Those of you with older Roadtreks...
I'm hoping to buy a used B in the next couple of years and am looking around to see what's available. There are lots of decent-looking Roadtreks out there, but I have concerns about the aisle shower ...
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1775 wrote:
When using the toilet the door is open and there is a privacy section that opens to block the view from the front. In older than 2010 Roadtreks there also had been a privacy door/curtain to block the back. That is not in my 2011 and if you stop on the road for a quick one, you need to close the curtains on the windows in the back or you are in full view. We made our own curtain to hang by magnets from the shower track to give privacy from the back windows. As to getting past the door - not only can't you get past the door but if someone is sitting in the front and watching TV (which is past the door) if one uses the toilet the person can no longer see the TV. Is this a deal breaker? - no. Getting past to walk to the back? Where would one go? If the bed is made up the bed starts at the end of the toilet cabinet. I still would not get the permanent bath. It is small inside and it is like closing yourself into a box going inside and shutting the door. Many that I have heard from just leave those doors (there are two) open when inside anyway.
Deal breaker? Well you said it was a show stopper. ;)
This reads that you are basically turning your whole B into a toilet room including the kitchen galley. Shower, one can deal with because I suspect most step out the door of a closed bathroom to dry off anyway, but to sit on a toilet open to the B makes it an unconfined toilet room. I suppose one can argue that most small RVs with bathroom doors often gapped for ventilation are really technically no better but I think this might be going too far in my mind.
Yes, I know Roadtreks are vastly popular in the B world and so this is thus acceptable to many B vanners. You might look at it another way. The B vans are currently about 6% of the total motorhome market and less than 1% of the total RV market. With the Roadtrek being the best seller with this practice maybe they pose themselves as the number one turn off for Bs by the buying public. Maybe they kill way more sales than they get and take the whole B market down with it.
