@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures That has made my day ... thank you for replying. I bought an SLB in April 2022 , but it will not be ready until May 2023! I have a lot of time to watch your videos and gain knowledge from them, knowledge that would otherwise be difficult to find. Thank you again.
Hope it all goes well, feels like a long time to wait. If you have not already done so it is well worth joining the face book Adria Twin Group. A lot of friendly people on there with knowledge on the vans and pictures of there travels
@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures Thank you once again for the info. That is a very good reason for joining FaceBook (i have resisted until now). Your videos are oh so interesting.
Great review, same here bought a swift and got rid after only 3 months, build quality was appalling. The Adria is far superior, the insulation is superb. Ours is booked in for the fly screen repaired but I wasn’t aware there was a mod for it so thanks for that.
My bottom track came off the fly screen I believe there was a MOD to replace this with a metal part, still got to chase this up. We also find its a very quite van compared to the coach build ones we have had. There is an Adria Twin Facebook group, not sure if you know about it but it is a great place for information on the Adria twin and to get to know Adria Twin people 😊. This is where I get all my info from when something goes wrong
Nice van tour Steve! I really like the SGX lay out, it would have been my choise if it had been available when we looked for our van. Ofc we are happy anyway. Today i bought a B2B charger from a friend that did not need his. So now some wires and fuses and we are good for the cold part of year. I really don't need it for now since our consumption is so low that the smart generators low 8A actually fill up the battery after 40 min drive. However, i will istall it before i go on holliday trip.
I ways thought you had the SGX after seeing drive your motorbike out of your van. Good luck with the B2B install, We are still waiting to get our Lithium battery.
We will be using the van all year in UK, not too cold, going to Ireland may be in August not quick winter but Norther Ireland nether know 😂. Cant see up getting abroad at the moment this year with all the Covid changes
Hi great review.. Tip for you guys I noticed your adblue cap is the no ventilation type which causes issues by eventually damaging the adblue pump system which mine suffered and new modify cap is Available approx €20 from main dealer..
@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures Hi no problem and my local Peugeot dealer was aware of the issue as Peugeot issued a new cap along with a new adblue tank and replacement of 4 injectors under warranty thankfully.. with only 45,000 miles on the speedo... Off the record the service manager confirmed its an issue as the no ventilation cap creates a vacuum in the adblue tank which after 1yr or 2 will lead to possible failure.. So simple fix they do is replace the cap prior to issue raising... 👌
@@owcampervanadventures2738 do you think this will be the same on this model. It's a fiat ducato I will have to ask the dealer see if there is a vent cap available or if the tank is vented in another way
@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures yeh it's exactly the same as fiat /Citroën and Peugeot made in same factory...dealers trying to keep it quite rather than recall
Hi please keep adding updates for your new van these are really informative and an enjoyable watch, i know you said you needed more power but did you update the solar panels purely for off grid camping and what set up are you using for your tv, do these vans come with a tv aerial. Thanks.
Hi, If you have the standard setup 120 watt panel with 110aH battery you will be fine with no EDU for a couple of days at best due to the fridge being 12v and thing like lighting, TV etc:, So the upgrade to 300 watts has made a big difference, we could easily go a week now even with AGM battery in the summer, might need to move about charging off the van in winter. We have also installed a B2B which means a better charging profile from the engine to the leisure battery. Hopefully we will have lithium battery installed by August with all this we will never need EHU. This can be very handy when going to places like music festivals for week with no EHU. Its not essential just nice to not have to worry about low battery. The normally do not come with TV aerial, I have a LG smart TV which I have converted the supply to run on battery. If you check my other Vlogs under Motorhome Tech it shows my setup. Also if you have or are thinking about getting an Adria Twin then please join us on the Facebook group
Motorhomer thanks for the prompt informative reply that's been really helpful and will definitely look up the tv vlog and I will drop onto Facebook to check out the group. 👍
Great review. I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on in the winter with the van and it’s heating system. We have been to the same dealer you got your van from and placed a build order. Arriving March next year.. I’m interested to see how diesel the heater uses over the course of a weekend. As we have only ever been used to electric and gas heating in our caravan.
