Beds in small Class C?

We love the layout and build quality of the Leisure Van Unity 24tb (or 24IB), permanent easily accessed (not corner) bed(s), plus dedicated dinette, no slides (our preference), 2 separate 'living areas' (bedroom in the rear and kitchen/dinette up front) and huge exterior storage. BUT, we are not at all interested in a sprinter chassis. Would love to find the unity floor plan (or similar functionality) on a ford - keeping the length at about 25 feet. Phoenix comes close, but not quite. I keep looking at the new 2014 floor plans as they roll out. Forever hopeful!

When we had a corner bed, we used a Travasak, now known as a Superbag. It's a queen-size sleeping bag with zippers up both sides and sheets that velcro in, so you can remove them for washing. We still use this even though we now have a walk-around bed!
www.rvsuperbag.com
If you're talented, you can make something like it yourself. Or you might find them on ebay also.

No question that with a corner bed, you two have to get on the same nightime pottie schedule. But we found that doable, given the other benefits of that size motorhome.

Jayco-noslide wrote:
Thinking of changing from our present 25 ft. 5th wheel pulled by a half-ton Chevy to a Class C(with 1 slide) towing a Chevy Sonic. Here's the problem/question. A Class C in the 23-25 ft. range would really serve us much better for the size of our driveway and our camping style that one in the 27-30 ft. range. But, we want a bed that stays a bed and that can be accessed from both sides for making the bed and getting in and out of during the night. How have you smaller C owners solved this issue or can you?

Seems to me someone recently asked the same and was pointed to a Forest River product, but I cannot recall it.

I can list one, but you might not want to spend that much. Winnie View/ Itasca Navion 24G:

We have a 24 foot Class C with a permanent corner bed. It's no problem making it up because we don't make it up. We make up a 2" foam topper on top of it and it's very easy dealing with it this way.

Finding a walk-around permanent bed in a Class C less than 25 feet will be tough. They may exist, but the choices will be very limited. I think there is, or was, some manufacturer that made a small Class C with a popout coming directly out of the back end and I believe this may have had a walk-around bed back there.

You don't say your price range, but if I could I would look at the Thor ACE 27.1 (28' in length) 1 slide with a king bed and a queen bed above the cab. Very nice Class A with the Class C feel. We have an 03 26Q Chateau and is 27.6' and has the walk around bed and bed above the cab. No slides and limited space. Works for us camping, but won't know long range until this summer.

A year ago we downsized from a Class A DP with a walk around bed to a 25' Class C with a corner bed. We too wanted a bed that would remain a bed and not have to be made up each night. We were not prepared to climb into a cab-over bed ( now that would be a picture), so the corner bed was the only choice we saw. Climbing into and out of the corner is certainly not as easy as the walk around bed, but it has not been a problem. We just decided that a small Class C is what we wanted and there would be some things we would give up. So far, no regrets.

The 23' to 25' is really going to make the walk around bed always setup impossible. . Now if you are OK with 30' look at the Triple E Regency GT. Triple E has a 24' model but it's a walk around Murphy bed.

I had a friend who had a smaller C. There was a slide in the bedroom. When the slide was extended, you could walk around the bed.
But when the slide was in, the foot end of the bed was either against or all but against the dresser.

She had a Minnie Winnie -- she bought it new - trying to remember - it was probably a 2002 or 2003 model.

I prefer our Class A - think it gives us more room inside. My friend camped here one whole summer, in between short trips with a camping group. So I would hang out with her and got to spend time in her C. As far as C's go, it really wasn't a bad layout.

She did have a second slide where the sofa was. A dinette booth and kitchen.