We are looking to upgrade to a new camper and are considering a jayco 28BHKS Whitehawk which has a rear bathroom door, we haven't noticed any of theses layouts before, curious about pros and cons from people with experience... The wife had brought up the idea that we will be unable to monitor the door, meaning that strangers could enter the rv unnoticed... One of the pros ive noticed in that class length is it gives other options such as storage or outdoor kitchen, which would not be an option if the door is in the front. here are 2 different layouts, with bath door in front and rear...Whitehawk 28BHKSWhitehawk 28DSBH

I have a rear bathroom door. It is not a problem. Most of the time it is locked and the steps are up. When we are going to be around camp all day we unlock and put the steps down. Saves on grandkids going through the camper all daylong with sand/mud dragged throughout. We find it kind of convenient but rear door or no rear door wouldn't drive our buy decision one way or the other. Our layout is exactly like the 28DSBH, we chose it for the BH for the Gkids. When we don't have Gkids with us we got a ton more storage.

Our TT has rear bath/bunks similar to the DSBH. I can name a number of things I do not like about the BHKS with bath door on the street side based on how/where we camp. Many of our sites that door would open close to the neighbor's site, specifically a group of chairs around a fire ring. For RV resorts with paved sites, that side of the trailer is not paved. For non paved sites I always use patio mats which would be interesting to lay out across the two sides. Fridge access looks limited when the kitchen slide is closed.

My concern, too, would be the rear bath door opening street side. It depends on what type of campgrounds you visit, but in our experience most sites would have that door very close to the neighbours firepit, as APT mentioned.

Our last TT and our new 5th wheel both have bathroom doors leading out to the curb side and are very handy but I don't think I'd want a street side door.

We rarely use our rear door, but I like having a real exit door on both ends of the trailer.

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APT
Explorer
Oct 12, 2015
Our TT has rear bath/bunks similar to the DSBH. I can name a number of things I do not like about the BHKS with bath door on the street side based on how/where we camp. Many of our sites that door would open close to the neighbor's site, specifically a group of chairs around a fire ring. For RV resorts with paved sites, that side of the trailer is not paved. For non paved sites I always use patio mats which would be interesting to lay out across the two sides. Fridge access looks limited when the kitchen slide is closed.
bid_time
Nomad III
Oct 11, 2015
I have a rear bathroom door. It is not a problem. Most of the time it is locked and the steps are up. When we are going to be around camp all day we unlock and put the steps down. Saves on grandkids going through the camper all daylong with sand/mud dragged throughout. We find it kind of convenient but rear door or no rear door wouldn't drive our buy decision one way or the other. Our layout is exactly like the 28DSBH, we chose it for the BH for the Gkids. When we don't have Gkids with us we got a ton more storage.

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