Super excited here!! Just purchased our first Dandy. We are camping lovers. Starting with our first 'dome tent' then to a caravan, but the cost of storage was wasted money. We then bought a new tent. Still love to camp but we hate the fact of packing up in the rain and spending days trying to dry the tent out. My father in law has owned some Dandys in the past and swears by them, so now we are proud owners of a 1991 'Destiny' she's so cute and innovative. We pick her up next Saturday to bring her to her new forever home. Have any of you guys got any advice and tips for us new 'Dandiest'
Hello!! We have a beautiful Dandy 6 who we think is at least 35 years old. As for tips, I'm not too sure- we've taken to ours so easily and haven't had any major problems.
I'd recommend a memory foam mattress topper cut down to fit the bed though.
Hi, upthemariners, can't wait to get her home so we can get her ready for adventures haha. Hopefully she will be sound and we won't have too many problems. Fingers crossed.
I love that they are so easy to personalise. We have painted ours, replaced all the soft furnishings and are in the process of revamping the kitchen units.
I hope you love yours as much as we live ours!
I would say practice putting it up and down a few times at home if you can. It gets easier and quicker each time.
My wife tripped headlong over the tow bar on out first try so off we went to casualty.
When you pull the legs out and lower them, don't raise the legs. Just let them hang if you know what I mean. Raising them makes it more difficult to get the batwing inserts in to the bed ends.
Keep the roof under control and keep it pulled as far to the loose end as you can. Don't let it sag in the middle if you can help it. Watch the online video a few times and see how they keep smoothing the roof to the right.
When folding do not forget to fasten the bolts holding the bed end boards on top of the mattresses. If you don't the mattresses fall out when you lift the beds over and get jammed. I know this from experience.
I assume it's a low side without the fridge. If so you have limited access to the inside when folded.
We find the easiest way to pack is to only have camping kit inside which can be left there permanently when you get home. This can include bedding and pillows, water containers, TV, heater, step, awning, crockery, pots and pans etc.
We carry food and clothes & fridge in the car meaning all we have to do is pack the clothes into bags or holdalls, food into boxes etc and put in the car. Then off we go. Simple to unpack when we get home as well with no need to open the dandy up between trips.
There is room to slip some items in under the folded beds on our designer, but not sure if this is possible on a low side as the beds do not lie on each other so are lower.
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Topic: Brand new Dandy owners
