If your going to the Motorhome & caravan show be sure to visit the Opus Camper stand hall 18 24a to see a new folding camper it's something refreshingly different.
Quote: Originally posted by Coast walkers on 16/10/2012
Very interesting Pie*face, and as you said, 'refreshingly different,'
Did you get to see it's price tag ?
Hopefully someone going to the show today will give the exact figure, but I thought they were £10500 or maybe £10900.
The refreshing difference for me apart from the overall design of the unit was it's build technique.
The body is a welded aluminium frame with composite infill panels and the hinged solid Beds/trailer lids were again aluminium frame allowing bike racks etc to be fitted. Strong, but light.
At 700kg unladen the unit is lighter than any comparable Pennine model and gave a 400kg payload.
Nice to see something different at a reasonable-ish price. Payload of 400kg is great and ability to put racks on to carry bikes etc is a huge plus point for families. Most medium family cars can tow 1100kg no problem. Also lower and narrower than the larger Pennines. Larger cars may not need towing mirrors and will be able to see over the lid
No onboard toilet and smallish looking awning if zip is anything to go by. Also not sure about aluminium for cold camping (condensation?) but should sort out any damp issues worries for the hard body
Some US ones are made this way I believe and can literally be hosed out so easy to clean. For thos who don't want the "luxury" of Pennine interiors these may be good alternatives. I'd be interested but not sure OH would be!
Nice modern looking interior - like the seating though I wonder if it looks better than it feels to lounge out on. Options include "portable toilet cubicle" wonder what that is!
Hmmm. As a fan of all FC and TTs I quite like it. However, there is no mention of the the material for the cover and whether it can be wet packed, i.e does light weight equate to acrylic? I would also have thought that end skirts would have been standard. A further observation from the photos is that it would nees to be unhitched from the tow vehicle to erect (unlike my Raclet and some Pennines) but this is not really a problem unlwess you like quick stops. It's good to see another FC on the market following the demise of the Trigano 575 (Raclet Tamaris) and canvas Pennines.
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The £10,000 ish price tag is average, but adding on all OPUS's extras (including the leather settee,) would put its price up quite a bit.
When we bought our FC from Pennine the awning, alloy wheels, fridge and extra bed etc came withinin the price tag not as added on extras. (can't believe you have to pay for the extra bed, and how does one get to it with the big settee in the way ? )
Still quite like it though, and would love to try it out.
I think it's a bit on the ugly side,and having a mirror ,I know all about ugly.Maybe it will grow on me with time,like brown canvas,acrylics,Dandys and warts.
Combi camp have been doing this for years, ok they are minus a built in kitchen but the ease of putting up is still there which is the main thing when arriving on a rainy campsite!
This looks good but the price tag is way too much, you can pick up a good used combi camp for a fraction of this price and in my opinion they are better
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Topic: New folding camper at the show
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