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<blockquote data-quote="david k." data-source="post: 5119614" data-attributes="member: 10555"><p>My wife and I have looked at most every camper made and decided to put a deposit on an Escape (<a href="https://escapetrailer.com" target="_blank">https://escapetrailer.com</a>) as our "retirement" gift to each other. We plan to use it for weeks at a time in places like Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite, Smoky Mountains, the beach, etc. </p><p></p><p>We are leaning towards their "21C" model but could switch to the 23' model once they start production on that new model. The Escapes are made in Canada and are essentially made to order, unfortunately with an over 1 year wait list...we put our deposit in 2 months ago and our projected build date is October, 2022 but will most likely be a little sooner than that. In the meantime we will keep watching for a really nice used one. But because of the waiting list, used models typically sell in about a day for almost what the owner paid new...so I'm OK with the wait to get ours configured EXACTLY the way we want it.</p><p></p><p>What attracted us to the Escapes is (a) being able to fully customize it based on our needs and wants; (b) the trailers being completely fiberglass and without pull-outs will virtually eliminate any water leaks, I'll have to keep up with very routine maintenance around plumbing vents and such...no problem there; (c) the lighter weight of a fiberglass trailer will allow us to pull it with a more fuel efficient vehicle like my 4 Runner or a Tacoma; (d) the fact that used models sell in a day or two for virtually what they cost originally was a big factor...we will be about 60 when we take delivery and I'm thinking that we can use it for 5-10 years and then re-coup probably 80+% of what we pay for the camper based on what I am seeing used 2010-2015 models being sold for today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david k., post: 5119614, member: 10555"] My wife and I have looked at most every camper made and decided to put a deposit on an Escape ([URL]https://escapetrailer.com[/URL]) as our "retirement" gift to each other. We plan to use it for weeks at a time in places like Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite, Smoky Mountains, the beach, etc. We are leaning towards their "21C" model but could switch to the 23' model once they start production on that new model. The Escapes are made in Canada and are essentially made to order, unfortunately with an over 1 year wait list...we put our deposit in 2 months ago and our projected build date is October, 2022 but will most likely be a little sooner than that. In the meantime we will keep watching for a really nice used one. But because of the waiting list, used models typically sell in about a day for almost what the owner paid new...so I'm OK with the wait to get ours configured EXACTLY the way we want it. What attracted us to the Escapes is (a) being able to fully customize it based on our needs and wants; (b) the trailers being completely fiberglass and without pull-outs will virtually eliminate any water leaks, I'll have to keep up with very routine maintenance around plumbing vents and such...no problem there; (c) the lighter weight of a fiberglass trailer will allow us to pull it with a more fuel efficient vehicle like my 4 Runner or a Tacoma; (d) the fact that used models sell in a day or two for virtually what they cost originally was a big factor...we will be about 60 when we take delivery and I'm thinking that we can use it for 5-10 years and then re-coup probably 80+% of what we pay for the camper based on what I am seeing used 2010-2015 models being sold for today. [/QUOTE]
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