Pop up camper vs hard sided camper
Just started recently looking at TC's. My wife no longer wants to travel in an A. When I went to Alaska I always admired the spots the TC's were able to camp in that I could not. Having said that The ...
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hedgehopper wrote:
For ten years we had a Phoenix popup on a Tundra and loved it. It handled like a dream.
So why did we change to a hardside? Four reasons: (1) We wanted a bathroom. (2) We wanted a freezer. (3) Popping and dropping the top was getting to be a hassle. (It was muscle powered.) (4) Getting out of bed in the middle of the night was becoming a challenge. (We were both over 65 when we switched.)
Yes, the popup had more problems with condensation in cold weather. But we could have lived with that.
Now that we have a hardside, we would not want to return to the popup. But we had many happy years in the popup. And it was perfectly fine on a SRW. For the Northern Lite we have now, we prefer a DRW for stability.
I have mine (pop up) on a 1 ton SRW 4x4......
I have a Waeco fridge with a freezer that actually freezes without freezing the fridge compartment as well...
My roof is electrically powered, push button (Reico-Titan).....
Getting in and out of bed in any TC can be a hassle when you get older (we are in our late 60's).
Condensation in my view is more of an issue with a hardside than a pop up because a popup has better ventilation.
Hard to beat the transport aspect of a pop up. Low profile means much better handling and they are lighter weight too.
The final advantage with us at least is, I keep the unit in the garage when not in use. No outside storage, no weather related issues or seal worries because it's inside 90% of the time.
forgot to add... Full wet bath and shower (inside / outside) with hot and cold water.
Only thing we don't have is an oven but I never used the oven in the HS lance we had previously anyway. Was just a storage compartment.
