Reviews and General Information: Rpod Vs. Heartland MPG

Rpod Vs. Heartland MPG

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Topic: Rpod Vs. Heartland MPG

Posted By: mt868
Subject: Rpod Vs. Heartland MPG
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 11:27am

I looked at the Rpod's and the Heartland MPG's. I read the the MPG's are not being made anymore.

Does anyone know which one is better? Or are they about the same in quality, features, price?

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Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 11:38am

When we bought, we looked at both, we felt the Pod was better. The problem with a solid comparison with real world use comments is they are the same class of TT...

VERY few people will have owned both.. you are either moving up to a larger, or down from a larger, and not much reason to go from one of those to the other.

And of course.. there may be bias in any answers you get here..

Is there a users group for them? is it active? if so.. they may offer some opinion.. no more biased than what you hear here.

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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 25 May 2012 at 2:04pm

I have never seen one, so this is based on reading one review. Please look for yourself. The only advantages I see are standard two LP bottles and a larger black water hose holder. I prefer the storage pass through only on the outside on the back, and the review I read is wrong: my pod has a dead bolt on the door. I have no clue what the MPG costs.

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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150

Posted By: g4royce
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2012 at 4:06pm

For us, it was simple. We got the lightest one available which is the r-pod152. We figured that the lighter it was, the more frequently we would use it both from a pain-in-the-bum-to-tow standpoint and from a cost standpoint as well.

We used it every other weekend from June through mid-October last year not including two-week-long trips to the Fingerlakes region, Bar Harbour ME and VT. Some of the areas we went to were very hilly and we were glad that we didn't get anything larger/heavier.

We did meet a number of people who did longer trips and were mostly full-timers and we thought that we may go up to a 171 with bunk mod or a 173 at that point. However, we do a lot of things outside the pod during the summer months so the interior space isn't that important right now.

If we traveled during colder months and were not as active, we would go a bit bigger, but not that much bigger, again due to cost to tow and effort to tow factors. We just would rather get out more often.

From what I remember from researching before we bought in 2010, the MPGs were quite a bit heavier than the r-pods for comparable models.

Good luck with your choice. I'm sure whichever one you choose, it'll be perfect for you :)

-T

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ChaiPod
2009 RP152
2011 Hyundai Santa Fe 3.5L V6