the new guy,

Our Rpod was the Hood River edition. We are mountain people and took that little trailer everywhere with no issues whatsoever! And it never fell apart on bumpy roads, which is more than I can say for some other trailers.

A little change of subject, but I want to say we've owned two RVs since our beloved Rpod, and each time I've joined their forum. This is still by far the most interesting, friendly forum I've ever found and can't seem to stop coming back to it.

len...I think you'll be very happy with the Pod....yep somewhat partial but they are a solid unit and judging from the stories and comments you can find on this forum you'll find you will have lots of company who use their Pods the way you describe.

Leonard, appreciate your honesty.  We have taken our 2011 model 177 over some pretty rough terrain since we purchased it back in March 2011.  Even nearly ripped off our rear stabilizers a couple of times due to the unevenness of some dirt roadbeds we've been over.  On our way to Glacier NP we took US 2 all the way from the UP of Michigan.  We had a stretch of probably 20 miles in N. Dakota  that was very rocky, bumpy, rough roads, we didn't break any speed records, but then again we didn't break anything in or on the pod either.  Just last month we traveled on H-58 in the UP of Michigan going west from Muskallonge Lake State Park, alongside Lake Superior.  The next 7 miles took us a good hour to travel as the water over road was nearly 1 foot deep in spots and the potholes were much worse, reminded me of when I traveled in Albania and Kosova, pretty rough and demanding circumstances.  Anyway, the pod is still in one piece, no damage.  We do enjoy it immensely.  As far as the other two copycats, I guess Forest River has done something right here, when other big name trailer makers make nearly exact duplicates; and, for a lot more money.

I've looked at the humming bird 17rk (rear kitchen) duplicate of the 179...nice trailer, nice colors, however the fridge was only a. 3.0 cu. in. And each tank was 5 gals less than the rpod...price was higher also...picked up my blue 179 oct. 24th and I cant't say enough bout them...good luck, by the way the awning is small, 10ft. Wide glad I ordered mine with the Rome...