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mnmbeck
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Apr 21, 2014

Narrowing it down...would love experiences/opinions

We are buying a HTT and have narrowed it down to 3.

Rockwood Roo 233S (2010)
Forest River Shanrock 23SS (2011)
Forest River 21DK (2012)

Obviously, 2 are the same size, 1 is smaller. We are trying to balance how important it is to us to sleep more people vs. having a shorter trailer with a cool outside kitchen (we spend most of our time outside). These are ALL really great options! We probably need to make our choice in the next couple of days.

Any opinions about any of these? Would love to hear the 'down' side to any if you've experienced them, as well as the 'up' side. Do any of these seem far and away a better choice in your opinion? We do a lot of dry camping in wooded state parks, but plan on doing some national parks this year as well. We are almost never on a power site, so some of the fancy bells and whistles that are from power aren't quite as big of a deal to us as they may be to some. All of these are priced fairly.

Bring on your opinions! Don't be shy!!!
  • For those who commented about finding a site wide enough for the tent bed on the side, is this also a problem for a shallower slide? This ia one of our concerns, actually. Although, the 23ss seems to be a perfectly functioning camper (not too narrow) with both the 3rd bed up amd the slide in. The 23SS seems like it could work with the slide in, but it is a bit tight.
  • 23ss vs 233s.....
    kitchen super slide vs dinette slide
    large kitchen vs small kitchen

    said to say: roo 233s kitchen is the same size of our starcraft 21rbh. (small)
  • we always camp at state parks and have to find sites that are wide enough for side bed and awning clearances.

    the same can be said for the 233s variant.
  • we have two tents and bunkbeds. the tent ends are slept in and the bunks are used for storage.
    occasionally they are used for sleeping.

    the same can be said for 3 tent ends.
    primarily use 2 and keep 3rd for storage or use in a pinch.