Palomino Soft-Side owner reviews
Hi, I'm considering the purchase of a new Palomino SS-1608 or SS-1251. I have read about Palomino quality problems in earlier models and have also read that many of those issues have been correcte...
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I owned a top of the line Northstar pop-up. I sold it after 4 years primarily because of two things.
The desert winds would make move the pop-up material and keep me up at night. The noise is especially annoying when metal zippers click against each other. Several times Mohave Desert I've dropped the top down and slept on the dinette do to the wind.
Second was it's lack of insulation. You might as well be sleeping in a tent as there is no meaningful heat retention. I found the optional insulation package was too bulky to carry around, took too long to install and when installed you had no more windows.
I decided to sell it when I started to see areas of wear on the tent material....I didn't want to be the one replacing that tent material.
Just thought of another reason.....DW was not going to camp in a soft sided camper in Grizzly bear habitat anymore.
The desert winds would make move the pop-up material and keep me up at night. The noise is especially annoying when metal zippers click against each other. Several times Mohave Desert I've dropped the top down and slept on the dinette do to the wind.
Second was it's lack of insulation. You might as well be sleeping in a tent as there is no meaningful heat retention. I found the optional insulation package was too bulky to carry around, took too long to install and when installed you had no more windows.
I decided to sell it when I started to see areas of wear on the tent material....I didn't want to be the one replacing that tent material.
Just thought of another reason.....DW was not going to camp in a soft sided camper in Grizzly bear habitat anymore.
