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    Posted: 09 Aug 2016 at 1:55pm
Tigerpawd--perfect information regarding the dinette cushions--I thought those might be a problem for the bed.

furpod--great ideas for additions.  I'm going to get one of those hanging shelf thingys.  :)  
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Well, I thought I posted a reply but I don't see it now......so it might show up later.   Anyway.....

Tigerpawd that is exactly the information about the bed I was wondering about.  Thanks.  

Furpod--have you used the dinette as a bed?  Is it more functional for a second bed than the 179?   I like the hanging shelves!  
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I have not attempted to sleep on a 179 dinette.. but as I said.. many owners report it doesn't work well. We have slept on, and have had friends sleep on, the dinette in our 177.. sleeps fine. The 178 will be a bit wider. We have, for the last two seasons, kept our dinette in bed mode, because we have a puppy that still needs to be crated if left alone. Not that he is destructive, but that he spends time going window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window to window....

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SmileBig smileSmile   he gets his exercise anyway.

Thanks for the info regarding the 177 bed....... I am leaning toward that model. 
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LOL 
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Originally posted by Kayaker

SmileBig smileSmile   he gets his exercise anyway.

Thanks for the info regarding the 177 bed....... I am leaning toward that model. 


Look hard at the 178 also.. Honestly, if buying now, as much as we love the furpod/177.. we might very well have chosen the 178 over it had it been available then.
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I'm in the same boat, Kayaker. Trying to decide between the 117 and 179. I have the exact pros and cons. Are there any photos of the 179 with the slide out not extended on the forum? I'm curious what the interior looks like that way. Can you still get around in it comfortably? Important when traveling and stopping for lunch, etc. 
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What one you get depends on what you love to do.  We love to cook, and the Kitchen in our 179 makes it a pleasure.  We just rented a 32 foot Class C, I found it interesting that I felt the shower had not more room or more functional then my 179 shower.  We have used the dinnette bed in the 179 for our adult boys.  They had no complaints.  I do have a mattress pad, sheets I put on it that keep it together.  I like the dinette, watched many movies and more to come as the weather turns while baking cookies!  So for us the 179 works best.
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Getting around with the slide in depends on how much other stuff you have in there.  We store our cooler, shoe box, solar panels in the trailer.  So there is not much space with the slide in.  But, it takes 10 secs to run it out, which we do when we stop for lunch.
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