If you are dead set on an F150 then I would get the Four Wheel Camper or ATC. I see guys doing it and some eventually trade for a F250 but some don't.
Read about a guy traveling for 3 months in his F150 3.5 Ecoboost and Four Wheel Grandby. Said he averaged 18 mpg with the camper mounted and loaded.
Four Wheel Camper has a 5 year warranty on the frame and soft wall.
ATC should be a good option as well. I personally don't like the window flaps on the outside of an ATC.
These two campers have the lowest travel height.
I have read the same thing you are saying about Outfitter. Someone took them to the BBB. Seen that on the BBB website. Could of been a customer that can't be satisfied no matter what you do. Who knows?
I like the molded fiberglass of the Apex but kind of skeptical about doing business with them.
I bought a 2017 F350 SRW, CC, gas engine last year that has the snow plow and camper package. Payload is right at 4200 lbs. I wanted the biggest payload I could get in a SRW. I also own a fifth wheel that that the wife wants me to keep so I had to get a heavy duty truck to tow that.
