Solid counters

laknox wrote:
Looking at a Jayco that has an option for solid kitchen counter tops. My question is, is it worth the $1,000+ cost and the small weight penalty? I can think of other options I'd rather have for that grand. :-)

Lyle

They use Hi-mac solid surface and there is little if any weight difference. We love ours.

I will say that the laminated ones with particle board underneath have a tendency to take water and swell up, at least the ones in my last two units did.

Paying that much for it is really out there. We've had both, and there's only appearance to be gained by solid surface. Both scratch and you still can't put anything hot on them, and unless you get a stainless steel sink, the solid surface ones are prone to staining.

Thanks, guys.

Lyle

We have Black solid in our 2012 Cruiser and they do scuff and scratch :(

Correct answer is, whatever momma wants, momma gets.

jfkmk wrote:

laknox wrote:
I can think of other options I'd rather have for that grand. :-)
Lyle

Whether it is worth it or not is completely up to you, but I think you already answered your own question.

That was my first thought too.

Considering that if you don't get "Corian" solid surface, you're going to get laminate on particle board, I think it would be worth it for a full-time or half-time owner.

Would not be worth it to me for a vacation trailer. And I don't think you would get much of your $1k back at resale time.

years back I was looking at Newmar class As and at that time they had to types of "corian" countertops. one was solid. one was a thin laminate. some of the brand new ones at the dealer had already started to crack out from sink corners, etc. on the thin laminate. yes IMHO solid would be much preferred.
bumpy

We've had two trailers with solid surface counter tops. The 1st was a darker color. It showed scratches really easy. Depending on how the light reflects on it you could see the scratches easy. We always had to be careful not to put sharp objects, or anything that could scratch it on the counter.
Our 2nd trailer has a lighter cream colored solid surface top. It doesn't show any scratches at all. I can purposely look for some but generally they don't show.
I'm not sure of the brands of either.

Both were standard items. If I had a choice I would save my money.