Coachman Clipper 17QB
Hello, My wife and I are purchasing a 2015 Coachman Clipper 17QB tomorrow. We are moving up from a Casita, just had to have a little more room. I was wondering if there are any more Clipper owner...
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We just got back from our first trip (4 nights) with our 2015 Clipper FQ17. It worked just fine for us. Several things we didn't like, but are learning to live with them with the understanding that we didn't but the most expensive camper on the market. You get what you pay for.
For a camper this size, we enjoyed the extra room over our old Casita, especially the bathroom and bed. We don't like that the AC runs all the time, no thermostat to shut it off. Loud too. But we are mostly cooler weather campers, so this is something we can live with. The good thing is the AC is there when we need it, cold too.
The shower doesn't have a shower enclosure. We found this odd. The dealer said later that the walls were water resistant. We plan to cover the walls of the shower before we use it again.
Too much heat behind the stove top, hot to the touch. And this is without the stove on. I guess the heat is coming from the fridge motor, and there is very little insulation, if any.
No drawers in the kitchen. We didn't even notice this when we were purchasing it at the dealer. Wow, how could we miss this we asked ourselves. But again, we are adapting, using round stand up utensil holders. No towel holders, toilet paper holders in bathroom.
But the nice vanity in the bath more than makes up for lack of holders.
Bed is hard to make, just not enough room on the sides. Again, we figured out a way as most of us humans have the ability to reason.
All in all though we like our camper. We know that we could have spent $35000 and bought a like size Big Foot and have a perfect camper. Instead we spent $13,200 out he door tax and all with a few imperfections we can live with.
We love the storage under the bed. Easy to get too a cooler we stored under there to keep a few cold food items in, with lack of room in the fridge. Nice. Large enough to also keep a portable key board and dulcimer.
Anyways, maybe this review will help someone make a wise decision.
Terry
For a camper this size, we enjoyed the extra room over our old Casita, especially the bathroom and bed. We don't like that the AC runs all the time, no thermostat to shut it off. Loud too. But we are mostly cooler weather campers, so this is something we can live with. The good thing is the AC is there when we need it, cold too.
The shower doesn't have a shower enclosure. We found this odd. The dealer said later that the walls were water resistant. We plan to cover the walls of the shower before we use it again.
Too much heat behind the stove top, hot to the touch. And this is without the stove on. I guess the heat is coming from the fridge motor, and there is very little insulation, if any.
No drawers in the kitchen. We didn't even notice this when we were purchasing it at the dealer. Wow, how could we miss this we asked ourselves. But again, we are adapting, using round stand up utensil holders. No towel holders, toilet paper holders in bathroom.
But the nice vanity in the bath more than makes up for lack of holders.
Bed is hard to make, just not enough room on the sides. Again, we figured out a way as most of us humans have the ability to reason.
All in all though we like our camper. We know that we could have spent $35000 and bought a like size Big Foot and have a perfect camper. Instead we spent $13,200 out he door tax and all with a few imperfections we can live with.
We love the storage under the bed. Easy to get too a cooler we stored under there to keep a few cold food items in, with lack of room in the fridge. Nice. Large enough to also keep a portable key board and dulcimer.
Anyways, maybe this review will help someone make a wise decision.
Terry
