Swift vs Bailey
thinking of buying new caravan, which is the better company, e.g less leaks, good customer service etc
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Having owned a bailey and a few abbey which is from swift stable would 100 precent say swift
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Please look very carefully before buying a unicorn my wife and I called ours a throwaway caravan because of poor workmanship
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Customer service good or bad is normally down to the "point of sale" ie dealers,once they have your money,
An independant repairer we know says that Swift are a nightmare to deal with for parts(he thinks its because of the amount of parts they need to keep their dealers sweet),
One thing that is bad across all makes is dealers that if you do not buy from them ,do not expect them to rectify any warranty work,
remember that when looking for a "deal"
We are on our second damp free Bailey some friends are on their third (reason we bought our first)
Only faults they and we have had are from bought in equipment,mostly from over the channel
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Thanks for replys.are the 6 year warrantys any good. if i found damp 5 years away, would they fix it? obviously i will service once a year
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Please look very carefully before buying a unicorn my wife and I called ours a throwaway caravan because of poor workmanship
Please be careful Cabbiemick, this sort of talk will get you into JVB66 bumper book of moaners.
...If the cap fits
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Repeat after me
There is no perfect van except Bailey,
There is no perfect van except Bailey etc etc
To be honest if someone put a gun to my head and said you have to choose between a Swift or a Bailey I think I would choose a Bailey, I think that the plastic interiors of Swift group are to my eyes horrid. Alternative opinions do exist.
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how are warrantys for covering water leaks ?
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Assuming the clubs survey is eventually published they might answer your question based on a very large sample rather than a few individual opinions. If you look at the PC surveys over the last three years then there is nothing in it for customer satisfaction
although Sprites do far better than either.On dampness though the laast survey had Swift under 10% but not clear how far. Bailey were aparrently over this but again the exact figure was not given.
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All LVs as posted by several, are mostly in the eye of the persons who are looking,
And as for which is best there is not a make anywhere in the world that IMHO would be able to hold their hands up and honestly say they have produced perfectly no problems vehicles,
Its just we all wish for perfection in exchange for our money,
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Assuming the clubs survey is eventually published they might answer your question based on a very large sample rather than a few individual opinions. If you look at the PC surveys over the last three years then there is nothing in it for customer satisfaction
although Sprites do far better than either.On dampness though the laast survey had Swift under 10% but not clear how far. Bailey were aparrently over this but again the exact figure was not given.
.Surveys are only a guide hence in you post ."Sprites do better than both" yet Sprites are a "cheaper"Swift,where as a Bailey is a Bailey
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i need a 4 birth van under 1250 max weight
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Bailey owners all tend to be 90 years of age. They're chintzy, have an old persons grab handle inside the door, have the battery in a stupid place under the floor, can't be bothered to make the bathroom window opaque and look odd. Need I say more.
Swift every time
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This might seem strange coming from someone that owns a Bailey motorhome but four of our previous caravans were from the Swift stable, all purchased new and each kept betweem 3 and 9 years. We were perfectly happy with them. They have changed construction
methods since we last purchased so I don't how they have performed.David
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4-months into owning a new Bailey Unicorn - few niggles quickly sorted but otherwise very pleased with it. No better, or worse, built in my opinion that the Elddis we had before or our friends Lunar and Swift.
Find a van you like and go with it.
FWIW I'm not 90 and given I never need to access the battery I'm more than happy with it being under floor out the way
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Bailey owners all tend to be 90 years of age. They're chintzy, have an old persons grab handle inside the door, have the battery in a stupid place under the floor, can't be bothered to make the bathroom window opaque and look odd. Need I say more.
Swift every time
...Even more reason then to buy a Bailey "SAGA" van or pitch near one as there is less chance of having "problems" with the neigbours
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4-months into owning a new Bailey Unicorn - few niggles quickly sorted but otherwise very pleased with it. No better, or worse, built in my opinion that the Elddis we had before or our friends Lunar and Swift.
Find a van you like and go with it.
FWIW I'm not 90 and given I never need to access the battery I'm more than happy with it being under floor out the way
..And a far superior spare wheel storage than other makes
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Bailey owners all tend to be 90 years of age. They're chintzy, have an old persons grab handle inside the door, have the battery in a stupid place under the floor, can't be bothered to make the bathroom window opaque and look odd. Need I say more.
Swift every time
...Even more reason then to buy a Bailey "SAGA" van or pitch near one as there is less chance of having "problems" with the neigbours
Nope - I'm in my 40s and have three teenagers with me
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Bailey owners all tend to be 90 years of age. They're chintzy, have an old persons grab handle inside the door, have the battery in a stupid place under the floor, can't be bothered to make the bathroom window opaque and look odd. Need I say more.
Swift every time
...Even more reason then to buy a Bailey "SAGA" van or pitch near one as there is less chance of having "problems" with the neigbours
Nope - I'm in my 40s and have three teenagers with me
...Another myth was posted then
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We did look at a top of the range Swift the inside looked as if was aimed at a "certain"" mobile market
...but surely the 'market' you refer to, only buy vans that will last, like Hobbys and Fendts......for that reason, theyre tough....
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We did look at a top of the range Swift the inside looked as if was aimed at a "certain"" mobile market
...but surely the 'market' you refer to, only buy vans that will last, like Hobbys and Fendts......for that reason, theyre tough....
..They only buy them because they are "bigger" that is allowed to be towed by anything other than a "transit" and come complete with no on board water and plastic seat covers
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I dont come across many repeat buyers of bailey but do of buccerneer so I brought a lunar shows how mych I know about caravans weve had it 4 months used it 3 times and are off to caravan show to look about changing it for a hobby or American van
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