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EmptyNesters
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Topic: R-Dome: Yea or Nay Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 7:03pm |
We just ordered the 178 model pod, and I am wondering what current pod owners have to say about the R-Dome. I like the idea of the extra space but am wondering if it's more hassle than it is worth.
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Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 7:16pm |
We chose not to get one. Lots of folks love theirs.
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150
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kymooses
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 7:58pm |
+1 for yay. They are no hassle at all, the extra room rain, wind, or shine they help in lots of way. Nice shade in the warm months, great when it rains and you don't want to be stuck in the Pod, and in the colder trips it takes a very small heater to keep them warm.
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Racer|X|
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 8:09pm |
Long trips...yes. Short....I bought a visor.
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GArpod
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 8:14pm |
We have a 182 and love our rdome, sometimes our campsite is to small or multi level and it will not fit. But otherwise it is used often.
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2013 182G
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Goose
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Posted: 20 Feb 2013 at 9:54pm |
I say yay. We stay in AZ. for four weeks so the shade is great, we do have to get it rolled up before the wind gets to strong. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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coopercdrkey
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 6:20am |
We found the 'Dome to be one of the major selling points for the 'Pod. We set it up every outing. I have it down to about a 15 minute procedure if I have help, (my wife!), or 20 if I have to go it solo. The biggest hassel for me is the screen mesh skirt, but even that goes better with practice.
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Bob and Joyce
Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels
RP 177 "Key Pod"
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71
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Meriflower
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 8:27am |
We'll be purchasing an r-Pod this coming spring and am on the fence about the dome. I like the idea of having the extra room to hang out in but I would be afraid to leave it out each night in case a bad storm rolls through. I would not want to have to put it up/take it down each day. How do these weather storms? Someone posted they roll it up in winds? Thanks!
Nancy
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kymooses
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 9:33am |
The Rdomes ability to handle storms depends on how well you stake it down. All zipped up with some good 6 inch nail spikes holding it down at all locations and it will hold up as well as you'd expect any tent to. That's not to say that that one freak gust of wind won't sneak through and pop your poles on top out of their holders though.
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coopercdrkey
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Posted: 21 Feb 2013 at 10:05am |
We have never had a problem anywhere except directly oceanside at one of the Florida State Parks that has the sites perched atop the primary dune, and virtually no vegetation, (other than grass), to help block the wind. That night a front rolled through, and I ended up taking the R-Dome down for its own protection.
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Bob and Joyce
Jennifer and Baxter, the Campin' Cocker Spaniels
RP 177 "Key Pod"
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT / Z71
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