Keystone Sprinter 28BH vs. Jayco Jay Flight 27BH

Having owned both brand, hands down, buy the Jayco. The Keystone warranty is 1-year... Assuming you can get service (probably only at your purchasing dealer). Our minimum time to repair is 30-day.

Keystone puts a wall called the "dealer" between you and actual product support. If the dealer fails to repair or does a bad job, you're stuck with the dealer to resolve it.

Jayco - direct support and parts if you need it.

I'd pay 50% more for the Jayco. Literally. Better hurry though, Thor just bought Jayco. They also own Keystone.

I've been in a Jayco Jay Flight 27BHS and they are a really really nice camper. Like it much better than the 26BHS it replaces.

As far as Keystone, that is a trailer brand I put on my bottom of the barrel list. I would not buy a Keystone.

I love my Jayco Jay Flight 26BH and would look at another if I needed. For the price, features, reliability, and warranty, I don't think anyone can beat them.

My vote is for the Jay Flight 27BHS. Now I have a truck that can tow that trailer, payload and tow rating wise. If I were in the market, the 27BHS and 26BH would be the 2 I'd consider.

My wife and I have a 2016 Jayco 27BHS trailer and like it very much. Initial quality is good and the trailer looks and feels very solid. I have not had any issues to date with it. It has a very solid frame and hopefully will give us years of good service. Our previous trailer was a KZ which was also a good trailer, but I think the Jayco is built better IMO...

Good luck !

We owned a Jayco 26BH and now have a sprinter 311. The jayco was built better. We haven't had major issues with the Sprinter, but a lot of small ones. I wouldn't buy another Keystone product, but I'd look at a Jayco again.

Thumper0351 wrote:
Thank you to everyone that has responded thus far. Yes, I am in a dilemma on which one to go with. The Keystone Sprinter 28BH is a 2015 (still new), and is about $3500 cheaper than the 2016 Jayco Jay Flight 27BHS. They both have the same specs in ref the extra fresh water holding tanks, along with the black water flush. However, I've been told the Jayco is better quality and is worth the extra $$$. Both have fiberglass hard walls. Any additional comments??

Thank You!

Knock $3500 off the price of the Jayco and make them an offer. Or make it $4500 off. Just my humble opinion. :B

We just went back to Jayco from a KZ Jag 5th wheel. It too was a good unit for nine years but we liked our previous two Jayco's. We also got the Elite package, hitch receiver for the bikes and skipped the aluminum wheels. Had it for a month and no bugs yet.

Sprinter is selling 2017 models. I wonder why a 2015 model is still on their lot.

BTW, I agree the black tank flusher is a cool feature but it is standard on most Jayco's; I don't have the elite version and still have the flusher. Pay attention to what the options are in the elite package and when you are comparing models.

I was fortunate enough to find a used Jayco 26BH in great shape for half of what I would have spent for the new 25BH I really really wanted. Looking back on it now I'm very thankful that I can have this one paid off in a couple years vs the new unit. The interior of my 2010 Jayco has held up extremely well. It was probably the biggest selling point for my family. My vote is for the Jayco.. Happy camping!!!

Thank you to everyone that has responded thus far. Yes, I am in a dilemma on which one to go with. The Keystone Sprinter 28BH is a 2015 (still new), and is about $3500 cheaper than the 2016 Jayco Jay Flight 27BHS. They both have the same specs in ref the extra fresh water holding tanks, along with the black water flush. However, I've been told the Jayco is better quality and is worth the extra $$$. Both have fiberglass hard walls. Any additional comments??

Thank You!

bobndot wrote:
I have the E-pack . I think its worth it. 35F was warm with infrequent furnace cycling. I would NOT travel with 90 gals of water but filling on site for a long stay in nice. If it had wings you could fight a forest fire with it. That's a large twin tank set up that are linked up together with one fill pipe and 2 low point drains to speed things up when emptying before departing a site. I only travel with 10-15 gals.

double check the Jayco website for 2017 model options. But this matches what I have for 2016.

Elite pack info here from owners.

I double checked and it is twin 40 gallon tanks plus 6 gallons in the water heater for a total of 86 gallons. The tanks are twinned together for filling purposes however each tank has its own petcock for dumping the water. I usually only travel with them about half full and then fill at the campground however they have been a few times I completely filled them before leaving as I knew the water at the place we were camping wasn't good. With my truck I can't really tell that much of a difference between full and not full.

I also love the black tank flusher that the elite package gets you. I didn't realize how nice they were until I had one but now after owning this camper I wouldn't have another one without it.

We had a Jayco Jayflight for two years and about 200 camping nights. We traded it in for a larger Keystone Sprinter in which we spent about 250 camping nights over two years. I regretted trading in the Jayco and was extremely happy getting rid of the Sprinter. The Jayco was better all around but particularly with regard to the interior fit and finishes. They outlasted the Sprinter and showed less wear and tear.

One note about the Sprinter. The frame was 'flexible' enough that often we had problems opening and closing the door if we were not in a perfectly level site.