November while moving house. If you have a solution let me know! Thanks for the tour

Nice tour Dan... your awning setup is just like ours. Nice caravan that. Our next van has to have a fixed bed.

Dan what a good van to show us. I thought my van was cluttered now you have made me feel a lot better. I have junk in my cubbyholes too. Colin Mew

I’m three years in to this current ‘van and still every now and again have a bit of a rearrangement or what goes / lives where. That’s how it is.

those chocolates are the lidl favorina cherry ginger sponge hearts, chill them in the fridge they are absolutely devine. you guys are the best caravan reviewers ever, so informative and honest. and dan you knew exactly what those chocolates were but kept it hush hush as the mrs was within earshot.

Great vid & gorgeous caravan with awning. The only hacks I wld share is to invest in some VELCRO & stick bits to the bottom of your baskets & cupboard surface areas. This will secure them in place when in transit &:save everything having to be boxed up on the floor. Regarding your cupboards without locks in transit. I would use half a peg, swivel attached flush to the underside lip of the cupboard & a small notch on the underside of the cupboard itself. When in transit, swivel the peg/s to notch, which will secure the cupboard closed✔️ Hope this makes sense in text talk? lol! 😂 ps. I watched all 3 of your caravan buy vids from under 5-15k, all AWESOME, ThAnkh u. 😊👍🏾✔️

Lovely van I will be placing my order next month. A fact that I found surprising when comparing the 640 to the Unicorn Cabrera, the upmarket van of the same format, was that the sofa in the Cabrera is 11cm shorter giving the 640 more stretch out room if you set it up in single bed format and the Cabrera main bedroom is 7cm shorter than the 640 making it more difficult to get around the bed in extended position. I think the 18cm is used in extra toilet room space and cupboard space in the Cabrera. Obviously the Cabrera has very nice extras but more room in the bedroom and longer sofas make the 640 more practical IMHO and at £4200 cheaper than the dealer special its a no brainer.

Well done, a great conclusion to an excellent set of videos. Enjoyed seeing the differences between the various manufacturers based on similar layouts and I'm pleased you are happy with your final choice. Interesting to see that the Swift Vogue 2019 has taken note of many of your observations. I wonder if you would be more tempted by the Swift if you were choosing again? As for us, we have three children, so the layouts you were considering aren't quite what we're looking at yet... FYI, we have a 6 berth Swift Classic Danette (2014) dealer special from Broad Lane Leisure and are delighted with both the caravan and the service from the dealer. Look forward to viewing more of your videos. Keep up the good work.

Love the sheet straps! I have many slat sheets and this would help!

Interesting video, only negative is putting your towel beside toilet ..I know what you boys are like with your aim lol. We have a vango awning and use the roof liner hooks with a metal S hook to hang our coats and dogs leads from.

Looks lovely.

Happy New Year, thanks for the tour. What do you think makes the Bailey shower better than you’ve experienced in the past. I’m intending trying to improve my own set up. For me, I know that the problem is my shower tap. Although it’s a replacement (£40 from eBay) it provides about half the flow of all other taps in the van, and the flow is fine from the pipes with the tap removed. Just going to try spending the £70 for an OE new tap to see if it works............fingers crossed.

Great presentation ☺

Well Dan and supporting cast😀, you should do a bit of consultancy work with Swindon caravans to help design and equip dealer their specials, you should get a T designation to show you helped, so Swindon Caravans Bailey Ridgeway 640-T 👍

Must agree with you re the front window. We've considered a Swift 530 for our step back into caravanning but after seeing the Bailey Unicorn Madrid with that tall window, has thrown a spanner into the equation!

Another great video Dan & co! We collect our new Elddis on Sunday (weather permitting) after trading in our 10 year old Bailey Senator. Mrs H already found the "bed sheet suspenders" (oo er missus) on Amazon and is asking for my credit card ;-)

Hi dan I know I'm only little but me and my family have not got a caravan but we are planning to buy one in a few months we've been watching your channel for a few years now lol Best Channel ever👍🏻🍻 i'm only eight years old 😊.

