Looking at popup campers

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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.

[Bike Chick]

I'd definitely take a pop-up over a tent.

Funny, but I prefer a tent to a pop-up. We had a pop-up a few years ago with A/C and heated mattresses. Sleeping on the ground with a good mat is far more comfortable that those skinny mattresses on plywood! And if you are the one stuck out closest to the canvas wall, it's just darned cold. They have their good points too I suppose but if we ever bought another camper, I would spend the extra $$$ to get a regular camper with a potty.