The GIC Outback Rover is a hard-floor camper at a budget price, but does it provide value for money?
With much anticipation about its latest offering, GIC Camper Trailers put up one of its Outback Rovers for evaluation. It’s a hard-floor, rear-fold model and GIC claims it can be set up in just 45 seconds with a hand winching system and a few slight adjustments to the interior bows.
Campers are subject to many incredible set-up claims. Nearly as many fall short and take an age to erect. The GIC Outback Rover is one that lives up to its claim – imagine having the main part of your camper-trailer set up in less than a minute with no pegs or ropes needed – not bad! Admittedly the awning and extra walls do take more time to set up, but are mostly easy to do once you’ve got the hang of it.
Set-up times aside, though, most of the trailer was a little disappointing. We found nuts missing on the shock absorbers, a bent and dented kitchen sink, misaligned lids on the front storage box, doors that didn’t close properly, rivets that had not been set properly, loose hardware, poor design features and poor workmanship.
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HI I have seen trailers like this on Ebay.
They are from Melbourne and Perth.
They have many faults and some faults are major.
These manufactures should be stopped
A Moorebank distributor sells trailers that have not been tested designed and built in China sold by a person who has never been 4wding.
We need to stop these sellers as us who know need to tell those who don’t know the finner things about off road camper trailers.
That’s just unforgivable. Whoever built this pile of shit should be damned ashamed of themselves.
That’s unforgivable. If you’re going to build a caravan for Australians to use, it needs to be well-built, not cheaply built. Everything should be bolted on as securely as possible so that it doesn’t come apart during use. It’s the same with anything being made. No one wants anything to fall apart during its use.