I'm liking the Leprechaun 26QB floorplan. It's the only one I've seen like it.
Curious about your thoughts, and if you know of any other manufacturers that make a floorplan like this?
In looking at plans, the initial criteria was an 80" long bed and trying to stay as short as possible. We also wanted to have the 80" long bed available during driving (i.e. not a folding bed in a slide).
There are several plans with 80" long corner bed + dinette, either with or without a slide. Like this:
There is also a plan with 80" long corner bed + sofa + dinette, but without a slide (Winnebago Minnie Winnie or Spirit 25B), that looks like this:
I actually like the Winnebago Minnie Winnie or Spirit 25B the best because is is only 26' and has a good wheelbase/length ratio. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a slide.
That led us to the Leprechaun 26QB, which is 2' longer but does have the slide.
Any perspective would be welcome.
Thank you!
Curious about your thoughts, and if you know of any other manufacturers that make a floorplan like this?
In looking at plans, the initial criteria was an 80" long bed and trying to stay as short as possible. We also wanted to have the 80" long bed available during driving (i.e. not a folding bed in a slide).
There are several plans with 80" long corner bed + dinette, either with or without a slide. Like this:
There is also a plan with 80" long corner bed + sofa + dinette, but without a slide (Winnebago Minnie Winnie or Spirit 25B), that looks like this:
I actually like the Winnebago Minnie Winnie or Spirit 25B the best because is is only 26' and has a good wheelbase/length ratio. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a slide.
That led us to the Leprechaun 26QB, which is 2' longer but does have the slide.
Any perspective would be welcome.
Thank you!
Newbiecampers wrote:
We have a Coachmen Freelander 21qb. Similar to that 23U layout except minus the small chair by the entrance. But the coachmen has a nice large u-shaped dinnette that when made into a bed, can easily accomodate an adult-sized person. Rear bed is 60X80. Front overhang bed is also large.
Nice 50 gallon water supply. I added a second battery as well.
Looking at the floorplan you posted, the 21qb has a larger closet inside, by almost double.
Only 23'10". We drove this around on our last vacation and were able to get anywhere we wanted. We even scored a beautiful camping spot, with no reservations, in Glacier due to it's smaller size. A particular area of a campground there was hard-side units only due to bear activity, and further, the campers could not be more than 24 feet total length. We practically had the place to ourselves, except for a few other 24 ft class C's and some people pulling teardrop trailers. Getting into/around small gas-stations or parking lots: no problem. etc. etc.
No slide (which is what we wanted for the same reasons as most other people that don't want one).
Cargo capacity is 4500 pounds. All tanks full (water, fuel, propane, waste tanks) plus all of us and our stuff and we were still close to 2000 pounds under max.
The rear outside storage is massive for a class c this size. And the side door for the area is large enough to get big items in if you need.
It is, however, a more budget-minded camper. It lacks some features like: no radio in the cabin, not even speakers (none outside either), only a 2 way refrigerator vs 3 way, gas only water heater (but heats very fast), non-ducted air conditioning (can be loud), tpo roof vs fiberglass, etc..
Build quality is on par with what the rest of the rv industry is putting out: lacking in many respects. It is definitely no better, but certainly no worse than most others. We put 7000 miles on it over 19 days starting the day after we bought it and everything worked/nothing failed on us. Definitely some warranty issues to be fixed come spring.
Thank you. We continue to debate ourselves the pros/cons of 24' vs 26' vs 28'. We had a similar experience to your Glacier experience when we had our 20' bumper pull. We were able to get an excellent spot in Joshua Tree because we had the short trailer.
We also have enjoyed the extra space of a little longer trailer with slide.
Your 21QB is a nice plan and it's nice to have the cargo capacity that you do.
cbigham wrote:
Just went thru the thought process you did. Also worth looking at if you want slides is the sunseeker 25ts. Nice layout, neat motorhome.
I decided wanted no slides and bought a thor 23u for the length. The extra care is nice to rotate into from dinette on a rain day. The couch on the winnebago is nice too. I've seen all kinds of trouble with slides and heavy rain. Mechanical problems...I remember looking at coachmen 220 and seeing daylight out the slide mechanism fully extend3d! I was told it will be fixed if I buy. I said you guys drove from Indiana like that? No thanks.
Thank you. We have looked at and like the 23U too. If we go no-slide, the comparison would be between that and the 25B. 25B is nice because of the extra space of the sofa vs the extra chair. However, the benefit of the 23U is that it is shorter at 24'10".
Are there any other manufacturers with this layout? I haven't seen them in my research.
