MMM – September 2019

148 outandaboutlive.co.ukSeptember 2019

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Cruciall y im portant in alayo ut

like this is the rear bedroom and

immediately there was ahurrah from

me as I discovered that the lack of any

top cupboards back here allo ws you

to sit up in bed without any risk of

bashing your head on the furniture.

More plus points come in the form

of the Duvalay mattresses and the

fairly generous bed sizes, the small

shelvingunit with USB and 230V

sockets and the ea sy conversion to a

long transverse double,if you prefer.

There areventilation panelsto keep

you away from the side walls in your

sleep but, strangely, no slats or springs

under the mattresses.

With fourber ths instantly available,

it’s only larger fami lies that will have

to rearrange the lounge at ni ght.

An easy option here would be to

crea te a lengthways single(1.79m

by 0.93m)on the offside, butthe

Benimar, Carado, Chausson, Etrusco,
McLouis, Rimor, Roller Team, Sunlight
and Weinsberg.
Where the Edge differs is in being a
true six-berth – a nd not one of those
‘on paper’ fami ly models where the
children hav e to travel se parately as
there arenot enough belted seats
or sleep in a tent when they arrive
because there are too few berths.
Instead of the usu al half -dinette
lounge and swivel cab seats (with
belted places for four or, at most,
five), the Edge has a pu llman dinette
with a pair of three-point seatbelts on
both the forward and the rearward-
facingbenches.
The cab chairs stay facing forwards
and you simply walk thro ugh fr om the
cab intothe lounge with no step to
trip you up.
There’s a small side s ofa in addition
to the dinette, so six could sit here if
several are youngsters. Whether they

could all reach the table is a moot

point but it’s ple asing to seethat

(unusually) the table does stow away

(in the rear nearside wardrobe) for

safety when travelling.

The main 90cmby 53cmtablet op

is supplementedby a simple slot-

in extension (46cmby 32cm) when

more than four place settings need to

be accommodated.

The Vitatta soft furnishings look

well-fin ishe d and the AirWave foam

ensures comfortable seating, butyou

can’t help noticing that, without the

big sunroof that has become so much

the nor m in modern motorhomes, the

interior does feel a touch dark.

The main lounge window is rather

small, too, although the return

of curtains (rather than Swift’s

padded window surrounds) adds a

homely touch andlighting in cludes

dimmable ambient illuminationover

the top loc kers.

LIKEDLikes/Dislikes

WANTED

DISLIKED

TESTED Swift Edge 476

Single beds thatyou can comfortably

sit up in

Kitchen withoven, grill and microwave

Odd-shaped dinette bed that requires

four infill cushions

Manual stepfor habitationdoor

Slatted basesfor theovercab and rear

single beds

Large rooflightover lounge

Theovercab bed is simple to deploy but rather lacking in headroom and ventilation