Van tour of our Hobby Optima Deluxe T65 HFL

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @HollieKelly1998
    @HollieKelly1998 2 месяца назад +1

    Great tour of Helga. Loads of things explained that I was unsure of,yes it is a beautiful van. Happy motoring 😊

  • @billhutcheson3994
    @billhutcheson3994 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great video , a real life look at your motorhome , and it ticks all the boxes for me , really like this Hobby 👍

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  6 месяцев назад

      Thanks Bill! We’re really pleased with her ❤️

  • @Michelle-ub9dg
    @Michelle-ub9dg 4 месяца назад +1

    Just found your channel. What a lovely motorhome you have. I really like it. Looking forward to catching up with all your VLOGs and seeing more of it. Thank you for the tour - I really love looking around motorhomes and really enjoyed this one.

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  4 месяца назад

      Thanks Michelle! We absolutely love our Helga ❤️

  • @bigchappers4402
    @bigchappers4402 2 года назад +2

    Cracking vlog guys _we have only gone and traded our auto cruise for a hobby siesta 65tl after watching your vlogs and thought what a lovely motorhome - whoooooooooooo lol

  • @carlohunter6608
    @carlohunter6608 2 года назад +2

    very much enjoying watch your vlog story...........love to watch more coming.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thanks Carlo! We’ve got a big road trip coming up in a couple weeks, so lots more vlogs on the way 🚍

    • @carlohunter6608
      @carlohunter6608 2 года назад +1

      @@mrsslaw9242 Oh I can't wait to see your other Vlog coming soon 👍 It's so pleasure to watch your video. I have so much learn from you both. ☺

  • @Phinkinfurmiself
    @Phinkinfurmiself 2 года назад +2

    Yet another great video for a Sunday mornings viewing with coffee and toast, glad that Mr S had the director showing him the way.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +2

      Thank you! Some people say I’m organised. Some call it bossy 🤣

  • @LifeinLancashire
    @LifeinLancashire 2 года назад +1

    Many thanks for the tour of your lovely mh 👍

  • @NorthernersonTour
    @NorthernersonTour 2 года назад +2

    love your van ann but slaw KEEP THEM CUPBOARDS CLOSED 🤣🤣🤣🤣so funny xxxx

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      He was showing everything 😂 Men 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @pamfreeman5197
    @pamfreeman5197 2 года назад +2

    You two (sorry, five of you in toto!) must have done a damn good job when I saw this yesterday, because... I can't get the lovely girl out of my mind and it's now ON MY LIST... TOP OF IT! Thank you again. Now I'll leave you in peace! Pam

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Ooh! Once you bitten by the German bug, you’re in! We’d never go back 🥰

  • @georgepratt9573
    @georgepratt9573 2 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed the tour of your van very nice

  • @petajames4292
    @petajames4292 Год назад +1

    Me and my hubby hsve watched this video several times as we're on the brink of buying our first MH...and i realised I've never commented🙈....Helga is beautiful, inside and out. Thankyou so much for showing us around her. Very informative and much better than looking at a glossy brochure! Pets always get their own way don't they😂 ❤

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад +1

      Thanks Peta! She’s our third van, so we’d worked out what we really wanted from a van. We love her ❤️

  • @CamperVanya
    @CamperVanya 2 года назад +1

    You've a gorgeous van Mr & Mrs Slaw. Wow, that fridge! x

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Sue! Plenty of room for a couple of Birra Moretti 😉

  • @giuseppebortolussi298
    @giuseppebortolussi298 3 месяца назад +1

    Ciao da venezia, sono un campeggiatore con roulotte da 25 anni, mi piace il tuo caravan, ti seguo con piacere.

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  3 месяца назад

      Thank you Giuseppe! Glad to have you onboard 🚍☀️

  • @davidbaines9467
    @davidbaines9467 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing. Very interesting tour of your motor home 👍

  • @norriemasson4080
    @norriemasson4080 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for sharing, we pick up our 1st and new to us MH (I call it the van) on Fri once we get kitted out we will be travelling all of 2 miles from home for our first overnight as we have a busy weekend ahead of us.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      How exciting Norrie! It doesn’t matter how far you go, you’re on holiday from the minute you step in the van. We regularly stopover at our local pub. 1.5 miles from home 🚍

  • @Teamcampervan
    @Teamcampervan 2 года назад +2

    Cracking video, lovely van👍🏻👍🏻

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Mark! She took some finding, but we’re really pleased with her 🚍

  • @PostcardAndAPint
    @PostcardAndAPint 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this. It’s stunning. ‘Man Stuff’ - Slaw cracks us up!! What a beautiful van, so spacious. Thanks for sharing 🍻

