Help me decide between truck campers one is a camplite 8.6

I agree with Jaxom. :)
Nice matching unit BTW...

We have a Camplite 10.0, 2013. We love it. I have read what others have said about the quality of workmanship. and I find not problems at all with the quality of our 10.0. I find it to be a soldily built unit.
While Camplites do not come with all the bells-and-whistles, if wanted, those items can be easily added. We have added some items ourselves.
I highly recommend Camplites.

I have a Camplite 10.0. I researched a lot before my purchase. The biggest appeal to me was the 100% NO wood, that and the light weight. The interior is spartan and the holding tanks are small. Sharp edges can be filed down. I have a step on mine. Whatever you want as an option is available. Order what you want and get what you want. I had my floor cut back 12" to make room for my in-bed auxiliary fuel tank.


I had special LED marker lights installed that I provided!

Everything is a compromise in life.

Say "hi" to Pardo!

I would also take a look at Northtar truck campers. They are generally around the same price as camplite. Their campers are built to last.

Camplite should also have an awning and a step but they don't. I don't understand why.

Jeff

I looked at the LivnLite Campers a few months ago because I am looking to go from a toy hauler to a truck camper. I was very disappointed to see extremely poor fitment and sloppy work. The ones I looked at had poor fitment of the roof to sidewall seam near the front overhang. The interior had lots of sharp edges that would draw blood, especially the face frames of the interior cabinets. I was also disappointed in the size of the holding tanks compared to other manufacturers. One thing I noticed in several of their units was the fitment (or lack of) in the area above the fresh water tank/step up to bed area. The step area did not fit well with the wall and you could look through the crack to see the wiring underneath.

That said, I do believe that they are still a fair value for what you get. I liked the spartan interior and construction techniques. I believe that a handy person could probably remedy most of the items that I noticed.
Good luck with your search

Bill

Thank you very much for the information.

We looked HARD at the Camp Lite. In fact, we went to a show to buy one... but the dealer didn't bring any (and they had several on their lot).

Like you, I was VERY impressed with the AL construction and "woodlessness". I feel like it would offer some peace of mind to know that such a big investment wasn't slowly rotting away in my driveway.

The price for that peace of mind, tho, is the Spartan fitment of the Camp LIte. This actually appealed to me a bit - it felt more adventurous... more like "camping" in it. It seems like more thought went in to their design, too - floorplans aren't just a copy of every other TC. They are nice units - if I could have multiple TC's, one would be a Camp Lite.

We also looked HARD at the Palamino 8801. It's wood framed (as far as I know)... but it's "Lance-y": it's fitted out and looks and feels like a TC is "supposed to" according to the lemmings that are the RV industry.

We ended up with neither - again because the Palamino dealer didn't want to sell us one.

What we DID end up with is a Travel Lite. It's looks/ feels like the Palamino but was less expensive and we found a dealer who wanted to sell us one a few hours away. I did all the obsessive online research, then took my wife out to dealers and shows to check out TC's.
When she stepped into the Travel Lite, her first words, "THIS is OUR camper!"

... a big chunk of that is due to the "couch option" in the Travel Lite. She was 100% opposed to a dinette. It was the right call for us - we've been VERY happy with it and would make the same decision again.

Thank you very much for the comments. The Wolf Creek 850 is over a thousand miles away unfortunately. It looks like a great unit.

I would love to hear from any Camplite owners how they like the units compared to others they have owned.

Thanks.

I just looked at a camplite 8.6 and was very impressed by the construction. On that note, the interior was less than impressive.

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