Vigilance and diligent safety procedures are probably the best ways to keep your campervan safe and secure, but you should also go online and take a look at what technology can do. There are some very exciting devices on the market, most of which can be operated by your phone, and the great thing is that their prices are coming down all the time as newer ones are being invented. It is a great time to be a camper van owner.
Motor Home Security Devices
There are some clever ones on the market. There are ones that tell you if somebody is trying to move the windows, and there are others that tell you if your camper van has just been moved, or if the engine has started, and others that help you geo-locate your vehicle if it is stolen. Then there are the slew of fire and security devices, from foam poppers that put out oil fires quickly, to locking mechanisms that auto-lock your windows and doors if you forget.
Lock Down Things When You Drive
It may seem like a rookie mistake, but there are plenty of people who damage their campervans and their personal items because they didn’t lock them down before they set off on their journey. The worst part is that even the most innocuous items, such as your mini-fridge, may cause quite a lot of damage if it is free to knock around or move while you are on your journey.
Get The Right Insurance
Do yourself a favour and find self build camper van insurance here. Get yourself some decent coverage that protects you against having the entire thing stolen and against people breaking in and stealing stuff. The worst part is that when people break in, they often damage the camper van while they try to steal your integrated items. It can be very expensive, which is why you need good insurance.
Buy Curtains and Window Coverings
It is less about opportunists and more about the odd way we British think. If there are windows for looking through, then we will peer through them, even if through the corner of our eyes. We have all walked past a house with no curtains and have seen the unhappy goldfish faces of the people in the house, staring back out at us like we did something wrong. We will look in windows without curtains, but we will not peer into windows that are covered.
For some reason, when a caravan or camper van has all its windows covered, we seem to assume there is some big burly guy in there taking a snooze. Cover the windows in the back, and make sure that people cannot see into the back if they are looking at the campervan from the front (unless you are in it, in which case open up the curtains and let the sun in).
Park in Safer Places
It sounds a little unfair to offer this up as advice, but the fact is that the location of your camper van dictates around 95% of its safety. Obviously, there are ways you can invite crime in even the nicest of areas, but the fact is that there are many areas where people are so desperate that they will break into anything. If you really want to protect your camper van and keep both it and its contents secure, then you need to find safe places to park.
