Caravan covers
As a new Eriba owner and new caravanner (although long term Motorhomes) we’re thinking about buying a cover for our Troll Ocean Drive. There seems to be a huge discrepancy in price between bespoke covers for around £300 to £350 and off the shelf, the right sort of size, ones for about £165 to £185. Is it worth investing in the bespoke version?
Phil
RE: Caravan covers
in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 14, 2022 6:56 pmby Poptop320 • | 2.634 Posts
A lot depends also on the quality, I have a bespoke cover from specialized for my Familia. It fits very snug with a door so I can access it, the material is very good quality, this will be it's 10th season I have used it. The only issue with a generic cover is that it will be made to fit a lot taller and wider van, if it is too lose fitting there is a danger you could get chaffing on the windows and paintwork. Having said that some Eriba owners do use generic covers with no issues and I am sure you will also get some advice from their experiences.
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in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:06 pmby Inspecta_Gadget • | 340 Posts
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in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:11 pmby eribaMotters • | 5.602 Posts
I'm unusual in that in my Eriba ownership from 2003 until 2017 my vans had always been garage stored. For 2017 following a house move I bought a generic Kampa cover as our van would be outside. It was not a perfect fit and so I put lots of straps on it. Since then we have been back indoors, but a house move this summer means we will no longer be able to garage store our van. I see no reason why our generic cover will not fare well, again given lots of straps, but when the time comes I will get a model specific Eriba cover. What make I do not know, but I suspect if Kampa have availability issues sorted it would be one of theirs as the price of others brings me to tears.
Colin
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RE: Caravan covers
in Anything Eriba-related Mon Mar 14, 2022 7:39 pmby Inspecta_Gadget • | 340 Posts
Picked ours up for £50 on the Facebook group Colin! Remember it was us Yorkshiremen who taught the Scotts how to be careful with their money!🤣😂🤣
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in Anything Eriba-related Tue Mar 15, 2022 9:41 amby John Cross • | 273 Posts
RE: Caravan covers
in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:15 amby rambling robin (deleted)
Having had a generic cover on our '17 Triton 410 - which didn't even fit where it touched - I'm heading for a Protec this time - especially as there's an Omnistore to take account of. Also the Protec fitting process seems so much easier than the generic cover which was always 'interesting'. Yes they are expensive but...
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RE: Caravan covers
in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 16, 2022 4:32 pmby John Cross • | 273 Posts
RE: Caravan covers
in Anything Eriba-related Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:04 pmby Inspecta_Gadget • | 340 Posts
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