When we sold our Pace Arrow last fall the plan was not to buy until this Spring. Two weeks after selling the PA we had a Bounder that had everything we wanted, and more.
We headed out for Key West Sunday the 10th and returned the 17th. The thing drove like a dream, no wandering, no excessive engine noise, very smooth.
I was very concerned about the Norcold 1200 refrigerator and based on observations while in storage I had added a fan and set the OEM fans to turn on at a lower temperature. With the unit set on 9 (coldest) it held temp at 38 to 44 degrees with the doors not being opened and closed. This appeared to be the on / off of the thermostat, I had a very sensitive thermo-couple device which I could read without opening the doors. The food was of course not seeing this much swing, had I embedded the TC in a piece of food it would likely have maintained 40 / 42. For now the Norcold gets passing marks. The ice maker filled the bucket 2/3 each day.
Nervous about the Vacuum toilet, much rather have a drop through. Had a couple of minor water leaks, clear not waste, managed to fix the problems in short order. I just feel it is DUMB to have a unit like that with the eventual maintenance and the noise of use especially at night. I guess they have to use these because the toilet is outside the frame rails,
This is my first time for slides (3), and levelers. The driver side slide is the type that needs to raise to retract. It really grunts and makes me "pucker" sometimes. The other 2 work well, I did find an old thread yesterday about this very problem so I need to check a motor number and possibly a lift block mod. The levelers sometimes go crazy when I start the engine to retract the slides, could be my procedure, going to have to work through this.
DW is happy happy happy with the washer / dryer. Happy wife happy life
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All in all, DW and I really like this unit. I read this forum every day and I was really happy with my previous Fleetwood product so Fleetwood was my #1 target with Winnebago as #2.
Sidebar:
If you are in the Lower Keys stop at Mangrove MaMa's milemarker 20, old Florida Dining absolutely delicious. If you get "PattyWacker" as a server you are living right.