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Halmfamily wrote:
I've been reading it for several years and enjoy it. If anyone has any old copies they want to get rid of PM me.

Recycle, reuse I like that.

I've been reading it for several years and enjoy it. If anyone has any old copies they want to get rid of PM me.

I use to, but no longer. Found the On-line web site to be adequate enough for me, and I don't have "paper' to throw away later.

Nope. Other than this website I try to avoid advertising for Camping World

I have for several years. I enjoy it.

Never have.

Read one in a waiting room at tire shop once.

Used to and enjoyed it. Don't have the trailer anymore, have a motorhome instead. :w

dewey02 wrote:
I got this for several years before I cancelled.
I believe it is good for newcomers to learn some new things and be exposed to RV products (lots of advertising).
However, as you get more RV experience, the magazine loses its appeal.
Stories repeat every few years. Lots of articles plugging products that are clearly big advertisers in the magazine.

I started this thread wondering about others thought and I feel the same way as dewey02 does although I haven't subscribed for years.

That said it's nice to see new products and improvements but seriously, and I can only speak for myself, how many sewer hoses, awnings etc. etc. does one need? When requied replacing yes, but how often?

I have subscribed but let it lapse.

But to be FAIR, which I think some posts here are very short on, there are some very good articles in TL. The step by step article on changing over to disc brakes for instance and the article on installing the shock absorber kits are just two examples.

However Trailer Life is a prime example of Press Release Journalism.

Most companies know how many words and in what style a magazine looks for, they write Press Relaeases about new products that can be inserted as virtual articles with very little changing needed by the magazine.

Trailer Life is also a creature of the RV manufacturers and too accepting of limitations on their Editorial independence. This is especially true in their new RV reviews.

If TL would emulate the large Auto magazines and really test products and call a spade a spade we would have better RV's to choose from.

I recently looked through a FIAT class c motorhome driven by a Swiss couple here in the Baja. It's interior puts anything made in the US to shame in terms of storage, styling and ease of use. With many simple but very useful touches it was a real winner. We could have better products if the RV press would get back some independence and start writing articles demanding better products.

I also toured a brand new Calss A by a major manufacturer over 40 feet long on a bus chassis and the inside looked like a cheap Las Vegas Casino or a Bordello in Marseilles.

But dont hold your breath waiting for changes unless you are willing to write to the Magazine and tell them WHY you are not renewing.

Like Dewey said; the articles support the ads. Buy an ad, get an article saying how excellent the product is.
After I found I was reading the whole mag in less than an hour, I dropped it.