UGLY!!!
...new RVs, that is. I went to the Nashville RV show today. Not with any serious intent to buy, but scoping out the different types/sizes. I have never in my life seen such a collection of ugly...
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We went to our local RV show two weeks ago and saw a whole lot of ugly rigs. I kept walking into FWs with high hopes, only to hear the violin music from "Psycho" start playing in my head as I looked around.
Manufacturers seem obsessed with huge livingrooms and tiny, cramped kitchens. I do not use the living room when camping. I use the kitchen constantly.
Why are all the stoves placed flush against a wall cabinet on one side? How am I supposed to cook if there's no room for pot handles or for my elbows when I'm stirring something? Why is there a residential refrigerator in a unit that will spend so many hours unplugged from the grid?
I spend 8-10 out of every 24 hours in the bedroom, but the bedroom is another cramped, cave-like area. I'm 6'5". There's no earthly reason for me to hit my head on the ceiling in the bedroom of a high-profile FW. There's no reason why I should have to go down to the living area to find enough free floor space to get dressed in the morning.
While I'm on the subject of headroom, why should I have to shower in a phone booth? Even in units that have large, rectangular shower pans, the glass doors for the shower have a metal bar across the top at CHEST HEIGHT. Why? Getting doors a foot taller doesn't cost much. Why does the bathroom door open into the hallway in a direction that blocks access to the bedroom? Couldn't they just have used a pocket door if space was that tight?
Why are there whole rooms I cannot access with the slides in? When I'm packing the rig to go away, I don't run the slides out first. I'm in storage, for crying out loud. What if I stop overnight at the Mart of Wal to catch some much-needed Zs? Oops... can't go into the bedroom at all with the living room slide in. I saw at least three units with that bone-headed design.
Why bother to put a big 19' awning on a unit, and then occupy half of the shaded space with a slideout? Couldn't you have put that slide on the curb side of the coach instead?
Why is the wallpaper textured to look and feel like a burlap sack?
I just want to draw up my idea of the "ideal" layout and mail it off to all of the RV manufacturers. It's frustrating.
Manufacturers seem obsessed with huge livingrooms and tiny, cramped kitchens. I do not use the living room when camping. I use the kitchen constantly.
Why are all the stoves placed flush against a wall cabinet on one side? How am I supposed to cook if there's no room for pot handles or for my elbows when I'm stirring something? Why is there a residential refrigerator in a unit that will spend so many hours unplugged from the grid?
I spend 8-10 out of every 24 hours in the bedroom, but the bedroom is another cramped, cave-like area. I'm 6'5". There's no earthly reason for me to hit my head on the ceiling in the bedroom of a high-profile FW. There's no reason why I should have to go down to the living area to find enough free floor space to get dressed in the morning.
While I'm on the subject of headroom, why should I have to shower in a phone booth? Even in units that have large, rectangular shower pans, the glass doors for the shower have a metal bar across the top at CHEST HEIGHT. Why? Getting doors a foot taller doesn't cost much. Why does the bathroom door open into the hallway in a direction that blocks access to the bedroom? Couldn't they just have used a pocket door if space was that tight?
Why are there whole rooms I cannot access with the slides in? When I'm packing the rig to go away, I don't run the slides out first. I'm in storage, for crying out loud. What if I stop overnight at the Mart of Wal to catch some much-needed Zs? Oops... can't go into the bedroom at all with the living room slide in. I saw at least three units with that bone-headed design.
Why bother to put a big 19' awning on a unit, and then occupy half of the shaded space with a slideout? Couldn't you have put that slide on the curb side of the coach instead?
Why is the wallpaper textured to look and feel like a burlap sack?
I just want to draw up my idea of the "ideal" layout and mail it off to all of the RV manufacturers. It's frustrating.
