Feedback on FW choice.

We just purchased a Wildcat 353LS manufactured by Forest River AKA a FROG Product.
While a Wildcat is far from the top of the high end lines of RVs. It did offer the floor plan that we liked. It has a bath and a half which really appealed to us for taking grandkids along. Trying to find a bath and a half 5th wheels and not being a bunk house or toy hauler is pretty tough to do. There are three different manufactures that offer them, one being the Wildcat (which has discontinued the floor plan) The other two would have cost almost double what we paid for the Wildcat which I wasn't willing to spend until I make sure that we use the new RV enough to justify the purchase.
Once the Wildcat arrives we will begin to make it ours with a little make over of some trim and décor choice.

we have the 8281ws and are looking forward to an 8000 mile trip in the spring. I really like the floor plan for our grand kids. and when they aren't along we have a walk in closet

We ended up finding a used 2009 Wildcat 32QBBS that was being traded in at our local RV dealer on the day that we were looking at new fifth wheels. The couple that was trading it in had come to transfer their stuff from the old to the new.

It is a Forest River product and we felt confident in purchasing it. I fell in love with the front bunkhouse with the rear master bedroom. We spent 107 nights in it from April until the end of October, so we definitely have gotten use out of it. We camp hosted two months at Virginia State Parks and another one in a Maryland State Park.

2009 Wildcat floorplan

We had a 2005 Rockwood 8283 for 7 years and were very happy with it. We had just a very few issues with it. Our needs outgrew it, otherwise we'd still have it.

We have a 2010 Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite 8281SS (now the 8281WS). It has worked great for our family with 3 kids. The bunk slide and the 1/2 bath are good for our two girls who like to have their "own room." Our son bunks on the dinette, which we find easier to use than the sofa bed everyday. Other than a slide motor on the main slide that we replaced this year, it has been trouble free and we have made several long, multi-week trips up and down the east coast. We also find it small enough to fit into some of the nicer state parks in Tennessee.

This is the second Rockwood we have owned--we had a Roo Hybrid for 4 years that we then traded on the fiver. The Roo also was trouble free. The other thing that has helped is that our local dealer is great in terms of routine service, timeliness of service, etc. All of which has contributed to 8 years of ownership satisfaction.

Merrykalia wrote:
We had a Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite TT, the 8317SS and LOVED it. We decided to go to a 5'er, but I went and saw the 8286WS and didn't like it for ONE REASON. It had no place for the children to store their clothing in the bunk room. That was the only reason we didn't purchase because we had loved the TT, had no problems with it.

Anyway, I would have no qualms about purchasing another Ultra Lite product or recommending them to my friends.

Thanks for your honest feedback. Storage is also high on our list & 'on paper' & pictures over the internet (we haven't viewed in person yet) this model looks like it has plenty of kids storage, 2x wardrobes & some other strangly positioned cupboards on the top bunk. Is this not the case?
If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up getting?

We had a Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite TT, the 8317SS and LOVED it. We decided to go to a 5'er, but I went and saw the 8286WS and didn't like it for ONE REASON. It had no place for the children to store their clothing in the bunk room. That was the only reason we didn't purchase because we had loved the TT, had no problems with it.

Anyway, I would have no qualms about purchasing another Ultra Lite product or recommending them to my friends.