So here it is our last night of two in our new Pegasus Verona. It is our first ever caravan and first ever trip away so I'll do my best to give this a fair and unbiased review.
Lets get the two things thst have annoyed us (wife and I) the most. Firstly the fridge door shelves (dometic fridge) two of the four cracked or broke in transit with little or no content to them, infact just fitting them to the door is an uncomfortable exercise in itself. Our dealer is acting on it while we are away. Being a mechanical engineer for 25 years to me there is a clear design fault with the fitment of the shelves to the door inner casing. Enough on that now, theres many a thread already.
Second and only other issue is the front seating (the dream sleep system) the top part of both seats slips forward by just sitting on them. Its only a few inches but it blocks access to the front two drawers. To be fair, we have fidgety 6 and 9 year olds so they got well and truely tested, again our dealer has been made aware of this issue of which Bailey are now also aware. Will anything happen? Who knows. But that aside we all slept like logs, a good nights sleep and comfy with it too.
So on to the good stuff, heating and hot water system. Its been a cold weekend away, frosty both mornings. In a word, brilliant. Always warm insde during our stay and plenty of hot water. We had it set to Mix2 on the power setting which is gas and all the electric we could get. All four of us got showered both mornings with no problems. Sure they are not going to be the long power showers we have at home, but lets be fair we all got a hot shower. The fridge (with exception of the door shelves) was really good, it performed equally as our home fridge freezer, just smaller. The cooker, just the hob done its job very well. Didnt test the oven as doing a full roast on our first trip would have been a bit excessive. The water system generally done very well, enough pressure from both hot and cold supplys. Roof vents, did very well when it got too hot or we just needed some fresh morning air. Blinds on the windows, door and roof vents did an amazing job of blocking out the light. As we are first time vanners, we added the alko wheel lock and ATC. The wheel lock seems very solid and does its job well, the ATC, well who knows if it had to jump into action. All i can say is that it seemed very stable on the back of my BMW 318d auto, no dramas at all. All other fittings both internal and external did their jobs well. We also added a powertouch classic mover, mainly for moving it in and out of the storage bay next to our house but it made light work of fine tuning the position at the CC site and helped with the leveling, worth every penny. The lighting inside was very good too, plenty when you needed it but also just a little bit when the kids are nodding off so we can sit and read. Storage, lashings of it. Ok it was only 2 nights away and only took the porch awning, but we had alot of empty space and except for a couple of the kids scooters the boot was empty in the car too and the caravan floor was clear. Still took more clothes than we needed, but better to be safe than sorry with the british weather. Mrs H also wanted the Bailey bedding set, which is ridiculously priced but i have to say its made from good materials and has a quality feel to it and obvioulsy complements the rest of the furnishings and at no point did we feel uncomfortable. Plenty of sockets too, enough for the tv, hairdrier, outside grill, sandwich toaster and all the kids electicery, but of coarse we were blessed with CC 16amp supply.
So, all in all the new investment did well on its first outing, and it stood up for itself against two "heavy handed at times" kids.
Just a couple of small issues to resolve, but i have to say "Well done Bailey"
Many thanks
The Huxford Family
Lets get the two things thst have annoyed us (wife and I) the most. Firstly the fridge door shelves (dometic fridge) two of the four cracked or broke in transit with little or no content to them, infact just fitting them to the door is an uncomfortable exercise in itself. Our dealer is acting on it while we are away. Being a mechanical engineer for 25 years to me there is a clear design fault with the fitment of the shelves to the door inner casing. Enough on that now, theres many a thread already.
Second and only other issue is the front seating (the dream sleep system) the top part of both seats slips forward by just sitting on them. Its only a few inches but it blocks access to the front two drawers. To be fair, we have fidgety 6 and 9 year olds so they got well and truely tested, again our dealer has been made aware of this issue of which Bailey are now also aware. Will anything happen? Who knows. But that aside we all slept like logs, a good nights sleep and comfy with it too.
So on to the good stuff, heating and hot water system. Its been a cold weekend away, frosty both mornings. In a word, brilliant. Always warm insde during our stay and plenty of hot water. We had it set to Mix2 on the power setting which is gas and all the electric we could get. All four of us got showered both mornings with no problems. Sure they are not going to be the long power showers we have at home, but lets be fair we all got a hot shower. The fridge (with exception of the door shelves) was really good, it performed equally as our home fridge freezer, just smaller. The cooker, just the hob done its job very well. Didnt test the oven as doing a full roast on our first trip would have been a bit excessive. The water system generally done very well, enough pressure from both hot and cold supplys. Roof vents, did very well when it got too hot or we just needed some fresh morning air. Blinds on the windows, door and roof vents did an amazing job of blocking out the light. As we are first time vanners, we added the alko wheel lock and ATC. The wheel lock seems very solid and does its job well, the ATC, well who knows if it had to jump into action. All i can say is that it seemed very stable on the back of my BMW 318d auto, no dramas at all. All other fittings both internal and external did their jobs well. We also added a powertouch classic mover, mainly for moving it in and out of the storage bay next to our house but it made light work of fine tuning the position at the CC site and helped with the leveling, worth every penny. The lighting inside was very good too, plenty when you needed it but also just a little bit when the kids are nodding off so we can sit and read. Storage, lashings of it. Ok it was only 2 nights away and only took the porch awning, but we had alot of empty space and except for a couple of the kids scooters the boot was empty in the car too and the caravan floor was clear. Still took more clothes than we needed, but better to be safe than sorry with the british weather. Mrs H also wanted the Bailey bedding set, which is ridiculously priced but i have to say its made from good materials and has a quality feel to it and obvioulsy complements the rest of the furnishings and at no point did we feel uncomfortable. Plenty of sockets too, enough for the tv, hairdrier, outside grill, sandwich toaster and all the kids electicery, but of coarse we were blessed with CC 16amp supply.
So, all in all the new investment did well on its first outing, and it stood up for itself against two "heavy handed at times" kids.
Just a couple of small issues to resolve, but i have to say "Well done Bailey"
Many thanks
The Huxford Family