Advanced Rv

Karsty wrote:

I thought the Advanced RV's were very classy and nicely finished. I also like the fact that the gallery counter was narrower than other Sprinter layouts. Gave a little more aisle width which I thought was a nice touch.

The Advanced RV started out with experience learned from a Great West Van Legend. There are a lot of plan and concept similarities. So, I took some measurements of my Legend and the Ocean One. Here is how they stack up.

Bathroom measured at the base:

Legend: 25-1/2"
Ocean One: 25-1/4"

Bathroom measured at counter height (wall curves in):

Legend: 25"
Ocean One: 24-5/8"

Kitchen Counter:

Legend: 15-3/8"
Ocean One: 17-1/4"

Aisle at narrowest point:

Legend: 26-1/2"
Ocean One: 24-7/8"

The Biggest difference is the Legend counter top is narrower throwing the extra space in the aisle. Both Bs pretty much used the same sink and cooktop. I told Mike our counter, though the narrowest probably in the industry is usable and I would rather have the space in the aisle. Mike said the aisle of the Ocean One was the width of the screen door. My point was only one person passes through the door at one time but in the aisle two passed by each other all the time all the way from front to back. My old Pleasure-way Plateau had about a 24" aisle and I noticed how much difference the extra 2+ inches made immediately. Some Bs like the Airstream Interstate narrow down to 19".

Both have tri-fold sofas that operate similarly on side rails keeping the area underneath very open. Advanced RVs sofa is more sharply squared off making the bed a flatter sleeping surface and tighter fit to the side walls.

Fit and finish is superb on the Advanced RV. I would probably prefer the Euro design of the Advanced RV over the traditional design of Great West. Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto, was my inspiration. Google his designs and you'll see why I prefer Advanced RV.

The cabinets are a tad more functional in interior dimension. I didn't explore in detail how well the curved cabinets worked but the pass through at the sliding door was nice as was the pull out pantry for canned goods.

I didn't get into the "under the hood" things electrical and operationally. Those are variables on both Great West and Advanced RV but they both offer similar. My three year old B is getting dated in regard to what everyone seems to be providing now. Things like larger refrigerators and diesel hydronic space heating and hot water came to Great West just one iteration after I bought mine. We all thought it was great with just two house batteries then. :(

Bottom line is I did a lot of research when I bought my Legend three years ago as did Mike and Marcia Neundorfer. So, the plan meets my ideal requirements. Advanced RV is attempting to improve on all that. I had a lot of desires to resolve when I went from a 2005 Pleasure-way Plateau to our Legend. This one does not give me enough compelling reasons . . . yet. :)