Keystone Outback Rear Slide Out

I have another question regarding the rear slides on the Outback. We are looking at a 250URS and have seen complaints about slide issues. When I try to look further, I find they are older posts and nothing in the last year or so. Have any of you experienced slide issues? Do you support it when retracted and traveling? Thanks.

As you can see in my signature, I have an Outback 25RSS. I've had no problems at all with it getting too cold or too warm. I spend a lot of time in the mountains where the overnight lows can be...brisk. There is a heat vent in the floor immediately by the bed next to the dinette, and there's an A/C vent directly above, that revolves and air can be directed toward the slide out, if desired. I've read where folks have put one of those "waffle" type pads UNDER the mattress as well as above it, to add some extra padding and insulation. I just use a mattress topper and sheets and bedspread; if I need further warmth, I have blankets in the cabinets at the foot of the bed.

This is a wonderful layout for families with kiddos. I know there are bunk configurations for 2 and 4 bunks. Mine has 2 bunks across the front. Now that the kiddos are older and don't go along much any more, they are still useful as storage; great place to put suitcases/luggage/baggage and extra clothes for longer trips.

Ours does not get chilly but we have an electric blanket for cold weather camping and great comforters to use when we camp without electricity.
In October this year the temperatures got down to the thirties at night and we were fine. Did not need the furnace on at night with the blanket turned on.

I found that a "sportsman blanket" foil side up, under the mattress in our hybrid made a HUGE difference. It has a similar issue to what an Outback would have with almost no insulation under the bed.

Without it, we felt like the heat was literally being sucked out of us by the bed. With it, we were totally comfortable even during pretty chilly New England weekends.

My Outback has 2 opposing slide outs in the rear of the camper. Although not a bedroom, rather, a living room, we've not experienced excessive cold or temperature changes inside the slid vs outside the slide:



One side after we swapped out some furniture:





Here's the other side, better photo:



Sitting on the couch, or using the other slide for the pull out bed, we've not experience any cold, and we do a lot of winter camping, and use the camper at home in the winter.

Here's another picture with both of those slides pulled in:

We had a KZ trailer with a rear slide. We never used it in below freezing temps (frozen pipes aren't fun). The slide bed was a little cooler, especially when first going to bed. We did move the slide in at night while camping in the 30's, which helped a lot. With the A/C running I never noticed any difference in temperature on the slide bed. Good luck on your decision.

Don't have rear slide, but heated mattress pads are great. Warm from under.

I've owned a 2004 Outback 28RSS. Great trailer, but as you already know the slide is unprotected, not much insulation and no direct heat/air. A fan in the main area can help push some air in the rear bed though. You can add reflectix under the mattress, but not much you can do with the walls or roof, though some folks I knew added a rear slide cover. The killer for us was crawling over each other to get in/out of the slide.

drummerboy1248 wrote:
I've had popups in the past and found that the slide out beds are pretty darn cold when the temps drop due to there being outside cold air beneath them.

Good friends of ours owned a Rockwood rear glide trailer which they just sold earlier this year, one of their complaints being that in cold weather it was really drafty and cold sleeping in that rear glide bed. They never said anything about it being hot in hot weather but I never asked either. They replaced it with a triple bunk bed KZ Spree 240BHS and are much happier as they no longer have to deal with freezing when it's cold outside.

My sisters family has a trailer with that layout. I personally don't like it cause you have to crawl in and out of it and it can get chilly in cold temps, and the slide is deep so it has a big impact on the interior layout. But that said it does enable them to comfortably to a bunkhouse trailer that gives them a queen and the kids a four-bunk room with a light duty TV (3.5 eco Expedition EL). Nothing is without compromises.

I will say that the temp issue is much less pronounced than it is in a tent pop up. That's what we used before going to our fifth wheel and it would get downright cold in cool weather.