Help me choose
Wife and I are about to pull the trigger on a new rig. The two we have narrowed down to are 2018 WINNEBAGO SUNSTAR LX 35F and 2018 Forest River Georgetown GT5 31L5. I do prefer the Winnebago. It's ...
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trashguy wrote:
It's super quiet and burns like a gallon in 8hrs. I just figured since I already have it. I'm wondering how long does it take before the residential fridge kills the batteries. Would a few solar panels realistically be able to keep up. I do like the Winnie better but it's about 20k more and then I have to worry about battery life.
about 25 years ago I made a similar decision and bought a 25 ft. Fleetwood since a Winnie would be about 10,000 more. I quickly traded for a 32 ft Bounder, and two years later I saw the light and bought my Winnebago Chieftain. Night and day difference.
If I was that worried about running a residential fridge, I'd just swap it out for a RV one and get the better RV. But isn't your other option one that has a standard RV fridge? i can't see myself constantly removing a gen set, charge batteries , put gen set away and repeat. that will get old quickly when you have a decent option.
bumpy
