Seattle RV Show Observations
First, as others have noted, there are several different TCs available to see at the Seattle RV show. I haven't been there for a few years. That was cool. I'm not really shopping, but it's fun to s...
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Eagle Cap has the 1160 and 1165 while Lance has 1172. Speedway had the Host, Clearview had the Lance and the rest of the brands were at Apache.
The Bigfoot had interesting layouts but was lacking in headroom for us tall people. The new Northern Lite is built with a 98" width which gives it more width than the typical non-slide camper - You might think 2" is not much, but it makes a noticeable difference.
The Host now comes with a black water tank flush port as standard equipment and the 7-pin cord will now be long enough to plug in at the bumper. As usual, interior wood and fabric colors will change again. Because of components under the dinette or long couch, it is not feasible to put in standalone recliners. The rear slide on the Host is smaller than Eagle Cap's which limits seating, but both side wall slides are bigger in the Host which makes more room. The Host has the exterior shower located in the generator compartment with the typical screw on shower line. They really should relocate this to a non-electrical bay and add a quick disconnect hose like other companies use. Adding a roller tray to the LPG bay would make cylinder refilling easier - They do sit low, so lifting should not be as hard as with my Arctic Fox over bed rail height.
Eagle Cap appears to be the only one making 102" wide truck campers. That extra 6" in width is what allows them to run a center peninsula with an aisle on either side. Eagle Cap puts the batteries all the way to the front of the camper floor - This helps with CG, but makes it impossible to check or maintain batteries while the camper is on the truck. If you get a battery fail that prevents the converter from creating sufficient DC power, you will have to manually crank the jacks to get the camper clear of the truck. Eagle Cap uses "slam latches" for its compartments which are more convenient during use but harder to rekey/replace locks.
The Bigfoot had interesting layouts but was lacking in headroom for us tall people. The new Northern Lite is built with a 98" width which gives it more width than the typical non-slide camper - You might think 2" is not much, but it makes a noticeable difference.
The Host now comes with a black water tank flush port as standard equipment and the 7-pin cord will now be long enough to plug in at the bumper. As usual, interior wood and fabric colors will change again. Because of components under the dinette or long couch, it is not feasible to put in standalone recliners. The rear slide on the Host is smaller than Eagle Cap's which limits seating, but both side wall slides are bigger in the Host which makes more room. The Host has the exterior shower located in the generator compartment with the typical screw on shower line. They really should relocate this to a non-electrical bay and add a quick disconnect hose like other companies use. Adding a roller tray to the LPG bay would make cylinder refilling easier - They do sit low, so lifting should not be as hard as with my Arctic Fox over bed rail height.
Eagle Cap appears to be the only one making 102" wide truck campers. That extra 6" in width is what allows them to run a center peninsula with an aisle on either side. Eagle Cap puts the batteries all the way to the front of the camper floor - This helps with CG, but makes it impossible to check or maintain batteries while the camper is on the truck. If you get a battery fail that prevents the converter from creating sufficient DC power, you will have to manually crank the jacks to get the camper clear of the truck. Eagle Cap uses "slam latches" for its compartments which are more convenient during use but harder to rekey/replace locks.
