IRECKONthe shower really hits the nail on the head. In
fact, I’ve been searching for something similar since I got
back from my last cross country adventure. I’ll walk you
through the design. Basically, the top half of the side door
flipsupallowingyoutoslidethelower shower assembly
out and lock in place. You’ve got two support bars that
keep it nice and secure, than all that’s left is to zip on
the shower tent. It’s surprisingly sturdy, which is largely
thanks to some good quality (highly rated) runners. Myinner fuss-pot urged for a slightly simplified shower
tent, rather than having to completely remove it every
time. But in saying that, it’s a pretty simple design to
set up, and I can’t emphasise how handy it is to have all
the benefits of a full external shower that doesn’t set up
directly on the ground. If you’ve ever had to bathe with
muddy or dusty feet on anything but level ground, you’ll
know what I mean!ASTROKEOFBRILLIANCE
OFFROAD CREDENTIALS
How do I put this? The Pursuit Platinum is a
purpose built, go-anywhere machine! Now
it’s a hybrid camper, bordering closely along
the line of an offroad caravan if we’re honest.
In other words, it’s not the sort of thing you
want to be dangling off the side of a cliff. In
saying that, you would be absolutely shocked
at how capable it is off the beaten track.
There’s plenty of ground clearance, the rear
departure angle is deceivingly capable, and
the undercarriage is pretty well protected too.
To put it all to the test, I managed to talk the
BRS Offroad boys into bringing their big black
beast of a 4WD out to play – it was easier
than I thought too. I figured if this camper can
follow that absolute animal around the tracks,
it’ll handle anything.
The 2.5 tonne CruiseMaster air independent
suspension is a work of bloody art. It provides
a cushioned ride with surprisingly good
stability on and off the road. A real highlight
is being able to adjust the ride height of both
sides of the camper individually, which comes
in super handy on the tracks. We tackled a
pretty hairy rock step which had us hanging
over pretty darn close to a big tree. To be
honest I was sweating bullets for a second
there. But Ben from BRS Offroad simply
flicked the switch, and bam, the camper
levelled back up and we were able to creepThe step-in hard-floor shower pod is
utterly unique and quite brilliant.
And yes, I bounced around inside
to test its strengthNow doesn’t that look inviting? Check
out the star gazer window...From the outside, you can see how
the shower pod folds down and
slides in when in drive mode