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. 🙂

[GoinThisAway]

The ladder is on the wrong side of the door. It intrudes into the view from window at the rear of the dinette and the skylight over the dinette is right in front of you when you get to the top.

[Bedlam]

My Arctic Fox selling in December and my Host not arriving until April. These 5 months of withdraws are just about killing me...

[jake2250]

The entry door swings the wrong way, When open it blocks half the dinette window.
I to would like more battery box room on the tongue, I can fit two GC2 batteries but its tight and a back twister to get them in and out.
Other than that I like the rest of it!

[Leland1950]

For the missing handle, a simple and cheap pocket door "handle" fits flush into a round hole. HD, lowes, any lumber store has them.

[mkasner]

Tank sensors for the 90s, DVD players from the 2000s (blu-ray has been available for along time now)

[NVR2L82AV8]

A 90's era style car stereo, built in China no doubt, in my 2013 AF 990....

[trail-explorer]

The skylight.

[eastern_shore_g]

We just bought a 2017 Outback Super-Lite. Love it.....but...there is not a heat duct IN the bathroom. Really?? But there is an air conditioning vent in there. (I'm cold natured :E )

On the 2011 Wildwood we just traded, the hot water heater could only be turned on from the outside. Hated that.

[slacker_cruster]

The escape hatch on the roof of my Northstar. The shade gets to 120 degrees in the summer. I've painted it over black then white and block it. Hate it.

[srschang]

whazoo wrote:

2oldnslow wrote:
Not just on mine, I have seen this on many campers:
The fill port for the fresh water tank is right there for anyone to put whatever they like into it, and the vent is open to the wind. That probably lets lots of dust into the tank.

I added a locking door over it all.

Now I have never seen that. Had many rv's incl 3 campers. All had the standard locking door with the fill and vent openings behind the lockable door. Can't imagine a water tank vent open on the side of a camper.

Mines the same way, but I don't see it as dumb or a problem, it's just real convenient to get to & fill.

[TJMarc]

bighatnohorse wrote:

Reminds me;
Arctic Fox: innermost switch controls outside light / outermost switch controls inside light.

I'm sure there is some logic behind it but it's beyond me...was one of the first thing I changed...5 min swap of connectors.

[d3500ram]

I hesar ya' about the fresh water drain. I added a valve inside and poked through the side of the camper and also drilled a hole in the truck bed and dropped the hose in front of the left rear tire:





The only other comment that I alluded to earlier in this thread was the lack of shut-off valves for the out door shower. Added those as well for my plumbing upgrades:





These were 2 really easy upgrades that I wish NorthStar would include as standard equipment... especially if one plans to winter camp.

[thedavidzoo]

I don't have much to complain about with our Northstar either. Maybe just these few minor things:

1. I wish the fresh water tank drain valve was located such that I could drain the water somewhere else than into the truck bed. Don't want all that water sitting there between camper bottom, bed mat and truck bed. I wanted to attach some kind of additional hose to get the water elsewhere, tap into the drain hose inside and run a temporary hose through the wheel well doors and up over the bed rails...and syphon..??

2. Wide utensil drawer could have more substantial sliding hardware, has one flimsy central guide.

3. Wish the gray water drain and valve didn't stick out the back wall, would have preferred it be hidden underneath the overhang. Space constraints, no doubt.

[Geewizard]

whazoo wrote:
Gosh I'm feeling pretty good about my Outfitter. If I had to buy another camper I'd buy exactly the same one. Issues? From time to time like every one but every inch of usable space has been made, well, usable. I've enjoyed reading these posts, what an eye opener!

x2. Very much an eye opener.

[DWeikert]

whazoo wrote:
Gosh I'm feeling pretty good about my Outfitter. If I had to buy another camper I'd buy exactly the same one. Issues? From time to time like every one but every inch of usable space has been made, well, usable. I've enjoyed reading these posts, what an eye opener!

I'm feeling the same about my Northstar. I've been trying to think of something to add to this thread and the only thing I can think of I've already fixed. Mine came with a Kyocera 135W solar panel, but my camper is only 7' wide. Where the panel is mounted left no room to install AC, but it was pretty much the only place to mount a panel that size. I've since replaced that panel with a 100W Renogy that is narrow enough to add AC, I also added 3 other 100W panels at the same time.

I'd like to complain abut the size of the bathroom but it's not Northstar's fault my father cursed me by wishing one of his boys grew to at least 6'. 🙂

The only other issue I can think of is the truck bed access doors open right where the wheel wells are which restricts the size of objects I can put in front of the wheel wells. But that's what happens with a camper build for long or short beds in a short bed.