New Camper
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 2
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We are deciding this week. We are down to a 2013 Keystone Premiere 31BHPR or 2013 Sunset Trail Reserve 31BH</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Price is not an issue, within $1000.00</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Features we like on the Sunset Trail:</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Larger Queen Bed</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">TV Mounted Higher</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Fireplace</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Dinette Table seems better quality, more comfortable sitting area</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Door to Bunkhouse</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Paint Scheme</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Pull Out Sofa bed in living area</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">2 year warranty (vs 1 on Premiere)</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Features we like on the Premiere</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Bunk Room Layout, Full cushion bed in Bunk house, queen size for adults</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Larger Pantry</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Outdoor Kitchen Layout</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">400 lbs lighter then Sunset</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">The Sunset Trail has more features that we like, however, we felt it might not be as well constructed.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">We noticed rippled wall paper over the kithcen sink, the bunk house door would not latch, caulking around the wood on the entertainment center. The jacknife couch in the bunk house was not very comfortable and we could not get it to fold back up. We also found the expandable blinds in the master bedroom hard to latch and suspect they would be quickly replaced with regular curtains. Don't like the bumper mounted Grill in the ODK.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">The Premier had a lot of selling features - flush lighting, frameless windows, large storage area, however, not sure of the value of those.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">When researching the Premiere, noticed posts about bent axels. Also noticed that the carrying weight is doubled in the Sunset (2600 vs 1300) which makes us question if the Sunset is built better from that perspective. Premier uses cable for slideout, Sunset uses gear / track.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Ultralight is important to us, which is why we are looking at these units.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">By all outward appearnces, the Sunset Trail seems to be the higher end trailer, however, since the price is so close, we are wondering if</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">we are missing something.</span><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; "><br style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; : rgb255, 255, 255; ">Anyone have any input?</span>
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