A compact motorhome with an island bed, a garage and German quality for under £70,000
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- Peter Vaughan tries out an entry-level model from Bürstner that's compact of width, under 7m long and yet has a superb island bed bedroom. It has extra spec for the UK market, a full-sized garage with adjustable height to accommodate bikes and a Fiat cab with some surprising extra features.
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◼️ REVIEWED BY: Peter Vaughan, Group Motorhome Road Test Editor for MMM magazine and What Motorhome magazine Editor. Peter has been writing about motorhomes since the age of 14, has a love of touring France and is mad about old Italian sports cars.
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What an fantasic video and very good presentaion we have the Burstner 55 2013 model and is 6.95 meters but lots of the good things are in this motorhome ,but like this maybe without the overhead cabins in the bed room as an option,or remover it your self as a cost saving ,keep making thet good movies and anjoy your commentaries Thanks FROM NEW ZEALAND
Thank you for your comments. Glad you enjoy the reviews - and your Bürstner!
properly researched and presented, strong content. thank you
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I feel three modifications coming very soon after I buy one. 1) fit a 230v socket on the outside wall between the door and the kitchen tap and 2) fabricate, or convert the side flap to flip up and down from worktop height to the vertical, 3)a visit to IKEA to turn those large cupboards into sliding drawers. My knees won't tolerate getting stuff from the back of them.
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Not bad at all. We are trading down from a Pilote P740 with electric raising island bed, to a brand new Swift Select 164. This will enable us to keep it on our driveway. Saving us around £500 a year in storage costs.
And you'll probably use the 'van more with it being on your drive - much easier for spur of the moment trips!
Very comprehensive thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Q: Why not put the socket at the end?
A: So that people entering the van don't catch a trailing lead and pull a kettle full of boiling water over them.
It doesn't have to be a kettle, it could be a toaster or coffee machine and with the worktop flap in place you'd have to be very careful entering through the habitation door anyway
@@MotorhomeCampervan We have a socket by our habitation door that I would never use if our our grandson was around, even a toaster can do some damage to a young head.
I've just put a deposit on one of these - but it's strange that they have pleated blinds at the front, not in the bedroom when it would have been better the other way round. As for the gap between the mattress and the garage, that would probably be filled with sheets and blankets or duvets wouldn't it? Thanks for the excellent video Peter.
Yes, the gap might get filled by bedding; just watch that you don't drop coins/keys etc down there. And don't keep fuel cans, etc, in the garage - you'll smell them in bed!
Very puzzled by the arrangement of blinds...suspect the rear fell victim to last minute budget cuts.
Definitely seems about face. Very strange decision.
My 2014 entry level Burstner is the same.
That's interesting. An odd decision but not a new one then
Nice but a few issues:-
1) Curtains in lieu of cab blinds not good
2) I have had the same bed arrangement on another van. The gaps are a problem in winter, the drafts from the garage below make it an uncomfortable nights sleep.
3) No sat Nav
4) Reversing camera seperate unit, not good when competitors provide mirror monitor.
Agreed. I think the gaps at the side of the bed are the biggest issue
@@MotorhomeCampervan We had to stuff cushions down the sides of the mattress as it got very cold ..not good
Just taking the wheels of bikes would likely allow the bed to be at the lowest and still have enough space underneath
Possibly, but you'd need to try it
Se vier com a mesa e as cadeiras, compro um... kkkk
What a nice motorhome and great value for money when compared to bling laden but impractical VW conversions costing as much or more than a proper motorhome that regularly appear on this channel. It could also be used for 12 months of the year in the UK, something that isn't very comfortable in pop tops.
Yes, I agree, it's a great 'van that could be used all year but not really comparable to VWs that can be a daily driver. Horses for courses - we try to cover everything from VWs (and smaller) to luxury A-classes.
@@MotorhomeCampervan I don't mind the luxury A class models, they give us something to dream about if our numbers come up in the lottery. Can you get something like the latest version of the WildAx Solaris to test at some stage?
I’ll stick to my VW California Ocean T6 thanks
A very different beast to this Bürstner but the Ocean is a lovely bit of kit
But this has room.
Just 2 230V sockets shown (+1 for TV?)! Surely not sold for 'off grid' - no solar panel. Minimal preparation/washing up space. Owners presumably eating out so you may as well leave your coffee machine there.
At £70k, they must have had to cut something
The extension flap (and dinette table should give you enough prep space but you would have to wait until it was absolutely safe to put the cooker lid down to wash up efficiently. I would forgo the rising bed and add a load of solar panels instead and possibly an inverter but I can manage for days without 230v.
Most imported models have fewer 230V sockets than UK 'vans as they use them differently, not staying on sites with hook-up as regularly.
Solar panel would be a dealer-fit item, as on many rivals.
Quite agree. The dealer could add solar and inverter for less than the cost of the rising bed
How wide is it ?
It is 2.2 metres wide.
@@lyndagore1029 thanks I missed that.