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    Posted: 11 Jun 2021 at 7:52pm
We just had our 2021.5 196 out for the second time this past weekend. Has a guest sleep on the fold-out. She said it was soft enough - but the back and the bottom are not the same thickness so you end up sleeping on one or the other half of the bed. Likely a foam topper would fix that up.

We replaced the gawd awful mattress that FR provides with an Endy (Canadian made memory foam - we sleep on one at home) - best upgrade so far.

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I bought a 195 (196 wasn't being offered yet) and put my own couch in. The couch that comes in the 196 is not as nice as the after markets. I bought a rec pro, it's very comfortable, and turns into a great bed.
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I think the 196 would be better, and more comfortable actually. Go for it, and enjoy!
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I'm making a similar move, but to a 196 because I think a sofa will be more my style than a dinette.
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Originally posted by RPodFan775

Hi Pod_Geek - thanks for the tip! For some reason, our model has the regular hinged bathroom door, so no worries for us there! I think we have instead a pocket behind the shower near the front door, which houses a spare table, which is a nice feature.

There doesn't seem to be many 195s out there, or at least I didn't see much on them when searching the internet. So it's good to hear from another owner of one! Thanks again!


Ah yes...they changed a few things between 2019 and 2020.  We don't have the slot that holds/hides the table.
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Hi Pod_Geek - thanks for the tip! For some reason, our model has the regular hinged bathroom door, so no worries for us there! I think we have instead a pocket behind the shower near the front door, which houses a spare table, which is a nice feature.

There doesn't seem to be many 195s out there, or at least I didn't see much on them when searching the internet. So it's good to hear from another owner of one! Thanks again!
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Keep an eye on that bathroom pocket door.  The attachments are not very robust, and ours pulled out of the top of the door after only a few trips (one that included about ten miles of washboard gravel, which may have been the one that got us).

Had the attachments replaced, and going forward we're going to stuff towels or some such material under the door to support it when we're on the road.
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Thanks for the info! That's great! We'll check it out.
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Originally posted by RPodFan775

We haven't weighed our unit. I would like to, but I'm not sure where to go for that

I got ours weighed at a CAT scale.  Pretty easy and pretty cheap (although it's gone up recently):  $12.50 for the first weigh, then $3 for reweighs (after you disconnect the trailer or whatever)..  You can easily do everything on your smartphone.

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Thanks for the welcome, Jato!

We haven't weighed our unit. I would like to, but I'm not sure where to go for that.

One of the labels on the unit says it was manufactured in April 2019, so the 10th Anniversary thing makes sense I guess, if you go by that. 

It is a nice size, with tons of storage and elbow room. I can't imagine going any bigger though, because we like to boondock often and have flexibility to where we'd want to go, and a smaller unit is better for that.

Travel plans are a mixture of longer (~2 weeks) trips and shorter close-to-home ones. Now that COVID restrictions are easing, we'll spend more time out and about this year (compared to 2020). Looking forward to it!

Have a good camping season!
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