stew 46 wrote:

Sister in law has had there brand new swift for 3 weeks and now back at the dealers because it’s leaking !!! , that’s a poor show

Gareth wrote:

So.... We had our holiday in Cornwall, and very enjoyable it was too! Not much rain, but the roof light did leak. I had a chance to have a closer look at the issue whilst it was on site.

The roof is flat on an Elddis, so when the caravan is level the rain forms pools in any depressions in the roof. The Heki skylight sits in one of these slight depressions. It’s only a few mm’s but it allows water to pool around the frame. I went and bought a roll of Gorilla waterproof repair tape. Cleaned up the edges of the frame and applied the tape. It sticks like to a blanket and is waterproof. It’s like bitumen on a roll!!

This stopped the leak for the remainder of the holiday. The caravan is now back in storage, with its nose in the air to stop water pooling on the roof, and I’ve ordered a new Defender instead!

It’s next trip is Braemar in February, Covid restrictions allowing 🤞 Hopefully behind a new Defender!!

Good luck with the Defender, wen and looked at one and didn't like the inside or the very small boot. Also couldn't justify the price once specked up as it was more than an equivalent D5

With regards to caravans, we have had all sorts over the years including Dethleffs, Lunar Bailey Avondale and most recently Swift

We would have brought a second Dethleffs when we came to change, the only thing that stopped us was they had stopped importing vans into the UK in UK spec (door on the left hand side)

Swift is the only other van we have gone back to the make for a second time. We had a Swift Elegance 645 for four years and changed it last year for an Elegance 645 Grande (8 foot wide) which we love. Have had a couple of very minor issues with electrics but all solved over the phone. Also had a small hole appear in rear panel the week before the first service, this was reported and photographed, Swift and the dealers confirmed it was the result of an air bubble in the gel coat and carried out a repair whilst it was in for service. We have used it for about four weeks since then with no issues and would thoroughly recommend Swift Elegance range. If you want great dealer contact the ladies at MG Caravans Royston, three sisters run the dealership. Fantastic service and very competitive.