We never drove with the strap unattached.  The door broke initially when we drove over about 15 miles of washboard gravel in south-central Colorado.  The roller disintegrated several months later during "normal" driving on pavement.  It's a design flaw.

Hey, we have the Hood River Edition...it's supposed to be the tough R-Pod!

Originally posted by Pete Brayton Thanks, that's what I've been looking for!

The current version of the product is on Amazon at this link:

It looks like the new version may have a slightly higher power demand, since it's supplied with a 2 amp USB power supply adapter, but there are similar units on the market.

Last time I checked, the door has not been changed. The key to preserving it is to make sure, ABSOLUTELY SURE, that you use the retaining strap to keep the door restrained during travel. Ours has done fine - till the day it was left unclipped. That led to the door tearing the screws out from those hangers.

Fortunately, if this does happen, you can flip the door 180 degrees and re-attach the brackets to the new 'top' edge. I suspect that the factory, to make manufacturing and assembly easier, makes it so the door can be installed with either edge up.

I may re-inforce the set-up over time, but for now simply double-checking the restraining strap has prevented further issues.

We are putting a full queen mattress in our R-pod 196 to replace the short queen. It will be tight getting around the side of the bed near the TV, but want the longer bed. Do you think we need to extend the platform under the bed to support the extra 5 inches of bed hanging off the end. Thinking of making a narrow box that taper down near the floor and using it for shoes or other items at the foot of the bed. Has anyone done this?

 

What lift arms did you use. Looking for what weight level I need to lift cover and mattress. Putting a 10" memory foam mattress on in place of thin short queen.

Adding a player is easy. I bought a DVD/CD player on Amazon that is powered through a USB connection - the one on the sound system control unit is able to supply the power, and that cleans up the number of cables.

The HDMI connection feeds through to the existing TV connection from the control unit, or can go directly to the TV if preferred. The one time I tried the CD player function, it played through as well. Light and easy to mount on the wall, affordably priced.

We have a 2021R-pod 196. We specifically picked it for the sofa. Looking at the bathroom wall is a little strange, but we close the bathroom door and it works. The TV swings around so you can see it easily from the sofa. The two dump locations is no big deal. Dump the black, run the black tank flush until you see clear water, move the drain hose to the grey and on you go.