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    Posted: 08 Aug 2017 at 8:58pm
Was wondering if anyone was well versed in these 2 rv's.  I'm just starting out in the process of looking and any help would be greatly appreciated. 
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In looking at it just online I think the rpod is more bang for your buck... better floor plan, slide out and looks to be more outside storage.
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There are several models of the Geo Pro. I think the G17RK most closely resembles the R-179. The G19FD and G19FBS seem a little bigger. I don't care for the G19FD because of the couch/bed conversion. I prefer the bed to "stay" a bed. That said, being able to walk on either side of the bed is nice.
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Is the quality comparable between the 2 rv's and is he price similar?
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Poking around the Geo Pro G19FD goes for between $15,000 and $24,600. I would call that mostly similar, except that's quite a range.
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We looked at them, the Geo was a bit heavier and more expensive.  It also looked a lot less aerodynamic.  
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Aug 2017 at 7:26am
Originally posted by backin15

We looked at them, the Geo was a bit heavier and more expensive.  It also looked a lot less aerodynamic.  


"It also looked a lot less aerodynamic.".. the pod is no slip streamer... In fact of our 3 TT's it was the smallest and lightest.. and we got/get +/- ONE mpg towing it vs the Airstream or Lance.

The real issue is, the Geo has been out only a couple months, very few people have seen them at all...
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You are right, "aerodynamic" is not a good way to describe the pod, but it is an easier pull on the highway than my old blunt nose square tailed Flagstaff. This weekend I borrowed a utility trailer with a walk up ramp that stored vertically to move some of my son's stuff to his new dorm. It was a 700 mile round trip, and that ramp was such an air dam that my gas mileage was worse than pulling the pod, despite the trailer being over a ton lighter!
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