I owned a popup camper for several years in California. We bought ours used (the only way to do it, in my opinion) with brand new canvas on it for $1,300. That's right: $1,300. It served us well for my wife, son, and me. It had a queen sized bed at one end, and two twin beds on the other, plus stove, sink, fridge, etc., etc. It kept us dry and reasonably warm in a couple of rain storms, but it had no AC.Venus Pax wrote:Some of you will call this camping, and some of you will call it glamping. Either way, I will preface this by saying that I enjoy sleeping in locations with a/c, power for my flat iron, and indoor toilets.
Dh and I have started a discussion on purchasing a "hotel on wheels" to tow behind our minivan during portions of the summer and other school breaks. Since we will not be investing in a large towing vehicle, we need something light. (And since we are educators, we need something affordable.) I've narrowed it down to a-frame campers and pop-up campers. Pop-up campers appear to be the most economical and offer the most features with the least cost and tow weight, but the canvas has me wondering about security.
Does anyone here have a pop-up camper, or have you had one in the past? I realize anyone can break into anything, but would want them to have to make sufficient noise to do it when we're sleeping. Any advice would be appreciated.
This is about the right time of year to start shopping for used popups. Toward the end of summer, people are starting to look to sell off their old ones. The best deals will be near the beginning of winter. The worst deals will be in the spring.
As far as security goes, it was never an issue for us. 99% of the time, we used it at a church camp, in a "glamping" facility. The once or twice I took it camping elsewhere, I was fishing in the Owens River valley, and we were camped at unimproved locations, without anyone else camped that close to us. I had a gun with me (it was BLM land), which I carried in my daypack; and we were usually fishing fairly close to camp so I never really worried about it.
I don't remember how long ours was. It wasn't the smallest, but it was a little bit smaller than chane's pictured above. I want to say it was 9', but I might be wrong about that.