Review of the Motorhome book - for motorhome beginners

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When we visited the Caravan Stockholm fair in February, we were given a review copy of Husbilsboken - for those who are new to motorhomes. Since then (as you may know) we have been busy and the book has ended up on a shelf, but during a cleaning at home I found it again. And now we have the opportunity to write a review.

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The motorhome book - for motorhome beginners

"What is grey water? Where do you spend the night? Where do you get fresh water? How does the fridge work?" So write Sanna Ohlander and Torbjörn Lagerwall on the back cover of their book. And yes, we can agree that there are many questions when you are new to motorhoming.

The book goes chapter by chapter through the things you might wonder about as a new motorhome owner: accommodation, safety, water, emptying & filling, electricity, heating & cooling, LPG, winter, the kitchen, technology & internet and so on.

You get a lot of concrete tips and advice, while Sanna and Torbjörn write personally. They generously share their own mistakes and tell you what they do themselves, which I appreciate.

Easy to make mistakes as a novice motorhome owner

It's easy to make mistakes as a new motorhome owner/rental! Where can you stay and sleep at night? How does that work with LPG? How do you make sure the toilet doesn't smell? We have had the experience of running out of gas in the middle of the night and it took several years before we fully understood the heating system. Of course, you can learn everything by trial and error, but with the help of the Motorhome Book you can certainly avoid making all the mistakes yourself.

Do we agree?

Do we agree with everything in the Motorhome Book? We haven't read exactly every line, so we can't say for sure, but what we have read sounds sound, sensible and correct. In the chapter on the kitchen, the authors think mostly about the cheese, while we think the most important factor is that the food doesn't require too much space to cook (maybe because we have a good cooker hood). Small differences like these show that Sanna and Torbjörn write from their own experiences, which we like!

If you've had a motorhome for a few years, you might not need this book. If you are a new or fairly new motorhome owner: yep, lots of good and solid tips! If this had been available when we were new motorhome owners, we would have avoided a number of mistakes and life would have been easier. You can read more on the website husbilsboken.se and you can order it on Bokus, Adlibris or Cdon.com.

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