Looking at popup campers

[bmccasland]

Just make sure it doesn't leak when it rains. I have some soggy memories of borrowing a pop-up for a camping trip, only to discover that it leaked at the canvas edges when it rained. Which it did every afternoon.

Just how old and used is the one you're looking at?

Otherwise, I rather liked them. You don't have a lot of room for cooking inside if the weather is bad. Hauling a pop-up behind a truck or SUV is slightly better than hauling a tent, pitching it, then stuffing cots and everything else inside.

[blackhillsbiker]

One was a ’91. The one we are most interested in is an ’07. There is also a nice ’09, but it is a bit out of our price range (it has all the possible bells and whistles, including a cable tv hookup and heated mattresses).

[badger]

I don't really have anything to add on to your pop up campers (though I'd love to have one myself!) but thought I'd wave at a fellow fly fisher

[yellow]

After having a camper for a while and being fully immersed in the RV world, here's a list of things that I would think about if I were shopping again:

• Size and functionality of refrigerator
• Sink size
• Durability for/ease of hauling on dirt roads--this is a biggie, assuming you will haul it on dirt roads
• Size of bed--if not standard, PITA to find linens
• Ability and ease of hooking up a generator if needed

I'd definitely go with a newer one. Parts are plastic and parts get old. Plus, if the older one was stored uncovered, all kinds of pieces/parts could need replacing. Heated mattress? Cable TV? Probably things I would do without Ours has TV hookups and brackets (that we don't use), a built in TV antenna (that we don't use), and a satellite hookup (that we don't use). (But then we don't even watch TV at home, so no surprise there!)

[kermit]

We used a dutchman pop-up for years and loved it. The news ones are so much more updated (some even have a head). I would go with the newest you can afford, the A/C units are newer and more efficient(quieter) and the mattresses are probably nicer than the older model.

[surgtech1956]

We have a 2000 Palomino and love it. We got the smallest size pop-up. The 2 things we definitely wanted was a furnace and refrigerator(as opposed to an icebox). Both beds are full size beds.

[warneral]

We would love a popup camper but I would want one with a potty I always have to go potty at night and that is the one thing I really dislike about tent camping.