Helping my sister choose a new travel trailer and we are considering two right now: A Coachmen Freedom Express 257BHS and a Grand Design Imagine 2400BH. This is the basic floor plan she is looking at right now because it meets the features she is looking for. You can assume we know what limitations we are working with in terms of towing/payload capacity and that these two trailers both meet those specifications, so we DO NOT need advice regarding that. Just looking for comments regarding anyone's experience with either of these two trailers. Thanks.

Of the two, I would choose the Grand Design model simply because of the the companys reputation.Barney

Grand Design over Coachman any time considering they are almost identical floor plans, and the $$$ difference is not a problem.

I like the azdel walls in the coachmen. It's one of the things that swayed me to coachman. I let someone borrow my trailer and when I got it back it had a little dent in the strip that holds the back wall to the side. If it had wood walls this would be a much bigger problem for water damage.

Floor plan stays when all else is forgotten or accepted. TTs are built to a price point. So more money often has better features.There is also an amount of annual maintenance and repairs to be considered. Which would be easiest to service.Good Luck

One thing that I HATE about my current little trailer is that discarded shoes are always under foot. I love the shoe storage feature that's just inside the door in Imagine trailers. Though it could be there, I've not noticed it on others.I'm a fan of frameless windows too. It looks like that's an option on the Freedom Express, but not the Imagine. The Azdel is nice, but not enough to sway me.

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Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 05, 2018
azdel would be the choice for me
bumpy
TurnThePage
Explorer
Sep 05, 2018
One thing that I HATE about my current little trailer is that discarded shoes are always under foot. I love the shoe storage feature that's just inside the door in Imagine trailers. Though it could be there, I've not noticed it on others.

I'm a fan of frameless windows too. It looks like that's an option on the Freedom Express, but not the Imagine. The Azdel is nice, but not enough to sway me.
rbpru
Explorer II
Sep 05, 2018
Floor plan stays when all else is forgotten or accepted.

TTs are built to a price point. So more money often has better features.

There is also an amount of annual maintenance and repairs to be considered. Which would be easiest to service.

Good Luck
anw7405
Explorer
Sep 05, 2018
I like the azdel walls in the coachmen. It's one of the things that swayed me to coachman. I let someone borrow my trailer and when I got it back it had a little dent in the strip that holds the back wall to the side. If it had wood walls this would be a much bigger problem for water damage.
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Sep 05, 2018
Grand Design over Coachman any time considering they are almost identical floor plans, and the $$$ difference is not a problem.
BarneyS
Explorer III
Sep 05, 2018
Of the two, I would choose the Grand Design model simply because of the the companys reputation.
Barney

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