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Market leader cleans up
Dishwasher now standard on top-spec Jayco, but what's next?The kitchen sink arrived in caravans and motorhomes decades ago, but the hottest convenience feature to be found as standard equipment in Jayco’s latest range-topping $215,000 Optimum motorhome is way more decadent – a dishwasher.
An Italian-designed Technika stainless steel, six-programme, single drawer apartment-style dishwasher that can clean a six-place dinner setting in around 105 minutes, is built into the gourmet kitchen of the new nine-metre-long motorhome, which was unveiled to the public at the recent Melbourne Leisurefest show.
Said to be whisper-quiet in operation so as not to disturb the Optimum’s occupants, sleeping just a few metres away in their queen-size bed with its flanking ‘His’ and ‘Her’ wardrobes, the dishwasher consumes around 6.5 litres of water in a single wash and has all-important flood-protection in case things go horribly wrong.
Cleans while you sleep
A delayed start means that you can load dishes at night after your dinner party and arrange for the wash to occur at a convenient time afterwards, while still connected to mains water at a caravan park.
Alternatively, if you wish to clean up off the beaten track, the dishwasher can be run via the Optimum’s in-built Onan 3.6kVa generator that can be started from within the motorhome at the touch of a button.
The dishwasher is a logical progression in the range of domestic appliances that have become commonplace in caravans and motorhomes over the past 20 years.
Hot water services and roof-mounted reverse cycle air conditioners came first in the 1990s, followed by compressors fridge-freezers – some with ice-cube makers.
More recently we have seen a New Age caravan with a built-in ironing board, a Sunliner motorhome with its own vacuum system and Van Cruiser caravans with a rear spa bath and a temperature controlled under-floor wine cellar.
No compromise on comfort
Jayco’s Motorhome Sales & Marketing Manager Scott Jones said that the addition of more household appliances in top-level motorhomes and caravans was being driven by buyers who did not want to compromise on their home comforts when travelling – even when ‘off-the-grid’ in remote locations.
“We are responding to demand and our customers have told us the features they want,” said Jones, who also said he was unaware of any other Australian built caravan or motorhome model fitted with a dishwasher as standard.
So, what’s the next frontier in travelling comfort?
Home theatre systems are around and likely to become common on top-end Australian caravans and motorhomes in the next year, but the biggest change, according to Jones, will be the integration of tablet computers with technology that will allow all of the vehicles functions to be controlled remotely.
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Written byMichael Browning
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