Quality control?

goducks10 wrote:

C Schomer wrote:
“ Quality has gone down the last 2 to 4 years“… that’s very scary! I haven’t been to an RV show since the winter shows in Phoenix 2017 and even the 100k+ Fivers didn’t have a speck of solid wood anywhere in the interiors.
And then I read about bathroom doors that won’t even stay latched when going down the road and toy hauler rear doorways that are racked and the doors are hard to close. I will gladly keep my outdated natural oak interior and not a bit of pressed wood in sight.
My old Sunnybrook was also a bargain at $19,000.

Not sure what 5er's you looked at but every single one I looked at recently at a local RV show had real wood all over the place. Cabinet doors and drawers were solid wood with stain. All the cabinet framing was real wood with a faux vinyl wrap.

That's if you consider MDF faced with a thin plywood veneer then wrapped with vinyl, basically contact paper "real wood". They only face the MDF with a thin plywood veneer to get the vinyl to adhere.

A lot of brands have "real wood" for cabinet doors and drawer fronts, but that's where real wood ends. Everything else is either MDF, particle board, plywood, or some combination of all. If they used real wood everywhere the cost would go through the roof. The only reason they get away with real wood cabinet doors and drawer fronts is because the door styles, raised panels, and drawer fronts are all so small they can be made from what is essentially scrap. Then they can put real wood somewhere in a brochure and not get sued for false advertising. Even large panels such as refrigerator cabinet sides or dinette bases are vinyl faced garbage in most. If you think you're getting all this real wood from any of the big manufacturers you mistaken.