opinions on jayco jay flight 28bhs
Hi my family is new to rving if anyone has or has experience with a 2013 Jayco Jay flight 28bhs let me know what you think. This will be our first RV and almost put money down on it, but still am a li...
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I Previously said that the 25BHS was my favorite floorplan, but I have to take that back. We have the grandparents and sometimes an Uncle come camping with us. The single bottom bunk just wouldn't do with family camping.
We have the grandparents sleep on the bottom double bunk, and one of the kids can sleep either on the dinette or sofa.
Also with our 2012 26BH, we didn't want an upper double bunk. It makes the bottom way to claustrophobic and even the top. Plus you now don't get a ward for the people sleeping in that corner (since the upper double bunk takes up the space for the ward). The same would be true of the 28BHS. I only have 2 kids so the single bunk over double bunk with ward, works Great. As I said, also works for grandparents and uncles. Unfortunately it's not offered anymore.
My F150 for a Crew Cab 4WD has good factory optioned payload of 1582 lbs (brochure speced base of 1700 lbs). My family and gear are 800 lbs in the truck and my camper loaded is ~6500 lbs. So I have left over room. Many Crew Cab 4WD 1/2 ton trucks only have between 1300 and 1400 lbs of "FACTORY OPTIONED" payload. They would be at their GVWR pulling my trailer or perhaps even over. The only Crew Cab 4WD 1/2 ton friendly floorplans are the 26BH and 28BHS.
Saying the above, if I had to replace my camper today, I would strongly consider the 26BHS but it's 1000 lbs heavier than my 26BH and would be right at the GVWR of my truck, when towing. It would had been to heavy for previous F150 with only a 7200 lbs GVWR (current truck is 7350 lbs).
With my truck, a F150 Heavy Duty Payload Package/Max Tow package Truck or a F250/F350 truck, I'd consider the 26BHS over the 28BHS. The 26BHS offers a ward for the dual corner double beds and provides more walking room than the 28BHS. However it unfortunately has a short sofa that only seats 2 or 3 people opposed to the 6' sofas in the 26BH and 28BHS.
Also the 26BHS would need a 'swivel' TV mount so that the TV could swing out to face the sofa. Otherwise watching TV would be poor since LED/LCD TVs have a poor watching angle.
Just some more food for thought.
Previously I didn't consider the 26BHS as it was called a Jay FLight "SWIFT" 267BH. The Swift models had some pretty major downgrades over a standard Jay Flight and I couldn't go backwards coming out of a Standard Jay Flight 2008 19BH.
Good luck on your decision.
We have the grandparents sleep on the bottom double bunk, and one of the kids can sleep either on the dinette or sofa.
Also with our 2012 26BH, we didn't want an upper double bunk. It makes the bottom way to claustrophobic and even the top. Plus you now don't get a ward for the people sleeping in that corner (since the upper double bunk takes up the space for the ward). The same would be true of the 28BHS. I only have 2 kids so the single bunk over double bunk with ward, works Great. As I said, also works for grandparents and uncles. Unfortunately it's not offered anymore.
My F150 for a Crew Cab 4WD has good factory optioned payload of 1582 lbs (brochure speced base of 1700 lbs). My family and gear are 800 lbs in the truck and my camper loaded is ~6500 lbs. So I have left over room. Many Crew Cab 4WD 1/2 ton trucks only have between 1300 and 1400 lbs of "FACTORY OPTIONED" payload. They would be at their GVWR pulling my trailer or perhaps even over. The only Crew Cab 4WD 1/2 ton friendly floorplans are the 26BH and 28BHS.
Saying the above, if I had to replace my camper today, I would strongly consider the 26BHS but it's 1000 lbs heavier than my 26BH and would be right at the GVWR of my truck, when towing. It would had been to heavy for previous F150 with only a 7200 lbs GVWR (current truck is 7350 lbs).
With my truck, a F150 Heavy Duty Payload Package/Max Tow package Truck or a F250/F350 truck, I'd consider the 26BHS over the 28BHS. The 26BHS offers a ward for the dual corner double beds and provides more walking room than the 28BHS. However it unfortunately has a short sofa that only seats 2 or 3 people opposed to the 6' sofas in the 26BH and 28BHS.
Also the 26BHS would need a 'swivel' TV mount so that the TV could swing out to face the sofa. Otherwise watching TV would be poor since LED/LCD TVs have a poor watching angle.
Just some more food for thought.
Previously I didn't consider the 26BHS as it was called a Jay FLight "SWIFT" 267BH. The Swift models had some pretty major downgrades over a standard Jay Flight and I couldn't go backwards coming out of a Standard Jay Flight 2008 19BH.
Good luck on your decision.
