Officially Shopping For a Used PUP!
Super excited about this! We are finally ready to start shopping for a PUP. We are coming from our TT and are really excited to be downsizing our family camping experience! Looking forward to mo...
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A few other tips for popup happiness:
1. Change your mindset from when you TT'd. This is NOT the smallest and cheapest of RVs, it is the most expensive and luxurious sort of tent you can buy. View it the latter way and you will be happy. View it the former.... not so much.
2. Change your packing approach. The list of "I'll bring this just in case I want it" must be VERY short or misery will ensue. Keep it simple or it will NOT be fun. Less is more.
3. Pick a popup with lots of floor space accessible with the top DOWN. Ironically, this may exclude many spacious slideout models since they eat interior space badly while popped down. Having lots of top-down accessible floor space will free you from the need to pop up before and after each trip at home (also some organization skills are needed such that permanent camper gear lives in the storage spaces NOT accessible with top down).
4. Pack for efficiency. Stuff that goes in the camper at the campsite should ride in it on the road (except the kids!). Stuff that gets used outside at the campsite should ride in the rear of the TV as much as possible. The idea is minimize the campsite gear shuffle as much as you can. Setup/down is enough work without making more.
5. Get a GOOD mini cooler for the TV for lunch and picnic stops (you'll miss road kitchen and bathroom access). Most mini-coolers lack any real insulation. A good one helps make snacks and pit stops nicer. Rest areas with nice picnic tables are a treat when you can find them. Yeah, you have to pee in a public toilet, but at least it isn't 98 degrees in there!
Enjoy the perks of the luxury tent lifestyle!
1. Change your mindset from when you TT'd. This is NOT the smallest and cheapest of RVs, it is the most expensive and luxurious sort of tent you can buy. View it the latter way and you will be happy. View it the former.... not so much.
2. Change your packing approach. The list of "I'll bring this just in case I want it" must be VERY short or misery will ensue. Keep it simple or it will NOT be fun. Less is more.
3. Pick a popup with lots of floor space accessible with the top DOWN. Ironically, this may exclude many spacious slideout models since they eat interior space badly while popped down. Having lots of top-down accessible floor space will free you from the need to pop up before and after each trip at home (also some organization skills are needed such that permanent camper gear lives in the storage spaces NOT accessible with top down).
4. Pack for efficiency. Stuff that goes in the camper at the campsite should ride in it on the road (except the kids!). Stuff that gets used outside at the campsite should ride in the rear of the TV as much as possible. The idea is minimize the campsite gear shuffle as much as you can. Setup/down is enough work without making more.
5. Get a GOOD mini cooler for the TV for lunch and picnic stops (you'll miss road kitchen and bathroom access). Most mini-coolers lack any real insulation. A good one helps make snacks and pit stops nicer. Rest areas with nice picnic tables are a treat when you can find them. Yeah, you have to pee in a public toilet, but at least it isn't 98 degrees in there!
Enjoy the perks of the luxury tent lifestyle!