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +2

      Thank you! He’s a card isn’t he 🤪

  • @crb0101
    @crb0101 2 года назад +3

    Very nice video - informative and fun - great van

  • @tonyfield6399
    @tonyfield6399 2 года назад +2

    Beautiful van xx

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Tony! We love her 🥰

  • @kevinbennett437
    @kevinbennett437 Год назад +1

    That's a great looking, very well thought out and well laid out van. Thanks for the tour.
    Really enjoy your videos, and have taken quite a few tips from you guys, as we're first year motorhomers..... especially with regard to taking the van abroad (with a dog). We're off to France and Switzerland in June for three weeks.....and your informative videos have really helped with planning this trip. Thanks. 👍

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад +1

      Thanks Kevin! We love Helga. Ticks so many boxes for us 👍🏻 Glad our vlogs have been useful. Have a great trip 🚍☀️

  • @outaboutwithmikedonna305
    @outaboutwithmikedonna305 2 года назад +2

    That was really interesting, thank you for showing us around your lovely home away from home. Best wishes Mike and Donna

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching! Hope you’re enjoying your trip x

  • @suzybeetravels
    @suzybeetravels 2 года назад +2

    Stunning motorhome inside and out. Some great features on it as standard and what Mr slaw has fitted.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thank you! We do find the layout works for us. There was a lot of searching to find what we wanted 👍🏻

  • @anthonyhughes369
    @anthonyhughes369 2 года назад +2

    Looks at excellent video…looks at subscriber numbers…..thinks a lot of people are missing out 🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Aww! Thanks Anthony; that’s really kind to say that. We are still amazed at how many subs we have in less than two years vlogging though 😱

  • @Explor182
    @Explor182 2 года назад +1

    Another great video you have a great van

  • @rventures1021
    @rventures1021 2 года назад +1

    New to your channel! Love you motor-home!! I am sure you will have so many great adventures!! Look forward to following your adventures!

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thank you! And welcome 🤗 We love our Helga and we’re setting off soon on our big road trip around the West coast of Ireland 🚍☀️🇮🇪

  • @durbancraig
    @durbancraig 2 года назад +1

    New to your channel and struck by your lovely van in the first video we watched (The Slaw’s North Yorkshire adventure day 1) we were delighted to find a van walk-through recently posted on your channel, nice one!
    Craig & Judy, Durban, SA.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Hi Craig and Judy! Thanks very much for watching. We love our Helga; glad you like her too 👍🏻

  • @charliegardner6804
    @charliegardner6804 2 года назад +1

    What a nice van. Great video guys,thanks for sharing 👍.

  • @pamfreeman5197
    @pamfreeman5197 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this. Far better than in a showroom and you were able to give us more "personal pointers" that a salesman would never offer! You've been wonderfully comprehensive. Thank you. I'm very impressed. Grandchildren? I thought you were no older than 29and three quarters... or is that the dogs.? Great stuff. I love your videos and thank you for sharing so much. Take care... ALL of you 🐶🐶 . Pam

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Pam! We love our Helga and yes, we do have grandchildren; but I was a child bride 😉

    • @pajoj456
      @pajoj456 Год назад


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  • @whizzer1967
    @whizzer1967 2 года назад +1

    Just ordered our eco flow, thanks for the discount code 😀, looking forward to the wild Atlantic coast trip too 👍👍

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thank you Mike! I’m really pleased the discount code was helpful for you! We’re using the EcoFlow every day on the Ireland trip. It’s a great bit of kit 👍🏻

  • @pamelajohnnysmotorhomejourneys
    @pamelajohnnysmotorhomejourneys 2 года назад +2

    Gorgeous van

  • @marycorcoran245
    @marycorcoran245 2 года назад +1

    What a lovely can ye have, 😍

  • @TravelTalesVlogs
    @TravelTalesVlogs 2 года назад +2

    We're new here! Amazing motorhome you got there very modern and 2 beds as well, the layout is like ours exactly 🙂

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Welcome! Lovely to have you here 🥰 Thanks for watching. We do find our layout works for us 👍🏻

  • @isobelchapman9548
    @isobelchapman9548 2 года назад +2

    Grief predictive text …. Arghhhh ….. I love your vlogs keep up the good work xx

  • @isobelchapman9548
    @isobelchapman9548 2 года назад +2

    Great wee vlog thank you. Mr Slaw, living alone I have to get to know all ‘the man bits’ in my van, but rest assured dear Mr Slaw I don’t take offence.I’ve your vlogs hero up the good work.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Isobel! #girlpower

  • @tonyflanagan5682
    @tonyflanagan5682 Год назад

    Lovely van

  • @sandradowling4605
    @sandradowling4605 9 месяцев назад +1

    Helga you are stunning ...

  • @stuartrich2499
    @stuartrich2499 2 года назад +1

    There was one of the 50th year celebration's on the site we were on yesterday / today at Graffham CAMC site, Cambridgeshre. It looked very wide!! Tried to see it was you but it wasn't!!

