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Bailey hits singles scene
‘Going it alone’ with twin singles instead of queen beds is a growing trend for Aussie travellersAs one sage once said: ‘Never confuse sex with a good night’s sleep!’
An increasing number of Aussie travellers, whether through age, experience, or the company they keep, appear to be taking notice.
Just like Australia’s first caravans of the 1950s and ‘60s, more and more caravan manufacturers are now offering twin single bed options over the default standard double or queen bed and for many good reasons, the stigma of ‘sleeping alone’ has gone.
For example, the end of a relationship or the death of a partner no longer means the end of your caravanning days.
Fathers and sons, two blokes on a fishing trip, a girls’ get-away, or perhaps the incessant snoring of your travelling mate are all good reasons to ‘go it alone’.
Bailey Australia is the latest manufacturer to bite the bullet, releasing two new single bed variants of existing locally-built Rangefinder models.
The tandem axle Rangefinder Lunar, which is the twin single bed version of the current front lounge/rear queen bed
22ft 6in Nebula, has just been released, while the Rangefinder Cosmo – the twin single front bed version of the 20ft 2in entry-level queen bed Astro, will join it on Bailey Australia’s stand at Melbourne Leisurefest from October 6-9.
No alternative layout is planned for the current Gemini family bunk van, which is a ‘singles’ van of sorts anyway, with its front island queen and twin rear single bunk format.
Other than their new bed arrangements, both new Rangefinder ‘twin singles’ share similar specifications to their queen-bed stablemates.
The Astro and Cosmo both tip the scales at an identical 1820kg tare, which with their 95kg ball weights and similar carrying capacities of 500kg, remain ‘Prado friendly’ for a touring holiday.
The longer Nebula and Lunar also share similar lightweight specs, with tare weights of 1950kg and identical 500kg carrying capacites, giving them ATMs of 2450kg when fully laden.
Both new Rangefinder models will be joined at Melbourne by the new
21ft 7in Comet, based on the Gemini’s underpinnings, which with its slide-out rear-centre queen bed weighs a little more at 2200kg tare – still 500kg below an equivalent-sized ‘slider’ from other major Australian manufacturers.
Prices for the new twin single-bed Rangefinders are the same as for their queen bed siblings at $61,550 for the Cosmo/Astro and $68,990 for the Lunar/Nebula.
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Written byMichael Browning
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