What are the pitfalls of camping in a Hybrid?
Versus camping in an enclosed TT? I just want to know what I'm getting myself into before we decide what to purchase. We are leaning heavily toward the hybrid as of now because I like the idea of st...
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We started out tent camping, then DH bought me a used popup for Christmas one year. We LOVED it, but then we had a baby and it was so hard to setup and take down with a baby. We found a used 3-year old hybrid that was in great shape and purchased that.
We had our hybrid for 3 years, but the grandparents decided they wanted to go with us since "their" baby was going to be away. 3 years later, the 2nd little girl arrived and it was getting crowded in that hybrid. Our nephew, who was about 10 liked to go with us, so bed space was at a premium.
We sold the hybrid and went with a 35' TT bunkhouse, which we kept for another 3 years. We now have a 36' fifth wheel and are spending more and more time in it - 100+ days over the last 3 years.
Now, with all of that being said, we really enjoyed the hybrid and we camped from March until Thanksgiving weekend every year we had it. We had several inches of snow a few times and we also camped in 100+ degree weather.
1. Popup gizmos (or homemade ones) are a MUST!
2. A good fan to better distribute the heat or AC makes for more comfortable sleeping.
3. Yes, packing up wet can be a pain.
4. Setup is much easier than a popup because you can leave most things in place instead of having to pack everything away.
5. When traveling, you can just pull into a rest area/Walmart, etc. and crawl in the trailer and nap/sleep for a few hours without having to pull the beds out.
6. The bathroom/shower combo comes in really handy for a quick cleanup, but we used the campground facilities 95% of the time for showers.
7. You can open the windows in the hybrid and it is more open than a tent, TT, 5th wheel, but not quite as open as a popup.
8. When we sold our hybrid, we got $500 less than what we had paid for it 3 years prior, so I don't think resale is a problem.
9. Pulling the hybrid is easier to do with a smaller truck/SUV than a full size TT or 6th wheel because of the size, but the overall size once you extend the beds make it more spacious.
10. Many hybrids and popups are single axle and the backing in can be more challenging than a double axle trailer, or at least that is how I found it.
Whatever you decide, the camping lifestyle is wonderful and can be the stress buster that many of us really need.
We had our hybrid for 3 years, but the grandparents decided they wanted to go with us since "their" baby was going to be away. 3 years later, the 2nd little girl arrived and it was getting crowded in that hybrid. Our nephew, who was about 10 liked to go with us, so bed space was at a premium.
We sold the hybrid and went with a 35' TT bunkhouse, which we kept for another 3 years. We now have a 36' fifth wheel and are spending more and more time in it - 100+ days over the last 3 years.
Now, with all of that being said, we really enjoyed the hybrid and we camped from March until Thanksgiving weekend every year we had it. We had several inches of snow a few times and we also camped in 100+ degree weather.
1. Popup gizmos (or homemade ones) are a MUST!
2. A good fan to better distribute the heat or AC makes for more comfortable sleeping.
3. Yes, packing up wet can be a pain.
4. Setup is much easier than a popup because you can leave most things in place instead of having to pack everything away.
5. When traveling, you can just pull into a rest area/Walmart, etc. and crawl in the trailer and nap/sleep for a few hours without having to pull the beds out.
6. The bathroom/shower combo comes in really handy for a quick cleanup, but we used the campground facilities 95% of the time for showers.
7. You can open the windows in the hybrid and it is more open than a tent, TT, 5th wheel, but not quite as open as a popup.
8. When we sold our hybrid, we got $500 less than what we had paid for it 3 years prior, so I don't think resale is a problem.
9. Pulling the hybrid is easier to do with a smaller truck/SUV than a full size TT or 6th wheel because of the size, but the overall size once you extend the beds make it more spacious.
10. Many hybrids and popups are single axle and the backing in can be more challenging than a double axle trailer, or at least that is how I found it.
Whatever you decide, the camping lifestyle is wonderful and can be the stress buster that many of us really need.
