Hi, we have bought off a dealer, a 2nd hand 2012 Trigano Olympe., which we pick up end of April. We haven't actually seen it yet but I have being doing my research. We did want a kitchen but was quite hard to get a decent 2nd one with kitchen
How great is the kitchen anyway .? It looks useful for storage but we have a big front box on the trailer and our own stuff which I like to cook outside with, the sink looks good but how would you get how water into it . ? Presume you have to use the kettle to fill it ?
Also what else can you store into the trailer., is there room to put bedding and a table, we can put food and clothes in the boot anyhow, but I know there are storage boxes by the beds, can you leave bedding in there ?
Sorry for all the questions but I can't wait till we pick it up 😊
Kitchens on tt's are a great feature until you actually get one,then you spend the rest of the time you own it wishing you didn't. You now have a shorter,lighter trailer and no osteopath bills.
Trigano made the smaller Odysee,or it's sister,the Jametic,with a lightweight kitchen option that stores in the unit,but takes a lot of space.
You can leave bedding in the trailer,you could probably leave the beds made up. We have anything that may need washing or airing under the transit cover for ease.Anything needed for levelling and pegging is also best left handy. Chairs ,table ,electrics, polework ,cupboards etc inside. We carried gas in the car when we used it.
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We bought a second hand Olympe last year. We weren't bothered about a kitchen when we looked as we already had a kitchen set up, and the one we bought didn't have a kitchen. Having used the tent for a year I'm pleased it's without as the length is smaller (under 4m rather than over which can make a price difference on ferries) and I have heard they can be heavy.
We store a lot in the trailer. In the bench lockers we have one side for the poles, awning etc and the other side for small gubbins- kettle, hammocks, saucepans etc. The good thing is that you only need to unpack what you need when onsite, but it's all there if you need it. In the front box we have a loo, 2 gas bottles, bbq, and anything which doesn't fit in the main bit.
In the central compartments we have 3x tables, the kitchen stand, plastic boxes which hold the kitchen stuff, 4x chairs etc. We can also get pillows in there but usually take those out to keep at home. You will need to watch that the level of stuff doesn't go above the bench height otherwise the tent would fold correctly, a mistake that's easy to make.
We have never left the beds made up but this might be something to play around with. From experience, we have found that too much bulk in the pram hood tent in the wrong place can cause the tent not to fold to close properly, so we have been reluctant to add extra bulk at that point. That, and we have had too many wet strikes! We have sheets of plastic which we use to protect the mattresses in this case rather than drop the bed pods.
And like the previous poster says, you can also store items on the top of the folded tent, under the cover when travelling.
We store nearly everything in our Olypme. Its our 4th year with it since buying it and we think that this year we may finally have the set up spot on (famous last words I know!!)
We do have the kitchen on ours and i must admit I absolutely love it. Yes its heavy, yes it makes the trailer longer so the ferry is slightly more expensive, but we bought the castors to go on the legs and now we just roll it everywhere, so no dodgy backs! But by far and away the best bit is that it fits all our kitchen stuff in one place. On long journeys through France, we can simply open the lid and make our lunch on the go, or have a cuppa before we start setting up.
As for the tent itself, we use one of the lockers for the poles, canopy and mosquito nets, the other stores chairs, torches, etc and the little drawers store some travel games for the kids to keep them amused whilst we set up if the weather is bad. In the dining area we store tables, folded cupboards, the chairs that are too big for the lockers, steps for the beds etc. We make our beds up with sheets and blankets before we go. They are plenty warm enough for the continent, but don't add any bulk to the folding process.
All we have in the car is our clothes, the fridge and the gas bottles, as we put other bits in the front box. Being paranoid about overloading we took it to a public weigh bridge and we were comfortably under the weight limit much to my surprise as we had so much in there!
Sorry, long reply but hopefully there is some useful information in here somewhere!!!
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Topic: Trigano Olympe
