Reading all this stuff is interesting. For years I had a Lance 915 that was pretty loaded up and I went everywhere with it, everywhere on pavement or in campgrounds that is.
Then, the wife and I bought property in Northern Michigan accessable via seasonal road and I took one look at our new camping and hunting property and I knew the Lance had to go. For one, it was too high to negotiate a seasonal road with trees and too heavy to drive off road, even though I have a long bed diesel 4x4, I knew I'd get in trouble real fast so I put it up for sale (still have it) and bought a Palomino SS1500.
The older Palomino's got a bad rap and deserved it. You had to manually crank up the roof, you could not open the rear door without raising the roof and the rear door leaked in the rain, like a sieve. The fit and finish was poor and over quality was lacking but, it was cheap.
That is all gone now. The roof is electric push button. Unlatch 4 latches, push a button and the roof extends. Open the one piece solid door (with glass tinted window) and get in. Fit and finish is first class and you can even get air conditioning if you want it (I cannot see it as the sides all around open up to screens with all kinds of ventilation plus it comes with a powered roof fan). 4 cubic foot Dometic fridge with freezer, 3 way, hot water heater, outside shower furnace, comfortable queen sized bunk with a convertible dinette. I got mine with a full wet bath for my wife. I would have preferred a cassette toilet but it wasn't available at the time. Oops, forgot to add, 2 burner cook top and single bowl sink....
You can access everything in the unit (but the upper bunk) without raising the roof and that includes the toilet, fridge and dinette (for those quick rest area sandwich stops) All the interior lights as well as the exterior lights are LED and the grey and black dumps are easily accessable on the drivers side.
Very comfortable, plenty of room for 2 or 3, up and down in literally seconds and roadability is excellent compared to a hardside plus the weight is manageable. 1900 dry, 2350 wet. Don't even know it's back there unless I look in the mirror or glance at the dash (it comes with a wireless rear view camera setup for watching your backside.)
I'm really happy for $13,000.00. and it fits in my garage as well, a huge plus. Campers last almost forever when stored inside when not in use. It's the keeping them outside in the elements that causes issues and deterioration.
Is a perfect fit for my wife and I.
