Adventurer 89RB/ Lance 855 Comparison
I am in the market doing my home work for a new camper. I was really leaning towards the Lance 855. How ever based on cost I began looking at other brands. I was surprised at what appears to me to be...
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To the OP,
There are a lot of factors to consider as some day you will want to sell or trade the TC in on and you want to have the best retained valuation on the TC you have.
1. Lance used NO "wood" in their TC's construction. Thus, NO dry rot ever or soaked up wood for mold to form or grow on like in other TC's.
2. Lance uses a precision cut and welded tubular frame with Lance-lock capture construction. Very strong and extremely long lasting! Be aware of the filling the filling of an aluminum tube with wood issues as it repeatedly sweats in temperature differences and leads to wood rot and mold as the years pass. It's because aluminum itself is an excellent thermal conductor and sweats naturally with cold air on one side and warm air which naturally holds more humidity/water vapor on the other side. That's why things like roof vents and window frames drip in winter or during a cold rain when the warm inside air moisture condenses on the cold aluminum surfaces. The condensed water droplets run down to the lowest point they can do to gravity and mildew, mold and rot is the result.
3. No. 2 is why Azdel composite panels which is impervious to water, mold, or rot and it adds insulating value is used by Lance instead of any wood or wood fiber sheets on both the inside and outside. It's under the Tpo roof and the fiberglas sheet exterior sidings and over the CNC machined to exact dimensions, high density foam, that's stuffed between all the precision welded frame openings on all 6 sides of the Lance so there are NO insulation voids on Lance TC's or TT's. ONLY Lance builds their units this way and their system is patented!
4. Lite-Ply, CNC precision cut and screwed together with no screws showing is used for all cabinets etc inside. It's the same stuff they use in corporate jets for strength and being lite weight and a very long service life and you know how much those jets cost! Not cheap but by far the best to use!
5. Lance TC's are all true 4 season TC's with the 4 season package included. Even insulated enclosed drain and water valves. Also, all the fastners etc used that can be exposed to moisture or the elements etc are Stainless Steel in a Lance.
6. Just a few of the many reasons why Lance is and has been the best choice in TC's made and continues to be.
Lance is celebrating their 50th year of making quality TC's. Lance builds and sells more TC's by far than any other TC manufacturer and has for many decades and have enjoyed excellent resale values. Lance is the leader in sales by far every year as documented and for so many reasons. The multitude of these reasons is why so many choose and have chosen Lance TC's over ANY other brand for so many years, bar none!
NOPE! I do NOT have anything businesswise or financially to do with Lance Corp in any way other than having been an extremely happy owner of a 3 purchased new Lance TC's over the last more than 20 years now and still have one of their gems presently.
All 3 of ours have been bullet proof and have never needed any repairs to the structure or even the appliances in them and they were and are used a lot every year. Have replace a few burned out light bulbs though. They have been driven to Alaska more than once and to every US state repeatedly except Hawaii. been driven all over Canada from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia to Prince Rupert, BC and from Dawson, YT to Windsor, Ont. More than 300,000 miles total for the 3 Lance TC's so far. Very warm inside and draft free even at lower than minus 10 F when in Michigan's U.P. or in Canada in mid-winter and the TC furnace doesn't even run half the time in these very frigid temps. We love winter camping in Michigan (where we live) and northern part of Ontario as it's gorgeous and there are no leaves to block the views.
Been doing it for over 40 years with a TC and not about to quit now! Just doing it less now as my wife is disabled and has to be very careful on slippery surfaces. Then, there's "Ole father time" who has been doing his clock ticking for 72 years but we still escape between the ticks when we can.
There are a lot of factors to consider as some day you will want to sell or trade the TC in on and you want to have the best retained valuation on the TC you have.
1. Lance used NO "wood" in their TC's construction. Thus, NO dry rot ever or soaked up wood for mold to form or grow on like in other TC's.
2. Lance uses a precision cut and welded tubular frame with Lance-lock capture construction. Very strong and extremely long lasting! Be aware of the filling the filling of an aluminum tube with wood issues as it repeatedly sweats in temperature differences and leads to wood rot and mold as the years pass. It's because aluminum itself is an excellent thermal conductor and sweats naturally with cold air on one side and warm air which naturally holds more humidity/water vapor on the other side. That's why things like roof vents and window frames drip in winter or during a cold rain when the warm inside air moisture condenses on the cold aluminum surfaces. The condensed water droplets run down to the lowest point they can do to gravity and mildew, mold and rot is the result.
3. No. 2 is why Azdel composite panels which is impervious to water, mold, or rot and it adds insulating value is used by Lance instead of any wood or wood fiber sheets on both the inside and outside. It's under the Tpo roof and the fiberglas sheet exterior sidings and over the CNC machined to exact dimensions, high density foam, that's stuffed between all the precision welded frame openings on all 6 sides of the Lance so there are NO insulation voids on Lance TC's or TT's. ONLY Lance builds their units this way and their system is patented!
4. Lite-Ply, CNC precision cut and screwed together with no screws showing is used for all cabinets etc inside. It's the same stuff they use in corporate jets for strength and being lite weight and a very long service life and you know how much those jets cost! Not cheap but by far the best to use!
5. Lance TC's are all true 4 season TC's with the 4 season package included. Even insulated enclosed drain and water valves. Also, all the fastners etc used that can be exposed to moisture or the elements etc are Stainless Steel in a Lance.
6. Just a few of the many reasons why Lance is and has been the best choice in TC's made and continues to be.
Lance is celebrating their 50th year of making quality TC's. Lance builds and sells more TC's by far than any other TC manufacturer and has for many decades and have enjoyed excellent resale values. Lance is the leader in sales by far every year as documented and for so many reasons. The multitude of these reasons is why so many choose and have chosen Lance TC's over ANY other brand for so many years, bar none!
NOPE! I do NOT have anything businesswise or financially to do with Lance Corp in any way other than having been an extremely happy owner of a 3 purchased new Lance TC's over the last more than 20 years now and still have one of their gems presently.
All 3 of ours have been bullet proof and have never needed any repairs to the structure or even the appliances in them and they were and are used a lot every year. Have replace a few burned out light bulbs though. They have been driven to Alaska more than once and to every US state repeatedly except Hawaii. been driven all over Canada from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia to Prince Rupert, BC and from Dawson, YT to Windsor, Ont. More than 300,000 miles total for the 3 Lance TC's so far. Very warm inside and draft free even at lower than minus 10 F when in Michigan's U.P. or in Canada in mid-winter and the TC furnace doesn't even run half the time in these very frigid temps. We love winter camping in Michigan (where we live) and northern part of Ontario as it's gorgeous and there are no leaves to block the views.
Been doing it for over 40 years with a TC and not about to quit now! Just doing it less now as my wife is disabled and has to be very careful on slippery surfaces. Then, there's "Ole father time" who has been doing his clock ticking for 72 years but we still escape between the ticks when we can.
