Big Popups? HW296 Alternatives?

P12 wrote:
We are looking to get a popup for our family of 6 for local travel and are currently looking at the Rockwood HW296, but i am not a fan of Berkshire Hathaway products.

Does anyone know of any other big pop ups available?

Thanks!
Mike

Nope, with the fad to go with 14' TTs that cost 2x as much as larger TTs, makers have stopped making Pop Ups in favor of making more money.

Starcraft and Palomino stopped making Pop Ups, and Jayco has pretty much stopped, only offering 4 floorplans that are pretty pathetic in features and design especially compared to pop ups they made years ago.

Coachmen and Palomino were bought up by Forest River, which also owns Rockwood and Flagstaff. Livin-Lite and Somerset are just about impossible to find at any dealer.

So you really only have Forest River or what you call Berkshire Hathaway holding companies. I agree, Forest River Pop Ups are **** and I really don't want another.

Your choices are slim unless you want used Pop Ups. The pop ups I find are always abused, falling apart, and never even close to the value that the owner thinks it's worth after destroying it with abuse.

My previous 2005 Forest River Rockwood 2290 which had a great, none bathroom, floorplan but was put together like ****. Traded it after a year of ownership since new as it was junk and didn't think it would last another year.

My prevous 2007 Starcraft 2406 which had a decent bathroom floorplan but I did hate the cramped U-dinette. The Aqualon tent sucks and leaks terribly. After having the second bunkend replaced due to leaking, we finally decided to move to a TT and agreed no more Pop Ups. I wouldn't recommend a U dinette. A standard dinette is much more roomy.

Good luck.