What are the pitfalls of camping in a Hybrid?

drenjoey wrote:

hybrid_camper wrote:
We moved up from a hybrid from a pop-up about 8 years ago. We used our pop up one week a year to camp at the beach. We purchased the hybrid thinking that we would use it more by taking long weekend trips. The first year we used it maybe three time and used it twice two years and then once a year after that like the pop up. I hate the hybrid for short weekend trips. When you arrive, you have to set the beds up, put sheets on the beds, make the beds, etc. We also place tarps over the beds for one, to help keep it cooler, and to keep the ends clean. When you get home, you have to open the beds to air them out if it rained or if the A/C was on due to condensation. We love the hybrid for our week summer vacation, but it is to much for a short trip. We have been talking of getting a new TT. We found a great deal on a used one, so we are looking at purchasing it this weekend to see if we will use it more before purchasing a brand new one.

Since you've owned popups and hybrids, you are used to sleep under tents...... You might not like to sleep in a confined area.

We're on our third hybrid, and nowadays, 5 minutes is all it takes to make the beds. We used to put sheets on the beds, and found out quickly that sleeping bags is the way to go.
As for the tarps over the beds, we never saw the need to install those in Maine. Where we camp, there are no issues that makes us want to install tarps....No condensation and even sap is not an issue at the campgrounds we go to.

You may be right, I'm sure that I will miss sleeping under the tent ends, but we could really hear to much on the outside due the the blasting A/C though.

I'm not playing devils advocate here, but sleeping bags are not for me. I have to beable to stretch me leg from under the covers, so a sleeping bag wouldn't work for me.

We camp in SC, which has a lot of pines and humidity. If we pack up in the morning, there is condensation on the exterior of the canvas most of the times.

To each their own when it comes to different camper types. One of the cons about our hybrid is that I really don't like the layout at all. The is a U-shaped bench/table in front of the front bunk, and the back bunk only has a section about 2ft wide to get in and out. Some Pro's for us is that you can sleep under the tents, they are smaller in size while towing compared to TT, but sleep as much if not more than a TT.

We just have a deal that it is awesome, so we are jumping ship