Reflections on 6 Months of RV Research! ;)
Hi Class C Forum, I caught the RV bug about 6 months ago after a particularly stressful stretch at work. Researching RVs has become the way that I decompress when I have some discretionary time. Cu...
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Have fun researching this.
Here are my comments that might be useful for you.
- My first TT had no slide. Very cramped, even at 30 feet, for two of us it was like living in a hallway. If somebody was at the sink, stove or fridge, nobody could pass. After 7 years of that we knew we wanted a slide or two.
- I am now on my second TT (30 feet) and it has one large deep slide and it has been wonderful for the last 3 years. It really opens up the space and is even comfortable for 8 or 10 people to fit into for dinner if you have to get out of a thunder storm.
- My college tuition payments are all done and now we are looking for a 5th wheel triple slide with even more space for the living area. We were looking at upgrading to a 30 ft. Class C with a single large slide but realized it was basically the same as our current TT so it made no sense for us to pay to "upgrade" to the same floorplan.
Suggestion: go to lots of RV shows and sit in the units that have the floor plans that interest you. Sit in it for 30 minutes or more while slowly exploring and "using" the features. See how it feels. See how it feels when other people walk in and fill the place up.
Spend lots of time in the 2 or 3 floorplans that really interest you, and keep moving back and forth between them so you can "feel" the differences between them.
RV shows let you spend lots of time in the floorplans that interest you without being questioned and pushed by sales people. Just tell the sales people that ask to help, that you plan to buy in 12 months or more - they can't run away fast enough when you tell them that :-)
Ed
Here are my comments that might be useful for you.
- My first TT had no slide. Very cramped, even at 30 feet, for two of us it was like living in a hallway. If somebody was at the sink, stove or fridge, nobody could pass. After 7 years of that we knew we wanted a slide or two.
- I am now on my second TT (30 feet) and it has one large deep slide and it has been wonderful for the last 3 years. It really opens up the space and is even comfortable for 8 or 10 people to fit into for dinner if you have to get out of a thunder storm.
- My college tuition payments are all done and now we are looking for a 5th wheel triple slide with even more space for the living area. We were looking at upgrading to a 30 ft. Class C with a single large slide but realized it was basically the same as our current TT so it made no sense for us to pay to "upgrade" to the same floorplan.
Suggestion: go to lots of RV shows and sit in the units that have the floor plans that interest you. Sit in it for 30 minutes or more while slowly exploring and "using" the features. See how it feels. See how it feels when other people walk in and fill the place up.
Spend lots of time in the 2 or 3 floorplans that really interest you, and keep moving back and forth between them so you can "feel" the differences between them.
RV shows let you spend lots of time in the floorplans that interest you without being questioned and pushed by sales people. Just tell the sales people that ask to help, that you plan to buy in 12 months or more - they can't run away fast enough when you tell them that :-)
Ed
