Winnebago Solis 59PX CAMPER VAN REVIEW
My friend Carolyn called me, so excited! “I love my Winnebago Solis 59PX Camper!” “I bought a Class B RV Winnebago Solis 59PX, a HUGE upgrade from my pickup truck hauling a trailer!” Caroline said: “I just hated to back up and park the trailer, plus during Covid I sheltered in place IN the trailer on a slab at my son’s house, so that my roommate, who was still working, could have their house to herself. So I was tired of the trailer!” It was time for an upgrade, and #VanLife was calling her! Sort of! She kept her house, her roommate bought her own house, and she became the proud owner of a camper van!
The Winnebago Solis 59PX Camper has a generator, and she can turn that on for an hour, and she thinks that should be enough. On her initial camping trips she found that Solar was enough to charge the refrigerator and lights in summer. In winter you use a lot more battery because it gets dark sooner.
Although Caroline is a single female Vanlifer, I wondered if a couple can comfortably fit in? A lot of people fit too much stuff in, appliances, coffee pots, bikes, kids, microwaves, toaster ovens, too much work loading all that stuff in, then your cabinets are stuffed, you have to unload all that stuff to get to anything, and Caroline’s goal is to have nothing under her bed, a few tubs with her little propane stove, her little portable bbq, and a tub of fire wood. Under the bed, there are two doors that open up, and there are cabinets underneath there and she just decided that she wasn’t going to use that. Caroline took the doors off and put cargo netting, so she doesn’t have to open the doors, if she wants something she just reaches in and gets it and the cargo netting keeps it in place.
My friend walked me through the process she went through to choose it. “I started out my camping days back in the day by camping by motorcycle, with one backpack, one change of clothing each, and backpacking items. Over the years my camping style changed, I towed a Casita, and then I moved up to a larger trailer.
Initially her camping vehicle was a 4WD Dakota Truck which only pulled 4000 pounds loaded, the Casita only weighed 2000 lbs, so that worked out well. The Casita wiped down very easy, didn’t get dings, and it was fiberglass. This super cute little lightweight camper had a microwave, bathroom and shower. While camping she carried her own water, 2 batteries so they could last awhile, a holding tank. Caroline stressed: “When you think about the camper trailers they typically have the ability to do that, the decision factor important for me is just how long you last without having to use electricity.”
The new camper van only has one battery, some people may have added another one underneath, so you can go for awhile without hookups.
Caroline loves her Winnebago Class B Campervan Solis 59PX, what a wonderful time she has on the road and camping Van Life Style!