There are some useful accessories you can buy for the off-season to keep your caravan ticking over. While our guide to the best caravan covers will help you pick out some ways of protecting your van, we take a look at some of the other products that could be worth investing in…

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Maypole Cable Bag

Make sure you’ve tidied away all of your leads in this handy cable bag, so they’re ready and waiting for your next trip.

Fenwicks Caravan cleaner

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Use the off-season to get your caravan back to its sparkling best! This efficient cleaning product – also the winner of the best caravan cleaner at the Practical Caravan Awards 2022 – can be used on a wide range of surfaces and is sure to remove any stubborn stains.

Shark cordless Handheld Vacuum Cleaner (Single Battery) WV200UK

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This useful handheld vacuum cleaner will make cleaning your caravan a much easier affair. Only 1.3kg, this lightweight and powerful device is the perfect way of refreshing your ‘van pre or post tour. Thanks to its quick-charging base, it only takes 2.5 hours to get up to eight minutes run-time.

Carbon monoxide detector

A carbon monoxide alarm will make sure you have nothing to worry about when you’re getting ready for your next year of touring. Just pop it in a corner of your van and then you can hopefully forget about it. Do be sure to check the batteries though.

Cleaning cloths

The off-season is the ideal time to give your ‘van a thorough clean. Our guide to how to clean your caravan will help you with the process, but first, you need a good cloth to help you scrub down the surfaces.

After some more brilliant accessories inspiration? Our Back to Basics: Accessories category has some unmissable round-ups, full of tour enhancing ideas.


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