what is the dumbest thing about your camper?

[Rubiranch]

For me its that there is no light switch or and any light at all when you first enter the camper.

The closest light is on the ceiling a few steps inside the camper.

Kind of a pain in the dark for sure.

Yes, I've ordered a touch light to put next to the door.

Too bad someone from the manufacture doesn't actually spend a night or two in one of their own RVs.

In my TT the vent in the bathroom is over the sink so in cold weather the ice cold condensation from the vent drips on your back while you're brushing your teeth. 🙂

[cmcdar]

Johno02 wrote:
Ours has an access hole for the sewer hose to go through, but the connector on an standard hose will not go through it. Solved the problem by making a special extension, and put the connector on the hose after putting the hose through the access. The access port needs to ve less than 1/4 inch bigger to fit right.

My camper you had to go up and into the dark camper to feel around for light switches.

On of my first mods was to add a battery operated, LED, motion sensitive, wall sconce.

It comes on the moment the door is opened and gives enough light to see around the camper and turn on the desired lights.

Motion Sensor LED Wall Sconce Night Light

[CAJW]

realter wrote:
The step handle folds over against the back door. The mean little neighbor boy closed it at night.Can not open the door from the inside. A little hard for this old guy to climb out the skylight, onto the truck hood and onto the ground. Fortunately somebody heard my cries for help. Fortunately those next door people had left.

Is your last name Wilson and the neighbor boy named Dennis? Lol!

[Freep]

HMS Beagle wrote:
The dumbest thing I see in my camper and every camper is the huge amount of wasted space in the cabinetry. This is most apparent in the under-the-counter drawers. Generally there is a face frame, slides, and then a drawer box made such that 12" wide cabinet front results in 7" wide drawers. Contrast that with some European van conversion which have no face frame, full width and full extension drawers. In my Bigfoot, if you calculate the volume of the drawers and compare it to the overall volume they consume in the camper, it is less than half. This same thinking is applied to much of the storage. It seems to be true of every North American brand.

It seems like the designers are stuck in a house mindset when designing TCs. They need to focus on how to best utilize the space available. It's not a house, stop trying to make it look and feel like one. It would be nice if some retired NASA engineers started designing campers.

[Bedlam]

I plugged my coffee pot and slow cooker into the inverted sockets.

[AnEv942]

Under, on bottom of, overhead cabinet receptacle, also is our GFI. Nicely placed partialy under blind.
Always wondered but realized there is no 120v wiring in exterior walls. Dont know that we've ever plugged anything into it.

[jimh406]

nbking wrote:
All electrical outlets are underneath the upper cupboards. I will have to have a power bar to be able to use them for any electrical appliance.

Got a picture? I'm not sure I understand.

[nbking]

All electrical outlets are underneath the upper cupboards. I will have to have a power bar to be able to use them for any electrical appliance.

[GeoBoy]

lonegunman wrote:
My Arctic Fox has very little to complain about. It had three annoying but easily fixable problems that popped up right after purchase.

1. They wired the gen switch and hour meter wrong, I had to reverse a few wires to get it going and the hour meter to run. When I called the dealer service department, creepy salesmen kept answering the phone and telling me the service department "had a special way to fix that problem".

2. The easy open extender for the door handle had a small plastic part installed backwards. As soon as you pulled the thing it broke. The creepy salesman had said it was designed that way.

3. The only light in the thing that are not LEDs are the night lights by the bed, they suck battery and are insanely bright.

The first two were easily fixed by calling Arctic Fox and avoiding creepy salesmen. AF sent parts out ASAP. I spoke with a manager in the assembly area, sent him photos of the two problems and a picture of the part that was reversed. They were very nice to deal with and I'm betting they corrected both problems at the source.

A swap for the lights is this springs project.

I take it that you don't like the "creepy" salesman.

[lonegunman]

My Arctic Fox has very little to complain about. It had three annoying but easily fixable problems that popped up right after purchase.

1. They wired the gen switch and hour meter wrong, I had to reverse a few wires to get it going and the hour meter to run. When I called the dealer service department, creepy salesmen kept answering the phone and telling me the service department "had a special way to fix that problem".

2. The easy open extender for the door handle had a small plastic part installed backwards. As soon as you pulled the thing it broke. The creepy salesman had said it was designed that way.

3. The only light in the thing that are not LEDs are the night lights by the bed, they suck battery and are insanely bright.

The first two were easily fixed by calling Arctic Fox and avoiding creepy salesmen. AF sent parts out ASAP. I spoke with a manager in the assembly area, sent him photos of the two problems and a picture of the part that was reversed. They were very nice to deal with and I'm betting they corrected both problems at the source.

A swap for the lights is this springs project.

[MN_Ben]

I hate that it sits in my garage too much.

[Bedlam]

I carry a folding step stool which gives me enough height to reach the latches even on my flat bed. I guess long monkey arms help too...

I set up the stairs before I pull down the awning. At the top of the stairs, I can reach the awning pull strap and walk down the steps to pull out the awning (same when putting it away). If you were out west, you would most likely use it more to keep your entry dry.

[deltabravo]

The manual rear awning. It's very difficult to deploy and stow.
Operating it requires shimmying across the rear bumper to get to the driver side arm latches.

This is my 8th year with the camper and I've probably only used the awning 6 times.

[free_radical]

js6343js6343 wrote:
Or,

Why is it that the coldest room in the TT has to be the bathroom? Some nights its 40 degrees in there and my tail end is froze to the seat.

:E:E:E:E

I was in Japan recently and every hotel bathroom has heated toilet seats
Also wash and blow dry your rear..

Wonder why this isnt available here also,after all we can buy cars with heated steering wheel and heated car seat too..

[realter]

The step handle folds over against the back door. The mean little neighbor boy closed it at night.Can not open the door from the inside. A little hard for this old guy to climb out the skylight, onto the truck hood and onto the ground. Fortunately somebody heard my cries for help. Fortunately those next door people had left.