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Picked up our new camper trailer today.

The Wife and I had been toying with the idea for around 12 months or so and we initially wanted to go for a Jayco wind up outfit like Robs, however, neither of us are what you'd consider light weights and as the Jayco pull out bed ends have a weight limit it was a case of take the risk, lose some weight or sleep at opposite ends and there's not much fun in that, and having to climbing over each other to get out of bed is one of the reasons we were over our current soft floor camper.
So we considered the Jpod by Jayco, but it is fairly restrictive and the little lady felt claustrophobic with the low roof height above the bed, another of the reasons we were over the soft floor camper.
Next we looked at other styles of camper trailers, in particular rear fold or forward fold and Jayco have a new line of trailers called the Jtrax which are basically their version of the Chinese built camper trailers you see at the lower end of the market, they look fancy but a couple of things turned us off, firstly the inflatable annex setup and secondly the price, around $4k dearer for the same trailer than other offerings.

Someone suggested Ezytrail, and whilst we'd looked at them before we bought our current soft floor camper and found them lacking in quality, they seem to have come a long way in the 5 years since.
So with a budget in mind we set off for our local dealer to see what they had on offer.
We were greeted by the dealer Manager, Sandy, and let me tell you, she doesn't muck around and knows her stuff, we told her what we wanted, our budget and she took us through our options.
The first option was their rear fold Albany series which she had on display in gold and it looked quite classy, I really liked it but the Wife wasn't sure about the lack of dedicated bed space for the 7yr old daughter as it would require a stretcher etc. on the hard floor.
The next option was the Sterling Z series of forward fold which she had on display in black, its the best of both worlds as it has a front bed and a club lounge which folds down into another single or double bed.
The slightly bigger version, the Sterling GT was also on display in burgundy and whilst its a whole lot more, so too is the unloaded weight and price tag and whilst it would have been nice to take home, we decided the base model Z series would be ample for what we plan to do with it.
Sandy offered us the display Z for a very good price but in the end we went with a new grey example which will be easier to keep clean, cooler in summer and look better behind the Ego Territory.

We picked it up this morning after a thorough walk through and are happy as pigs in **** to be honest.

We sold our soft floor to my Nephew for a bargain price which means we can all go away together in comfort with the families.
Heading off Sunday morning for a shake down to put it through its paces and see how it holds up.

Will put some pics up and a review when we get back next weekend.