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Hi Stuart, no we were Helga-less this weekend. Ours is 2.3m wide 👍🏻

  • @maddavvid2339
    @maddavvid2339 2 года назад +1

    Home from home 💙❤️

  • @peteroflaherty1025
    @peteroflaherty1025 2 года назад +1

    Hi Mrs & Mr Slaw, great tour of your van, very informative. love the colours inside and out. I would love to know where you bought it and would you recommend that dealer. Hoping to purchase this year.... thanks Peter

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Hi Peter, we bought from Go European in Stafford. We would recommend them, but they are. I longer Hobby dealers unfortunately.

    • @peteroflaherty1025
      @peteroflaherty1025 2 года назад

      @@mrsslaw9242 ah sugar. Really like the one you both have. Anyone else that you could recommend.

  • @glyntimmins8929
    @glyntimmins8929 Год назад +1

    Hi guys - for some reason I missed this vlog from you. Nice to see your van in detail. I see that it’s just shy of 7m, and 3.5t. How do you get on with payload - reason I ask is I see you carry a lot of kit, and in later vlogs you carry ebikes. Have you up plated Helga above 3.5t to cope with all your kit? We have a 6.4m Broadway on 3.5t and have yet to take it to a weighbridge. Thanks - great vlogs always.

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад

      Hi Glyn, glad you enjoyed the tour of our Helga. We’ve had air assisted suspension fitted to give us a lift. We’ve never been on a weigh bridge 😉

  • @dirteegash
    @dirteegash 2 года назад +1

    Billie 🥰🥰🥰

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      He’s a little tinker 🥰

  • @bobparker637
    @bobparker637 2 года назад +2

    I thought you might have finished with a glass of wine lol

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Ha ha Bob! You know me well 😂 Yes, there was alcohol involved later on 😉

  • @robertnisbet8194
    @robertnisbet8194 8 месяцев назад

    Hello, we love the vlogs. Helga is lovely. The remote heating module and phone control app you use. Can you share what it is called and more information on it please. Thanks

  • @colinl1597
    @colinl1597 2 года назад +1

    Hello great video. I own the same model but 2014. I was wondering if the dining table can be lowered down and converted into another bed. I think there might be a way but I haven't worked it out yet.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Hi Colin, not on our model.

  • @yorkieminer6525
    @yorkieminer6525 Год назад +1

    do you always leave the mattress on the drop down bed in the van ? we considered taking ours out and storing to as we never use it. gives a little more weight for other things lol. Lovely van by the way. Great vid as always.

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад

      Thank you! Yes we leave ours on. However, our friends have taken theirs off and use it for other storage like clothing 👍🏻

  • @lindachapman9765
    @lindachapman9765 2 года назад +2

    Thankyou both for the tour, its funny because all the times i have watched your videos you dont get the true size of your wonderfull van, it really is and seems on camera very spacious, you have decked it out so nicely, is there anything you dont have but would like? its a great way to get about and from just watching the camp sites and even the pub stopovers you stay at the flexability is pretty good? can i ask and forgive me if i have missed this but why Helga? great name and i love the fact that you have named her, i name our sat nav Deidre not sure why to be honest, anyhow thankyou for showing us around your wonderfull motorhome xxx

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Linda! For a van sub 7m, we’ve got pretty much everything we need. If we wanted more we’d need to probably go up by half a metre. A separate shower would be nice. Our van layout works for us as we’re both quite small. Anyone larger would struggle with the limited bathroom space. We named her Helga as she’s a German girl with a big bottom 🤣 xx

    • @lindachapman9765
      @lindachapman9765 2 года назад +1

      @@mrsslaw9242 Wonderfull reply thankyou xx

  • @paulgabbitas7884
    @paulgabbitas7884 2 года назад +1

    great video can I ask where you got the sheepskin seat covers from

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Paul! We got the seat covers from EBay. This is a link to the page www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133897237651?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Da8933b772a5944628c1620e763eb58e8%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D165394561107%26itm%3D133897237651%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A00db3c82-d9d2-11ec-a709-c67e57920f18%7Cparentrq%3Aebed7fcf1800a9fa4d7c0478fffc3f90%7Ciid%3A10

  • @maryoregan6948
    @maryoregan6948 2 года назад +2

    Lovely video well done guys.
    We have a hobby mein a few years older than yours, the same layout but no drop down bed and I was wondering what do you hold back the shower door with as ours keeps rattling, the retainer I have on the wall the door keeps coming free of it.
    Any idea Mr Slaw.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thanks Mary! Our shower strap is still in good nick so we haven’t got that problem yet. What about some sticky hooks or limpets and a piece of elastic?

