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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hybrid_camper wrote:
We moved up from a hybrid from a pop-up about 8 years ago. We used our pop up one week a year to camp at the beach. We purchased the hybrid thinking that we would use it more by taking long weekend trips. The first year we used it maybe three time and used it twice two years and then once a year after that like the pop up. I hate the hybrid for short weekend trips. When you arrive, you have to set the beds up, put sheets on the beds, make the beds, etc. We also place tarps over the beds for one, to help keep it cooler, and to keep the ends clean. When you get home, you have to open the beds to air them out if it rained or if the A/C was on due to condensation. We love the hybrid for our week summer vacation, but it is to much for a short trip. We have been talking of getting a new TT. We found a great deal on a used one, so we are looking at purchasing it this weekend to see if we will use it more before purchasing a brand new one.
Since you've owned popups and hybrids, you are used to sleep under tents...... You might not like to sleep in a confined area.
We're on our third hybrid, and nowadays, 5 minutes is all it takes to make the beds. We used to put sheets on the beds, and found out quickly that sleeping bags is the way to go.
As for the tarps over the beds, we never saw the need to install those in Maine. Where we camp, there are no issues that makes us want to install tarps....No condensation and even sap is not an issue at the campgrounds we go to.
