Picked up a NTM 2007 Jayco 1206 non bath floorplan. Pretty cheap and plan on using it as a small site and off-road use only pup. I have a seasonal fifth. Couples r vision and a pup now. Full circle of rec trailers. First pup was slideout w bath. Hated it. Back on with different approach. More cabinets and counters and keep a bath outside. Do the tension rod shelves above both cabinets and chill out pupping more. Live and learn Going to get tri set of super high wind gizmos, new matresses and need to put a fantastic fan in the vent.

Just remember that the key to popup bliss is to regard them as deluxe tents, not foldup RVs.To that end, keep it as simple as possible. In 30 years of popup camping, nearly everybody I've ever known who modded their pup or added lots of extra steps to setup eventually moved out of pups to fixed height RVs. Stay simple, stay happy.

manualman wrote:Just remember that the key to popup bliss is to regard them as deluxe tents, not foldup RVs.To that end, keep it as simple as possible. In 30 years of popup camping, nearly everybody I've ever known who modded their pup or added lots of extra steps to setup eventually moved out of pups to fixed height RVs. Stay simple, stay happy.I'm no nubian to pups. Actually hated the glamper model i had 10 years ago. I loved my hybrid like no tomorrow. Fiddled with SHW gizmos on some of the sunny sites and will do it all the time with a pup without AC. I will not put out the bag awning and personally would rip that right off the side of it. I have 2 other campers, so the pup is for special sites and events throughout the year. I winter pup and have no problems messing with reflectex and gizmos. Take dumps in a hossack bucket and let the good times roll at deer camp.

I've always liked the Jay Series 1206 for that use, because it would handle either of my daughters' families in a ping, though as a single I would probably go for Jay Series Sport in the 10-foot box, maximizing interior working space for one person. Forest River has something similar in their LTD line.RV salesmen think I'm crazy when I come in looking for a small PUP, once they find out I have a 29-foot motorhome. The two things are for different uses, and sometimes I envision towing the pup behind the motorhome.

We started in a pop up and to me they're way too much like a tent to be worth having as a secondary camping rig. If you're going to tent camp, ditch the trailer and you can drive to a lot more remote locations or even break out the backpacking gear and really get after it. If you're pulling a camper of any kind that limits where you can go, and at that point you might as well have the comforts of a full hard sided trailer or fifth wheel. But all of this is just a matter of personal opinion.

IdaD wrote:We started in a pop up and to me they're way too much like a tent to be worth having as a secondary camping rig. If you're going to tent camp, ditch the trailer and you can drive to a lot more remote locations or even break out the backpacking gear and really get after it. If you're pulling a camper of any kind that limits where you can go, and at that point you might as well have the comforts of a full hard sided trailer or fifth wheel. But all of this is just a matter of personal opinion.Yup, some merit to that statement. But it misses the boat for a lot of people. If all my family camping trips involved backpacks and bivvy sacks, there would be none. Wife ain't havin' NONE of that! So why not go full-on RV? No truck and no desire to own one, no place to park a fixed height and no budget for renting a storage lot (or 9mpg road trips). The pup happily trails the minivan we had anyways and waits patiently for us out of the weather in the garage. It's the RV that makes nearly zero demands on our life when we are NOT camping. That's what makes 'em the best! ;)In fact, if I were offered $150,000 free to spend on the RV rig of my choice, I'd probably keep the popup and just pull it with a Roadtrek Class B.

Back into pup game as second camper/special useage

IdaD
Explorer
Oct 04, 2016
We started in a pop up and to me they're way too much like a tent to be worth having as a secondary camping rig. If you're going to tent camp, ditch the trailer and you can drive to a lot more remote locations or even break out the backpacking gear and really get after it. If you're pulling a camper of any kind that limits where you can go, and at that point you might as well have the comforts of a full hard sided trailer or fifth wheel. But all of this is just a matter of personal opinion.
tatest
Explorer II
Oct 04, 2016
I've always liked the Jay Series 1206 for that use, because it would handle either of my daughters' families in a ping, though as a single I would probably go for Jay Series Sport in the 10-foot box, maximizing interior working space for one person. Forest River has something similar in their LTD line.

RV salesmen think I'm crazy when I come in looking for a small PUP, once they find out I have a 29-foot motorhome. The two things are for different uses, and sometimes I envision towing the pup behind the motorhome.
PAThwacker
Explorer
Oct 04, 2016
manualman wrote:
Just remember that the key to popup bliss is to regard them as deluxe tents, not foldup RVs.

To that end, keep it as simple as possible. In 30 years of popup camping, nearly everybody I've ever known who modded their pup or added lots of extra steps to setup eventually moved out of pups to fixed height RVs.

Stay simple, stay happy.

I'm no nubian to pups. Actually hated the glamper model i had 10 years ago. I loved my hybrid like no tomorrow. Fiddled with SHW gizmos on some of the sunny sites and will do it all the time with a pup without AC. I will not put out the bag awning and personally would rip that right off the side of it. I have 2 other campers, so the pup is for special sites and events throughout the year. I winter pup and have no problems messing with reflectex and gizmos. Take dumps in a hossack bucket and let the good times roll at deer camp.
manualman
Explorer II
Oct 03, 2016
Just remember that the key to popup bliss is to regard them as deluxe tents, not foldup RVs.

To that end, keep it as simple as possible. In 30 years of popup camping, nearly everybody I've ever known who modded their pup or added lots of extra steps to setup eventually moved out of pups to fixed height RVs.

Stay simple, stay happy.

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