    • @maryoregan6948
      @maryoregan6948 2 года назад +1

      @@mrsslaw9242
      We bought ours second hand and there was no strap a small retainer holding it your dogs would do a better job holding it, thanks for you reply, Con & Mary, Clonakilty, Co Cork on the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland, keep the videos coming your doing a cracking job....🤭

  • @Stockman143
    @Stockman143 Год назад

    Just started following your vlogs,they have to be tops ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.reference the wild Atlantic way,it is a credit to you both for the effort and time you put in to all vlogs on it .from the music to the stops the Irish tourist board couldn't have done it as well 😀I am from ireland and never been to half the places you were at .we just bough a new motorhome and planing five weeks in Europe in June,keep up the good work and your great advice. Ps have you a link for the bicycle alarm you talked about .kind regards 👏

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад +1

      Thanks Sean! Glad you’re enjoying the vlogs. The bike alarm is a loop that is part of the full alarm system. You can’t buy it separately.

  • @leecurrie1473
    @leecurrie1473 2 года назад +1

    Hi mr and mrs slaw love all the videos 👍 looking for a campsite up your ways for the jubilee pickering or thorton le dales any recommendations thanks guys

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Lee! Yes, we’ve stayed a couple of times in Pickering at Ingledene Beckside campsite. We’ve done a couple of Pickering vlogs from there if you fancy a look. I think the 2020 one gives some drone shots overhead 👍🏻

  • @keithlowe5364
    @keithlowe5364 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for letting us look around your motorhome, really interesting and very tempting. One small question. Does the Hobby have a microwave?? as I didn’t see on your tour.
    Love the videos, keep it up.
    Cheers Keith

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Thanks Keith! No we don’t have a microwave. In fact this is our first van with an oven 🤣 We’ve had three German builds and they tend to cook outdoors. You could fit one in the cupboard above the fridge, but we haven’t bothered.

  • @Chris-fl9op
    @Chris-fl9op Год назад +1

    Hi , great video , we have just purchased the same motorhome but Optima T70 . What is the device in the wardrobe Avtex ? Is it something to do with internet ? Sorry but I’m not a tech sort of guy .

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  Год назад

      Welcome to the Hobby Owner’s Club! We absolutely love our Helga ❤️ The Avtex is a router that Slaw fitted. We have a Sky SIM in it so we can have wifi in the van.

  • @Peakwanderer
    @Peakwanderer 2 года назад +2

    3:48 phwoar my heart rate spiked then for some reason :)

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Ha ha!! In another vlog, when talking about naked, I also mentioned our 1970s shag pile carpet 🤪

    • @Peakwanderer
      @Peakwanderer 2 года назад +1

      @@mrsslaw9242 I noted that too :)

  • @hymerman1898
    @hymerman1898 2 года назад +2

    Hi Both
    Please can you let me know the weight and length of Helga . Thanks
    Peter,Kim and Bentley xx

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Hi P, K and Bentley, she’s 6.99m long and is 3.5 tonne fully laden 👍🏻

  • @hellymuppet
    @hellymuppet Год назад

    Didn’t take me two mins to subscribe ❤

  • @janettetaylor8760
    @janettetaylor8760 Год назад

    Wuld u consider ever putting in a mircowave.

  • @JR-bz8mp
    @JR-bz8mp 2 года назад +1

    Hi Guys, what model of Alexa are you running st the front of your Van? Does this power from the USB ports.

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Hi J R, it’s an Alexa Echo Auto and it runs off the USB 👍🏻

  • @lisaward7969
    @lisaward7969 2 года назад +1

    Bit different to my little T5 😁

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      We adored our first van. A T4 with a caravelle nose. We toured all over Europe in our Vera. We only moved on to a motorhome as putting the jigsaw cushion bed up every night for 17 nights got too much for a couple of our age 🤣

  • @geomoto599
    @geomoto599 2 года назад +1

    Sounds like you are thinking of selling Helga and going for an upgrade?

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад +1

      Ooh! No way 😱 Since we bought her 5 years ago, I’ve only seen one other van I liked better than Helga. A Carthago Chic C-line 4.9 LE Superior. Before the prices went through the roof they were £137k 🥴 That’s a lottery win for us!

  • @DavidJones-lk7tg
    @DavidJones-lk7tg 11 месяцев назад +1

    The wife thinks i'm watching Jane Mcdonald

    • @TheSlawsAdventures
      @TheSlawsAdventures  11 месяцев назад

      Oh dear! Poor Jane 🤣 I’m not sure how she’d feel being confused either Mrs Slaw 🤪

  • @samjack2318
    @samjack2318 2 года назад +1

    Great tour, with loads of info. I have an Alexa but need 240 ehu to operate. I noticed yours runs off a USB, is that a 12v feed as I would like advice for powering when off grid. 👍🚐

    • @mrsslaw9242
      @mrsslaw9242 2 года назад

      Thanks Mark! It’s an Amazon Echo Auto and it runs off 12v 👍🏻