Slide size

Old Duck wrote:
DutchmanSport, you always have posts that are very good, Thanks! All your photos have put an Outback on my short list if we get the notion to change. We have two slides in our rear kitchen 5er, getting to the kitchen isn't too back, but the Fridge is tough to get things in or out of when the slides are in. We usually pivot our dining table (not a booth dinette) so it gives us more room to get by the cabinet. Our bathroom is completely accessible with the bed slide in.

Thanks Old Duck for your kind comments. If looking at Outbacks, you might consider the 5er Outbacks too. They have several rear double slide models that are almost identical to our floor plan, with the exception of steps to the upper bedroom.

For accessibility, I have come across several fellow campers that have been very disappointed with their models with center islands and the inability to get around them with slides in.

In my Outback, we were fortunate to get a model that did not include a dinette, but had the free-standing table. The only modification I had to do to make the back-end easily accessable was to turn the table 90 degrees, so the long side was parallel to the wall, instead of sticking out against the kitchen sink (L shaped counter). Once turned, this provided more than adequate passage to the back.

About all those folks that say you have to "compromise"? Well, I disagree! You end up "compromising" when you settle for something too soon or run out of patients looking. The secret is to stick with your idea of that "perfect" floor plan, perfect RV and keep looking until you find it.

We searched for over 3 years until we found our Outback. We had very specific ideas what we were looking for. More than knowing what we wanted, we absolutely knew what we DID NOT want. I've always said it just as important in life to know what we do not like and do NOT want as it is to know what we DO want and like! I know what I DID NOT like in an RV. So kept looking. I was NOT willing to compromise. Spending $35,000 plus tax, title, delivery, extended warranty, services and everything else, NO! I wasn't compromising.

Luckly we encountered the right dealer who REALLY listened to our "DO NOT LIKES" and pointed us to the camper that had NOTHING we did NOT like! Took 3 years, but it was absolutely worth it. We absolutely love this camper. It's functional, closed up or opened up! We had to have one that met this #1 condition. We were opposed to slides for the longest time for this simple reason, we could not find a camper that was functional with slides in. Until that August Saturday in 2013.... the rest is history!

No, don't compromise! No one has to. If you've compromised, it's only because you caved in. Well, I suppose .... isn't that what "compromising" is .... caving in?