Looking at popup campers

[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.

[blackhillsbiker]

So far my must-haves are a furnace, a fridge, and a potty! I don't relish the thought of finding an outhouse in the middle of the night. I always have to go at least once during the night. Now DH is looking at little trucks to pull pop-ups. It's hard to find a used truck that didn't belong to a smoker.

Deb