Instruction Videos
Fresh water
After a few days using fresh water, you need to refill the fresh water tank. Its easy and won’t take much time. This video shows you how to do it if it’s all new to you.
Fill the gas bottle
After using your motorhome appliances for a while, you have to check your gas bottle. If you use the shower and oven every time you have to check it more often. Especially in winter with the central hot air heater going, you have to do this every week otherwise every second week should be enough.
Fridge and freezer
Our Explorer and Seeker motorhome models have a fridge/freezer on board. Some of them are manual and others are automatic fridges. Please have a look at this video to find out how they work. Both are easy to use and have plenty of space inside to keep all your products cool.
Digital hot water display
All our motorhomes in New Zealand do have hot water heating and hot air heating. Some of them have a digital display. We do have a paper manual in the motorhome but some like to watch instead of reading. You can watch this instruction video for our digital Truma unit here.
Fly-screens and- Block-outs
All our motorhomes here in New Zealand have blinds and screens attached to the windows and roof vents. Makes a big difference to prevent flies and sandflies coming into your motorhome. Most rental companies don’t have them or remove them before they start renting out the motorhome(s)
Hot Water and Central Heating
Hot Water and central Heating. The best comfort in your motorhome! How to use and when to turn on.
Empty grey water and Toilet
After using toilet and shower for a few days you have to empty the toilet cassette and grey water tank. You also need to top up the fresh water tank. Most camp grounds will have a dump station you can use if you stay overnight. Also, many towns will have a dump station, most of
Kitchen appliances
All our motorhomes in New Zealand have a good size kitchen. Most of them with a gas oven build in. Freedom camping is so easy with a modern motorhome. The dishes you still have to do yourself: No dishwasher in our motorhomes.
Seeker motorhome: Set up Awning
Our bigger Motorhome models will have come with an awning. They all work more or less the same. Sometimes you have to unlock the poles in the middle by pushing in the spring of the pole(s) Other models have a little handle on each outside of the poles. All straightforward.
Drive the Automatic gearbox Fiat Ducato
This is how your automatic gearbox works in your Bayofislandscampervans motorhome (all on a Fiat Ducato) used for our Sunlight and Carado models, but also for the Burstner, Dethleff and many other motorhomes.