How's the quality of the new Rockwood Popups
I might be in the market for a 2018. Not sure if I'll keep my travel trailer or not. I'm honestly sick and tired of all the upkeep and maintenance, and the high costs of these services. I'm dumpin...
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Sounds like I just need to keep my 2001 Coleman Niagara. My step-father bought it for me a couple of years ago. It has been a project. I've already painted the exterior ABS pieces with truck bed liner and replaced the roof, cargo hatch, and front storage seals. In-spite of replacing the thermocouple the pilot on the water heater won't stay lit. I think I'll spend the $300 and replace it with a DSI unit. The bunk end-caps are broken. I'm going to buy a sheet of 1" thick HDPE and make my own replacements. Maybe the HDPE parts won't break.
Looking at this camper, if Coleman had spent a couple of hundred dollars more on materials they could have made a much better product. Fiber board instead of ply? ABS plastic on something that is going to sit out in the sun?
I owned a 2001 Starcraft 23RBS hybrid. First they listed the bunks as king and queen when they were queen and full. Next the did a shoddy job of sealing the roof. Why they use the self leveling sealant that cracks in a couple of years instead of something like Eternibond I'll never know. Then when the water got in the wall panels delaminated because they did not use a water resistant glue. The pex fittings were not done correctly so the plumbing leaked. I'll never buy another Starcraft product.
I don't get the impression of RVing as being a growing recreation activity. It is like RV manufacturing companies are going for the high end and squeezing what they can out of the lower end while they allow it to die. What they are forgetting is who is going to bother buying the high end units if they don't have memories of the pop up their family used to camp in when they were kids? This reminds me of how coffee was slowly dying. The major coffee companies over a period of decades replaced the better tasting coffee beans with the cheap bitter beans. Coffee consumption in a long downward trend because younger people weren't drinking coffee because it tasted like a$$. Then stepped in Starbucks to reintroduce people to good coffee and save the industry. Who is going to be the RV industry's Starbucks?
Looking at this camper, if Coleman had spent a couple of hundred dollars more on materials they could have made a much better product. Fiber board instead of ply? ABS plastic on something that is going to sit out in the sun?
I owned a 2001 Starcraft 23RBS hybrid. First they listed the bunks as king and queen when they were queen and full. Next the did a shoddy job of sealing the roof. Why they use the self leveling sealant that cracks in a couple of years instead of something like Eternibond I'll never know. Then when the water got in the wall panels delaminated because they did not use a water resistant glue. The pex fittings were not done correctly so the plumbing leaked. I'll never buy another Starcraft product.
I don't get the impression of RVing as being a growing recreation activity. It is like RV manufacturing companies are going for the high end and squeezing what they can out of the lower end while they allow it to die. What they are forgetting is who is going to bother buying the high end units if they don't have memories of the pop up their family used to camp in when they were kids? This reminds me of how coffee was slowly dying. The major coffee companies over a period of decades replaced the better tasting coffee beans with the cheap bitter beans. Coffee consumption in a long downward trend because younger people weren't drinking coffee because it tasted like a$$. Then stepped in Starbucks to reintroduce people to good coffee and save the industry. Who is going to be the RV industry's Starbucks?
