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Anyone have any experience or own one of these two bumper pull trailers? In the next year thinking of buying one and have narrowed it down to one of the two. I need a lightweight trailer and maybe there are other brands that are better? I did like the Casita until I went inside one of them and just too small. I want about a 19 or 20 foot max. I just would like feedback.
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We considered both of those, before we bought a Keystone Springdale 202QBWE.
The R-Pod and the Hummingbird are both really solid, well built trailers, but watch out for two things. First, most of them (and other brands) under 20' only come with a wet bath, not ideal to have the shower and toilet together. The other is the bed, up against the walls. I actually tested at home trying to get to bed crawling over my wife, and it's not for us. We ended up with a 22.5', dual axle, but it still only weighs 4,000 dry, and the dual axles smooth out the ride when towing. We can walk around the bed on both sides. Look at the Keystone Hideout 179LHS, just over 21' and has the walk around bed and dry bath, weight 3,720, that's less than the Rpod 180 20'.
I actually thought ours was 20' when we bought it, based on the name with 202 in it, but it turns out that there are two standards. When 3 digits as in our case the 202 is the square feet inside. When there are only 2 numbers in the model such as X23B that's the length. Normally the length does not include the tongue, only the living space length. I measured and found ours is 22.5' front wall to back bumper, but just under 25' counting the tongue.
I have a Freedom Express 192RBS. It's about 4000 lbs empty and gross weight is 5900 lbs. It has a residential size queen bed (60x80), oven, microwave, vented hood, TV that's wired for cable, radio, and a lot more. It works great for my wife and I.
We considered both of those, before we bought a Keystone Springdale 202QBWE.
The R-Pod and the Hummingbird are both really solid, well built trailers, but watch out for two things. First, most of them (and other brands) under 20' only come with a wet bath, not ideal to have the shower and toilet together. The other is the bed, up against the walls. I actually tested at home trying to get to bed crawling over my wife, and it's not for us. We ended up with a 22.5', dual axle, but it still only weighs 4,000 dry, and the dual axles smooth out the ride when towing. We can walk around the bed on both sides. Look at the Keystone Hideout 179LHS, just over 21' and has the walk around bed and dry bath, weight 3,720, that's less than the Rpod 180 20'.
I actually thought ours was 20' when we bought it, based on the name with 202 in it, but it turns out that there are two standards. When 3 digits as in our case the 202 is the square feet inside. When there are only 2 numbers in the model such as X23B that's the length. Normally the length does not include the tongue, only the living space length. I measured and found ours is 22.5' front wall to back bumper, but just under 25' counting the tongue.
I looked it up ad the Keystone Bullet looks very similar to the R-Pod. Very nice looking. I want to find trailer model with the kitchen in the back. The R-Pod had a model 179 that had that. I wonder if the Keystone does as well
Thankyou for your input into this
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I have a Freedom Express 192RBS. It's about 4000 lbs empty and gross weight is 5900 lbs. It has a residential size queen bed (60x80), oven, microwave, vented hood, TV that's wired for cable, radio, and a lot more. It works great for my wife and I.
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We looked at them, they are 22’6”, slightly lighter than our Springdale, but only 36 gallon fresh water tank (ours is 60). We might have bought one but they were about $4,000 more, and we really liked the rear dining with 3 windows, the rear huge.
I looked it up ad the Keystone Bullet looks very similar to the R-Pod. Very nice looking. I want to find trailer model with the kitchen in the back. The R-Pod had a model 179 that had that. I wonder if the Keystone does as well
Thankyou for your input into this
That sounds nice. What is the length of it?
Is the springdale model on the Keystone website? I will look it up
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Is the springdale model on the Keystone website? I will look it up
Yes, they will show all of their models and floorplans, but keep in mind that the prices vary by dealer. Ours was about $22,000, but we paid only $14,999.
We considered both of those, before we bought a Keystone Springdale 202QBWE.
That is very similar to the Keystone Hideaway we have. Love that huge u-shaped dinette at the back, most of the places we camp we have a great view.
Having had a single axle trailer before, I knew I wanted a double axle trailer this time around so that a single tire failure wasn't quite so exciting.
But I think the OP is looking for one of the really light-weight small trailers that can be towed without a full-size truck and those are mostly single axle.
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That is very similar to the Keystone Hideaway we have. Love that huge u-shaped dinette at the back, most of the places we camp we have a great view.
Having had a single axle trailer before, I knew I wanted a double axle trailer this time around so that a single tire failure wasn't quite so exciting.
But I think the OP is looking for one of the really light-weight small trailers that can be towed without a full-size truck and those are mostly single axle.
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