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MOTORHOME INSIDE AND OUTSIDE REVIEW
In the following article we show you our motorhome inside with all kinds of details, advice and recommendations based on our experience traveling in a motorhome and before a camper for more than 30 years.
Our motorhome inside to review: a Challenger 396, a model for families with a lot of interior space
Next, we show you our motorhome in this amateur video. Our motorhome is a Challenger 396 that we bought 3 years ago now. A profiled motorhome designed mainly for families of 4, since it has a tilting double bed (that goes up and down with a button) above the living room and with also tilting bunk beds above a second living room that gives us a lot of play with the children, plus plenty of extra interior space.
We believe that our motorhome has many advantages, but there are things that can also be improved and depending on the type of family it may not be the perfect motorhome.
In the following video we show you our motorhome in detail, so you can see what a motorhome looks like inside and how it works
Our motorhome under review
What model is it and what type of motorhome
We started our review of our motorhome
Brand and model
The brand of our motorhome: Challenger
The model of our motorhome: Genesis 396 of 2018
Motorhome type
Challenger seats 396
5 seats in travel, 6 to sleep
Challenger 396 motorhome layout
Double living room convertible into double tilting bedrooms (with automatic button up and down), the rear with bunk beds and the front double bed.
Separate bathroom. Separate shower totally in front of the toilet, separate bathroom with sliding door.
Challenger 396 Garage
Very big, we put the 4 bicycles, removing some wheel inside more chairs, tables etc ...
Challenger 396 motorhome price
Around 55.000 Euros
The best of our motorhome inside and out
For us, the best thing about our motorhome is undoubtedly the spaciousness we have.
Considering that we traveled with two children and a large dog, and that we like to travel in winter to snowy areas, the range of indoor mobility was a deciding factor.
Undoubtedly, the Challenger 396 motorhome gives us that spaciousness and flexibility in interior mobility, to be able to be totally snails and not violate any rule. Since, as you know, camping is totally prohibited in our country and we cannot take a table or chair out of the vehicle.
Secondly, what we consider another of the best points in favor of our motorhome is the spaciousness of the garage. This allows us to carry the bikes inside and not have to put a bike rack and take them outside. In addition to more safety of the bikes, we reduce the length of our motorhome inches.
Finally, something to highlight about our motorhome inside is the distribution of the second living room that gives a lot of flexibility. The flexibility of this space is due to the table that can be easily opened or folded. That turns the space into a room to play games, a dining room where we eat en route so as not to remove chairs in the other, a dressing room since it is in front of the shower or simply a space to play on the floor with the little ones.
Worst of our motorhome inside and out
Surely the worst thing about the challenger 396 is that it is one of the longest motorhomes on the market, 7,50m, which makes it difficult to park on many sides and that also on slopes can make it touch your ass easily. On this last point, we have improved a lot by putting the air suspension as it raises the height of the vehicle's butt in places
The structural qualities, perhaps it is another weak point, but I think that general of all low-end motorhomes like this one. The materials must be very light and that makes some materials not very robust. Although at the moment you hold up pretty well.
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Hola!
I have been looking at your blog and I wanted to take a little trip with a motorhome with my one and a half year old daughter. But I wanted to ask you if you know of any rental company that offers the possibility of installing a rear-facing seat. The most I have found is a company that offers a seat that can be installed in the "dining room" seats that go against the march... I am not very convinced of the idea, since it does not seem the safest thing to me, and for that reason I wanted to ask you if you know of other options.
Thanks in advance.
Greetings.
Carmen.
Hello Carme, the truth is that there is no option in the motorhomes to put the seats facing up. It is not a problem of rental motorhomes, but the other way around, of the motorhomes themselves. But the best thing is, as they have told you, put the seat in the rear-facing dining room seats, it's the same and they are just as safe. If you want, look at Yescapa, which is for rent between individuals and you will surely find someone who has children who rents their motorhome and insurance is well equipped and prepared for them. Here is the link: https://www.yescapa.es/#ae301
Hello Pilar, you are cracks. We met you at the Kucavanafest and …..spectacular. We have changed from a large volume to a motorhome and we have bought a Challenger but we want to put the Viesa and they have to make a hole in the roof because we do not want to get any claravolla. We are from Valls (Tarragona) and due to stocks we have bought the AC from a distributor in Valencia, we want to put the Viesa here closer to home. Can you please recommend us whether to drill holes or not? And in which workshop do you advise us to put it? Thank you very much and I hope that the next time we meet you will be a little more free and we will say hello.
thanks a lot. a hug 🙂
Hello Joana, thank you very much for your comment, it encourages us to continue doing things for this world that we are so passionate about. Well, we did it at Mi casa con ruedas back in the day, but Eurotete or Campernet from here in Catalonia you also do it and we know that whatever it is, it does it very well because of friends who have done it with them 🙂 You'll see how wonderful the Viesa is, I am 100% happy after 4 years with him. I also hope to be able to say hello to a next one, the Kucavanasfest was a bit crazy for those of us who were behind it, but we really enjoyed it seeing the good vibes that those of you who came caused 🙂 thank you Joana!