Which requires the most Creativity?

[Jimbow]

Tents, Pups, TT?

Thinking through the past twenty years backpacking was simple, find ways to eliminate weight. My TT is basically a few mods to make life easier. But, keeping my fifteen year old Coleman working and comfortable, plus the many mods it allowed, was easily my most creative.

From a camping point of view, nothing beats a pup for endless opportunities to work on stuff.

 

[jmkay1]

Tents, Pups, TT?

Thinking through the past twenty years backpacking was simple, find ways to eliminate weight. My TT is basically a few mods to make life easier. But, keeping my fifteen year old Coleman working and comfortable, plus the many mods it allowed, was easily my most creative.

From a camping point of view, nothing beats a pup for endless opportunities to work on stuff.

In the pups defense there are a lot more moving parts. So it kind of in the job title to keep you on your toes. It also requires a ton more creativity of storage possibilities due to the lack of storage inside when in travel. Not to mention the lack of shops willing to even look at popups especially after a certain age kind of makes us think on our feet more. Like you said though as a camping point of view I love the pup. Nothing else can give you that 180 degree view and endless fresh air other than a tent without the rain fly.

 

[Anthony Hitchings]

Tents, Pups, TT?

Thinking through the past twenty years backpacking was simple, find ways to eliminate weight. My TT is basically a few mods to make life easier. But, keeping my fifteen year old Coleman working and comfortable, plus the many mods it allowed, was easily my most creative.

From a camping point of view, nothing beats a pup for endless opportunities to work on stuff.

Well, during the initial love affair with a new-2-U camper there do seem to be a lot of opportunities. Frankly, I am glad that I don't have too much to do on the Aliner these days, because its work and my old back complains.


Nextup is to open up the Fantastic Fan housing and see how clean it is inisde the housing (becasue we cook inside) and see if the variable speed controller is covered in grease or not (it should be clean)

 

[firepit]

Storage on a pop up requires creativity for sure.
My table for grill..chairs..fan and porta potty and step ladder all are the last to go in at pack up on the floor and first to unpack.
My camper is still new enough that no repairs have been needed in first 4 yrs...i did add a side tongue jack with wheel as i discovered with the factory jack when wheel is on you cant lower the camper enough to get it level.
I use side tongue jack for rolling it around and took wheel off factory jack.

 

[Sjm9911]

I will say , I worked on the pup more then the TT. But the TT was newer. Its easier to do less when you have more real estate to work with.

 

[kitphantom]

Depends on what type of creativity you mean.
Tents: required a lot of planning for packing the vehicle. With our first car, things improved a lot once we bought a car top cargo box. until them, every time we broke camp, we basically had to unload everything to re-create the one-the-road puzzle.
Popups: We did an extensive renovation on the first, tiny one, so that was lots of creativity. We soon realized, once we camped in it for longer than a weekend, that we had less space to stash clothing duffels, etc. than in our tent. In the 6-person tent, we had space at the edges to just put the duffels in place and there they stayed. In the 6', one bunk popup, we had to move them day and night.
Second popup was 8', with 2 bunks, so one was designated for duffels and other stuff. It still required a lot of shifting of those at set-up and take-down.
It was new-old-stock when we bought it, so our creativity was basically doing some mods to make it ours: digital thermostat on a long wire, curtains, 2 LP tanks, with auto-changeover, solar panels. Usual routine maintenance.
We bought the 17' TT new, it's actually only about 2' longer than the 8' popup was when extended, although wider with more floor space. It is shorter than some popups are. Again routine maintenance.
We have done lots of mods - new knobs on all the cupboards - prettier, but more importantly, easier for my cranky hands. Rooster catches so drawers and doors stay shut on the road - we have new ones to replace the basic ones that are wearing out. Dual 6v golf cart batteries, larger solar system; we're still using the first solar system for a separate storage battery. Many wall organizers and such, changed out the door window to clear tinted glass with a shade. We've refined storage under the bed, and use the largest LL Bean tote for clothing, 2 totes each.
We have it to the point where we don't have to move/secure much inside to be on the road. Site things - chairs, tables, solar panel, patio mat, and/or shade/rain structure all need to be stashed. What we use in any site changes depending on length of stay, weather, type of trip.
Camper set-up items, such as Lynx blocks, EMS, are in the truck bed - but that's where I have to be creative on my solo trips. I discovered last year, after we changed to an electric tongue jack (wonderful thing), that the gate won't open far enough for the Lynx, BAL chock, and such to be accessible. I'm not tall enough to reach over the top of the truck. I managed by getting the ladder out, which was just barely possible, and reaching into the truck bed. The items needed before unhitching will have to be in the tuck cab.
I've made quilts for the campers, curtains, all sorts of stuff. The TT is my cabin on the road, I have fun with it. The places we go and the fun I have with it helps to balance off the work