Advice on Camper Quality & Choice
Hello, been some time since I have been on here. We are looking for a new to us Cabover Camper. We want a slide, I prefer a dry bath and living here in the PNW, we need it to be true 4 season rig. We ...
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I’ve had a bunch of older campers over the last 30 years.
I like the Alpenlite but those things tend to leak like a screen door on a submarine and I wouldn’t buy one.
The Arctic Fox is nice, 2005 I believe is when they went to aluminum frames.
It should say “Silver Fox” on it if it is.
Even that isn’t so great, because they just spot-weld those frames, they don’t do proper welds at all.
The big Lance is nice but does have the frame issue mentioned.
But - here in the PNW, everything is wet and old campers rot fast.
The main thing to look for when shopping for one is photos of it being stored under cover, preferably inside a shop. Of all the ones you mentioned, the one that was inside most of its life is the best one.
But I have to say, after dealing with these leak-prone rot buckets long enough, I won’t own anything but a Bigfoot or Northern Lite.
I like the Alpenlite but those things tend to leak like a screen door on a submarine and I wouldn’t buy one.
The Arctic Fox is nice, 2005 I believe is when they went to aluminum frames.
It should say “Silver Fox” on it if it is.
Even that isn’t so great, because they just spot-weld those frames, they don’t do proper welds at all.
The big Lance is nice but does have the frame issue mentioned.
But - here in the PNW, everything is wet and old campers rot fast.
The main thing to look for when shopping for one is photos of it being stored under cover, preferably inside a shop. Of all the ones you mentioned, the one that was inside most of its life is the best one.
But I have to say, after dealing with these leak-prone rot buckets long enough, I won’t own anything but a Bigfoot or Northern Lite.
