I have noticed that you keep posting asking for advice, and opinions on verious trailers. To be honest, it would be a lot easier to give you the right advice, if you narrow down your wants, to more of a list of must have's, in a model, and year, of a brand your intending on buying. With all the questions and advice your getting I am sure your now more confused than before you started.
MY advice to you is simple. Find a unit in your price range, manufacturer you trust (forest river,heartland,Jayco ect) modeles, (front livingrooms, rear kitchen, side bathroom ) then start looking at those units. Your asking a lot of questions that have so many different ways to answer, and different opinions, that your just going to make yourself sick trying to find that perfect unit.
Start with price because, if your not willing to spend more than your budget allows don't make yourself crazy looking at units you can't afford.
Remember, heavier units tend to be full time units, BUT they also need a bigger tow vehicle and that is also expensive.
Have you thought about a bus? Used is a good choice for a first time buyer. You can tow a small car behind it for shopping or sightseeing.
Sorry to be so forward but you really need to narrow down your list and go from there.
Here is what we went through,and wanted in our new unit. Either New OR Used
1. Had to be front livingroom
2. Had to be full-time unit.
3. Had to be in a certain price point.
4. Had to have ample counter space.
5. Had to have a lot of cupboard space for storage.
6. Had to have walking space on both sides of the bed.
7. Had to have a large shower.
8. Had to have a Big cargo area for storage.
Here is what we found.
1. Rear kitchen (front livingrooms not as comfortable as we thought after spending a couple hours in one and looking at 5 different manufacturers, headroom, configuration and darker livingroom).
2. Rear kitchens have more counter space and storage space, and your not looking through the kitchen to watch tv in the living area.
3. Center livingrooms tend to have more usable room, and your able to remove say the couch and put in recliners if you wanted to.
4. Heavy unit that has full-time features like more insulation in walls as well as floors.
5. We looked at gently used 2011 to 2015 units, as well as brand new units. Found a Leftover 2014 NEW unit that still comes with a full warranty from manufacturer. AND compared to the same unit in a 2016 year model we saved over $20,000.
So you see, unless you're willing to do the work of going and physically looking at these units, you might never know exactly what you want and can live with in your price range. Our new unit is over 2 hours away and we went twice to spend time in it to make sure it is what we want and in the end we are happy that we did OUR due diligence in figuring what We truly wanted and needed.
