Just a couple of weeks ago, 3 of the plastic banding straps underneath the foam cushions snapped. Pffft. We take very good care of things and both of us are under 200 lbs and never plop onto the sofa. Has a Lippert label on the back. The banding is the same stuff that is used on packaging and various containers. I went to the local shipping depot that I've used a lot and they gave me banding and plastic buckles, no charge.The way the sofa is built, you can't get fingers in to install the new banding so I stapled the new and old ends together to pull it through. Didn't take long to install 3 new pieces of the banding so fortunately wasn't a big deal. Now it feels much better to sit in.Thinking about this sofa failure, it kinda doesn't surprise me because it has - wait for it - a Lippert frame! :BTo add insult to injury, we have a new double recliner on order to replace the sofa and it will be ready in less than 2 weeks. Why the heck did the banding have to break just a few weeks before retiring it after over 3 years of use? It's almost like it's saying scr*w you, you can't get rid of me and I will haunt you to the ends of the earth... :R

Cheap plastic ****. Why? Because we keep buying it. I have replaces my shore power access door three times in 16 years. I would gladly pay a tad more for quality. That's the RV industry for you

That's the prevailing Sheeple Acceptance LevelJustGet ByThen send it to the land fill.Look at the psychology of modern life. A lot of it is not random coincidence. People who are directed to stay glued to The Big Picture of The Economy, and National Safety, cannot rob their leisure time to pursue smaller objectives.I wish my viewpoint was that of a paranoid. But it isn't. It is troubling to say the least."I cannot, I will not deal with this!" should be adopted as The National Mantra.

Lippert doesn't have anything to do with what broke. They only made the frame not the supports,padding, or covering. Poorly made furniture is what broke.

No. I used 14 ga steel to patch up the path where my slide rollers run and had been eating through the plastic membrane and into the osb. I now went under it to tidy up some cables and notice an 6" area next to a steel cross member where the membrane was tearing. It felt like wood so I cut it open a little more and discovered that part of the 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" floor framing boards was lower than the beam and pushing down enough to wear through the membrane. They missed the beam by an 1 1/2" which is the dimension of the lumber. Oh well they knew it was inch and a half something or other. The boards were cut short so just stick it in there. No one will know.I'm just glad I didn't pay $40,000 or $50,000 for this type of junk. I love this old girl at $10,000. 3 years of use at 7 months per year so it's already paid for itself. RV's are a heck of a quirky thing but they work!!

Oasisbob wrote:Cheap plastic ****. Why? Because we keep buying it. I have replaces my shore power access door three times in 16 years. I would gladly pay a tad more for quality. That's the RV industry for youThe bean counters are in charge, and their mandate is to make the product less expensive to produce. They do that by pressuring suppliers to cut prices, and by pushing the manufacturing operation to do more with less. So the quality of components goes down, and assembly is rushed, with predictable results.Nash, Lance, Airstream, and a few others have resisted the race to the bottom, and how many of those do you see in parks compared to Forest River and Keystone products?

Does stuff ever stop breaking?? This time it's the sofa.

azrving
Explorer
Jul 18, 2017
No. I used 14 ga steel to patch up the path where my slide rollers run and had been eating through the plastic membrane and into the osb. I now went under it to tidy up some cables and notice an 6" area next to a steel cross member where the membrane was tearing. It felt like wood so I cut it open a little more and discovered that part of the 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" floor framing boards was lower than the beam and pushing down enough to wear through the membrane. They missed the beam by an 1 1/2" which is the dimension of the lumber. Oh well they knew it was inch and a half something or other. The boards were cut short so just stick it in there. No one will know.

I'm just glad I didn't pay $40,000 or $50,000 for this type of junk. I love this old girl at $10,000. 3 years of use at 7 months per year so it's already paid for itself. RV's are a heck of a quirky thing but they work!!
Tyler0215
Explorer
Jul 18, 2017
Lippert doesn't have anything to do with what broke. They only made the frame not the supports,padding, or covering. Poorly made furniture is what broke.
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Jul 18, 2017
That's the prevailing Sheeple Acceptance Level

Just

Get

By

Then send it to the land fill.

Look at the psychology of modern life. A lot of it is not random coincidence. People who are directed to stay glued to The Big Picture of The Economy, and National Safety, cannot rob their leisure time to pursue smaller objectives.

I wish my viewpoint was that of a paranoid. But it isn't. It is troubling to say the least.

"I cannot, I will not deal with this!" should be adopted as The National Mantra.
Oasisbob
Explorer
Jul 18, 2017
Cheap plastic ****. Why? Because we keep buying it. I have replaces my shore power access door three times in 16 years. I would gladly pay a tad more for quality. That's the RV industry for you

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