Need Help! 179 or 180

We just picked up our 179  10/24/16...we were like you the 180 bathroom but the dinette we use as a couch, the table goes on the bed....the countertop in the kitchen and the storage made up our minds...hope this helps

We keep our table at home and replaced it with one from amazon,it's almost the same size and adjusts to three different heights folds flat and u can put it almost anyware,sometimes we take it outside to use because it's so light.We also took our seat cushions and had the foam replaced in them,wow what a difference no more sinking down very firm.

The CPAP machine is why my first modifications were a 12V outlet and a shelf above the bed to hold the CPAP machine. Thank you for the additional information. I will keep the futon in mind for the future.

The only thing that keeps our 179 from being perfect is the same thing that would apply to the 180. That is, the lack of a walk-around bed. Given the space constraints, it probably could not be done in a trailer the width of the R-Pod. I would take a smaller dinette  and move the wardrobe to small ones on either side of the bed if there were enough room to do so in the 179. Given that there would only be 7-1/2" of space on either side if the mattress were rotated 90 degrees, it would not give sufficient space to maneuver along the sides.

RV Queen is 75" long X 60" wide.  Rotating it gives 15" of space. 15" / 2 = 7-1/2". So, we will continue to have me climb over my wife until we can't do so any more. Then (probably me) one of us will use the dinette area while the other uses the bed.

Originally posted by NickLPod We (the boss & I) had the same discussion & bought the 180 over the 179 this summer. The 180 dry bathroom just beat the nice wide kitchen counter space in the 180. We do use the bathroom features: toilet at night, the shower to wash feet & ankles, and as a change room. (This latter is important for my wife, who believes I should not change in full view of others). Storage for short trips is fine and we eat at the dinette or outside in the dome when possible. As suggested & implemented by many others in this forum (cool!), I made a Costco tray into a cover for the 2 burners to extend cutting board space (is also the location for the drying rack after washing up).

We added a spring-tension shower rod and a set of curtains by the bed. If need be, we can move those. If the bathroom door is open, it also acts as a visual block for the other end of the R-Pod so if the dinette window cover is closed, one has a significant amount of space in which to change that is not visible to someone at the kitchen end.

We use our bathroom in our 179 at night also and have showered in there, not just washed our feet and ankles.

In the end, each of us will choose the one he/she feels is the right one for him/her. In this case, the rule, "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!" applies.