Getting Ready To Buy and Want Your Feedback

We bought a used 2015 Outback(now Boondock) and dealt with a recall where the gas lines were resting on the fridge fins with a potential for wear damaging the lines-repaired by a local dealer, paid for by nüCamp. The older trailers had a problem with counters overheating due to inadequate venting of the heat generated by the fridge. NüCamp supplied the fan/vent and we paid for the labor to install. Some folks would prefer a larger fridge, we're fine with it. Some augment by purchasing an ARB and carry that in their TV. The fridge can be finicky to start up on propane, but if you level your trailer and follow directions, it works just fine. Some complain because the pilot light blows out when they leave the fridge on propane while driving, we choose not to travel with the propane running. I think there may be some variations in state laws about that practice. The fridge sucks lots of battery juice, so we've never used it on DC. I'm sure others will think of more, but we love love love our T@Bit@T!

We're new to RVing, though we had a boat for awhile and were familiar with pulling, and purchased our 2017 Outback in August and we love it! It is so easy to tow, stress free, which was important to us. The fridge works well for us. The last trip, which was about 7 hours, we turned the fridge on electric before we left and put two large frozen packs in the bottom. Everything was nice and cold, and we hooked up to shore power when we got there so no worries about the battery. Hubby had to adjust to the height inside as he is over 6 feet, but he adjusted quickly. We've started using the DVD player at night when we're ready to go inside, after enjoying a fire. That was really nice when we had no wifi and no phone service. The bathroom was a little tricky at first because it's so small, but we've both adjusted to it and being more "mature", we are glad to be able to stay inside when needing to make a bathroom trip or two in the middle of the night. I love the 3 windows, which makes it bright and airy, but when it's hot outside, it's nice to be able to close the windows, put up the shades, turn on the AC and take a nice siesta. The most negative thing I can think of is the Fantastic fan. It's not so fantastic, blows great and you can choose whether to have it push or pull, but it is loud and only 3 settings. Then it started squeaking. We took the trailer in for some minor warranty work last week and had them check the fan, but they said it sounded normal. I think we'll be upgrading before spring. If you're buying new, you might want to check in to having it upgraded as part of the purchase agreement. There isn't much storage, but our TV is a van, so we have plenty of room in it for storage. I really like the looks of the 400, but we would need a larger TV, and more money. Besides, I really like that we can each get out of bed at night without climbing over the other. The thing that surprised me the most was how much stuff we had to buy, and there's more on our wish list, in addition to a canoe, which we would like to put on the van and take with us when we go to a lake. Hope this helps and hope you enjoy your Boondock! Pictures please. 

@dougm, dogs! Good polling question!

Toefoot said:

When you go to purchase choose the dealership wisely. On RV trader they are wanting upwards of $32,000 for a 320 S Outback model and plenty for sale in the $26-$29,000 range.

Obviously dealers can sell these units for what they see fit and depending on what options and add-ons have been built into the trailer.

Additionally the cost of a unit is also based on geographic location in the US and Canada as the transportation & delivery costs are built into and factored into a dealers pricing and will be passed on to the buyer.  Since it costs more to truck these trailers out to the west coast you will find that units located closer to Sugarcreek, Ohio will probably be priced less than units sitting out in San Diego and people often do travel long distances to obtain lower priced units.  

And no doubt units are priced accordingly by dealers to availability and what they feel the market will support and bear and via supply and demand strategies to fit their geographic location.  NüCamp builds, markets and distributes the trailers, sells them to the dealers, and no doubt the dealers mark them up. 

Michigan_Mike said:

Toefoot said:

When you go to purchase choose the dealership wisely. On RV trader they are wanting upwards of $32,000 for a 320 S Outback model and plenty for sale in the $26-$29,000 range.

Obviously dealers can sell these units for what they see fit and depending on what options and add-ons have been built into the trailer.

Additionally the cost of a unit is also based on geographic location in the US and Canada as the transportation & delivery costs are built into and factored into a dealers pricing and will be passed on to the buyer.  Since it costs more to truck these trailers out to the west coast you will find that units located closer to Sugarcreek, Ohio will probably be priced less than units sitting out in San Diego and people often do travel long distances to obtain lower priced units.  

And no doubt units are priced accordingly by dealers to availability and what they feel the market will support and bear and via supply and demand strategies to fit their geographic location.  NüCamp builds, markets and distributes the trailers, sells them to the dealers, and no doubt the dealers mark them up. 

Agreed to a degree, Ohio market seems to be capitalizing on this price frenzy with regards to shipping cost being at a minimum with instate production when considering national distribution cost. Shareholders should be happy. Personally my threshold was about $22,000 and would walk away if it went above it. 

This being a niche market it will be interesting to watch long term and who is commanding what prices regionally. As of today I could save anywhere from $1.00 -$7000 dollars with a $250.00 plane ticket and a $300.00 rental truck to bring the unit back home if the area I was living in had prices reaching or breaching the top tier. Some may conclude that this is predatory pricing and may have a good argument. You must admit that a $7000.00 difference with the same Make/model is extreme, people are not dumb.

Disposable income is fickle at best.

I am not a fan of being a forum member here under the nucamp banner, it stifles and restricts speech via rule enforcement. Yourself and the other mod control content by going as far as printing/enforcing the rules that nucamp wants positive feedback on this board when it comes to product and remove most things negative warranted or not. 

People talk, complain and praise....it is what we do but it seems this forum is just a marketing tool and arm for nucamp and select vendors, nothing wrong with this but I enjoy the flow of conversation both good and bad without the messy big brother/sister stuff blurring a simple thing as enjoying camping with a T@B.

I do appreciate the information I have gathered on this site from forum members but this place is not my frosty mug of beer.

As promised, I will respectfully bow out now as I will not go by the forum rules, being proactive in preventing future confrontation with Mods or nucamp.

Toefoot - I strongly, and respectfully, disagree with your perception of this forum. The factory does not control our discussions.  The four moderators are T@B owners who volunteer their time on our behalf.  They receive zero compensation from the factory. I personally have violated the forum rules on a few occasions and had my posts deleted (and rightly so). This forum has provided me with invaluable technical information and the opportunity to connect with other T@B owners in my area. Please keep an open mind and continue to participate in the forum.