Karl and Frank Prosenik's Supreme Caravans continue to develop its own particular niche with an interesting mix of conventional and offroad caravans.

The market sector Supreme has nurtured has links with the recreational fishing and offroad community, and the Company's approach has worked well for an enterprise that had very modest beginnings, with the development of what have become affectionately known as "fishing tubs".

As is the case with most of the players in today's caravan industry, Supreme is enjoying these buoyant times with filled order books and a lot of interest being directed to the product.

In an innovative move, the Prosenik brothers have entered into agreement with Ken Mathieson's boutique Colt factory to market, under the Supreme brand, the Sunseeker Glide-On, a slide on for traytops and utilities.

The slide-on has been enjoying a renaissance in recent times. This has been due to the number of new utilities and tray tops being acquired by tradespeople and those in the rural sector. There has been a number of fresh entrants into the area of RV and interest in the concept continues to mount.

Frank and Karl Prosenik, in their agreement with Colt to produce the Sunseeker, have identified a fruitful reservoir of slide-on buyers for the Glide-On.

Karl told Caravan World, "The most popular of the Sunseeker range is the one used on tray tops and we seem to have tapped into the trades and rural segment who find the concept ideal for their purposes.

"A lot of our buyers are fishing enthusiasts who like to tow a boat. The mix and match provided by the capacity of the traytop Toyotas, Nissans, Holden Rodeos, Fords and the like to both tow a boat and carry a slide-on is ideal for their purposes.

"There has been a lot of interest in the utility variant of the Supreme Sunseeker Glide-On because of its comfortable 490 kg weight, but it's the traytop unit that's attracting the lion's share of interest," he said.

At 520 kg the traytop version of the Sunseeker Glide-On provides considerably more storage space than its partner, in which space is limited by its conforming to a ute body.

Both slide-ons use CarVan legs for landing and storage, a simple and effective means of allowing the units to be elevated enough for the ute or tray truck to be backed underneath.

Both variants are pop-tops and when extended they provide plenty of headroom. In the headroom department the rear entrances are excellent. Many rear entrances as installed in small vans and slide-ons can be real skull crackers but with the Supreme Sunseeker, entrance for the average sized "Collingwood six-footer" is as easy as pie.

Karl Prosenik said, "The Sunseeker is the perfect solution for those overnight escapes or long weekends for the traytop or ute owner who wants to get away with the minimum of fuss."

To attempt the Big One in a slide-on would be a bit of an ask, but the Sunseeker is by no means cramped. There's well thought out floor space and the cafe type dinette has a very convenient swivel table.

The Supreme Sunseeker is very good on space. While the unit for the ute has some storage penalties over that of the slide-on for the tray, there is nonetheless generous cupboard and hanging space.

The kitchen area is very well planned in both models and features the Dometic Spin-Flo two burner cooktop and grill, plus a handy sized sink and drainboard. A Dometic RM2330 threeway fridge takes care of perishables storage and the easily accessed double bed is "upstairs" in the front, with a handy little hopper window for light and ventilation.

Two people can maneouvre within the cabin space without getting tangled, and there's plenty of space in the dinette for one to sit and watch TV while the other cooks.

The Sunseeker is well served with security doors, large windows, a 60 litre water tank, 240/12 volt electrics and a gas bottle locker behind a tidy external door.

Although not lavish in the style department, the cabinetry in the Supreme Sunseeker is precise in fit and finish, with well upholstered seats of subdued colours. The seats are well shaped with good thigh support, something not always seen even in full sized caravans.

Not only for the tradeys or farmers, but for any owners of utes or traytop utilities, the Supreme Sunseeker Glide-On is excellent value in the recreational market. The ute version comes in (including GST) at $15,990 with the traytop variant at $17250 - Top stuff!

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