First RV purchase and need Bathroom Advice
Hi all, First post here as well as searching for my first RV. There's just 2 of us and I'm towing with a Chevy Trailblazer so I've limited my options to trailers around the 3500# or less mark. I...
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Wow! Great responses, thanks everyone. My email notifications don't seem to be working for my posts and I was afraid this forum was dead until I checked it this morning! Good to see an active community.
I can see that there are varying opinions on this which is what I expected. We spent two weeks tent camping in Zion a few years back and they do not have showers so we were relegated to the solar bag hanging from a tree. As I mentioned in my original post, we didn't use the shower in the TT when we were at a campground with showers but I was always hesitant to take a shower in a community bath house because of how dirty they could be.
I never considered weighing living space over bath space and that tip alone is an eye opener. I'm now thinking of going with the wet bath to save space and get a unit with an outdoor shower hook up and bring a bath tent for those places that don't have showers or are not clean.
Storage space always seemed to be what I noticed the most when we stayed in that toy hauler. We were always moving stuff around because there just wasn't enough places to store things. and again with these small trailers storage can be a trade off.
I read through many other forums before I bought my TrailBlazer and heard much of the same things regarding towing. I bought it used with low miles and made sure I got one with the 3:73 axle ratio so it's rated at 5800# towing capacity. New vehicles are just too expensive these days and Trailblazers are a bargain. I may grow to regret the purchase but I think if I keep it within specs I should be okay.
So with this info I've been looking at the Palomini's, the R-Pods, and Gulfstream's Streamlite Sport models. Have yet to actually get in the latter two but I'd rather spend a little more for build quality so are there any threads anyone can recommend that grades the brands by build quality?
Thanks for all your help!
I can see that there are varying opinions on this which is what I expected. We spent two weeks tent camping in Zion a few years back and they do not have showers so we were relegated to the solar bag hanging from a tree. As I mentioned in my original post, we didn't use the shower in the TT when we were at a campground with showers but I was always hesitant to take a shower in a community bath house because of how dirty they could be.
I never considered weighing living space over bath space and that tip alone is an eye opener. I'm now thinking of going with the wet bath to save space and get a unit with an outdoor shower hook up and bring a bath tent for those places that don't have showers or are not clean.
Storage space always seemed to be what I noticed the most when we stayed in that toy hauler. We were always moving stuff around because there just wasn't enough places to store things. and again with these small trailers storage can be a trade off.
I read through many other forums before I bought my TrailBlazer and heard much of the same things regarding towing. I bought it used with low miles and made sure I got one with the 3:73 axle ratio so it's rated at 5800# towing capacity. New vehicles are just too expensive these days and Trailblazers are a bargain. I may grow to regret the purchase but I think if I keep it within specs I should be okay.
So with this info I've been looking at the Palomini's, the R-Pods, and Gulfstream's Streamlite Sport models. Have yet to actually get in the latter two but I'd rather spend a little more for build quality so are there any threads anyone can recommend that grades the brands by build quality?
Thanks for all your help!
