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rpodwannabe 
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Joined: 22 Apr 2017 Location: Saanichton bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
 Topic: Rpod or pop up for familyPosted: 23 Apr 2017 at 2:59pm |
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HELP!!! Trying to decide between a used rpod 182G or a large pop up with pop out kitchen etc. Have 2 small kids and a retriever and a pom. Any advice...I know it may be cramped...Im scared.
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rpodwannabe
Newbie
Joined: 22 Apr 2017 Location: Saanichton bc Online Status: Offline Posts: 10 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 3:44pm |
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looks like we are joining the invasion of the pods
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Guests
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Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 5:50pm |
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Well, I vote for the Pod. I've owned several popups and travel trailers over the years. The TTs have more/better amenities and better protect from the weather. They can be used with no or next to no setup, if needed. Popups tow easier but then, there is setup and take down. If taken down wet (rain or dew) then they must be setup again to dry out. Both will be cramped. I carry my dome tent with me and can have the best of both worlds, if I want.  The R-Dome could also function like this and/or to create more living space.
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp 
Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4516 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 6:42pm |
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I agree with David.. pod hands down over a pop up
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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mjlrpod
Senior Member
Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 6:45pm |
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i left my pop up for a pod. my last camp trip last year, it poured the night, into the day we left. Everything was soaked putting it away. that was the end
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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Kokopod
Senior Member
Joined: 26 Feb 2013 Location: Southwest WY Online Status: Offline Posts: 113 |
Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 7:58pm |
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Our son, his wife and two children had a really nice Evolution pop-up with 2 large king beds, one at each end and a double bed conversion from table. It had an attached awning and a propane grill attachment. He still purchased our Pod from us when the opportunity arose. Three factors: wet beds if taken down and then back up in the rain (or having to dry everything out later); wind (the support bar on his pull-out went through the canvas in a wind storm); that infernal cranking up and down. He's had it for 3 years now with no regrets.
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2017 Jayco Melbourne 24k
2013 Premier 19FBPR Formerly-2013 R-pod 177HRE 2011 Dodge Durango Love a good road trip |
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computerfixitguy
Groupie 
Joined: 04 Jun 2016 Location: Littleton, CO Online Status: Offline Posts: 91 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:42am |
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I rented popups for years and that whole time I told myself if I ever bought one it would be a hard side. Wind and rain. Its just better in a hardside which I have had to cram my wife and I, our 11 and 14 year old our 45 lb rescue and a Pug.. roughly the same size as yours. Man that dog makes the trailer small.
I have the 176t, which has the tent, and I tell you, we crammed in that thing for a few hours until the weather died down and it was fun. Us against the world fun. Getting the dog to stay on the bunk instead of the walkway is a lesson well taught. Bad weather clears. Being able to insulate yourself from sound, cold, heat, and wind is sooooo worth it. Our 176t like a popup has a tent that folds out the end. One time we didn't do that because it was too and the nighttime birds were too loud. I turned the mattress sideways and slept on top of the dinette instead with the AC going. Keeping a popup cool that trip would have been a fools errand. Enjoy poding, you will meet some really cool people. Derek |
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Hodge-PODge
Senior Member
Joined: 11 Apr 2011 Location: Calhoun, GA Online Status: Offline Posts: 539 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:39pm |
My experience exactly!
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2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge
2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp 
Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 3:32pm |
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You couldn't give me a pop-up.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 3:54pm |
The only exception might be an A-Liner if it were given to me. I still wouldn't buy one. |
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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