Zone Base - 3000kms in 10 days - Red Dirt Caravan Review

Zone Base - 3000kms in 10 days - Red Dirt Caravan Review - buy or not to buy?

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Check out this van as we narrow down the selections on our journey to buy a full off-road caravan - 3000 kms in 10 days was a great test for this little beauty. We visit White Cliffs in far western NSW and Port Macquarie on the mid north coast.
Come along on our fun filled journey by checking out our other caravan and trailer reviews - we have a few travel destinations and other vids worth a view too! Caravans by the Campfire - KZfaq
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You can hire this very van through Camplify - www.camplify.com.au/rv/carava...
Riverside Camp spot on the mid north coast - find it on Wiki Camps under - Deauville Downs, Laurieton NSW. Great Spot.
Check out the latest Zone RV information - www.zonerv.com.au/

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@martingould841 4 ай бұрын

We have a 2021 base and have pounded it. They are brilliant. Service has been awesome and any small issues fixed without question. The tap is not an issue for us. I would be staying well clear of Jayco, friends with them have many issues and certainly not dust proof. We came down to titanium and zone. Both are great

@caravansbythecampfire 4 ай бұрын

That’s great news! I agree over the 2 options for sure - no brainer. Thanks for your comment, much appreciated.

@JayWilFo Жыл бұрын

Love all ya work! Life won't be the same once you've finally chosen one van to rule them all 😂

@caravansbythecampfire Жыл бұрын

So what do we do then!

@JayWilFo Жыл бұрын

@@caravansbythecampfire The real fun begins!!

@johnnyclark4548 11 ай бұрын

OMG White Cliffs is one of my favourite places. Awesome review and love your humour. Thanx Johnny&Rene

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Epic place.

@gregdwight60 11 ай бұрын

Love the video and really helping me make my decision for our new van. We are leaning towards the Jaco Journey Outback 19.6 rear door as we prefer this configuration. Thanks again

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Cheers! I love the rear door too - make sure you’ve got good big mud flaps. The new All Terrain Jayco has looks good also - the off grid pack one.

@davidl8340 11 ай бұрын

We bought the 19ft Peregrine. Van is awesome, customer service absolutely stinks. They have moved mountains to push sales, but once you pay the money, you're completely ignored.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

That’s a shame about the service. Titanium appears the only one with a good after sales reputation- then again if it’s good you shouldn’t need to talk much?

@AussieDazza 3 ай бұрын

@@caravansbythecampfire Never heard of Kedron by the sounds of it.

@caravansbythecampfire 3 ай бұрын

@@AussieDazzaof course, they are a price point above these ones. Bushtracker I prefer but that’s like a Toyota v Nissan discussion isn’t it!

@unpluggedkiwi1063 11 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this review, thank you. If it was me, I would go with the Zone Peregrine 19ft.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

I might become you then, sounds like a good idea!

@jacquiyoung8703 11 ай бұрын

We have a Zone Base 20’6 not a year old yet. We have had no issues at all. When we want to ask Zone anything we have emailed and get a response within hours. They definitely have had a communication problem for sure.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Thanks - the Van just feels like something special to us. Good to hear you are happy!

@4tosserstouringcompany249 5 ай бұрын

Love your reviews Hope to meet up some day on the track for a beer or three, maybe spill a little wine as well Great job your top 4 are mine as well

@caravansbythecampfire 5 ай бұрын

Thank you - “Spiller” will love the wine!

@bobkats 11 ай бұрын

Thought, we purchased a jayco journey outback, and here are the reasons. Tare weight 1910 kg = 590 kg load. twin axle low ball weight and stability 148 kg ball weight. Pop Top better fuel less weight. Full Ensuite. Aussie Made. 150 service points across Australia. Finally price..... After much research the things that really matter, is weight, ATM. GVM and GCM, the jayco met these requirements, we are still 300kg under fully loaded, not other brand could match this.... Weight is the biggest limitation, be overweight anywhere, and you have no insurance, and can cop hefty fines.

@jenkosgoldadventures 10 ай бұрын

Enerdrive can auto switch from shore to battery 240vac all power points

@caravansbythecampfire 10 ай бұрын

Agreed, needs to be wired up correctly, this one just has an inverter to a couple of points only.

@kennethroberts9626 11 ай бұрын

Great Vid. We did the same as yourself`s , But taking it all in.... after sales service and checking the top four of your choices sites for ! i hate to say it ,negative feedback. We choose Titanium.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Good work. We just the day in a Titanium at the 4x4 show in Sydney - it is impressive I must say.

@kennethroberts9626 11 ай бұрын

@@caravansbythecampfire Good luck with your choice. Its all fun...

@brewey0454 5 ай бұрын

your wife funny abut silver line keep the video coming

@caravansbythecampfire 3 ай бұрын

She thinks she’s 🤣

@nzmarkb8713 11 ай бұрын

Another great review New vs 2nd hand was starting to confuse us too Given the way quality vans hold their price we just dropped a deposit on a new Masterpiece And are confident it will give us good resale Now all we have to do is wait for it to be built (we don’t need it for 18 months ) We had Sunseeker/Titanium on our shortlist and possibly Lotus, but loved the passion and standard features that were extra on other vans that the team and vans at Masterpiece offered Look forward to maybe catching up on the road one day👍

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Great news! Well done, yell out when you pick it up!

