paranoid about leaks much?

I probably should be more paranoid. I haven't really had a leak in all of my RVs afaik which may mean I'm due to have one. ;)

Ha, I can relate. I was sleeping in the near Pine City, NY a few weeks ago when I woke to the sound of dripping water. It sounded as if it was hitting the shower stall. I didn't find any water the next day below the enclosure but I stopped at the first RV place and bought some leveling caulk. I applied it there in their lot just as it was beginning to rain again.

If I had a leak I never did find any evidence and after four weeks in the Catskill's and lots of rain I have not heard the dripping again. So maybe I did have one, maybe not.

MK, its truck camper ESP.....Thats funny you should mention that. This past week on our fishing trip in the catskill forest preserve my cooler drain was also open and it leaked inside my utility trailer. My first thought was was "oh no, a rain leak" until i found the ice cooler drain had opened. (whew,what a relief)
'silversand' ,i agree with you, when customers come into the rv shop for a non water leak issue , it's not till things get taken apart that water leaks and stains are visible. No brand of any rv is immune and the customers had no idea they had a leak.

On my third lance and all pass thru windows leaked.

....I believe there isn't a camper made that doesn't have one or several leaks somewhere on roof or shell walls. No matter how vigilant one is about caulking, believe that it is virtually impossible to caulk all leaks. With this in mind, it is a matter of a few years before our campers are destroyed by rot (some, in just 1 or 2 years!). There are the statistical outliers that will survive for 5 or more years. The sad thing is: I'll bet 8 out of 10 campers older than 2 years already have developed significant rot, completely unbeknownst to their owners.

The best one can do is to buy a camper made with rot-resistant materials to the greatest extent possible.

S-

:B I think most of us have had moments like that.