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Maticuno
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Topic: R Pod for a Family of Six? Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 1:51pm |
Thanks for all of the input, folks. I think if we had taken my truck to look at the NoBo, we would have driven home with it. I'll probably pull the trigger in the next couple of weeks.
Then I just need to find a forum for the NoBo, unless a sub-section on this forum can be created since they are built in the same factory with many of the same features and designs.
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furpod
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Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 1:58pm |
Originally posted by Maticuno
Thanks for all of the input, folks. I think if we had taken my truck to look at the NoBo, we would have driven home with it. I'll probably pull the trigger in the next couple of weeks.
Then I just need to find a forum for the NoBo, unless a sub-section on this forum can be created since they are built in the same factory with many of the same features and designs.
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If you FB, there is a strong, for it's age, owners group over there..
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NoBoOwners/
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Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 2:42pm |
Originally posted by Maticuno
Then I just need to find a forum for the NoBo, unless a sub-section on this forum can be created since they are built in the same factory with many of the same features and designs.
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For sure check out the FB group but, absolutely feel free to hang out here also! You'll find the same equipment that is installed in the Pod is in the NoBo too.
Myself, and a few others, find the NoBo interesting (maybe a future purchase) and we would appreciate hearing from you about it. The 19.5 looks real interesting, to me.
Good luck in your purchase.
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Posted: 17 Oct 2018 at 2:46pm |
PS - We have a "non-Pod" area down on the main page a bit, if what you want to post doesn't fit in any of the other discussion topics.
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ArenaBlanca
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Posted: 18 Oct 2018 at 1:21pm |
I would like to suggest that you find a RV dealers' show where several dealers have come together to show their products. As much as I like my R-Pod, it may not meet everyone's camping style. A RV dealer will show you what they have in stock. When several dealers get together, you can see several options and different makes and models. Floor plans don't change that much from year to year, so, if you find a plan that works for you and your family, you might be able to find a used one and save some money.
And, now is a good to look. When the camping season starts to end (cooler weather) the salesmen start to get hungry.
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Enjoy Life!!
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OldNeumanntapr
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Posted: 18 Oct 2018 at 7:12pm |
Six people in an rPod seems cramped to me. I think our 180 is perfect with just the wife and me. I grew up in a camping family / environment and loved it, but my kids were never happy with the concept of camping. Kind of sad really. They are more into video games than actual reality. But, your mileage may vary.
Our 180 is a HRE. It’s just like my PreRunner Tacoma. It looks cool but I would never take either of them off road. (I bought the PreRunner because of the V6, and not because I had any illusions of going off road.)
After years of boondock camping with truck campers and even a tent trailer I have come to the realization that I really like full hookups. The rPod works great for us and my wife loves the large dry bath.
Good luck with whatever you end up purchasing.
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Shane
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Posted: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:11am |
I have just purchased a R-Pod 180 and we love the size of the bathroom, you can actually fit two people in it and I am not a little guy ( lets just say I love pasta ). I sleep 3 in my 180, but my daughter is short ( lol, shhhh don't tell her I said that ) so it sleep us 3 perfect. If I took my son it would be really cramped. I do not have the extra tent that attaches to the pod so I just take my cabin tent along with me.
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TrailerTrish
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Posted: 27 Oct 2018 at 12:16pm |
Why not one of those large tent trailers? Many of them can sleep six comfortably and have something that resembles a bathroom. But they still feel more like camping than like RVing. I don’t know how off-road sturdy they are, but certainly they are made more for your type of camping than they are for RV parks.
Or what about a smaller tent trailer for the adults, which also makes a nice gathering place in the cold or the rain, and putting the kids outside in a tent so they get that experience? REI sells a tent that goes up in a minute and is a thing of wonder, IMO. The Caddis Rapid 6 Tent for $269. I stumbled across it last year when I was thinking of maybe going back to tent camping instead of getting an R-Pod. (It’s the tent I wish I’d had when I was camping my way cross-country and back in 1977. Instead, what we had in those days was a pup tent with 14 stakes - took forever to set up.)
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