New California Beach Camper 6.1 with mini kitchen

[kikoubun]

Hi everyone

Just received my new Beach Camper 6.1 a couple of days ago, so excited to take it on holidays, not very far I am afraid this year.

Anyway, I have made a few presentation videos, here is the first one:

Thanks!

David

 

[flying banana]

Love it. Like the tunes too. Was it aarmin van buuren?

 

[willwander]

Nice vid. Thank you

 

[kikoubun]

Not sure about the tune The part 2 is on its way, apologies for the quality which is not so good, and I hope it is OK to share youtube link on this forum.

 

[kikoubun]

Part 2 is now online here :

And this shows the new mini kitchen for the Beach

 

[clarinetbcn]

From the video it looks like VW has redesigned the leaky side windows. On another 6.1 thread it is mentioned that the fly screens from T5/T6 won't fit, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with.

 

[Karlos]

Good videos thank you David.

 

[flying banana]

nice. regarding the flexi board at the back. that second part behind the seat bench i reckon flips downwards or upwards to enable you to move your seat back a bit further and make a bigger seating area. ?

 

[clarinetbcn]

Or make room for an extra 2nd row seat, possibly 2 if the box is removed.

 

[OGII]

Interesting changes to the 2 seat beach storage boxes too.

+ The lid in cabin is hinged at the back ( rather than the studid rear hinge/ 2x telescopic supports in the T6)
- The box is narrower and is part wood/ part open to the std van side panel
- (to me) The box runs through to the boot, robbing the option of full width loadspace.
+ The ultimate stupid design multifex is replaced with a hinged version can lift half up ( as opposed to the one piece design in T6) - both not as good as my one piece rear hinged design that allows full access to whole boot - VW you can have my design for a suitable fee

Funny how maker of video is showing everything off before he has even used it.

 

[kikoubun]

Yeah you're right, I just wanted to do the video while the van is not loaded up and full of stuff, but true I need to use a little bit more to learn how things fully work
The other reason to rush is that I am probably one of the very few european customers (at least in France) to receive
I was a bit dissapointed with the Beach multiflex board as I was expecting to get the same one fitted with the other versions (Ocean and Coast) which can partially recline and be used

 

[kikoubun]

Sorry pressed enter key a bit too early on my previous post so here is the full post

Yeah you're right, I just wanted to do the video while the van is not loaded up and full of stuff, but true I need to use a little bit more to learn how things fully work
The other reason to rush is that I am probably one of the very few European customers (at least in France) to receive a Beach 6.1, it seems most orders for the Beach are suffering huge delays from the German factory and I got tons of questions especially regarding the new little kitchen.

I was also a bit disappointed with the Beach multiflex board as I was expecting to get the same one fitted with the other versions (Ocean and Coast) which can partially recline and be used as a nice Sofa in relation with the bed, but the multiflex fitted with the Beach seems to be much more basic than the other ones....

 

[OGII]

I was also a bit disappointed with the Beach multiflex board

Maybe it is Volkswagen's little joke, something to annoy us when pretty much everything else on a Beach works so well.

Enjoy your shiny new toy. Allons y.

 

[s2bear]

Good video thank you


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[hirsty]

thanks for posting those - I have an early T6 Beach with two seat bench & it's interesting to see the differences / improvements:

• darker grey footwell plastics & bench fabrics are better & will show fewer marks
• gas ring inside would do me nicely for making coffee on a weekend rideout
• boxes, especially the plastic bin insert, look to be more practical, never got mine to be truly usable / useful / optimised. hopefully the back one may also come out separately
• hinged board better, but still not as good as it could be (as above)

looks great - have fun!

 

[BeagleMum]

thanks for posting those - I have an early T6 Beach with two seat bench & it's interesting to see the differences / improvements:

• darker grey footwell plastics & bench fabrics are better & will show fewer marks
• gas ring inside would do me nicely for making coffee on a weekend rideout
• boxes, especially the plastic bin insert, look to be more practical, never got mine to be truly usable / useful / optimised. hopefully the back one may also come out separately
• hinged board better, but still not as good as it could be (as above)

looks great - have fun!

We have the 2 seater which we love, we make coffee using the Alpkit, works a treat

 

[Stoneybroke]

That mini kitchen looks like a triumph of design. Any chance of retro fitting, I wonder? That gas bottle will last a lifetime!
Multiflex board looks more flexible, and probably easier to remove too. Wonder how robust the brackets on the box and side of the van are though...
I would hope the back box is removable for full width.
Some very worthy improvements there.
Thanks for showing off your new toys.