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manualman
Mar 27, 2015Explorer II
If you LIKED everything about the tent camping other than the sleeping on the ground and no place to keep your stuff aspects, then you may want to consider a tent trailer, AKA popup camper.
For us, the huge appeal of that is that it vanishes into the back of the garage when we aren't camping and doesn't affect our choice of daily life vehicle (minivan in our case). If you're ready for RVing to be one of the top 5 focuses of your life, a TT or moho might make sense. But at your stage in life, if you'd rather limit the RV experience to vacations and several weekend trips a year, a popup might make better long term sense. Outdoor stored RVs eat your life up. Garage stored pups wait patiently for you with almost no needs.
For us, the huge appeal of that is that it vanishes into the back of the garage when we aren't camping and doesn't affect our choice of daily life vehicle (minivan in our case). If you're ready for RVing to be one of the top 5 focuses of your life, a TT or moho might make sense. But at your stage in life, if you'd rather limit the RV experience to vacations and several weekend trips a year, a popup might make better long term sense. Outdoor stored RVs eat your life up. Garage stored pups wait patiently for you with almost no needs.
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