Thinking of useful extras for motorhome

fat finger syndrome ..... 😉

Boleroboy the fan sounds a good idea, as we never travel abroad the roadpro mini dome seems the best sat for us, l believe road pro fit them for you may try and do deal to have Solar panel, fan and mini dome fitted will try the CMC discount. It's  a bit far away as we are in Cheshire but if they can do all at the same time might be worth it. l am also looking at the air suspension but not sure how much this will cost.

Heethers

All keep safe

When we had our satellite system fitted by Road Pro they had a loan car which we could use whilst it was being fitted. If it takes longer than a day to fit you could ask if you could stay at their premises as they have plenty of space. Its on an industrial estate so not very scenic!!!

David

Adding all this stuff won’t give you a weight problem further down the road.  
On our last van we had 100w panel, we didn’t fit an inverter so only had 12v,  no problem for 2 or 3 days, could charge all our devices including camera batteries 

The mini dome is only 3 1/2 kilo not sure on the solar panel l had my motorhome weighed at weigh bridge with all our stuff and 1/2 tank of water it came to 3210 kilo leaving about 290 kilo left. hopefully this will be enough but will have it checked before we go  ahead with solar panel and mini dome.

Heethers

yes, we use 12v for charging ipads , running TV etc.

a small inverter, say 500w with just one trailing socket, weighs virtually nothing....ours is primarily for powering the mains only Sky box which is used even when we dont have a hook up.

we also use it for the ebike chargers...

larger ones (2000w) are a bit more meaty and are often connected dorectly into the van's electrics giving an auto switch to 'generated' 230v when no hook up available.

air suspension is a pretty expensive extra....arpund £6.5k for a 4 wheel system from VB. Thats a lot of trips/fuel....

Rhino Installs VB full air

before getting into that I'd make sure i was running the tyres at the tyre manufacturers recommended levels (based on axle weights) and NOT those on the pillar of your door...

were you both in it? what were the two axle weights?

more about air suspension and hydraulic levelling..

MMM article

pay perticular attention to the weight of either of these systems...

anywhere between 55-60kg for a full auto system, hence my questions above re state of weighed van (occupants) and axle weights.

I've been banging on for years about having a Solar panel (the biggest you can afford and fit on the roof), a couple of good leisure batteries, own facilities (toilet/shower) and a refillable gas system (I've got two 11 kg bottles) and the World is quite literally your Lobster.

When you've got those you don't need to worry about finding hook up every day, if the site has good or bad toilets, whatever the time of year and temperature you aren't going to worry about sourcing gas bottles when abroad and in the warmer months you can go weeks and weeks without needing to charge the batteries from an external source.

The one item I've recently bought and found useful is a Karcher WV1 Plus Window Vac to remove any moisture on the inside of the windscreen – works a treat.