Keystone Design Issues
OK, I need to vent a few frustrations with Keystone. We just purchased a new Fuzion and noticed (after we purchased) some design flaws that we think are ridiculous. My thought is that if I vent on her...
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TWZMYJP wrote:
OP - sounds like your frustrations have been pretty well responded to so I won't continue to beat that horse, but I'll add a couple of my own "WTF Keystone?!" issues with the purchase of our 2018 Carbon:
1. The water pump draws water from the SIDE of the fresh water tank, with no suction hose or anything actually into the tank. Just a plastic nipple glued to the side of the tank, with PEX tubing running from that nipple up to the water pump. Doesn't sound like that big of a deal until you realize that the nipple is approximately 3/4" up the sidewall of the tank, and is roughly 1/2" in diameter. So that means once you have anything less than 1-1/4" of standing water in the tank, your pump loses prime and you are effectively out of water. Again, no big deal it would seem until you look at the layout of your fresh water tank, which is very long and wide but not very deep because it has to fit between the frame rails of the trailer. Ultimately, you're left with about 30 gallons of water in the tank that you simply can't get to?! WTF Keystone??!!
2. The main control panel for the interior lighting, generator, tank levels, etc is nice and centrally located in the entertainment center, a few steps inside the trailer straight ahead of the entry door. Works great until you get back to the trailer when it's pitch black outside (and thus inside as well) and you have to fumble around inside looking for the right switch to flip on an interior light, which inevitably happens after you have poked pretty much every other switch on the panel! A simple light switch right by the door/steps sure would be handy! WTF Keystone??!!
3. There are at least a dozen 120v outlets all over the trailer, but not a single 12v port for the stuff we all really use every day like cell phone chargers and whatnot?! WTF Keystone??!!
I'm guessing these aren't necessarily Keystone-specific issues, but I thought this sort of light hearted venting was kind of a fun topic to keep going. What else is out there?
I second the thought on the power outlets. It wouldn't be much of a draw to have the ability to plug in a clock next to the bed. That's BS about the pump. I wonder if Fuzions have that same design. To solve the light issue, we noticed that too, we started turning on the nightlight function and leaving it on. It provides just enough light.
