rpod decision

The boss said no stepping on a wet floor in the middle of the night for her so we have the 180 model. More then enough room for us and the dog. Plenty of water to shower and the only time we use propane to heat the water is when we first hook up to shore power and want it fast or when were not using shore power.

We have a 179 and are both a wee bit thicker as well as older. If we could do it over again, we would go with the 180. Yes, we camped while serving in the Army and tent camped there after. We also had a pop up and our 179 is better than all of that, but showering is not an option for us. Basically we use the bath for the toilet and for a storage space during transport. Hindsight. 

I've thought a lot about this since you (SportBikeNut) posted. My personal perspective is useless since I'm still completely in love with backpacking and dispersed tent/pickup-bed camping, and also in love with our 179 which I consider the ultimate in luxury. The 179 floor plan is best for us. But ... I'm also empathetic and I have a number of close women friends who aren't campers but would enjoy RVing and I've been thinking about it from their perspective. At our various homes they spend a lot of time in the bathroom after the shower goes off, getting ready (this is said NOT in criticism, just describing) even when other rooms are available to move to. They emerge fully dressed and "ready". Maybe many men do this too, the man I live with doesn't linger, just very quickly emerges clean :-) but I bet there are many who do the "getting ready" thing as well. All of which is to say, I'm guessing the best opportunity for your wife to fully and comfortably enjoy your RVing time together, which is what we all want for her and for you and for all of us - would be to provide a dry bath so she has that space to do her thing and to take her time doing it. 

We just found a very good slity used 178 and love it. What ever you get don't second guess it. They are all good.

You made a good choice.  While we love our RPOD 180 it is too small for long trips.  We decided that we have two more years of trips that would be three weeks or less.  Then we will trade in our Jeep Cherokee for a Grand Cherokee and buy a larger RV and go cross country for several months.  For long trips the climbing over a person in bed, the small refrigerator not being able to hold a gallon of milk, the lack of storage space so we live out of suitcases and nowhere to sit comfortably to watch TV, read a book are all reasons to upgrade.  The Micro Lite 21DS and 21FBRS are on our short list.  It seems that adding 1200 lbs and 4 feet of length and 1.5 feet width will make all the difference in the world.  There are many on this board who travel great distances in their RPODS and they have a TV that could tow much larger RVs.  I cannot see the logic to that since the prices are not much more for a bigger unit.  We bought the RPOD because it was the lightest with the most  features and can be towed well with our Cherokee. Its the best for weekend camping but I cannot recommend it for long term touring around the country.  Just my opinion