Murphy Bed Option

[propchef]

Hello everyone

My wife and I are narrowing our choices down and I have a question for the more experienced here. We're looking at a Lance 1995 and we both like the Murphy bed option. The dealer we're working with is happy to order it that way but was a bit surprised when we asked, and said the 1995 is rarely ordered with the Murphy bed. Any particular reason? Are there cons that I'm overlooking? The only real objection I've read comes from folks who find it too much trouble to set up and take down.

It's just the two of us and it won't see use beyond 5 days in a row.

Thanks in advance everyone!

[QCMan]

I agree that they get old real quick! Not sure about how Lance does it but we had a FR with it and friends had a different make and the mounting for both left much to be desired. Having a full time bed is handier than you might think.

[trailernovice]

I guess it'd depend on whether you plan to move it up and down much or instead just leave it in place and want the murphy option for a 'just in case' alternative if you have people join for a meal or something....kinda like what 'Josh the RV nerd' (salesman at a Michigan RV dealership) said about bunk beds...'they're not for the kids...kids will sleep anywhere--on the floor, curled up in a dog bed, outside in the back of the pickup...the bunks are for the PARENTS...so they don't have to convert a sofa or a dinette into a bed every night'

Guessing small camper because either small tow vehicle or (like us) you'll use the trailer more as a way to be where you want to be (while as a bonus using your own bed, bathroom and kitchen instead of a hotel or a family member's house) rather than a 'place to be' in and of itself...we're outside of our trailer 'most all the time except for breakfast (lunch and/or dinner generally bbq) and to sleep...if you plan to use in that way, murphy makes sense to me...if instead you'll actually 'murphy' it up and down a lot, might get tired of that pretty quickly

[gbopp]

I know from traveling with our GS setting up and taking down the dinette or sofa got real old, quickly.
I would not want a Murphy Bed for regular use or even short trips.