Storage Tips Please

[dirtyboy]

We've been watching countless youtube videos on gadgets and what to take and cannot believe how much 'stuff' people pack in their van!

We came from a T4 where 4 of us would travel and defiintely found out less is more. When I say less, I was still taking 2 surfboards, 2 paddleboards, 4 bodyboards and 4 bikes, so everything else had to stay behind, certainly no coffee machines, dehumidifiers or oil radiators!!!

Seriously though, less is more. If you've got too much stuff, it just becomes difficult moving things around to get to what you want. You need it to be seamless to make it easy.

Having just got the Cali, there's a s**t ton more space about the van in general (although the cupboard for clothes is tiny compared to what we had previously).

As a note, we're Suffolk too (near Lowestoft)

 

[Hawthorn37]

I agree with most of that, except jacket potatoes in a microwave (unless you’re also taking an oven to finish them off)

.. needs must !

 

[Toobie]

The best bit of advice that I got, and has been repeated on this thread. Don't go out and buy everything straight away.

Buy the minimal you'll need to survive.
Go and do a couple of 1-2 night camps (we did ours locally).
Figure out what your missing/what would make your life easier.
Come back to the forum and find a solution to your needs.

Effectively, have a good shakedown and buy according to your needs, this will definitely save you money, and stop you lugging around gear you never use.

Thank you rpamely
Sage advice.

 

[Toobie]

We've been watching countless youtube videos on gadgets and what to take and cannot believe how much 'stuff' people pack in their van!

We came from a T4 where 4 of us would travel and defiintely found out less is more. When I say less, I was still taking 2 surfboards, 2 paddleboards, 4 bodyboards and 4 bikes, so everything else had to stay behind, certainly no coffee machines, dehumidifiers or oil radiators!!!

Seriously though, less is more. If you've got too much stuff, it just becomes difficult moving things around to get to what you want. You need it to be seamless to make it easy.

Having just got the Cali, there's a s**t ton more space about the van in general (although the cupboard for clothes is tiny compared to what we had previously).

As a note, we're Suffolk too (near Lowestoft)

Thank You dirtyboy

Suffolk. We're near Framlingham

 

[Mabel]

Hello All

Cali newbies Steven&Pam from Suffolk and 'Toobie' (180 Ocean SE) looking to learn clever hacks and tips regarding stowage of stuff. Interested to hear all about it : )

2 shelves for the wardrobe, colour coded his and hers packing cubes for clothes, a hold-all for footwear in the boot.

 

[Velma's Dad]

Set off with an empty cupboard. You'll thank me later....

Ain't that the truth.

We also usually take a biggish wicker basket/box on the rear shelf, for stashing jars of stuff or other breakables we buy along the way, and wine bottles which stops them clinking.

But the over-arching principle for all this is Less is More. The best place for all the clever gadgetry and camping gewgaws is... on the shelf in the shed at home.

Enjoy your van.