Any tall podders?
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Topic: Any tall podders?
Posted By: sammycamper
Subject: Any tall podders?
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2014 at 9:48pm
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I'm wondering if we have any rPodders who are 6'-2" tall or taller. I am 5'-10" tall and find the sleeping quarters a bit cramped. I'd like to have my daughter and her husband use our rPod sometimes; but my son-in-law is 6'-2+" tall, and I'm not sure it's realistic for him to be comfortable sleeping in it.
Sam ------------- 2012 rPod 173 2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6 |
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Posted By: Hairy Podders
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 7:20am
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it is my understanding that the RDome is where the in-laws sleep.... ------------- Darryl, Julie & Lindsey Cooper & Libby- Devoted Canines 2014 RP178 2006 Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon |
Posted By: Leo B
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 7:37am
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I am just over 6 foot tall and sleep very comfortably in our pod. Sometime we stay in the obx for a month at a time. ------------- Leo & Melissa Bachand 2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 8:53am
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I've read that some tall podders have to take over the entire bed or dinnette, with their spouse taking the other. This is so they can sleep diagonally. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 4:04pm
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Wall-to-wall inside my R-Pod, its 6'2" across. I'm 6' and find it a bit tight to lie flat on my back and end up sleeping on my side somewhat curled-up. As a side note, walking around, I just fit with less than an inch to spare under the A/C. ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 4:20pm
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Wow Outbound you must be wearing high heels, my pods ceiling height is 78" the cover of the AC is 2" that leaves 76", you have 4" to spare. I am sure all pods are the same height. ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: sailo25
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2014 at 8:20pm
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I am 6'2 1/2" and sleep on my back sometimes, but sleep on my side most of the time. ------------- Paul & Karie 2009 151 2013 Honda Pilot |
Posted By: Outbound
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2014 at 3:04pm
Just living the high life while in the woods. Gotta be stylish, ya know! But, seriously, if I had hair, it'd be brushing against the A/C while I stand in the kitchen. Must be a difference in my first-gen R-Pod. ------------- Craig :: 2009 RP171 towed by a 2017 F150 |
Posted By: sammycamper
Date Posted: 22 Mar 2014 at 12:42am
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Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like some pretty big guys are finding ways to get comfortable enough. I think to fully appreciate the pod, we sometimes have to remind ourselves what it's like to sleep on the ground in a tent. The trade-offs for a small, nimble camper don't seem so severe then.
Sam ------------- 2012 rPod 173 2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6 |
Posted By: ahefner
Date Posted: 07 May 2014 at 5:30pm
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I am 6'4" and can find ways to make the rPod work for me. The rPod actually seemed to have more headroom than the other trailers that we looked at, thus causing the reason why we like the rPod so much. I find the shower is the most problematic, ducking required, and the bed being second. While sleeping I find i can put one foot in the corner and keep my other leg slightly bent and it works for me. But its not my permanent residence and by all means it beats the two person back packing tent that we previously had. ------------- 2014 rPod 178 2014 Toyota Tundra 5.7 |
Posted By: Seanl
Date Posted: 08 May 2014 at 9:45am
While I think all pods are the same hight they do not all have the the sam AC unit in them. Maybe that is the difference. ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: rimshot
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2014 at 6:08pm
| I'm 6'2" and me and my wife both just slept on the dinette bed. We have the 182 with bunk beds in the back and if we go without kids my wife will sleep on one of the bunks. I can almost stretch out completely and slept pretty good... |
Posted By: LePodders
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2014 at 4:36pm
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Husband is 6'4", he sleeps at an angle or on his side. I curl up against the back wall. Only complaint is having to climb over him to get out of bed ------------- Keenan, Kathryn, Millie, Rio & Cali (2015 r pod 179) Poddy by Nature |