Small caravan - Making the right choice

Rowena's post on the lightweight touring awards might be useful to the OP.

See the link HERE

What about the Swift Base Camp with its MIRO 891Kg?

They are well put together and quite practical.

Here's more information about the Swift Basecamp.  You won't find details on the Swift website.  Friends of ours are considering one.

We love our Rapido poptop. It's necessary to find one first, of course... ours is 17 yrs old and they don't come much newer. 5m long overall and only 2m high with the top down,  making towing a dream both in terms of economy and stability.
Equipment is basic, but that's also less to go wrong. We've used it for 2 of us, I've used it solo quite happily too.

Silver have now taken over the idea, though I have heard they're less well made.

Enjoy whatever you get!

I have the Turtle teardrop, have had it around 9 or so years now. Would I change it for anything else ? I often ask myself this each year at the NEC show; then decide, no. I love it. My advice if going down the teardrop route, get a reasonable awning. I currently have a vango air hub, for the longer stays. As for towing, well with having a dickey hand, I can only use one hand effectively, it’s like pulling or pushing a sack of potatoes, Been around Europe, loved that. The only problem you encounter is sometimes folks don’t respect your privacy.

We had an Ariva for a while and the build quality was disappointing.  On the other hand it was a very convenient for towing.  Subsequently we had a Venus made by Lunar and again the build quality was very poor.  

Our most recent van was a Coachman but age related challenges mean we are switching to motorhome and are opting for quality build this time as we hope it will be passed down the family.