Picking up our R-Pod 171 Fri...Howdy.

Our Dometic AC is right on par with most window shakers units.. We had Norcold AC's on our last 40' RV with in-ceiling vents, it was much quieter but our factory Dometic AC is acceptable, I would not spend money changing the unit, it's always gonna be louder because the unit is directly above your head. Only reason i'd even consider switching units is if we were going to full-time living in an RV again. Which would be extremely hard in a RP171, lol.

Hello there! We picked up our R-Pod 171 about two week sago just as you did. This was our second travel trailer. Our first, a Riverside Retro, had electrical, equipment and construction issues. The chassis ground snapped connection snapped off and the battery couldn't charge. The microwave oven was a lemon. The floor rotted out in two years. Bye bye, Riverside.

Originally posted by jato Funny, the way we 'fixed' that was by not having it installled on our 177 and that was over 6 years ago. Since we boondock a lot, it hasn't been an issue . . . yet, but may be if we decide to camp south during the summer months.

We normally don't need air while we are in Wisconsin, but it got a workout this year in Nebraska and South Dakota.

We were at a FROG (Forest River Owners Group) rally where there was an actual FR rep.  We were the only R-Pod there, and a lot of the bigger and big rigs had complaints about the noise of the Dometic A/Cs.  The Rep said (confidentially) that the only way to "fix" it was to install a Norcold A/C.  That sounds like $$$$ but I may try it is the A/C goes wonkers.

For what it is worth, the a/c/ is quieter outside than it is inside the camper.  Unless you are running it with a generator but that is a different issue.

congrats on the new pod.. And when I checked out my 178 where ever I looked something was crooked. Thats why I named it Crooked Pod