I went to the Tampa RV show today. It's a good day to attend as it is the Industry Day and it isn't crowded at all.
The new Class C (Lineage? models); who knew Ford made an F600 chassis? Not at all crazy about that model/floor plan. The smaller Class C models were so-so; not much innovation; and why-oh-why is it necessary to have a huge king bed in something with so little living and closet area? The madness continues.... too many engineers and designers with no clue of RV usage/livability (probably across all manufacturers).
Moving on the the Solitude.... We liked the decor (colors and trim work). Unfortunately I believe it had a Furion refrigerator - ugh!!! Other than that we were please with the new Solitude models look and feel. Not much stood out - no really innovative features that stood out. oh - love seat was nice; couch was horrible to sit in.
Eveyone has the own opinions, desires, likes, and dislikes. This was just our initial and brief impression. Since we aren't in the market for a new RV not a lot of this matters to us (for now).
As a point of reference we also looked at Brinkly, Alliance, DRV and a few various Forest River models. oh - and peeked at a lot of Class Bs and established manufactures of Class Cs. Still - not in the market right now. So poking fun at them, seeing what we like and don't like all-the-while seeing different approaches/floorplans is good sport for a day.
Our primary mission today was to look at new a new sofa to replace the pealing one we have. Interestingly LazyDays had some nice Thomas Payne furniture (with a 5 year warranty), RecPro introduced us to a sofa bed we had over looked while shopping on line, and Lambright continue to be top notch with quality and remains in the running for a replacement in spite of the hight cost (we already own one of their love seats).
The new Class C (Lineage? models); who knew Ford made an F600 chassis? Not at all crazy about that model/floor plan. The smaller Class C models were so-so; not much innovation; and why-oh-why is it necessary to have a huge king bed in something with so little living and closet area? The madness continues.... too many engineers and designers with no clue of RV usage/livability (probably across all manufacturers).
Moving on the the Solitude.... We liked the decor (colors and trim work). Unfortunately I believe it had a Furion refrigerator - ugh!!! Other than that we were please with the new Solitude models look and feel. Not much stood out - no really innovative features that stood out. oh - love seat was nice; couch was horrible to sit in.
Eveyone has the own opinions, desires, likes, and dislikes. This was just our initial and brief impression. Since we aren't in the market for a new RV not a lot of this matters to us (for now).
As a point of reference we also looked at Brinkly, Alliance, DRV and a few various Forest River models. oh - and peeked at a lot of Class Bs and established manufactures of Class Cs. Still - not in the market right now. So poking fun at them, seeing what we like and don't like all-the-while seeing different approaches/floorplans is good sport for a day.
Our primary mission today was to look at new a new sofa to replace the pealing one we have. Interestingly LazyDays had some nice Thomas Payne furniture (with a 5 year warranty), RecPro introduced us to a sofa bed we had over looked while shopping on line, and Lambright continue to be top notch with quality and remains in the running for a replacement in spite of the hight cost (we already own one of their love seats).