Going back to a Pop Up
I've had travel trailers now for 10 years. I guess I'm a minimalist at heart because while I love the idea of having a camper that's actually a second home that I can live in comfortably, it also ...
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jerem0621 wrote:
I went from a TT To a PUP and it only lasted a year for us.
Back in 2012 we finally decided to sell our triple bunk bed K-Z Spree as our boys were older, involved in sports, jobs, friends, etc, and no longer had the time or interest for camping. :( I really thought that was it for us, we'd BTDT quite a bit over the proceeding dozen years with a considerable amount of long distance travel camping. However, without a camper of any kind that meant NO camping at all so the following spring I bought a small Fleetwood popup and set it up based on what I'd done with our previous travel trailers. It "worked" but we lasted only a few months before we acquiesced and bought a couple's travel trailer in July. Looking back I now realize my mistake was equating the two, a popup to a travel trailer - they're not the same at all and expecting a popup to replace a trailer trailer in all camping situations, as Fleetwood themselves even tried to convince us of a few years ago in their advertising, is a recipe for disappointment. :(
jerem0621 wrote:
Right now we are “camperless” but I have invested in some nice tenti camping equipment.
Fast forward a few years and we ourselves now find that we do much less camping than we used to, most often only a few weekends each summer when friends and/or relatives are also camping and have invited us to join them. Our boys are now adults, have their own lives, so it's only the two of us and we find we're focusing much more on international travel, if for no other reason than we now can. :B However, if we want to camp even occasionally we still need a camper of some sort and for that purpose a popup IMO can't be beat - a quantum leap up from camping in a tent but far less costly and far more simple than owning a travel trailer of any size. Look carefully enough and it is possible to find a 15 yr old popup in mint condition, one that has lived it's entire life indoors other than when out camping, a rarity when we're talking travel trailers. If a popup which represents a minimal investment just sits there most of year, so what? ... but when it's a $30,000 travel trailer it's tough to be so cavalier about it. :R Not only are ongoing costs with a popup minimal compared to those required in owning a travel trailer but gone also are those days of 10 mpg and $150 fuel bills for just a weekend of camping. :M Lots to ponder but as I suggested earlier our OP Mike may just be on to something here that many travel trailer owners just won't admit - the clear advantages for many of a popup vs a travel trailer, particularly when we're talking minimal use, just a few warm weather weekends each season. :B
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