Hi dan love the lay out of the van glad u happy with the van thanks for the tour round your look cosy does the big front middle window aswell or is it fixed cheers .kev

Hi Dan just recently started watching your videos, a lot of handy tips. Nice to see a caravan in normal condition on holiday not messy. You said you used the shower a lot in your caravan,how long did it last before it started running cold ?The reason I ask is because I have a swift 230 2 berth 2007 and the best I seem to get using a ecocamel shower head is about 3.5 to 4 mins . I wonder if you know any ways to improve this ? thanks

Good vid Dan thanks. I did a lot of fiddling with my van too. Seems there's no ideal for everyman.

Nice. My 2 birth 2016 Bailey Jive (Pursuit dealer special) has the table stashed under one of the bench seats. Kind of annoying but it's only there when travelling. The rest of the time it fits flat against the bathroom wall just by the door and the fly screen frame help keep it in place. I'm surprised they didn't do the under slung spare wheel as that seams to be part of many dealer specials. Like yours, my EHU is on the awning side but its inside the battery locker which makes it flush on the outside when connected. I really need to fit an external TV aerial point in there too but routing the cable internally isn't going to be easy. I'm very interested to see what you did for yours.

Thankyou Dan, very interesting and enjoyable looking around your smart new caravan. Hope you and your family have lots of lovely holidays in it. I got my first caravan last year, a Bailey Pegasus Genoa GT65 and I love it. It was your how to videos and a few others that gave me the confidence to finally purchase one. Thanks again.

Hi Dan, how do you find using an awning in the winter. Our awning was quite expensive and I'm a little reluctant to use it in the winter. I'm just looking for something that gives us an area to take off our shoes and coats. Any thoughts?

Hi, Guys! loving your videos. Can I please ask where you got your matching mugs and caravan print pillows? also the light grey pillows? As they look like IKEA ones but I haven't see that shade before. Thanks Silvio

Great vid..like this matress hack! Great idea thanks and regards from the Continent!

Hi We don’t own a caravan but are looking into buying one as an upgrade from camping. Thanks for this video - it gives us an idea as to how things work in practice. You mentioned your lockers that do and don’t lock, and things rattling around inside lockers when on the move. Obviously you empty your overhead lockers that don’t lock before driving. May I ask if you empty the ones that do lock too? And may I ask where you store the contents of emptied lockers when driving? I don’t know if you put some of them in the car and if they take up a lot of room in the boot. It’s things we’d have to consider if buying a caravan. Thanks.

Great vlog as normal. Would like to ask, what do you think of the build quality? I bought a brand new van a few years back and was appalled by the quality, especially when you consider how much you pay

Hi are you gonna put you drive away awning on this one?

Tv is a bit to big in the bedroom for me lol 😂 nice van

Did you manage to sort the heating issue out? I have the same van and im getting the same problem I have tried closing a vent at the front but the bed room never get warm . any ideas Dan ?

Hi just recently started watching your channel. We're going to change our van this year after 5 years of happy caravanning. Just a quick question. Have you tried travelling with things in the front cupboards which don't lock as the van we're interested in has the same cupboards? Great info in your vlogs!!

Great hack with the bed sheets.

Interested in your comments about emptying the top cupboards when in transit. I know there's the thing about stability and keeping weight low to floor but is that worth it? We never do it and thinking how much stuff is in our top cupboards I'd need an extra hour to empty them and there'd be stuff everywhere!

Hi Dan, we hace just bought a Phoenix 640 but are new to caravanning. Thank you for your fabulous videos. Can you please tell me what is the maximum size gas bottle that will fit in the gas cupboard please.

Hi all We are new to caravanning and have purchased a swift Eccles 530 The MPTLM is 1481KG so what in your opinion is the kerb weight I need to consider

Hi Dan I'm really enjoying your videos, I love the furniture in the awning I was wondering what make your table and chairs are? Many thanks

Loving your videos. A question. Why do you take everything out of cupboards when on the move.? Is it because your van is long and only single axle and it isn’t as stable as a twin? We are in Australia and we have a 16’ twin axle ‘pop top’ van and we leave everything packed. We only need to add clothes and food. Very little in the car which is an Isuzu Mux. Thank you for your videos although we are late responding 🦘🦘🦘

Hello Dan and Family I have been watching all your videos and really find them interesting, Thanks Could you please tell me the make and model of the gas BBQ that you use? Thanks.

