Class A Built for Two?
Looking for suggestions for smallish class A models that we should consider. It's just my wife and I, and we'd use it for long weekends and week or so vacations at first, and then in about two years o...
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I'm the original poster. My wife and I spent a lot of time at Hershey yesterday, an exhausting amount in fact (my fitness app registered almost 6 miles of walking). It was an amazing thing for us, since we went through many B, B+, and smaller A models that are within our criteria.
We originally thought "B" because it would allow her to help drive, we wouldn't need the toad, we could park it in regular parking spots (including at our apartment complex, hence not needing to pay for storage).
As we looked at the many B models and manufacturers, we realized most would be too small, even though we aren't big people and do well in small spaces. We really liked the Leisure Travel corner bed model though, that would work for us, with the fixed bed. Price for that one was almost $132,000.
Then we stopped by Newmar and looked at the 30' Baystar. Right away she said "Wow, all this for even less than that little one??" We went through a number of small A models and really liked the Baystar, Thor ACE 27.2, Axis 25.2, Winnebago Vista 26HE and LX27N, and Forest River FR3 29DS and 30DS (especially the latter).
Can anyone comment on those models at all from experience? I'm worried that I believe that I read at one point that Thor isn't quite up to the quality and reliability of Newmar, FR, and Winnebago. The reps did take some time politely trashing the competition, for example the Winnie guy said theirs was the only one with the steel cage and roll bars or something, everyone else was fiberglass and plywood, which succeeded in scaring my wife.
We will probably continue our search by looking for lightly used models of those, and going to the dealerships nearby to look at each in more detail now that we've shortened our list.
We originally thought "B" because it would allow her to help drive, we wouldn't need the toad, we could park it in regular parking spots (including at our apartment complex, hence not needing to pay for storage).
As we looked at the many B models and manufacturers, we realized most would be too small, even though we aren't big people and do well in small spaces. We really liked the Leisure Travel corner bed model though, that would work for us, with the fixed bed. Price for that one was almost $132,000.
Then we stopped by Newmar and looked at the 30' Baystar. Right away she said "Wow, all this for even less than that little one??" We went through a number of small A models and really liked the Baystar, Thor ACE 27.2, Axis 25.2, Winnebago Vista 26HE and LX27N, and Forest River FR3 29DS and 30DS (especially the latter).
Can anyone comment on those models at all from experience? I'm worried that I believe that I read at one point that Thor isn't quite up to the quality and reliability of Newmar, FR, and Winnebago. The reps did take some time politely trashing the competition, for example the Winnie guy said theirs was the only one with the steel cage and roll bars or something, everyone else was fiberglass and plywood, which succeeded in scaring my wife.
We will probably continue our search by looking for lightly used models of those, and going to the dealerships nearby to look at each in more detail now that we've shortened our list.
