LIKE LIGHTNING
Manufacturers have changed how they market their campers over the past couple of years. We’ve seen the side-fold soft-floor fall from favour, the forward-fold explode in popularity, the hybrid increasingly accepted, and the evolution of smaller, more agile campers with rapid set-up and pack-down. Dropping straight into that latter category is the Conqueror UEV-310 V2.
Conqueror rode to fame in Australia on the back of their larger UEV models, at a time when they were among the few hybrid-style campers on the market. But in recent years, they’ve expanded their range to include smaller campers. The smallest of these is the UEV-310, which has just been re-released as the V2. It’s worth pointing out that the UEV-310 V2 is also marketed as the Lightning, for its extremely fast set-up time.
Quite literally, the rooftop-type tent takes just 50 seconds to unclip, raise to full height on its powered hoists and make accessible via placement of the access ladder. The awning — a batwing-style swing-around unit — takes just another 30 seconds.
Other than that it’s your decision as to whether or not you want to put the rear stabilisers down, or swing out the arm that carries the spare on the rear so you can access the rear storage, or
