Looking at popup campers

[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.

[badger]

aside from a couple of summers of using the travel trailer we've always tented. The trailer wasn't that much better. It was so small, I belive 15'? and with 2 adults and 2 teenagers, it wasn't all that fun. I got stuck in the "loft" where there was maybe about 3" of space above my face.

I don't really mind tenting, per se, but I do hate having to crawl in/out of the tent. And I detest cooking in the dark.

DB is obsessed with fly fishing, so one time conditions were sublime and he refused to leave the lake until it was so dark we couldn't see 2 feet in front of us. We hadn't had dinner yet, and I had to cook by a dinky lantern light. I HATED it. Cold, wet, hungry, and cooking in those conditions made for one very cranky girl!

So I told him we need to invest in a tall tent with a "den" where we can set up a semi-decent cooking station with netting around that no bugs can get in.

I'm not fussed at all about going potty outside, I much rather do it in the bushes than in an outhouse. I just hate crawling in/out of the tent!