Hi Just wondering... what is the space under the sofa used for ? Is there much room under the front mini table ? Good info for us newbies thanks

Dan love your tour we are new to caravans can you show me how to set up you’re cadac inc fitting it the van and what if any pipes or connections I need to do this - you cooking one of your mean dan breakfast would be even better- ps could show us you’re clectric hookup - how you fill and heat you’re water inc set up ;-and your fab water waste in action- this May sound daft to you but would really help us joe and julie thanks 👍

hi , I have the same van and I too suffer trying to get the bedroom area warmed up?the flow is not as powerful and it just dose not want to warm up, can you Help?

I know this is an old video, but I'm intrigued whether the hinged washroom door latches closed to create a separate toilet compartment as well as latching closed to create an en-suite.

Thanks for the vid. I notice that the vents for the fridge are in the awning. How does that work of the fridge is on gas - don't you have carbon monoxide in the awning?

What a beautiful dog.

Hi Dan. Great video as usual. Can you ask Angela for the specific reference for the mattress clips please? Other half has been looking for theses for a while and the ones you've got are exactly what we've been looking for. Many thanks. Gerry

What happened to your Westfield roll out awning Dan? Good interesting video thanks JB

Enjoyed the tour, but the important question is...how do you cope with the cat in the caravan!? We took ours once when he was poorly but worry he will escape now he is back to full strengths. Any tips for keeping cats safe in the caravan appreciated.

Can I ask what you think of the Bailey wheel arch cover and skirt you have. Would you recommend buying the Bailey ones to get a really good fit? We have a Bailey Pegasus Rimini. Great video and lovely van! X

Thanks Dan. Great video. Without being rude - how much was the caravan & did the Dealer include any extras such as wheel locks etc?

Thanks for the video, it would be useful if you could show the clearance with the bed in its sleeping position,

Dan, if you didn’t won’t to drill for a tv bracket for the bedroom! We have a bailey almost the same and I didn’t won’t to drill into the soft wood? So what we did is look on eBay and booth TABLET Goose neck clamp and as says just clamp and place tablet / small tv.

Dan, great overview - what did you do re your air conditioning of you new rig? Cheers Chris

Where is your battery compartment? And what type of battery do you use if your on an off grid site?

Dan, Following with interest. I notice you've changed your car. What's your thoughts on tow cars? How does the 5 series estate compare with the old car and how are you finding towing the Bailey - as it's quite a big van

I love ❤️ your channel any mean comments that have been put down below I suggest you remove them LOL best channel ever thanks for listening Izzy

We have a new bailey unicorn Valencia and are newbies to caravanning booked to go away at xmas and to ou horror turned up to the storage site to find caravan infested with mice , any tips , we so far have booked in the wet tray drainage holes in lockers. Help

You once said you dont use the pink stuff. What can we use instead?please

Hi good video mate. I was surprised how light it was on the tow hitch. Do you think it's because you don't have a front locker for storage now

I'd love to know what weight your running at there dan. We take bare minimum in our 4 berth caravan and we are always up near the top end of the weight range.

Dan, I noticed you use the Isabella chair, how do you find it 'being of a larger than average framed male', like you I'm a 'bit of a lump', and trying to find a lightweight quality chair that'll take a heavier load is proving to be a challenge.

Nice video. Mind, if you think that front window/skylight is 'colossal' - then a recent Adria would likely push you over the edge! ;-)

Looks good Dan ! Is the air con install on hold or is it proving to be a non starter? Thoughts ...Blown Air .v. Alde? Howard 👍🏻

Blow heating is crap on heating at the rear never gets that warm only on full on Gaz then cooks you at the front that’s why we changed our swift with blow heating to Buccaneer with Aldi heating

how much would this be second hand?

I have seen this problem in the bedroom. They put a electric heater on the wall. ...Alan

Great video, very informative. I love cats, do you take your cat with you on holiday?

ooooh i want a caravan now