KZ spree connect 260kls

Last year was our first year with a TT. I think my wife could camp alone now if she put her mind to it. She has lived up to the marketing on the Andersen WDH and hooked up our TV totally without me for a few trips.

If you're serious about learning to do it by yourself. Plan on spending extra time at the CG during setup and prepping to leave so you're shadowing DH 100% with everything he does (rather than being inside the TT working). We now divide-and-conquer for most trips, but will probably trade off some weekends to keep both of us sharp.

Thank you for your information everybody!!! I really appreciate it!!

SoundGuy wrote:
I'm guessing she means a Spree 262RKS ... if so, it's unlikely that bathroom could be accessed with the slide in the travel position.

If so, it looks like that one has two entry doors - one to the kitchen and one into the bedroom. But the slide, when in, still might not allow access to the bath.

Looks like a nice camper. I wish you many safe and happy trips.

We have a 2011 KZ Spree 265KS and love it. No issues. Hope it works out for you. Enjoy

Good for you. My wife would NEVER tow the TT. That's part of the reason we don't go on really long trips, because I would have to do all the driving. And if I somehow got injured, we'd be screwed. ;)

GMandJM wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
I'm guessing she means a Spree 262RKS ... if so, it's unlikely that bathroom could be accessed with the slide in the travel position.

If so, it looks like that one has two entry doors - one to the kitchen and one into the bedroom. But the slide, when in, still might not allow access to the bath.

Looks like a nice camper. I wish you many safe and happy trips.

I think she probably means the Spree Connect C260RKS (layout on left below) and not the Spree 262RKS (layout on right). The Spree Connect is KZ's basic version of the Spree with less features and options. The 2014 version of the Spree 262RKS had an angled bathroom wall like the C260RKS shows on the floorplan and you could access the bathroom if you were skinny or by opening the slide a few inches. I thought I saw a 2014 C260RKS (261?) at a show which had a bedroom door but maybe they have deleted it now. We rarely use our bedroom door.

Based on our experience on the equivalent Spree model, expect the actual tongue weight when fully loaded to be something like 800-900 lbs - the TV will need to have adequate payload capacity for this.

Adults sleeping on the dinette bed or sofa would not be terribly comfortable, esp. if tall, plus the furnace is below one dinette seat and noisy at night. Our 6'-2" son slept on the dinette bed once and he said never again and would use the tent instead. We went through a lot of thought and study about the sofa and considered KZ's theater seating or hide-away bed. The factory insisted that neither of these would fit but the measurements I took said they would (barely). If the bathroom wall is indeed angled, these should have no trouble. You could try and negotiate a delete price for the sofa and install your own. We've had our eye on this De Leon double recliner set from shop4seats.com for a while and may upgrade at some point. This set will definitely fit as it is very shallow front to back. Shop4seats.com makes RV furniture and you might look at their sofa bed line to see if it'd work better.

If you could find a very early 2014 Spree 216RKS model somewhere, they have a BAL Ultraframe (not Lippert) and I *think* still had the angled bathroom wall. The large shower in the Spree is nice and they also have a larger 8 cu. ft. fridge which makes quite a difference.

The Connect (and Spree) floor plan is great and you will love it.

Yes this is the one we are considering. I wanted one that had swivel rockers it. My husband feels that the larger one would be to heavy to tow. I am concerned that that couch will be uncomfortable and in the event my daughter and her husband come with us that there won't be enough room

Thank you so much for all your advice and suggestions!!!

Aside from the short queen as I'm 6'2", I really like the floor plan. Only thought that would trouble me is, a rear kitchen can get rear heavy which could affect towing stability. Maybe not. The other thing is a rear kitchen can be a little bouncy on all things kitchen like the back seats on the school bus. Just a thought. Others might tell me I'm full of fertilizer and they may be right.