Easy Caravanning: Take Off & Get Away

Easy Caravanning: Take Off & Get Away
With a vehicle fleet in transition, different demands are placed on camping equipment. Easy Caravanning responds to this with an illustrious duo that behaves range-friendly behind an electric car. The Take Off is very similar to a folding trailer, the Get Away is a full-fledged caravan. The commonality between both models: lightweight and a Cw value to feast on.

Easy Caravanning is a Dutch company. The initiator is Maarten de Roos. Together with Dennis Tiethoff and Rikus Hoving, they designed and prepared the Take Off folding caravan and the Get Away pop-top caravan for production. All three are enthusiastic campers who once worked together at Kip Caravans. With more than fifty years of combined experience in the production of mobile camping equipment, you can expect something beautiful.

Take Off
The first model that Easy Caravanning launched a few years ago was the Take Off. “With the Take Off, we tried to develop a camping vehicle that combines the advantages of a caravan and a folding trailer,” says Maarten de Roos. Driving a traditional caravan has a few disadvantages. Firstly, your car must be able to pull it, it is quite difficult to maneuver, and you have to deal with high air resistance. With a folding trailer, you have a clear view to the rear, because it does not protrude above the car. This makes a traditional folding trailer less unfavorable for the mileage of your EV. The Take Off adds a significant amount to that with a streamlined shape and a lightweight construction.

The disadvantage of a traditional folding trailer is that you can't just unfold it. Easy Caravanning has remedied this with the Take Off with ultimate unfolding pleasure. Because on the road in a parking lot, all you have to do is fold up the roof and you can have coffee. At the campsite, you set up two more supports that pull the canvas taut. All in all, it literally takes 1 minute of your holiday time before the great enjoyment can begin. Inside, the Take Off offers the comfort of a caravan: a handy kitchen, seating area where the table can be lowered to create a spacious double bed, and even a cleverly concealed toilet. You can create more space with an awning or an annex.

Get Away
The Get Away is a full-fledged caravan with quite a few differences compared to a traditional one. Narrower, lower, streamlined, and the lightest in its class — typically something an EV will be happy with. But just like with the Take Off, the Get Away also does not compromise on comfort. The most complete version is therefore truly extremely complete: an end kitchen with hot water and compressor refrigerator, cassette toilet with privacy, seating area annex lounge sofas that can be converted into a double bed, heating, inverter, and a pop-up roof for light, air, and extra headroom. Outside, the party continues with alloy wheels, low-profile tires, hatches with storage space all around, and a bicycle rack on the drawbar.

When a caravan is narrower, there is less interior space left. In the Get Away, however, you don't notice this, as the layout is extremely efficient. For example, the gas bottle has found a place in the left side wall, at the bottom of the wardrobe. With everything in it, there is still plenty of room to move around. The toilet is also such a striking example: it is concealed between the wardrobe and the kitchen, but appears by folding up a top. With the cabinet door opened 180º, you have an enclosed toilet area without a fixed bathroom dominating the interior.

Everything else is dedicated to lightweight. The exterior cladding is an aluminum-magnesium alloy: stronger, but also lighter. A number of cabinets and shelves are not made of wood but of mesh and fabric — much lighter, flexible, and removable when you don't need them. With these types of solutions, you can optionally equip the Get Away in the Active variant with a white license plate. The caravan comes standard on a 1000 kg axle. With its own license plate, you therefore have quite a bit of payload.

Rental
Try before you buy is the rental option Easy Caravanning offers to get acquainted with the Take Off and the Get Away. If this makes your purchase plans concrete, you will receive the rental fees as a discount on the purchase price. The Take Off has a price starting from €19,745, and the Get Away from €28,995. With a handy online configurator, you can assemble the Easy Caravanning models yourself, making it clear what your choices do to the exterior, interior, and price. Simply renting for a weekend or a longer holiday is also possible.

For more information and dealer addresses:
www.easycaravanning.com