What was Airstream thinking (part 2)?
This is my second thread on this topic. The first thread can be found here: What was Airstream thinking? Now for the second installment: I have a 2017 Flying Cloud 23FB. I can't believe Airstrea...
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Bobbo wrote:goducks10 wrote:
Buyers remorse?
OP here.
Not at all. We love the trailer. I just think that on a trailer this expensive, it should not be necessary to have to add 12v outlets. Even if I had realized there were no 12v outlets, I still would have bought this trailer, and would still be miffed that on a trailer this expensive there were no 12v outlets.
There are times when 20 watts of power (a typical 2 amp 5v USB port) is not nearly enough power, and you don't have 120v power available. (We boondock a lot.) The inverter is extremely inefficient for taking 12v power, converting it to 120v power, only to convert it BACK to 12v power to use. My personal estimate is that you waste 25% of the power it pulls from the battery. When you are boondocking, every amp of battery power counts.
I covered all this in the very first post, but not everyone who snarks bothers to actually read the thread.
Where do you draw the line as a MFG on what to assume buyers want?
Add some solar or a couple more batteries and all should be well.
