Need some advice

man look, we had a POPUP, nagara by Fleetwood. wow what a popup.weighed 4k, two king beds, hard side bath,opened up-28ft long. now its all happy-camping

We've discussed the pros and cons of a toilet/shower as opposed to a u-shaped dinette and decided we would rather have the u-shaped dinette. In our old popup, we had a porta potty, just for those night time emergencies, and that seemed to work fine. I like more space to take a shower. Even the nice shower we had in the motorhome was too small to be comfortable. Thanks for the reply.

We own a 2010 Starcarft 1224, with a slide. Have around 30 trips or so with no issue other than the power converter having to be replaced.

We have the combo toliet/shower and we find it useful.

Thanks for the reply Bondebond. We are trying to decide whether we should continue looking or go with the unit I mentioned. It's not exactly what we're looking for, but it's close. However, $6000 for an 8 year old popup with canvas problems seems a bit high, so if we decide we would like to buy it, a little price negotiation will be required. Don't know if the owner is open to that or not, so I will make a low offer and see what happens. Thanks again!

Sorry to hear about the cancer but glad you're pursuing the good life.

There's a couple of "it depends" on replacing just a section of canvas. If you have access to a local upholstery place, they'll charge a pretty penny but could sew in a new section. If the existing canvas has zippered sections, then Bear Creek Canvas could make you just the section as much of what they do is made upon order. You might have to ship them the damaged section so they can use it as a pattern.
Failing those or other possible options, replacing the whole thing is a last resort and adds $1,000 to your PUP costs. Unless you are just smitten with the floor plan, I would keep looking at $6k as is. It took me many months to find a suitable PUP.

As for the slide out, I really want a dinette slide out. It gets that blasted table out of the main walk-way. That's about the one major thing I would change about mine. Of course, an outside kitchen would also be on the Nice-to-Have list.

Prostate cancer put a kink in our camping plans, but all seems well now, so we are again looking for a good used popup. Our necessary equipment includes an electric lift, a/c, and a u-shaped dinette or kitchen. I found one on Craigslist in Iowa, a 2006 Rockwood with all of our requirements except the popout is a sofa instead of a kitchen/dinette. Price is $6000. Owner sent pics and the only thing he says is wrong is a couple of small rips in the canvas where it attaches to the bottom rails and some staining on the canvas over the Queen side bed. So, we would like, if we buy it, to replace the canvas that's stained. Can anybody tell us what it might cost to do the replacement of only that piece or do we have to replace the whole thing? Also would appreciate opinions on the price. Thanks!

If you are going used Colemen still has good pup only bad i can see is that your in a wetter climent and that could be a problem. Down in socal its just dry so a working AC is more of a big deal then water. find a layout you like open it up check the tent ends amd floor remember its still a tent and yes i agree with you get one with the slideout table area it really does add tons of room good luck and have fun

I had a brand new flagstafff. Initial trip home from dealer and both locked storage doors swung open and damaged the side panels. Brand spanking new $14,000 piece 0f crap. Frame flexing 600lbs under its gvw. Lost a bal leveler out the side door once after making a slow speed left turn at busy intersection. I traded it after 2 years and got 7k for . Horrible lesson learned.

We were in the market for a new PUP.Out last two were Coleman, and like AirForceAngler, I thought they made a good PUP, but, sadly they went bust.
Starcraft and Jayco are basically the same, BTW, and probably the 2nd best in quality, but still did not seem to be as good as Colemans. But, what stopped us is the high sleaze factor at our local dealers that sold those two models.

We ended up with a small Trailmanor. We love it! There are larger models that might fit your needs - though without slideouts.

We've been very happy with our Viking (2485SST). It has a dinette slide and it does make a difference in the interior space. We don't typically spend a lot of time in the Pup, but for those times that it is raining or otherwise not good to be outside, it is nice to have the extra room with 2 kids. If it were just the two of us, I don't know that it would be as important.