I saw the video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fiKc0TvvVQ
and am happy they are back in the Van Conversion business. Funny that Pleasure Way picks the SAME year to introduce the Plateau XL Widebody. Plateau has ALWAYS been a van conversion and except for 2009 Coach House has always been a super cool one piece fiberglass body manufacturer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=544xWq5P3UI
The problem with Coach House was they always pushed the Ford and would tell customer's "You know you are paying way more for the Sprinter to get the same RV you can get in a Ford". The van conversion is unique to the Sprinter and has some good ideas in it. The sofa/bed is all Airstream or Gulfstream, some stream. But the bath and the computer desk are very nice, or I should say unique. I feel (of course) the LTV folks do it better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyLJ0vGYfA
They include a slide in theirs, and their bath is not so claustrophobic, but I like seeing new ideas. Like the beds in the CH are not jack-knife, they are like pull out drawers and their cushions fall down to fill the space, that's new.
Still think I would get the Era 70A if I was buying a van conversion, everything is just done right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKnFQ59DdKI
They got the twin bed/king bed down pat, they have the big fridge like in the RoadTrek CS, I can haul a ton of stuff with it, heck it even LOOKS like a normal van, Nice!
But I am not buying a van conversion as I already have the Sprinter of my dreams, and with my few tweaks I am keeping pace with everything that is happening in the B+ market, except the E-trek package from RoadTrek, but I already have a charger converter, and a solar system, and am happy with my alternator. I *could* take out the generator and store more batteries there and get the expensive AIMs inverter/charger and a second alternator to run it, but I would need to replace the stove and fridge and furnace, and remove that big LP tank that I only have to fill like twice a year. So E-trek is a cool dream, but I already have my dream machine.
-Randy