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    Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 2:59pm
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 3:44pm
looks like we are joining the invasion of the pods

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 5:50pm

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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 6:42pm
I agree with David.. pod hands down over a pop up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 6:45pm
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Apr 2017 at 7:58pm
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:42am
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.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:39pm
Originally posted by mjlrpod

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

My experience exactly!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 3:32pm
You couldn't give me a pop-up.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 3:54pm
Originally posted by furpod

You couldn't give me a pop-up.

The only exception might be an A-Liner if it were given to me. I still wouldn't buy one.
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