Opinions on Coachmen Leprechaun Please

My Mom and Dad had one that they bought new in 1972 when my Dad took early retirement. Towed a VW bug behind it all over the country. I was still in college and got post cards and letters from time to time. I think I inherited the "illness" from them.
They must be a good unit to be around for 40+ years. I know my folks never had a problem with theirs.

Please try your own search on "Coachmen."

j-d wrote:
Please try your own search on "Coachmen."

This is part of my search, looking for people who have had them and can tell me about them. All I am finding are sales pitches, on ALL brands, don't know which ones to believe. Like the floor plan of the Leprechaun, not seeing other brands that I like the floor plan, but don't want to buy a bad unit just because I like the layout.

OK, I searched. This Thread alarms me. Of late, it seems to me that the Forest River products (Sunseeker, Forester) are better bets at entry level.

I have a 1997 Coachmen 220RK Catalina series, and it's been a problem free MH since I bought it in 2008. Of course that has no bearing on a "newer?" Leprechaun series. Over the years I think it's safe to say that Coachmen (now a Forest River Company) has put out a decent quality MH. Like anything else, you can get a "good one", while someone else with the same model can get a "not so good one", or vice versa.
As far as floorplans, I don't think there are very many unique to one manufacturer. If someone does come out with something a little different, which proves to be popular, the other manufacturers will copy it soon enough.
The only "unique" floorplan I can think of in my limited experience is the Nexus 25P which gives a full wall slide with a walk around Queen size bed, in a unit that's under 25'.

Not too happy with our Leprechaun.
We downsized from a Winnebago Class A and I guess we were spoiled by the quality of the Winnie. In our Leprechaun we have had plumbing leaks caused by screws through water pipes put there during construction, leaks from un-caulked clearance lights, plumbing leaks from cheap pex fittings, a leak around the slide, and a leak in the cab-over area we haven't tracked down yet.
We really like the Chevy chassis, but that's about it right now; the build quality is just not what we had hoped for.

Trouble free as we wrap up our 2nd season in ours. Very happy with it so far.

We just finished our first year in a 2014 Coachmen Leprechaun 320 BH. This was our down size from a Holiday Rambler diesel pusher. We have had no serious problems with this motor home. Even the minor issues were very limited. Nothing that required a return to the dealer for service. No leaks of any kind. We have had great service from Ford. One of the major reasons we went to a Ford gas unit was the access to service through ford. We tow a 2011 Jeep Liberty with little effort. The floor plan and functionality of this motor home are excellent. Gas mileage sucks, but driving conservatively helps. After 35 years of this "Rv Thing" we feel we have a fairly good experience base. The biggest problem we find with coachmen is the limited owners manual. Not really a problem for experienced people but could be for those new to Motor Homes. All in all we are very please with our decision to down size to the Coachmen Leprechaun.

I have a 2014 model 220qb on a Chevy . So far no problems yet coming up on 6,000 miles.
Love the MH so far.

We have a Coachmen Catalina Sport and only had one problem with a small water leak, fund and repaired, we purchsed it in 2001 and have had no other problems recaulked the roof joints a couple years ago need to redo them, all in all they are good as a first entry unit.

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