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tpierce220
Senior Member Joined: 16 Jan 2011 Location: Oswego, IL Status: Offline Points: 249 |
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Czardastx, no offense taken.
It's not that I disliked the cot tent and would have kept it if it weren't for the cats. Somehow having two people and two cats (never mind the litter box) inside it. The smell alone from that litter box would kill us. Tim
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Adventures with ¡Podtástic!--Life in a Forest River RPod 182G with Tim and Louis and our two cats, Desi and Lucy. Check our website at http://podtastic.info for information on our journeys.
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this_is_nascar
Senior Member Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Location: NJ Status: Offline Points: 366 |
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Sadly, you're not far off the truth from what I've seen with my R-Pod. Terrible craftsman ship, actually the worse I've ever seen and I've owned several different TT's over the years. Mine was so poorly assembled, I had to have all my windows replaced due to the installer over torqing each side of the windows. They "sandwiched" together and crushed the tracks of all the windows. The windows and screens could not be moved. They were all replaced. Shame on me for not discovering the issue prior to taking delivery. Nonetheless, no excuse for the installation. If you take a look under the one bench on my R-Pod (the side you're not supposed to use for storage), you see a mess of wires, twisted and tangled on each other, sawdust all over the place, pieces of wood drill/plug holes littered about. Under the sink, it's similar. There really no excuse for such a terrible installation of a trailer.
I'd never consider another R-Pod.
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"Ray & Connie"
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this_is_nascar
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... and it's because of feelings, attitudes and acceptance like this that these companies get away with putting junk out on the street. The last time I checked, $10k, $12k, $15k, etc is still some pretty high coin. See my problems from my prior reply. Should I have accepted or expected this because I only paid $XXX for the product?
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"Ray & Connie"
- 2017 R-Pod RP-180 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road |
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rabuol
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Sorry to heat that Saxack
Never had a problem with my 171 rpod since I bought it in spring 2009.
In fact, I recently left northern Ontario in -37C weather....and in this cold I thought the rpod would be in bad shape after over 1 000 miles in sub 0 temp....not so....it's extremely well constructed and is performing without fault.
Lou
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Skooterpod
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Our first exposure to RV's, our first chance to step inside and look firsthand was at an RV show last spring and it seemed to us the R-Pod was better built, felt more solid and substantial than anything else we looked at (we only looked at similar small RV's). Now after 7 mos. ownership and approximately 21 nights camped, I haven't had to repair anything and nothing has come apart. Have made some small convenience mods, but up to this point overall quality has lived up to/surpassed our expectations.
(yes the bed sucks but we knew that before buying, so no dissappointments there either)
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2011 RP-177
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Ratdog
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I don't believe the mattress that comes with the Rpod is intended for use. It's just there to show you where the real mattress goes once you buy one <LOL>.
-- Steve
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Steve, Anne, and Paige the Rat Terrier 2013 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid AWD 2011 RP-177 (aka: The Circus Wagon) |
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pmjensen
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I guess my question for this_is_nascar is, if you dislike the R-Pod so much why do you still bother with the forum? Just curious |
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2011 R-176 Nuestro Pod
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Pawpod
Senior Member Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Location: Regina, Sask Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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After spending over 30 years tenting mostly in nylon tents, a few in tent trailers, I am really looking forward to using R RPod. When we had our tent trainer last year the hinge on the sink/counter pulled loose on our first trip. Our dealer fixed it when we got back. On our second trip, which was only 45 min away, it started again to pull free. I ended up buying a plastic container to place under it when we were traveling to stop it bouncing inside. It wasn't a forest river trailer. I think unless your going to buy a RV built like a house that needs a semi to haul it, weight concerns determin construction with cost also a factor.
If you don't want to do repairs, buy a nylon tent, their roomy nowdays and you can get a new one every few years. As to workmanship, I work in a factory, at work I've noticed 2/3 of our people have under 15 years experience. Of the 1/3 with 15 years + 1/2 has left for other jobs, some have taken management jobs, and some are on long time disability. So that leaves about 20 people out of 400 people with 15 years or more. The number with 5 years or less is about 300. Of that 300, well about 100 started in 2009/2011 Most of our staff is under 25. IMHO most of these "kids" would have been fired in their first week 25 years ago. I'm sure the RV industry has the same or similar problems. |
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Ready to pod around.
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headcold
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Well, I've only put a 1000 miles on my 2011 r-pod 172. Nothing has fallen apart yet ... well the facing of the refrigerator came unglued, but that's not made by Forest River - Dometic, I think is the manufacturer. Compared to the Scamp, it's a good model. I guess the person who posted this could buy an Airstream; but, they're going to pay a lot more, and I've heard complaints about those also.
The queen-size bed that is made up from the table is awful without a mattress over it, but I don't plan to use it. I found the bunk bed mattresses to be adequate. I believe someone posted pictures taken inside the factory, showing the R-Pod construction. Yes, they are built from aluminum frame, foam, and plywood - this accounts for their relatively light weight and insulating qualities. In a Scamp or Casita, you will get rat fur insulation inside a plastic molded body. All three will shatter if hit by an errant pickup, but hopefully that's what insurance for. |
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Pawpod
Senior Member Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Location: Regina, Sask Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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Just to add to my other post..... Looking at the RV's at a RV show in town from 4 dealers nearby, I think the RPod meets up with larger and bigger priced units. Forest River did a good job IMO!
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Ready to pod around.
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