Dynamax REV info

Several REV discussions here on RV.net, and a similar one about RAM and Sprinter based offerings from Winnebago.
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it has a rubber roof. I wouldn't buy it myself. I visited the Dynamax factory once when they were making top of the line units. I guess they had to make a lesser unit to survive?
bumpy

Dynamax REV - anybody have a problem with the hot/cold water mixing?
Our 2014 REV RB hot water system would not come on when any cold water was turned on so water was either hot or cold. This started after the hot water heater recall was completed.
-gs

jpstarky wrote:
Dynamax REV - anybody have a problem with the hot/cold water mixing?
Our 2014 REV RB hot water system would not come on when any cold water was turned on so water was either hot or cold. This started after the hot water heater recall was completed.
-gs

I haven't had the hot water recall service done yet. The only problem I found with the water heater was that the little drain tube had gotten clogged which prevented proper heater operation. After I flushed out that tube the hot water heater has worked properly. Maybe do a quick check on the drain tube before bringing it back to the service facility.

Bumpyroad wrote:
it has a rubber roof. I wouldn't buy it myself. I visited the Dynamax factory once when they were making top of the line units. I guess they had to make a lesser unit to survive?
bumpy

Dynamax didn't survive. They got bought by Forest River, thus the changes in direction to cover lower cost markets.

tatest wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
it has a rubber roof. I wouldn't buy it myself. I visited the Dynamax factory once when they were making top of the line units. I guess they had to make a lesser unit to survive?
bumpy

Dynamax didn't survive. They got bought by Forest River, thus the changes in direction to cover lower cost markets.

thanks, that makes sense.
bumpy

Not exactly how it went down.

Forest River did buy Dynamax, but the REV was designed by a former Jayco employee who for some odd reason decided to do a rubber roof instead of the fiberglass that was on every other single Dynamax. Just coincidence. They are no longer there and the 2017 REV has a fiberglass roof.

The REV is a junk RV. You are much better served by getting something like a used Coach House RV with that money. It doesnt pay to buy these low end RVs. And the sad truth is that all but a few companies are making low end RVs.

That's sort of like saying there should only be one car produced...a Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG. Wait until it is used to buy it if you can't afford it new.

2017 REV can be had for about $70,000. A 2015 Coachhouse is listed anywhere from $120,000 to $140,000.

Just different price points. Inexpensive, does not need to be junk.

I wonder what corners they cut to be able to change the roof to fiberglass from rubber?
bumpy