We have used the diesel heater in April when we got the van, takes a bit getting use to as its slower to start up, it needs to heat up glow plug to get started. We like the fact it runs direct off fuel tank. i have fitted the better control panel so we have more control. The basic one if just a rheostat. Good luck with your van we love our choice
Thanks for the review on this van which ticks pretty much all of my boxes. Can I just ask what sort of mpg you get on a longer trip as it's something I find difficult to figures for.
Thanks for comment. I do not know the mpg I don't normally worry about it. We have no control over the cost just have to pay out. Its worth it for the great places we can travel to and a lot cheaper than flying 😁
I really like those overhead cabinets! Do you happen to know what material they are made of...the high gloss white looks sharp and likely very easy to keep clean. It appears to be more of a composite/plastic material versus wood?
They will be MDF with a hard plastic wrapping. same as you can get for house kitchen units from B&Q. Very hard wearing and like you say easy to wipe down
Yes still loving it, off to Netherlands soon and hoping to do another year on review. Made traveling in camper more fun than our older 6 berth motorhome
Hi, I have a part on order from dealer so when it turns up I might be able to do a Vlog on it. If you do not know Facebook has an Adria twin group, If you join this group and search for this fault you will see this is a very common fault with pictures off the new part fitted. If you get in touch with your dealer they should be able to supply the new metal part
We preferred the rear lounge on our coach built motorhomes. On these panel vans we found with the rear lounge you had less storage space as you needed to store all the bedding. The front cab area works very well and with the door open you have panoramic views. There is always some form of compromise with such limited space.
That would be a completely different van. These are tall vans like the delivery vans and do not come with any tailgate. Tailgate vans are a lot smaller. You can buy the fly screen for the rear doors, we have not done this yet, still finishing off the electrical battery upgrade.
Thanks for the review. With lithium batteries, do you still need external power? How many days can you stay off-grid? Can you tell us about battery capacity? :-) very important issue. Thank you again ! Cheers from Belgium.
Battery was about 200 ah. We can easily go for monyhs with the 300w solar in summer depending on your usage we only have fridge tv and charging phones with lights as well. In winter about a week with poor solar then we will move and charge off engine
@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures Thank you for the message ! In my case, we’ll have 2 x 100ah in parallel and a 120w solar panel. I also have a 2000w inverter for our coffee machine. The rest will be powered by usb. Our fridge uses about 450w/day. Will do the trick. :-)
@@BrackstonesTravelAdventures as I understand it, you never plug-in right? :-) we’ll be driving every two days so I think external power won’t be needed (?). Let’s see what happens. Thanks again. Cheers.
Yes we very rarely use EHU, sometimes when the site will only give sites with EHU we might but only when I can be bothered to get the lead out. If you are driving most days then the B2B will give a good charge. Your only big load is the inverter, depending on what you are loading on this, at full load this will draw 167A from battery, coffee machines can draw around 500 to 900 watts so this will be between 41 to 75A so depends on how many coffees you have 😁
Superb review just one question. Does the bed have to be fully lowered to use? The reason being I would need to store a motorbike/scooter and mountain bike beneath it and by the looks of it from your video there is only a small space ( for your dog ) when in the lowered position. Basically what would be the most amount of height you could have beneath the bed if you left it in the highest position possible to allow you to sleep in? Regards Duncan
It's not really clear. In selling manual it states you can have it any position. On the bed a label states to lower it. For me I do not see any issue not fully lowered seeing as when it is lowered it's still suspended
Ha no not all in the one bed. Star our dog sleeps under the main bed. Our son how normally doe not come with us normally will either sleep in a tent outside or we put a blow up bed where the table goes
Hi there. Can you share where you bought the plastic container system that you have fit under the fridge? And also what the brand is? I am based in the Netherlands so not sure if they are available here also. Thanks Robert
We got them from a local store but you can get them on Amazon. Need to check the measurements. We did trim a bit of the back to get them to fit better. We are over to your country in April. Hoping to get to the Tulip festival www.amazon.co.uk/Large-PLASTIC-DRAWERS-TROLLEY-KITCHEN/dp/B08MBH7VNR/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1G8RYHA95YY8V&keywords=plastic+drawers&qid=1646320824&s=kitchen&sprefix=plastic+draws%2Ckitchen%2C94&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMTNCSDk4SFYyMDZGJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNjgyNTQ1MUUwR0ZNRFNPQk9PMiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTM3Nzk4MVFHWFVBN0JGQVM2SyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
