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Lunar Clubman SB

Key Features

Model Year 2011
Class Single Axle
Price From (£) 19,695
Internal Length (m) 5.79
Shipping Length (m) 7.36
MRO (kg) 1320
MTPLM (kg) 1,475
Max Width (m) 2.28
External Height (m) 2.65
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Full review

CARAVANS with single beds are usually thought of as being mainly for couples. But here’s one that’s as much of a family caravan as one for the empty-nesters.

This is why: The Clubman SB (yes, it does stand for Single Beds) has a versatility that, in honesty, only became apparent to us during our test; we hadn’t spotted its flexibility of use when we first saw this caravan at Lunar’s new-model launch event.

Its two fully-domestic-dimension single beds sit just behind the axle. At the back of the caravan is the washroom. That means the bedroom-en suite is cohesive. It also means that children could sleep on the two singles and parents could take the double that makes up in the lounge; they’d have a lounge-kitchen living area of more than adequate size after the kids had gone to bed.

Think of it a few years on. The teenagers need beds of full adult size. They also want privacy from parents; the dark brown pleated partition gives more privacy than paler versions. 

They’ll love the shower-dressing area with enough cupboards and shelving to satisfy grooming demands.

So, we’ve established the fact that the SB can ably fulfil the needs of a growing-up family. But how about its assumed primary role? Yes, luxury for couples who prefer to sleep singly.

Some caravanners say fixed beds are a waste of day space. Again, quality test-time spent with this caravan revealed something that dispels space-waste theories.

These single beds are daytime settees, loungers, chaise longues – call them what you will, they’re perfect for putting your feet up.

And in this caravan that’s important, for you can’t lie full-length in the lounge because the settees are short.

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We popped a full complement of cushions plus two of the armrest bolsters from the lounge on one of the beds to see how it would look converted to a settee.

Suddenly we’d turned it into a relaxing place to sit with feet up (as opposed to lying down), with sink-into cushion surround. More importantly, we’d also transformed its look from bed to settee, proving that this bedroom area can be a true extension of your lounge.

For us, though, no time for feet up. It’s dinner time and the kitchen is next on the test list. Cooks with one eye on economy of gas will love the mains hotplate; 2011 is the first year in which this feature appears in Lunars.

On goes the corn for a sweet and sour dish while we assess working space. There’s not a lot, with the lid over the sink and drainer raised.

We decide the kitchen cupboard is too small for two and very much too small if there are four of you – and then we turn around and open the cupboard under the drinks cabinet and change our minds; there’s plenty of space here for kitchen items.

And on tow? You get an important safety item; that’s the AL-KO ATC trailer stability control system to give you reassurance that something electronic is there to detect any sway and stop it before it develops.

Our verdict:

From simple couples’ caravan through all the stages of a growing family right up to occasional grand-child appeal, we think this fixed single bed idea would work. A caravan to keep for 20 years, then?

Few people would plan to keep a caravan that long – but some do; indeed, one of the Go Caravan team still has the caravan he bought new when his boys were kids and now the same caravan suits the parents on their own just as well.

The point demonstrates that some layouts are flexible enough to adapt to differing needs – and the Clubman SB is one of the best in this category.
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