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TriPod ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Aug 2015 Location: MB, Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 8 |
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I know it's very new, but ........ we LOVE the idea of a bathroom with actual space in it! A useable sink!!!
We'd buy the 180 in a heartbeat, but there's just one problem: it's a trailer for 2, and we have 3 people in our family. My suggestion is simple: swap the kitchen and dinette in the 180, so that the dinette is in the slide, and make it a bit bigger so that it's a usable bed for someone bigger than a toddler. Like a teenager. I don't think dealers would be able to keep them in stock if rpods came like this! |
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WashStateNana ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 26 Aug 2015 Location: SE Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 9 |
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I agree with you - that's our situation exactly! I hope Forest River will catch on.
We're looking for a unit for the two of us traveling with our 8 yo granddaughter. We need a bed for her, and a table big enough for three people to eat or play a game. That full bath is awfully tempting, but oh that table.... I love the kitchen in the 179, but oh that bathroom..... |
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fwunder ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
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Forest River has been pretty creative with the usable floor space in the R-Pod line. Somebody will correct me, I'm sure, but hasn't the frame remained the same for some time? Perhaps a little longer, but certainly not wider.
As soon as they decide to widen the frame over the wheels and/or intro dual axle, then floor plans will change dramatically. Personally, I would like to seem them go wider, lighter and more convertible. Compete with The Safari Condo. OK...here goes...Press a button on your dash, brake controller or smart phone and the Pod Flowers into a full hard sided beautiful camper before you even unhitch!! Imagine the fuel savings (wind resistance) and the pop-up envy when it's driving rain and your pod Flowers into a full sized hard sided camper with a walk around queen bed, dry bath and 4-person dinette!! Another button deploys the Chrysalis (new name for R-Dome). Fred
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
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Camper Bob ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Location: Portland Oregon Online Status: Offline Posts: 913 |
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Any release date planned for the 180?
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Camper Bob and Camper Sue
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TriPod ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Aug 2015 Location: MB, Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 8 |
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Okay having finally actually seen a 179 and discussed the 180 floor plan with a very friendly and knowledgeable r-pod dealer..... I revise my suggestion, because what I suggested is physically not possible without extending the trailer length. And we like not having a massive trailer to tow!
So ........ just a couple of small revisions to the 180......... make the bathroom door one of those accordian-type folding ones to free up the swing room, which would enable a 4 person dinette/extra bed. Voila. Instant high sales family-friendly trailer. :) (The actual bathroom door and smaller dinette could be a floorplan option for those who still want it....) |
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kindell ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 10 Jul 2015 Location: No California Online Status: Offline Posts: 61 |
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I think the 179 fits the bill. 1 dinette that slides out and makes down to a bed and a queen at the end. Voila`.
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Art & Kindell
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GorgePod ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 14 Jul 2015 Location: SW Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 17 |
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I think the plan for the 180 is great. I love the full bath in our 183. Having that is well worth it. I can take or leave the garage. It seems to be just a curiosity. The garage also prohibits the placement of the spare tire on the rear. I really like the idea of a fixed bed. The 183 uses a dinette.
I would like to see a couple of foot extension in the front. There is not really any good space on the Pod for the dome, generators, kayak, chairs, bikes, what have you. It would really be a useable addition. I go back and forth on if it should be large enough to hold a dirt bike or smaller motorcycle. The tongue weight might just be too much. Oh, and I want a moonroof over the bed... Something you could watch the stars at night. |
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techntrek ![]() Admin Group - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
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There was one model with a large cargo extension on the front, but it was short-lived.
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