Issues with 2025 Bailey unicorn Cadiz deluxe
We bought our Bailey Unicorn Cadiz Deluxe early last year and have enjoyed several trips away, however, we wonder if any other owners have similar issues with this model.
* There isn’t enough headroom over the sink in the bathroom when cleaning your teeth unless you open the right hand overhead cupboard. I would suggest removing the cupboard altogether and putting a wall mirror in its place.
*There is an un necessary gap below the cupboard under the washbasin, make a cupboard that is flush to the floor which would provide better storage space.
* The catches on the window fly screens are very flimsy and most of them fell off after only the 2nd or 3rd use.
* USB sockets in the spotlight fittings are difficult to use as they face the wrong way.
* The stable door is a welcome return but unfortunately you can’t use the fly screen when the top part of the door is open because of the waste bin which is fitted to the lower half of the door.
* It’s rather difficult to lift the table out from under the bed. Also, it would be useful if there was a drop down flap to allow easier access to anything stored in the space below that particular bed.
* I’d be interested to hear what other owners use the narrow pull out storage unit to the right of the oven for.
* And finally, why oh why isn’t there an on off switch for the lighting, the remote control is a pain in the backside, even the guy at our dealership had problems working it out.
Florence Dupré
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Surely most of your list are not design faults, just things that you would prefer are different, but the dealer should be able to sort the fly screen catches out. You will probably find the spotlights are mounted on a plate and can be rotated 190 degrees so you can have better access to the USB outlet.
Colin
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I think that this is just a list of the little annoyances that everyone has, regardless of what caravan they own, and part of the fun is overcoming them.
We had a Lunar, and a Bailey, and had the same issue with the flyscreen catches, so I superglued them back on to begin with. In the end, I chucked them all away as they aren't needed.
All caravans, that I'm aware of, have a bin on the door, but most are not barn doors. On our Bailey we made net curtains, weighed down with lead weights, and hung them from a spring loaded rail for when the top door was open, and tied them back at other times. It worked fine.
I think that putting the table under the bed is sensible, but we took ours out and left it at home as we never used it, and it impeded access to the under bed storage. If ever we need an extra table, we bring in the awning table.
I agree with Colin about the spotlights. Our dealer sorted that out
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We also find the table in our Evora quite awkward to get from under the bed, and quite heavy. Fortunately there are only two of us, so we've removed it from the caravan and just use the small 'pull-out' from the front chest.... saves the bother, saves a bit of extra weight... 🙂
Another idea is to use a simple slatted table as an alternative...
David
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For the duration of owning 3 motorhomes over several years we managed very well with either the pull out or a small freestanding table. Storing a heavy table in the overcab area was no joke plus the space was better utilised in other ways.
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Some of these are not design faults.
* There isn’t enough headroom over the sink in the bathroom when cleaning your teeth unless you open the right hand overhead cupboard. I would suggest removing the cupboard altogether and putting a wall mirror in its place.
Well maybe for you but that depends on one's height, but I don't quite understand, if you open the cupboard surely the bottom shelf is still there unless you're putting your head inside the cupboard, why not ask your dealer to remove the cupboard? It may be possible unless it add some structural support to the caravan?
* The catches on the window fly screens are very flimsy and most of them fell off after only the 2nd or 3rd use.
Get your dealer to fix these on better
* USB sockets in the spotlight fittings are difficult to use as they face the wrong way.
I usually find a single USB socket is rarely enough anyway, get a lead with a multiple heads on it, or as EM says get them turned around
* The stable door is a welcome return but unfortunately you can’t use the fly screen when the top part of the door is open because of the waste bin which is fitted to the lower half of the door.
Just going to have to live with this one although we have found that the bin on the door is too small anyway so have it removed and unless you will be travelling in hot countries the times we have used the fly screen in the UK has been very few indeed
* It’s rather difficult to lift the table out from under the bed. Also, it would be useful if there was a drop down flap to allow easier access to anything stored in the space below that particular bed.
Yes a fair point. Ours is stored in the wardrobe vertically and quite some way up and it's still difficult to bring it in and out when needed, they are all heavy and have to be stored somewhere for travelling. In fact once it's out in the morning it stays out and is stored at the back of the caravan till we leave.
…other owners use the narrow pull out storage unit to the right of the oven for.
Ours is a small size cupboard under which is never used part from small food items like tins and rice packats
* And finally, why oh why isn’t there an on off switch for the lighting, the remote control is a pain in the backside, even the guy at our dealership had problems working it out.
Well there is a master switch by the door on ours but as @TimboC says it's just part of the fun to get a mass produced caravan to suit your particular needs.
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"It’s rather difficult to lift the table out from under the bed. Also, it would be useful if there was a drop down flap to allow easier access to anything stored in the space below that particular bed."
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Also, it would be useful if there was a drop down flap to allow easier access to anything stored in the space below that particular bed.
We do have one and while you might look out for this on a future caravan it's not that useful. You have to get on the floor and peer in and the only immediate access is to the first six inches into the space below the seat. For anything else you have to lift the seat up anyway.
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Agree with your last comment @Cornersteady - our last Bailey had one of these and it was a complete waste of time. I couldn't get down there now, anyway. Both of our single beds have gas struts fitted - so it's no effort at all to lift them up - even when they are made up.
As for the cupboard above the sink - our Knaus is the same and although I'm not tall, it's still a bit awkward cleaning one's teeth - but you just get used to it. If the cupboard wasn't there - and the one below the sink - where would Ros keep all her 'junk'😃.
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