On 09-18-20 we bought a new R-Pod 195 from Wilder RV in PortAngeles, WA for $26,190.  We are going tokeep it but we have a lot of complaints about the cheap construction, which isso tragic because it could have easily been done so nice and sturdy. Here areour complaints from our first outing:

 1. Nice pantry withastonishingly cheap plastic clips holding up the shelves. In the first week,the clips snapped off and the groceries came crashing down. We could not evenclose the pantry door. Groceries rolled everywhere as we drove. NO,  we were not overloading the shelves, justnormal groceries. Forest River, please use unbreakable, adjustable METAL clips.

2.The front screen door attaches to the exit door by a cheap plastic clip thatdoes not hold. The two doors separate constantly when they shouldn’t, causing struggleson enter/exit. Soon something will break. Yes, we did adjust it. Your clipdesign is too shallow and should be metal.

3.Someoneis knocking at our door and we have no way to see who it is! Because the dooris frosted glass. Are they friend or hatchet murderer? Forest River, you mustadd a peak hole or a small panel of clear glass. Strangers come and go all thetime in RV parks.

4.All the window unlocking clips are also cheap plastic and won’t last.

5.Stove design . . .there is a DEEP CRACK around all four edges of the stovetop.Filth falls in this crack while your are cooking and wiping up. The crack is sodeep and narrow that you can NEVER get the dirt out of there. This is a filthyand dangerous design. You cannot even lift this burner plate up to clean upunder it. Truly the worst possible design for food. There will be mold underthere in no time. This is our strongest complaint about the R195.

6. The bathroom sink faucet spoutdoes not reach the middle of the sink. It is too close to the back wall.Whenever you use this sink, water runs down the wall behind the faucets.

7.Bathroom sink cold water knob is backwards: LEFTYloosey. RIGHTY tighty, right? We should turn our faucets ON by turning left.But no, on this sink, the hot turns left but the cold turns RIGHT. They areopposite! This is impossible to get used to. The shower is also backwards thesame way, so be prepared to burn yourself in the shower.

8.Did I mention the shower curtain rings? They are as teensy as angel hair pasta, and no bigger around than a penny. When you pull the curtain shut gently, the rings tear open and fall. I have a photo of this to show you.

9.The kitchen faucet design looks nice but pinches your finger. Right where yougrab the faucet to turn it off, there is a crack that closes and pinches theheck out of your finger skin, no matter how careful you try to be.

10.The kitchen faucet tip should have been threaded so you can add a sprayer.

11.The mattress on the bed was so bad it would make a Bedouin cry. We immediatelyreplaced it. Why not give people a decent mattress and make them like you? Or just no mattress at all, because you just wasted your money on this. 

12.The baseboard trim between floor and side walls fell off in the first week. Jeez.

Nowfor the slide-out and sofa area:

13. When the slide moves, the bottom of the slide dragson the top of the fender outside. Not good.

14.The two cube-shaped floor cushions make extra sleeping at night, but destroy all your floor walking space during the day. If you try to sit on these cubes, you will go flying backwards and nearly kill yourself. Goodbye cubes.

15.The back cushion on the sofa sits low and feels like a bad back support. Yourbody is pushed forward but your head bumps backward onto the wall. Thus, there reallyis NO comfortable way to sit down in this RV while watching TV. You are forcedto lie on the bed. The entire sofa area on the RP195 should be replaced withthe dual recliner shown in RPod202. 

16.The board underneath the sofa cushions is extremely thin wallboard, not eventhin plywood. My husband and I made the mistake of both sitting down on it atthe same time and we heard a loud crack. We are not overweight. This board isalso the floor of the slide with a wheel below it so the thinness worries mefor long term. You all know that Forest River is trying to keep the weight down but we still need to be safe.

17.Thank you for reading this. Any feedback is appreciated. The staff at Wilder RVtook good care of us but they could only fix things that were broken. Theycould not address the cheap construction. I hope we will hear from Forest Riverand that they will take this to heart.

Steveand Carol Dwyer  steve1dwyer@gmail.com