@bobkats 11 ай бұрын

What does it weigh? And what are you towing it with?

@nzmarkb8713 11 ай бұрын

@@bobkats 3.5T, 200LC

@sue-ellenskinner954 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this - wish you could go and tyre kick the new Cub Caravan we are in the Nt and can't so would love your opinion.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

We saw the Cub at the caravan show in Sydney - it had a few excellent features like the floor in the shower and the automatic lighting - looked impressive - I’ll go back and look at the video from that show and comment further.

@yvetteyatras5130 11 ай бұрын

Love your videos guys, just awesome. Where is that campsite by the river ?? Thanks

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Jump onto wiki camps, it's excellent and the owner is more than helpful. Deauville Downs - located in Laurieton on the mid north coast of NSW - his contact details are there. 😀

@yvetteyatras5130 11 ай бұрын

@@caravansbythecampfire Thank you very much.

@bretthampson8991 4 ай бұрын

I priced one of these by the time I added a few essentials items it was 180K jut waaay out of what I consider to be reasonable,

@caravansbythecampfire 4 ай бұрын

Must of had a lot of extras - Around 150 fully option now, 100K if you shop around for one a 2-3 years old. Worth looking for.

@Chance_It_Oz 11 ай бұрын

Great episode guys. We are looking at Zone too. Seem to be a top notch manufacturer notwithstanding some issues being raised on the FB page by some owners. Any chance of a video on the drone for us newbies considering getting one for our travels?

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Drone - I’ll put it on the list, lots of fun, crashed it twice…. Zone - very hard to go past from everything I’ve learnt about vans. I think all FB pages will have people with issues of some sort. Good luck and thanks for commenting!

@Chance_It_Oz 11 ай бұрын

Are you looking at Peregrine or Sojourn?

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

@@Chance_It_Oz the peregrine, looks the go to me. I’m a little disappointed with the new front box and the diesel hot water - why they are going that way I don’t know?

@richardcharlton8259 11 ай бұрын

Happy wife happy life go with the zone mate you said it yourself quality next level Silverlines are not anywhere near a Zone I know because I had one before my base zone that I have now

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

@@richardcharlton8259 looking more likely I’d say.

@sherylryan7038 11 ай бұрын

Hi love the channel can you tell me what exhaust you have on 200series and does it drum at cruising towing thanks

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

It’s probably the best system I’ve had on any car - from Torqit - twin 3” into single 4” with centre muffler - www.torqit.com.au/product/4-single-exit-exhaust-hs8133ss-380/ You can get it with or without a muffler. No drone at all just a nice V8 note, sounds good under load and nothing to mention really on the freeway. Got a great bargain at the 4x4 show in Sydney 2 years ago ($500) off.

@AussieDazza 3 ай бұрын

The 3 top brands in Australia is Kedron, Spinifex and Bushtracker , did you consider those ?

@caravansbythecampfire 3 ай бұрын

All great brands they are - none for rent however and they are a good 80k too much for us unfortunately. They are also pretty standard construction vans but you can have exactly what you design and ask for which is great - I’ll keep saving!

@ladysusanjane2682 11 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh.just spent 2 weeks going to Uluṟu and up to kings canyon. Sooooooo many Silverline vans. They must be good and well liked for there to be so many on the road! They’re a nice van for sure but I totally agree about the interior…..why can’t they update their interiors?🤔

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

The Silverline isn’t quite at the standard of the others but it is appealing - they are heading toward 110K now so at that price point they are close to other better ones. 50% of van sales are Jayco so we will keep seeing a lot of them. Thanks for watching and commenting! Take care.

@darrindouglas1 11 ай бұрын

to keep the costs down......

@zoezoe610 11 ай бұрын

I agree they seem a good quality van but inside they are very bland. If you could have colour schemes inside that would be better as they do look a bit sterile. We have a near new Lotus they are a great van too.

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Yes agreed. I’ve seen some nice ones with more colours which is a good thing!

@billmorley4772 5 ай бұрын

Just 1 question what is the price difference between the Jayco Silverline and the Zone.

@caravansbythecampfire 5 ай бұрын

Depends what options you take, 30-40k difference really

@billmorley4772 5 ай бұрын

Okay thankyou for your reply that's a big difference for me with my budget @@caravansbythecampfire

@caravansbythecampfire 5 ай бұрын

@@billmorley4772 the more you option up the Jayco in terms of power and suspension the closer they become - apples and apples 20k difference

@dillonirving6121 10 ай бұрын

*promo sm* 😏

@swh5113 11 ай бұрын

Some interesting points, but uninformed statements as well. You clearly have not considered some better appointed vans when you were talking about GPOs. I suggest more research is needed before making some comments about which you clearly have no knowledge

@caravansbythecampfire 11 ай бұрын

Excellent - being informed requires information - please feel free to share some that will help others regarding “better equipped vans” and “GPOs”, we can all learn something.

@markhughes3491 11 ай бұрын

I’m a bit perplexed as to why you would suggest more research is needed. The comment about GPOs is straight forward and aligns with our experience… i.e. the same GPOs should be capable of supplying shore or ship power. The caravan tested is a few years old and some newer models have this capacity.