(?) for Popup owners:

[MJohn]

A) How long did you tent camp before making the jump?

Well I had never tent camped until the first time I took my husband camping in the Summer of 2005. I literally drug him! After the first trip he was hooked (thank goodness) ! We have sense owned 3 pop up's the first had a roof leak and so I got my money back from the dealer.
I might add I've grown up in a pop up. 1979 Colman Brandywine. We my parents, sister and I started going camping when I was 12 and I went until I was 18 and love love love the outdoors, and mountains!
B) What was the deciding factor in making the jump? (time to get off the ground, camping experience when it rained etc.)

1- Colorado is still cold at night in the Summer!
2- the air mattress no matter how expensive kept going flat!
(BTW, the smaller tent was not to cold at night a small heater worked well but had no place to store anything)
3-Tents in the sun are hot!
4-Tents can get rain water running underneath and get all your stuff wet or floating away!LOL

UMmm this all helped me talk the hubby to get a pop up!

C) When you finally made the jump, what was the make / model / New or used / cost / Year
3000 off ebay 1997 Colman Sun Valley (inside was great, it was set up when we bought it but the roof had major issues! Many cracks!, all the jacks were broken........

D) Did it meet your expectations? The above one umm no! The previous owner hid a lot of major problems with it!
I sold it! But did not hide it's problems to new owner!

Bought a new 2007 Fleetwood Westlake. Over all I really like it!
Has mostly met expectations. Would get a 1500 btu installed instead of 1350 if given the chance again! Lack of insulation makes it too hot for Texas Summers unless I can get under a lot of shade trees! Great for CO and NM in the Summer and that's where I wanna camp during the Summer anyway!