CRUSADER MUSKETEER WARRIOR X COUNTRY REVIEWS
Full disclosure up front — this is my caravan. We bought it in August 2022 amid the post-COVID pandemonium around stock availability, supply issues, staff shortages, build wait times and tow vehicles that were as scarce as hen's teeth.
Also, up front — I did not disclose my employment with Caravan World when buying the van so there has been no favours, contras, discounts, freebies, tradeoffs, kickbacks or whatever you might want to label it. As far as Crusader Caravans and the dealer — Albury Wodonga RV World — were concerned, I was just a customer. Back then I was just a newbie employee of about a month or so, and I know much more now than I did then.
Now that we've got that out of the way, some background.
We had been Jayco owners for years; first a Swan camper and then a couple of Expandas. They all served our little family well on numerous Christmases on the Murray River, Easters in Bright and school holiday adventures to all manner of interesting destinations. We even dragged an Expanda around the Mereenie Loop in the Red Centre and up and back along the Birdville Development Road from Windorah to Birdsville to attend the Big Red Bash in 2017. (Note: Read the fine print in your warranty before you take any van offroad).
But there comes a time when your children become too old to want to go camping with their parents, so we decided to take the plunge and upgrade to our first full couples’ caravan and plan our transition to retirement.
We did quite a few years of research and had a list of non-negotiables.
