New Warwick Due

We have now lived in it for a month and am very pleased with it

The hand over at Spinney couldn't have been better, very unrushed and at SWBO pace.    Unllike the previous van there were no issues at all, clearly Spinney give the van a good check over unlike Marquis with the last one where there were loads of problems they should have seen.

I am amazed that no other convertor uses this layout which we are fine with, and ok,  its smaller than our previous van but it was big enough for all our junk for 4 weeks in Ireland plus 2 other trips.

Whilst we were away the step developed its own mind if it was coming out all the way or only part way but this was quickly resolved in less than a couple of minutes this weekend by Dan from Spinneys Service Department at their rally

There are a couple of light switches by the door that get knocked and our outside light dazzles next door !! Unless of course they have the tinted windows also.  Need to find a cover or something for this ( any Duo owners have this problem an resolved) I love the touch ceiling lighting.

It is the best sleeping machine (for me) that we have had, previous four caravans plus motorhomes,, Calypso, Executive, and Windsor don't come any where near this and I do like my kip.

Hi Roger
We have changed to a Warwick Duo after having a Symbol for a couple of years.
I can fully agree with your comments. We changed primarily to give us the option of single beds / "stretching out space" available with this layout. This ruled out any continental conversions which all seem to favour the dinette with rear transverse double. I don't think I would be happy sitting at a dinette for any long period.
The beds are very comfortable, the foam has just the right resilience to be comfortable for sitting and sleeping.
Also agree about the light switches by the door, very easy to switch the awning light on.

Just got back from 4 weeks in France and the van behaved faultlessly. Plenty of storage for wine and beer
We went for the new fabric which we are very pleased with, in my opinion it brings the van up to date and modern looking.
My only grumble with this and the Symbol is the bathroom, surely it's about time they updated the wall coverings to something more durable, I don't think I could use it for showers on a regular basis.

Just got to get used to the long wheelbase now.

Hubert

Hi, Am I glad someone else has problems with the light switches! My wife says it's me being clumsy. Would like to find a fix for it anyway.

Our van is a 2016 reg but a 2015 model, so ceiling lighting not touch type, or not that I have found.

Only problem I have found, if the fresh water is drained completely, when refilled the pump seems to need switching off and on for about 5-10 mins to prime the system.

It is going back to Dolphin this week for a look so will wait and see their view.

Otherwise 4 weeks in France and not a hiccup, apart from the little yellow warning triangle on the dash came on a couple of times, but nothing since fingers crossed.

Hi Rodger, Glad youre settling in with the Warwick. I wish more dealers were like Spinney. Our mistake was buying from a caravan dealer. Motorhomes to them were just trade in they wanted rid of.
The van we hired in New Zealand was very similar to the Warwick but Transit based . As much as we tried all the rear lounge vans we found were Seval based. The Duetto was a compromise and nearly worked for us. We could not afford a newish Seval based van and don't like the idea of inheriting the problems of the older Sevals.
 The Rienza we bought was a compromise of Ford, rear lounge and our budget. Hopefully this will take us on to our full retirement stage and beyond meaning more time away.

Hi

Glad to hear of another happy Warwick owner.  I just love ours despite several trips back to dealer for correction of faults.  As a first timer, I innocently thought in exchange for a large sum of money, I would get a van where everything worked! Anyway we are getting there and are really enjoying using it.

Just wondering how you are finding the blind on the sliding door - ours vibrates and is noisy.  Any tips?

Upto now we havnt used the blind on the sliding door.  This is a classic case of allowing AutoCad and not a human with experience design your vans

On our Topaz, now sold, we stopped the blinds from vibrating by using small rubber wedges sold on Ebay and Amazon as sash window wedges.

Not had a problem with our 2015 Duo, only that the sliding door blinds are a bit difficult to access due to the Toilet getting in the way.

roli wrote:There are a couple of light switches by the door that get knocked and our outside light dazzles next door !! Unless of course they have the tinted windows also.  Need to find a cover or something for this ( any Duo owners have this problem an resolved) I love the touch ceiling lighting.

Hi Roger

Can't suggest anything for the switches, but there must be variants you could use. Possibly rotary or sliders??? (See dimmers, below)

For the dazzling awning light I'd look into getting a dimmer fitted. They are very cheap on eBay and often come with a remote control - or replace the problem switch with a rotary, so no more switches to add to the confusion. You may want to have it at full brightness when checking that the cider isn't too cloudy!!
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I want touch ceiling lights, particularly for the bathroom. They would be so much more convenient than feeling in the dark for the switch on the dome. I bet they are expensive though?

Dave

Thanks for the suggestion - I've ordered some.  See how we get on.

P

PMC wrote:Thanks for the suggestion - I've ordered some.  See how we get on.

Dimmers or touch lights?

It's the latter I'm after, and would be interested to know the best source.

Dave

I presume this is too industrial-looking, Dave?

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Thanks Cymro, you presume correctly!

This is the one I'm currently looking at, but I can't remember if it's the same as A/S are fitting to the new vans. I know they do use Lumo stuff, so it might be. (Rob hasn't changed any yet, so he doesn't know either.)

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Dave