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scout4trout
May 16, 2017Explorer
We have the Northern Lite 8-11 Sportsman. I'm not sure you can actually purchase the 8-11 Queen Classic - we couldn't order one last November when we tried - it was either the 8-11 Queen Special Edition or the 8-11 Sportsman. We love the Sportsman but there are things we liked better about our old Alpenlite. The batteries and propane tanks aren't as easy to get at since they're one behind the other (although tanks are on a sliding tray). Since you have a diesel, the fact that the COG isn't perfect won't matter, but it pulls a couple hundred pounds off our front axle. We didn't go with a microwave or oven because cabinet space is limited in the 8-11. One thing that we were aggravated about is that the Sportsman doesn't have a medicine cabinet which seems ridiculous and nowhere does it state that it doesn't have one. In a top of the line camper, you expect the basics. Also, the weights are more than the NL website states - our Sportsman weighs 2,640 (no AC but rear electric awning). Wet weight is 3,100 - not the 2,750 it should have been. Also, a private equity firm just bought Northern Lite - announced this month, but there's nothing on NL's Facebook page or the website. Having said all that, I would still choose a Northern Lite above any other non-slide camper.
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