Bendwg
Hi All.
So last Wednesday I got to pick up my 680. I ordered 28th January so a little over 3 months from order to delivery but it seems I dropped lucky there. I ordered most extras except the sat dish, air con unit and Wi-Fi. The reason been we are usually off grid so air con unit won’t work, don’t really watch tv except on fire stick and I have a mobile hotspot dongle that works perfectly well with 90gb a month free.
So we’ve spent this weekend on a camp field to test it all. And pleased to report all is good on the whole after a couple of minor teething issues. Night 1 it fell to minus 1 outside so at some point that appeared to trip the gas safety (yellow button on regulator) and the hot water. It didn’t drop the water and the heating (diesel) worked flawlessly throughout. I turned the boiler off and on again (takes about 2 mins to cycle down and back up) and that reset the water and 5 mins later we had hot water. The gas I just repressed the yellow toggle and again all well. Night 2 no issues at all.
I certainly recommend diesel heating as the aux heater to pre warm the van is fast and works from a distance. I pressed button at pub (200m + away) not expecting it to work but it was firing fine when we got to van.
Going to buy the Inet add on so can control main heating from phone to.
The fridge is surprisingly good. In fact it froze our stuff at first so we’ve learnt leave on two lights is enough. Freezer works well to.
We have the solar and despite rain and snow battery never dropped below 60%. Once turned fridge down it’s been around 80-100% all the time even when hearings on all day. I do have a second battery and inverter to fit but I’m now wondering whether to bother. I would be fitting both in tbe
Shower works fine, had to buy a shower head holder which I knew about so had that ready.
Table is a little big. I thought it was to big at first but having used it I think a little trim not a major change is what it’ll do. I’ll also use it to sit the travel cot on.
The bed is great, we had a king size topper with corner straps and a super king mattress cover over it and holds it all together well. We will carry a small step to put out on a night as it’s quiet high (1m).
The cab curtains aren’t as bad as feared and we chose to try them out rather than getting the external cover I bought wet. I’ve made the main screen one up and now just roll it up and leave above front seats made up. Takes 30seconds to fit now. Tip drop the sun visors before spinning seats.
I have added shelves in the grey rear storage as the cupboards are massive so to make best use I’ve put mid shelves in to put storage boxes on and under. Works great. Also added hanging rail in wardrobe.
Not sure where to add the TV yet. I think on wall behind rear seats is only real option which is fine just need to devise a bracket
as not wanting to drill into shower wall.
My only criticism is of the base vehicle really. I drove it home on Wednesday 250m mainly motorway and it was great, smooth and responsive. Once I’d worked out you can shorten the distances on the adaptive cruise it’s a lot better. It’s sensitive. It slows you to truck speed from about 100m away at first but you can shorten it to a more practical 15-20m. My criticism is that at slow country Lane speed 1st and 2nd seem a bit pointless. A lot of revs before it moves but I guess it’s probably because it’s so quiet when moving you hear the revs a lot more low down.
The sat nav is only other criticism. As others have said it defaults your position to off the bottom of screen for some reason. You can change 2D/3D views which helps a bit but it is odd.
Overall though really happy with it.
So last Wednesday I got to pick up my 680. I ordered 28th January so a little over 3 months from order to delivery but it seems I dropped lucky there. I ordered most extras except the sat dish, air con unit and Wi-Fi. The reason been we are usually off grid so air con unit won’t work, don’t really watch tv except on fire stick and I have a mobile hotspot dongle that works perfectly well with 90gb a month free.
So we’ve spent this weekend on a camp field to test it all. And pleased to report all is good on the whole after a couple of minor teething issues. Night 1 it fell to minus 1 outside so at some point that appeared to trip the gas safety (yellow button on regulator) and the hot water. It didn’t drop the water and the heating (diesel) worked flawlessly throughout. I turned the boiler off and on again (takes about 2 mins to cycle down and back up) and that reset the water and 5 mins later we had hot water. The gas I just repressed the yellow toggle and again all well. Night 2 no issues at all.
I certainly recommend diesel heating as the aux heater to pre warm the van is fast and works from a distance. I pressed button at pub (200m + away) not expecting it to work but it was firing fine when we got to van.
Going to buy the Inet add on so can control main heating from phone to.
The fridge is surprisingly good. In fact it froze our stuff at first so we’ve learnt leave on two lights is enough. Freezer works well to.
We have the solar and despite rain and snow battery never dropped below 60%. Once turned fridge down it’s been around 80-100% all the time even when hearings on all day. I do have a second battery and inverter to fit but I’m now wondering whether to bother. I would be fitting both in tbe
Shower works fine, had to buy a shower head holder which I knew about so had that ready.
Table is a little big. I thought it was to big at first but having used it I think a little trim not a major change is what it’ll do. I’ll also use it to sit the travel cot on.
The bed is great, we had a king size topper with corner straps and a super king mattress cover over it and holds it all together well. We will carry a small step to put out on a night as it’s quiet high (1m).
The cab curtains aren’t as bad as feared and we chose to try them out rather than getting the external cover I bought wet. I’ve made the main screen one up and now just roll it up and leave above front seats made up. Takes 30seconds to fit now. Tip drop the sun visors before spinning seats.
I have added shelves in the grey rear storage as the cupboards are massive so to make best use I’ve put mid shelves in to put storage boxes on and under. Works great. Also added hanging rail in wardrobe.
Not sure where to add the TV yet. I think on wall behind rear seats is only real option which is fine just need to devise a bracket
as not wanting to drill into shower wall.
My only criticism is of the base vehicle really. I drove it home on Wednesday 250m mainly motorway and it was great, smooth and responsive. Once I’d worked out you can shorten the distances on the adaptive cruise it’s a lot better. It’s sensitive. It slows you to truck speed from about 100m away at first but you can shorten it to a more practical 15-20m. My criticism is that at slow country Lane speed 1st and 2nd seem a bit pointless. A lot of revs before it moves but I guess it’s probably because it’s so quiet when moving you hear the revs a lot more low down.
The sat nav is only other criticism. As others have said it defaults your position to off the bottom of screen for some reason. You can change 2D/3D views which helps a bit but it is odd.
Overall though really happy with it.
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