Well, it took us a year, but we finally pulled the trigger on our new trailer. We went with the Outdoors RV Creekside 21RBS! We spent most of the day yesterday at the Colorado RV Show. At the end we had it narrowed down to the Creekside or Grand Design Imagine 2150. We were completely torn, based on price until this morning I called Thompson RV in Pendleton, OR. They just blew us away with their price and responsiveness. It will be a couple weeks until we go out to get it, but we are very very excited to go see her. I really never thought I would no buy local, but when the dealer is owned by Camping World, and the price seriously different I think we made the right choice!CheersTim

Congratulations! Looks like a nice rig. Just out of curiosity, what was the pricing on the Grand Design? That's on our short list. We're going to the Allentown PA RV show next week, and the dealer we bought our current trailer from carries the GD. We really liked the service there and they have a good reputation. Of course we'll look around, but you never know!

Congratulations, hope you enjoy your TT.The right choice is the item you like at the price you like. :)I learned a long time ago, no matter how good a deal I got, someone got it cheaper and others paid more.

Congrats..I just had a look at your TT. Very nice.

jfkmk wrote:Congratulations! Looks like a nice rig. Just out of curiosity, what was the pricing on the Grand Design? That's on our short list. We're going to the Allentown PA RV show next week, and the dealer we bought our current trailer from carries the GD. We really liked the service there and they have a good reputation. Of course we'll look around, but you never know!All in was about 28K here in Colorado.

Excellent fresh water, black and grey tank capacities. Looks good too!

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profdant139
Explorer II
Mar 04, 2018
Well done! If this is your first RV, ask lots of questions on the forum.
deltabravo
Nomad
Mar 04, 2018
I've been eyeing the 21RBS myself.

Creekside 21RBS

Thompson had an open house last weekend and I drove 220 miles one way to go there.
TrueBlueKC
Explorer
Jan 12, 2018
bailer6334 wrote:
As the owner of a GD 2150, I would recommend the Creekside. Over the years we have owned countless RV's mostly 5ers and Travel Trailers, and I've never experienced as many problems with a slide as I have with this GD. Only slide I've ever had to extend and retract fully or it goes out of alignment (2 independent motors). Also the slide mechanism in both mine and Lipperts opinion is to light to carry the depth and weight of the slide. I do have to say GD's customer service is excellent though and we do love the floorplan of the 2150.

This is the exact model we have been looking at and this is the first I have heard of this. Is GD taking care of it? They seem to be killing it in sales and the customer service is likely the reason.
bailer6334
Explorer
Jan 07, 2018
As the owner of a GD 2150, I would recommend the Creekside. Over the years we have owned countless RV's mostly 5ers and Travel Trailers, and I've never experienced as many problems with a slide as I have with this GD. Only slide I've ever had to extend and retract fully or it goes out of alignment (2 independent motors). Also the slide mechanism in both mine and Lipperts opinion is to light to carry the depth and weight of the slide. I do have to say GD's customer service is excellent though and we do love the floorplan of the 2150.
epeters
Explorer
Jan 06, 2018
So glad you found Thompson. We bought our Nash from them in September. Far and away the best experience I've ever had. Can't recommend them enough. I started with them based on price, but the experience was so good, I'd go back even if their price was higher (shhh, don't tell them that :0 )
TurnThePage
Explorer
Jan 06, 2018
Grand Design Imagine 2150 and Creekside 20FQ are in my top three considerations right now. Love them. Those Creeksides come with a cargo hitch on the back as standard equipment. That's rare for a smaller trailer. Congrats OP!
BizmarksMom
Explorer
Jan 06, 2018
I took a hard look at that trailer myself before buying mine. Congrats!
ColoNative
Explorer
Jan 06, 2018
mordecai81 wrote:
We've got a 20fq on order with Thompson RV. My impression of them is the same as yours. It's like talking to real people!:)

Right, here is what I liked, I spoke to them 3 times today. All 3 times a real live person answered the phone, 2 of 3 were named Thompson and all 3 knew who I was and what I had just bought without me needing to start over at ground zero. Actually was like real customer service!
mordecai81
Explorer
Jan 06, 2018
We've got a 20fq on order with Thompson RV. My impression of them is the same as yours. It's like talking to real people!:)
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jan 06, 2018
Excellent fresh water, black and grey tank capacities. Looks good too!

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