Any R-Pod owners ???

Being used to a truck camper, the 179 should feel like a castle. We camped next to some folks with a different model R-Pod last year and got the .50 tour. In their case, they has SO MUCH stuff crammed in that you couldn't tell what was what - sort of a mini-hoarding thing going on. The bathroom was a wet bath, which would be fine with us as we had that in our boat and didn't object at all. The kitchen space in the 179 is roomier than I would have expected and good counter space. I like the U-shaped dinette. One thing DH asked when he looked at the floorplan was if there was a place for a TV if you wanted one....didn't see one, but there could have been a mounting area for a flat screen.

Is part of your thinking the fuel economy? No info here, but you might check that as you still have the large frontal area, regardless of the sloping back.

Personal opinion is that there is definitely a niche for that type trailer and it may be perfect for your needs. I do like the look and coziness of them. Your tall son could be a problem, so would suggest a test "fit" before you sign on the dotted line.

If you haven't looked at something like the Casita or similar trailers, it would be good to do some comparison.

Good luck and happy shopping. Enjoy that trip next season!

My wife and I looked at the various R-Pods but decided against one. We thought storage was poor and the shape wasted floor space by closing it in vertically, thus leading to the poor storage and a dark and confining feel for their size.

Our opinions.

Our friends have one. The only word of advice would be to avoid the floorplan with the kitchen slide out. The drain hose to the sink has to rotate when the slide moves, and it has broken the fitting on the bottom of the sink now three times. Theirs is a few years old so maybe they've fixed that problem.

Good luck OBX camper. For us, we were also looking at the Whitewater Retro RVs (175 model), but are now leaning R Pod 179, mainly due to the storage/cabinet space for kitchen stuff.

It's going to be tight in there on the rainy days, but we should be fine.

Bob806 wrote:
OBX camper we have the same issues. I drove 130 miles to see the model 179. I think we are going to pull the trigger in spring as well on this model. We want to downsize so we can hopefully get better gas mileage on the long trips out west to visit our kids.

Looking at the R Pod website, we initially were thinking the 178 or 182 model was what we wanted. The 179 seems to fit our situation better, we like the floor plan. There won't be as much room for clothes and frozen food as before, but we'll adjust. I think it may be like our old pop up days again, but I'm looking forward to it.

Bob, the more I look the more I like the 179 as well. I've spent a couple of hours today looking at youtube reviews. Kinda like looking at boats, they ALL look good online. I'm going to make time to look at one in person.

goducks10 wrote:
You might post your question here toohttp://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f197/

Thanks for the link!! I've scoured that forum and found a lot of useful info.

OBX camper we have the same issues. I drove 130 miles to see the model 179. I think we are going to pull the trigger in spring as well on this model. We want to downsize so we can hopefully get better gas mileage on the long trips out west to visit our kids.

Looking at the R Pod website, we initially were thinking the 178 or 182 model was what we wanted. The 179 seems to fit our situation better, we like the floor plan. There won't be as much room for clothes and frozen food as before, but we'll adjust. I think it may be like our old pop up days again, but I'm looking forward to it.

You might post your question here toohttp://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f197/

I looked at the RPod when I bought my Ascend RD171. it had a wet bath vs dry, tiny corner sink in bathroom that would be barely useable, absolutely no hang up room, tiny overhead in kitchen slideout, vs. overheads all over in my Ascend, etc. felt it was worth $5,000 more.
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