Looking at popup campers

[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

[Koronin]

No real advise. As a kid my parents had a pop-up for awhile. There were 5 of us, my parents, my two sisters (who are twins and younger than me) and myself. The table lays on the benches and makes the extra bed, which is where I slept. When we got a bit older, my parents bought a larger travel trailer (I do not remember how long it was). But I much preferred sleeping on the couch it had, then on the table. LOL. I remember we sold it, when I was in high school. Then my dad got a tent we he and I started going to Bristol for the NASCAR races. Now my husband I go to to those races and we finally were able to get into a hotel. Believe me, I prefer a hotel to any kind of camping when it snows. I'd definitely take a pop-up over a tent.