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    Posted: 13 Jul 2016 at 8:20pm
I picked up the rpod 180 on Monday July 11th. I went camping July 12th. My grandson and I went to the Indiana news State Park Campground for one night. PR pod 180 pulled extremely well, part extremely well, level very easily.

Many thumbs up from other campers and I was the only rpod in the 80 site Campground. The outside shower was really effective in washing off sand from the beach and the dunes.

My only regret was the loudness of the AC the air conditioning. It woke me up every time it came on. I'll have to set the fan on low or not use air conditioning at night and just open all the windows and use the fantastic fan.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Jul 2016 at 9:14pm
Using the fantastic fan in conjunction with opening certain windows can really cool the pod off fan
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2016 at 8:17am
I spent many years traveling for business with loud air conditioners in hotel rooms. I learned to sleep with the noise.  The Pod is a little louder, I put the fan on low and it runs all the time and when the compressor kicks on it is not much louder.  The drone of the unit puts me to sleep.  Now my wife on the other hand, can not sleep with the noise without ear plugs.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2016 at 10:42am
Sounds like my wife. She does not like the noise of the AC, but uses her phone's white noise app. After the first two nights, the constant sound of the AC on low was not a problem. The brain just needs time to adapt to the new sound and it becomes normal.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jul 2016 at 12:15pm
Yep, if we have to run the A/C at night, we switch the fan to low. It's better to have a lower level of continuous white noise than periods of silence and loud white noise.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 12:30pm
Agreed. Agreed. Low fan it is!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 12:34pm
Also bought a 3 step aluminum ladder at Walmart for $35. tall enough for me to sweep the top of the slide-out.

How much are slide covers? I have a channel for one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 7:49pm
Last time I checked the slide covers were around $ 280.00 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jul 2016 at 7:00am
$280 seem too high. I'll just sweep each time. I just weekend not extended stay. My little ladder was a good purchase
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jul 2016 at 9:32am
I thought so too, so I made my own (see mods). Smile
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