by Chris Jefferies
Bailey Caravans has teamed up with the University of Bath to create a lighter, more affordable version of the popular Orion 430-4.
Known as the Bailey Orion Evo-4, this new Alu-Tech tourer features a bold blue and silver exterior design, and on the inside it has been redesigned with the habits of modern caravanners in mind.
Following extensive customer research, Bailey has found that only 8.5 per cent of caravanners regularly use their 12v leisure battery as their primary source of power.
For this reason, the Bristol-based company taken the bold step of stripping out the leisure battery and significantly reducing the size of the gas bottle, meaning that this caravan is designed to be used primarily with on-site 240v electric hook-ups.
This has had a noticeable impact on the specification; with the oven and grill being removed in favour of a Daewoo Combi-Microwave, and the Thetford three-burner gas hob being replaced by a two-burner gas hob and a single electric hotplate.
What’s more, the refrigerator and the water and space heaters are now electric-only. The rest of this popular four-berth, fixed double bed layout remains the same.
Lighter and cheaper
As a result of all these changes, the Orion Evo-4 weighs in at around…
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