We are looking to purchase a 2017 Allegro 36LA. Wondering if anyone has had any major problems and also if they are happy with their purchase. Also, debating whether or not to get the residential frig. Opened to any suggestions..........

JayDePA10 wrote:We are looking to purchase a 2017 Allegro 36LA. Wondering if anyone has had any major problems and also if they are happy with their purchase. Also, debating whether or not to get the residential frig. Opened to any suggestions..........If you plan on boondocking you might want to stick with a gas/elec. refrigerator, otherwise reports are that the residential fridge is superior. In my opinion Tiffin probably provides one of the better gas coaches in that class... and definitely provides the better support. That said, years of reading the Tiffin forums indicates their quality control has dropped recently , not to say they won't provide the needed warranty support after the sale.I am a Tiffin gas coach owner and am very pleased with the coach . It will be my last coach. I suggest if you are serious about purchasing a Tiffin that you join and read the Tiffin RV Network forum . At last count I made it has about 15,000 members and is definitely the best place to gather Tiffin product information.

Very happy with our Allegro Red. The company, Tiffin, is very consumer responsive. We had very few problems with our new coach. Wish I could say no problems, but that just is not the industry standard. Every MH I have ever owned came with problems. This one had few, and Tiffin responded immediately. (Arm rest broke, fabric peeled) Tiffin's response was faster and more direct than the dealers. E-mails are responded to on the next business day. I needed instructions on the sound system and windshield wipers...really, I couldn't figure them out) Our lifestyle has us vacation traveling to full hookup RV parks. I find, on pre-trips, that the frig runs about 8 to 12 hours on batteries, without restricting other power draws. If I were to drycamp I would probably limit frig door openings, and turn off most other power draws. But if drycamping is your game, probably best to stick with propane type frig, or add a bunch of batteries and solar. I run my residential frig 24/7 as an extra frig against the house. Works great. Enjoy, and Happy Trails.

Having looked and done much research on Gas MH's. I would consider Tiffin and Newmar the best options. They may both have issues as all RV's do but the customer service of these two companies is among the best.

I know a couple who live in a 2016 36la and they are quite pleased, their only problems have been with vendor products, the AC and levellers.The coach is on a 24,000 pound chassis and may be at or near it's rear axle limits when loaded. On the other hand many gassers it's size are on 22,000 pound chassis and have shorter wheelbases to boot. Tiffin gets the basic bones (chassis rating and length of wheelbase) of their gassers down better than the competition.

We have 2015 Allegro 31SA that we bought new. We have the residential refrigerator and love it. No more buying ice for a cooler because everything fits in the refrigerator. Yes we have had issues with the motorhome all of which I've fixed myself. Nothing major just small things. I believe there's not a motorhome on the market that your not going to have problems with of some kind.

Looking to buy Allegro 36LA Opinions Please | Good Sam Community

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AllegroD
Nomad
Jan 14, 2017
Fresh water is 70 + WH. We can do more than 4 days on that and we are only slightly conservative. Black 50. Grey 66.
wolfe10
Explorer
Jan 14, 2017
RVER wrote:
IF you like to run the fridge while driving, you will be using the battery to run the fridge so may not be as cold etc. IF you dry camp at all more than overnight, you want the fridge with Elec/Propane, if never dry camp, then household fridge is ok as long as you know about the battery usage while driving down the road, if battery goes bad, food will too if not fixed immediately.

A little more detail.

While driving, your absorption refrigerator will either be on propane (more common), or if you have an inverter AND the refrigerator is plugged into an inverter powered outlet, your engine can power the alternator to power to inverter to power the electric heat element in the refrigerator (less common).

It would be an unusual alternator/charging system that would not keep up with the power needs of a residential refrigerator while driving (from the alternator). Not suggesting that a residential refrigerator is the way to go, but amount of dry camping is more critical for the decision than what happens while driving.
Viewfinder
Explorer
Jan 14, 2017
While driving, the engine charges engine and house batts. Refer cold, batts fully charged when I pull into camp. Fresh water is 70 gals, not 90.

jim
RVER
Explorer
Jan 14, 2017
IF you like to run the fridge while driving, you will be using the battery to run the fridge so may not be as cold etc. IF you dry camp at all more than overnight, you want the fridge with Elec/Propane, if never dry camp, then household fridge is ok as long as you know about the battery usage while driving down the road, if battery goes bad, food will too if not fixed immediately.
Mile_High
Explorer
Jan 12, 2017
Is that a trick question- are you assuming the propane fridge is operating in AC mode?
cwit
Explorer
Jan 12, 2017
What takes more electricity a residential or propane fridge? Don't forget a propane frig won't run without a battery power.
Mile_High
Explorer
Jan 12, 2017
Mines on only 90 + HW. Seems to be fine as I'm ready to dump gray before I run out of FW.
hanko
Explorer
Jan 12, 2017
Lwiddis wrote:
Provided you won't try to camp in most federal, state and county campsites, this unit seems ok. A little short on fresh water capacity.

90 Gal? i wouldn't consider that short.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jan 12, 2017
Provided you won't try to camp in most federal, state and county campsites, this unit seems ok. A little short on fresh water capacity.
AllegroD
Nomad
Jan 12, 2017
I will throw in one more note on the fridge. We have a Dometic RM1350. Very good fridge. We do not use the ice makes, as we do not consume a bin of ice, which we bring from home and we do not wish to winterize. The thermal tape on the solenoid was not enough to keep it from freezing. We store at the house and it is always plugged in or we are driving it, except a few nights on the road. An RR would get us hard ice cream and we like ice cream.