What's Your 2014 Wish for RV Design
Thought this would be a good time for us to voice our wish list for RV designs and perhaps some companies will incorporate them. Still on our list is for rv makers to let the customers design their...
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First and foremost is a better roof system. It seems easy enough. As others have stated, almost any enclosed utility trailer has a maintenance free roof. It cannot be cost prohibitive to use that technology on an RV.
How about a dinette that isn't perpendicular to the trailer and makes for a narrow passageway, but parallel with the trailer where the table and center bench are on sliders. When you don't need to sit at the table, you can push the table against the wall and the benches slide just under the table. Instead of having a big table that sticks our from the wall 4 feet all the time and rarely gets used, you have the table turned and pushed against the wall and benches pushed underneath the majority of the time and it takes up 2 feet of space. You lose some storage underneath the benches, but you gain a LOT of interior space so you aren't pushing past your spouse to and from the bathroom.
I would personally like the idea of having the kitchen completely exterior of the RV. Honestly we rarely cook inside because of the humidity, increased heat, smells, etc. We end up using a charcoal grill, Foreman style grill, Crockpots, or other cooking devices outside rather than use the kitchen on most trips. Rather than offer an exterior kitchen AND interior kitchen, manufacturers could offer an exterior sink, cooktop and oven. You aren't cramped inside, you aren't cooking pasta and getting garlic smell inside for the rest of the weekend, you aren't dumping all that heat back inside the camper in the middle of July, you aren't stuck inside cooking while everyone else is outside having a good time. I'm not suggesting that they do this with ALL their campers, but maybe offer floorplans in low, middle and higher end priced trailers.
How about a dinette that isn't perpendicular to the trailer and makes for a narrow passageway, but parallel with the trailer where the table and center bench are on sliders. When you don't need to sit at the table, you can push the table against the wall and the benches slide just under the table. Instead of having a big table that sticks our from the wall 4 feet all the time and rarely gets used, you have the table turned and pushed against the wall and benches pushed underneath the majority of the time and it takes up 2 feet of space. You lose some storage underneath the benches, but you gain a LOT of interior space so you aren't pushing past your spouse to and from the bathroom.
I would personally like the idea of having the kitchen completely exterior of the RV. Honestly we rarely cook inside because of the humidity, increased heat, smells, etc. We end up using a charcoal grill, Foreman style grill, Crockpots, or other cooking devices outside rather than use the kitchen on most trips. Rather than offer an exterior kitchen AND interior kitchen, manufacturers could offer an exterior sink, cooktop and oven. You aren't cramped inside, you aren't cooking pasta and getting garlic smell inside for the rest of the weekend, you aren't dumping all that heat back inside the camper in the middle of July, you aren't stuck inside cooking while everyone else is outside having a good time. I'm not suggesting that they do this with ALL their campers, but maybe offer floorplans in low, middle and higher end priced trailers.
