Thanks Brian.

I think we did too, but only time will tell.

As I said, this one is the best compromise we had seen. I could not justify
spending $20,000+ on something that was going to spend most of its life
sitting in the garage at home, so the guidelines we set for ourselves were:-
1) Strong Off-road trailer. I did not want it to fall apart half way to
wherever we are going. By off-road I mean dirt roads and some major tracks,
but nothing extreme.
2) Easy set up. If we are travelling long distances and want to use it just
to sleep in for the night, I wanted to be able to pull up, set up and be in
bed within about 10-15 minutes. The same had to apply for the pack up next
morning.
3) Comfortable & practical. We didn't want all the comforts of home, but my
days of "roughing it" are also well and truly behind me!!
4) Reasonably priced so that I don't cringe everytime I walk past it in the
garage and think "Boy that was a lot of money to spend on something we only
use 2 or 3 times per year"!!

My wife and I had talked about getting a camper since they first come out.
My eldest son was 4 then. He is now 21, so we have been thinking about one
of these for quite some time BUT this is the first time we have ventured
into buying one.
As with all things, it will be a steep learning curve and, no doubt, 12
months down the track I may have a different opinion about what I think is
the best compromise for a camper trailer.

But, at $7,000, this one is not going to break the bank. So if it turns out
to be the wrong choice then we have not blown stacks of money finding out.

Garry