rexlion wrote:
Stick with a low profile trailer, and you should be fine with anything up to 1000 lbs or so. It should not be necessary to limit yourself to the super-light models, although there is nothing wrong with getting one of those if that is what you like.
As for the different choices you mention, the best thing to do is to try and get inside of a few of these. Lie down, sit up, think about where you would put the things you need to have in your trailer and how the ventilation would be, that sort of thing. There is no substitute for seeing them for yourself, touching them, and being in them. You're used to the tent trailer now and if you enjoy the outdoorsy feeling that sleeping in tent canvas provides, then you probably will appreciate it more than a teardrop or similar; a teardrop may feel too much like being indoors.
I have to hand it to you... you've found some great options with low prices. Personally, I'm too spoiled by creature comforts. I no longer want to do without a bathroom with shower, stand-up room, a fridge, and so on. Nor do I want to deal with wet canvas or wind-flapping canvas or hearing every little noise while I try to sleep. But not everyone is like me, which is why they still build tent trailers! If you are happy with a minimalist type of trailer, that is exactly what you should have and you don't need the extra weight or the extra cost of the mainstream, cookie-cutter trailers built by the big companies.
Thank you for your comments, rexlion. I do enjoy tent camping, but bugs give me the shimmyshakes... I also have a Kamp Rite tent cot that I can use when I feel like roughing it the easy way. So I decided the teardrop or mini travel trailer would be good for when I decide to travel across the county to visit relatives, or just for extended camping (for me that means a week at a time, since I still work). I've looked inside a couple of teardrops over the years, but never had the opportunity to actually lie down inside of one. Yes, I think low profile will be better for visibility and gas mileage.
