End of an era! - Event Date: 01 Dec 2020

Leo, we hope you enjoy your Vista Cruiser.  When we sold our 172, the Vista Cruiser was our first choice for a replacement, but getting one out west for a doable price proved impossible.  We settled for a FR Sonoma made in CA which had very similar layouts and weight.  The walk around bed and full bath were a big improvement.

   Hope you enjoy your new Vista Cruiser we have the discontinued 19BFD they seem to be well built as far as RV's are built. There are some differences from the r-rpods one is the water tank is located inside the camper and the axle has springs not a torsion axle as the r-pods have. The newer Vistas have the slide windows not the the awning windows and they have a larger single bowl sink and the frames are different I think the newer frames are stronger. We had the smaller r-pod 171 so the Vista 19 foots are quite a bit larger with width and length being larger. We love the extra space especially traveling with two dogs. There is not much of a owners forum compared to the r-pod owners forum. The big thing I think that the r-pods and Vista cruisers are similar is the one piece fiberglass roof. All and all both campers are good campers with the r-pod being the most popular.

Thank you Jato!! Will definitely stay connected and get back to being active.
Take cae and stay safe!!

Hi Ricktoon,
It is very similar. We were looking at the 195, but our local dealer didnt have any on their lot so we could walk thru it and the 3 that they had coming in were already spoken for so we couldnt view them, and told us it would be roughly 12 weeks or so if we ordered one from the factory. So when we found the Vista Cruiser we figure we would grab it. definitely the big selling points. We also liked the bigger refrigerator and the 3 burner stove with the oven.
thanks, you too.

Thanks guys! Yeah I think it should fit the bill. Going to try it out in the yard for now. First trip with it will be down to Assateague this May.