Blackstone by Outdoors RV
Anyone here have one ? Are you happy with it ?
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I have a creekside. Overall, I'm happy with it. I'm about 18 months in and have about 8,000 miles on it.
For off-road travels, it's been great (other than being huge). For winter snow camping, it's great now. I did have some trouble initially with the hot water line freezing in single-digit weather. The factory took it back and added more insulation and basement heat ducts. I've also had some issues with the Schwintek slide system. Keep in mind I have 4 slides so 4x the problem potential. ORV offered to pick up and deliver each time, however I did make a couple trips instead because their delivery insurance won't let them tow when its snow or ice (which is about 1/3 the time in the Gorge in the winter).
Some things I would do over if I could.... I wish it were a Blackstone. I like the extra features and color. However, Blackstone didn't have this floorpan. ORV actually discontinued it altogether because the 4-slideouts disrupted their assembly line (they only have one slide install station). I definitely wish it had the dual-pane windows, and the larger solar array.
Brakes are barely adequate, but mine is 12,000 pounds. I'll probably upgrade to disc brakes at some point.
So.... yes I'd buy one again. It may not be quite as robustly built as its sibling Arctic Fox units, but its still pretty good and has good post-purchase factory support.
For off-road travels, it's been great (other than being huge). For winter snow camping, it's great now. I did have some trouble initially with the hot water line freezing in single-digit weather. The factory took it back and added more insulation and basement heat ducts. I've also had some issues with the Schwintek slide system. Keep in mind I have 4 slides so 4x the problem potential. ORV offered to pick up and deliver each time, however I did make a couple trips instead because their delivery insurance won't let them tow when its snow or ice (which is about 1/3 the time in the Gorge in the winter).
Some things I would do over if I could.... I wish it were a Blackstone. I like the extra features and color. However, Blackstone didn't have this floorpan. ORV actually discontinued it altogether because the 4-slideouts disrupted their assembly line (they only have one slide install station). I definitely wish it had the dual-pane windows, and the larger solar array.
Brakes are barely adequate, but mine is 12,000 pounds. I'll probably upgrade to disc brakes at some point.
So.... yes I'd buy one again. It may not be quite as robustly built as its sibling Arctic Fox units, but its still pretty good and has good post-purchase factory support.
