Hi All


We are looking at used Eribas, and have a few questions I would like to ask.

Opinions on whether the wash room is needed,we always camp on sites with shower and toilet facility's,our motor-home had a shower that we rarely used because it was a pain to use, the loo was handy during the night for a pee after to much amber fluid! is using a porta poty feasible ? would you pay much more for a van with a shower and toilet, and when you come to sell it do they sell easier with toilet and shower. Has any one had a van with out the shower and toilet, and then bought a van with one or gone from a van with shower to one with out?

Hello, we have a familia 310 so no loo or shower, we use the onsite facilities even for washing the pots. If the first dash to the loo in the morning becomes too much of a struggle then we may change to an Eriba with loo but for now we are more than happy with what we have. I would have thought having a shower in an Eriba would prove to be quite a challenge anyway.

afraid we always had the facility, after being ill while away found it useful.
if the weather turns wet all coats boots clothes end up in there to be blown air dry, out of the way. Having a facility depends really on your style and what you are used to, some have a porta potty tucked away for emergency use in the models without washroom
sorry post not to helpful in deciding

Ellen the showering is a cross between yoga and pilates

As I've said many times before, the thing isn't a shower room and it's only because Eriba Lechlade saw fit to offer the shower fitments as part of their option package that a lot of UK vans have the shower tap and curtain fitted. I suspect this was a marketing ploy by Lechlade to calm the doubts of those who felt, rightly, that the washroom wasn't designed for showering. By offering the facility it meant people were reassured. However once you own one you realise that unless you are sylphan slim and seriously challenged in the size department, showering in an Eriba Touring is just a dream. Anyone over 7 stone and 4ft 6ins can't bend over in the space available. Unfortunately AL have chosen to continue promoting the myth, probably for the same reason.

Having got showering out of the way, a separate loo is a good thing for a variety of reasons, including privacy, handiness and emergencies. However if you can always, always go for a bench seat Thetford, they're much sturdier and positioned better in the space. The few years that they fitted the swivel Thetford was when they misguidedly IMO made the washroom wider so a bench wouldn't fit. That's now been corrected by building in a handy storage opening on the outside, the rear of which makes up the gap between Thetty and washroom wall. Clever those Germans!

As to washbasin, I always think it's good to have a second basin in addition to the sink so that abluting and make upping can take place outside of the main area of the van, thus avoiding obstructing the gangway etc. However speaking as someone of about 6ft 2ins in height I can tell you I've spent the end of many evenings with my feet out in the main gangway of the van and my shoulders and torso in the washroom cleaning my teeth over the washbasin.

For washroom storage I'd say the current washroom takes some beating, but the one prior to it (with the swivel Thetty) was probably the poorest, with its sliding door and no upper cupboard up there by the gentleman's nose. The latest version doesn't have that particular storage, but has lots of other options that make up for it. The earlier all-plastic version was er, er plastic. Not the nicest looking, but functional. It's successor, the mottled grey worktop type was good in its way, but both suffered from a cupboard that got in the way of most people's right knee when they were sat sitting.

Anyone over 7 stone and 4ft 6ins can't bend over in the space available


wish I was under 7 stone maybe one day, also a tad over 5ft 6ins and I have showered and washed long hair while we had no facility's in house, like I said its a bit like yoga and pilates mixed together anything is possible if your determined or cant excuse the aroma of yourself anymore.. just be aware that opening the window does allow the mirror to work and the blind needs pulling down and the towel bar needs temporary removal
so I suppose emergency showering is possible dependant on physical ability whether or not you would want to depends on the campsite facility's.
I might add ours is a 2003 model the washrooms have been redesign since so cannot comment on newer ones.


I also believe some continental vans were spec'd with shower tap and curtain just depends whether you want to wash the dog with tap through wash room window... or surprise other half with a shot of water through window when passing

Lechlade was a eriba dealership that closed and AL . Automotive Leisure were awarded to be the eriba dealer in the south, for anyone who doesn't know..

I'm 15.5 stone and it's definately not a shower, although I have showered outside in the nude Just by putting the hose out of the window

Night time wee's are all ours is used for no unpleasant smells from ours, I only use cheap fluid and have never had to replace a seal in over 24 years of Thetford ownership on 2 different vans.

A drying room ? Yep we use ours for that to and very handy it is to.

We've always had a bathroom in our Eribas. I would not have one without.
It is used as a toilet, wash room, make up studio, drying room, cloakroom and storage area etc.
When it comes down to choice of Eriba model on the used market I reckon that most, if not all, of the Tritons and Trolls will have bathrooms and only the smaller models will have a choice.
TonyP

We used to have a Puck with no wash room, and we managed ok with just using the wash facilities and also a Porta-Pottie in the awning for night time use, it was a pain having to always put up the awning specially for the thunderbox and there was always that doubt you were going to give a shadow show . We both got fed up of going out into the cold and stumbling over things when half tired. The last straw came when I stood on a hedge hog in my bare feet
We now have a Familia 320 which is the smallest of the Eriba range with a toilet, it has made life a lot easier, it is only for no1s however its there for emergencies which is usually when they are cleaning the shower block The shower is only a novelty as Im only 5'2" and there is no way I could have a shower in there. The shower tray is useful as I'm messy when having a wash and it also lets you have wet coats hanging in there.

Zitat

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specially for the thunderbox

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As Major bloodnok would say ..........my old regiment .........the 4th armoured thunderboxes

there is no substitute to having somewhere to go first thing in the morning as you get older and the thought of a having to wait your turn in the rain outweighs any cost involved I had a porta loo in the puck and the triton has a built in job which ever its a must have

Mind the bear would prefer you to use the shower block.

Quote: Steamdrivenandy wrote in post #12

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Mind the bear would prefer you to use the shower block.

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The Eriba Troll for instance has a loo and a handset for Washing Your Hair,
it never has had a shower, if you are over 21 it saves you those awkward
peeing in the hedge moments, having your own loo also preserves delicate
parts on cold and frosty mornings.
Our Puck L 230GT had no bathroom so we had to put up an awning to house the Porta Potti

I believe way back in the annals of annals there was, for a short time, a Troll 510 produced that didn't have a washroom, though what the rest of its layout was like I have no idea. I also believe they produced a 540 with fold up washroom, but again I've never seen one. And before you ask it didn't have a cardboard potty.