How tough is it to climb into the bed area

Thanks to everyone you have given us some good information. Now it's time to look inside some real units.

The Lance models (mine is an 1181) with a basement are not so high. Plus there is a step on the bathroom wall.

An additional consideration might be a larger mattress. Ours is a King that fits because we deleted the driver's side locker in the cab over. More room in the middle to climb in and out, plus the memory foam doesn't shake the other sleeper when one crawls out. We make the bed by having the covers from each side meet in the middle. we enter and exit thru the middle. Works for us.

We have an Outfitter and we can either climb up over the dinette or use the optional ladder it came with. My wife is 68 with bad knees and has no problems doing it either way. The bed is a N/S queen so no climbing over each other.

Mike/Kellie your 5' wife towers over my 4'10" Korean wife. LOL

We've owned several models of Lance campers over the years and finally got tired of the climb up into the bed. One of the main reasons for buying our Host Mammoth was the ease of getting into and out of the bed. My wife is 5'3" with bad knees so she was thrilled to get the Mammoth. Happy wife happy life. ??

Also of concern is entry into the camper as mentioned above. Personally I think a side entry is easier and safer, but there are options for rear entry to avoid a steep scissor steps.

I had a TC with a East-West bed, so one had the climb over the other, not plesant when you are as old as I am and in a hurry to get to the bathroom! Putting steps in not convent with the limited floor space of a TC.

One responder mentioned basement models with a bigger floor sq ft, but that comes at a cost of multiple steps to get in the TC.

That's two of the reasons we up graded to TC. ( The other was the setup time was long if you unload the TC )

I own a Northernlite and my brother has a Bigfoot it is easier to clime the NL than the BF
I am 76 and one artificial knee and I have no problem my wife is 73 and find it very difficult to crawl
In and out to the bed.
We are thinking about a small C or B+ and we do not want a corner bed where we have to crawl over the other, so we are thinking 2 stalls bed at the rear.....
Go and try them
Gaetan

We plan to visit a dealer soon but there aren't many TC dealers in this area. We have a Lance dealer about 4 hours away but the Host dealer is a days drive away.

Can you visit a dealership and test them out "real life" ?

Fred_n_Jo wrote:
We are considering changing our camping style and moving from our current 5th wheel to a truck camper. My wife is 5' 1" with two artificial knees and is concerned about climbing into the bed area. We have plans in a couple of weeks to actually get to a dealer and investigate but thought those here might have a comment.

This issue is important as you get older and have to get up during the
night I guess your talking about getting in the bed.I have been thinking of upgrading to a small class C,but have not done so because
I like to visit the boonies in Ariz and Anza Borrego and need the 4x4