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Re: One Butt Kitchens
travelnutz wrote: One reason we detest one butt kicthens is we both LOVE to cook and are very good at it. Sometimes I make the meals and sometimes she makes the meals when she feels up to it. The rest of the time we make the great meals together and you can't do that in a one butt kitchen. We love cooking together as we are very close like teenagers in "love" (and we are!) still at 72 and learn from each other, help eachother, and create very special meals working together. [snip] Sure helps keep us together and very very happy to be married! No wonder so many couples can't be happy together as they don't seem to understand what "together" means! So the key to happiness is NOT having a one-butt kitchen!? [kidding]. I'm glad you are both like two birds nuzzled up on a branch! It seems the one-butt kitchen would be perfect for you since you like to be close.472Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2009 montana falling apart 1 piece at the time
laknox wrote: I'd just as soon have a minimum of graphics, and what's there, to be unobtrusive. Lyle I'm with you. Notice the spectacular coaches like New Horizon and Continental Coach don't plaster a billboard on your rig. Their quality stands out without a big ad built into your coach. I for one don't need constant reminders of the coach I bought. If I bought a Big Horn, I'd be scraping their mountains off of it myself.352Views0likes0CommentsRe: One Butt Kitchens
travelnutz wrote: You have to go into an RV model with all the slides all the way in to see what it's really like because floor plans in brochures are very deceiving and many not to scale. So many have been fooled! With the slides in: Can you fully use the kitchen, bathroom, and access the bed and/or the closets on the other side of the bed. What a PIA to have to open a slide everytime for just a nature call on the road or to get a sweater/jacket etc if the weather changes, spill something, or maybe it gets a lot hotter in the afternoon and you want some different duds to wear. After just over 50 years of RVing now, we've been well educated and know what works and what creates problems! Very good info to consider. Thank you! I will definitely add "slides in" to our shopping requirements. I can think of lots of reasons you may want to use the coach for a few hours with the slides in... All of what you said plus: - Don't want to deal with the rush hour traffic of an upcoming city, so you stop at a rest area to take a nap or watch TV for a couple hours. - Want a quick lunch - Got dirty fixing something on your rig and need a quick shower. I can probably think of more. This just made the "important" list. Thanks!384Views0likes0CommentsRe: One Butt Kitchens
ol Bombero-JC wrote: But....why base *any* opinion on what's best -or works- for others?.:h *Bottom* line: Visit shows, dealer lots and decide whether their offerings meet the size and number of butt spaces you require. ~ Well, because a short visit to a coach in a showroom isn't the same as talking to people who have lived with it for years. Like someone else said... The newness wore off and they grew to hate it... I'm hearing mixed results in this thread, so ultimately it really is going be our personal decision, but I'm really leaning towards a center island after reading this thread...381Views0likes0CommentsRe: One Butt Kitchens
kakampers wrote: Spent six years fulltiming in a "one butt kitchen"...finally could not take any more... Upgraded to our Landmark a little over a year ago, and could not be happier with my new kitchen!! That's what we are afraid would happen to us if we bought the "one butt". We're planning to full time as well. There is definitely no consensus here, but there are enough people saying they don't like that layout that if we already think we won't like it, then we probably won't and should go with an island.381Views0likes0CommentsRe: One Butt Kitchens
Veebyes wrote: I guess this galley is a 'one butt kitchen'. The Admiral loves it. The counter space is one of the primary reasons for choosing this floorplan. Everything from pantry (washer dryer closet), side by side fridge, stove with oven is no more than one step away. We are seldom near places with restaurants so almost all meals are done in house. The pic was taken after a major shop in preparation for a 4 month trip. I can't really see because of the shopping bags, but yours looks like it has more room than most. I like how your counter space expands with the slide area. Everything we have seen keeps the "L-shape" part that creates the One Butt design from being involved in the slide and removing an entire corner of counter space. What brand/model is yours? I'd like to see one in person.381Views0likes0CommentsOne Butt Kitchens
My DW and I are not sure whether or not we'd be OK with a floorplan that had what I am referring to as the One Butt Kitchen - meaning only one person is getting in there at a time... Example: Who of you has one of these or has had one of these types of kitchens and do you like it, dislike it? Share your story to help us make up our mind whether to nix coaches with this kitchen plan. Thanks!9.8KViews0likes58CommentsRe: Travel Supreme Select quality?
Randu wrote: I owned a 2000 Travel Supreme Express and a 2004 Newmar Kountry Star. Toured both factories as well as Carriage and DRV. Notice I now have a DRV. My personal opinion would place the TS above Newmar and Carriage but below a DRV Mobile Suites. This would be in the apples to apples comparison based on what each manufacture was building in 2008. Now if you compare against new 2014 models it would be very close to Lifestyle or DRV Tradition. Again my personal opinion, Way above Redwood, Trilogy, Heartland Big Horn. Also keep in mind that Travel Supreme was one of the 1st to go out of business in the 2008 economic downturn. A 2008 unit would be one of the last built and you might want to really study and test all systems before a purchase. Randu Thanks! So, if I read this right, that means you also think I've put Newmar in the wrong slot...643Views0likes0Comments
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