Host Ind. BS

hbski wrote:
Does anyone know of any other truck camper manufacturers who advertise their multi-slide campers with the slides being "options".

Looking at a 2015 Host Everest and they want to charge 2940 for the rear slide and 1750 for the kitchen slide. If the rear slide isn't there you wouldn't be able to have the couch and if the kitchen slide isn't there you cannot use the bathroom. They also do not include them in the base weight.

Kind of like going to buy a car and them telling you the doors and wheels are extra.

I think most of the multi slide campers are like this. They aren't trying to disguise the price, rather, they are trying to disguise the true weight of the camper. By listing the slides as optional they don't have to calculate those into the base weight and it appears much lighter. The fellow I bought my Everest from said he looked online and the dry weight was listed at like 3000 lbs. That was of course with zero extra slides and options. He ended up having to sell it to me because it was so heavy with the weight of the triple slides.

If you look on the Host web page it lists the dry weight of the Everest @ 3295 lbs... but they also conveniently note (with 1-slide). This makes it look much more appealing than listing the dry weight @ ~5,000 lbs which is closer to the true weight when you factor in all 3 slides and option upgrades (AC, Generator, Awning, etc...) Easy way for dealers to make a fat pig look like a supermodel so they can say "SURE THIS TRIPLE SLIDE WILL WORK FINE ON YOUR F150!" :)

On another note, just about all of the multi slides are fully optioned out. I've seen probably 35-40 Host Everest/Mammoth campers and have only seen *ONE* camper (Host Everest) that did not have all 3 slides. It was an Everest without the rear slide which had an enormous wardrobe closet in the rear corner of the camper. Similarly, with the Chalet TS116, virtually every one is going to have all 3 slides. I have seen a double slide of that particular floor plan without the Kitchen slide however, but again, that is not the norm.

As far as the new Everest design, I'm not quite sure how the options would work. I'm fairly certain you would be required to have at minimum the kitchen and dinette slides because of the split floorplan design. On the older Everest design the dinette slide was required and the kitchen and rear were optional.