While Braxton Creek (the manufacturer) does not offer a factory option for an awning, there are several companies that do specialize in aftermarket teardrop / canned ham style trailer awnings. Many folks find satisfaction in using a simple Wal-Mart special pop-up canopy and setting it right up tight with the front of the unit. It's not perfect but it's definitely within budget!
@@bishsrvquadcities9495 My comment was to @yurydolinsky where they used the word "need". Need is something most campers want when it comes to a table in the camper unless you have a real teardrop (Mini) with just sleeping quarters. Every camper I've ever camped with or been around always use the table inside quite a bit. Most campers both need and want a table. The few that don't just need to get over it and take the damned thing out and leave it home, but all campers should come with a table so you have a place to eat indoors when it's raining out (at the very least). Most campers don't want an outside kitchen because who wants to be outside in the rain preparing lunch. I can tell you most wives won't do that. It's easier for campers to give up a shower and even a toilet than it is a dining table or an inside kitchen, although most campers prefer all those things and that's why most campers that are sold have all of those things. The campers without those items are for the "niche" group of die-hards so they have bragging rights ("We camped in 32 degrees below zero with no furnace and had to prepare our meals outside. A week later we were in Death Valley at 120 degrees with no A/C, preparing our meals outside in the heat, and no shower... boy did we stink after just one day!"). I just purchased the DS15 and will be going to get it this coming Friday and taking it to cooler climates for a week to escape this 150+ heat in southern NM. That 12 volt refrigerator is going to make all the difference between warm food in NM and food that is properly cooled. Absorption refrigerators don't work in this part of the country were the best you can get is 60 degrees inside the refrigerator.
@@DaveInCanada081 Thanks. I just put a deposit on one and going to pick it up this coming Friday (about 300 miles from here). I hope we like it but storage is almost non existent. We are racking our brains on where to put enough food and clothes and toiletries to camp for a week. I'd also like to put lithium ion batteries on it to help that energy hog refrigerator (which we love, but previous experience shows us that a lead-acid battery has a hard time supplying enough power for very many hours of dry camping), but unfortunately it would need a new charger/converter because the stock one won't bring a LI battery to full charge, only about 80%. And LI battery needs a charger that supplies full power until it reaches 100% and then goes into float mode. The stock charger tapers off at 80% and never get an LI to full charge, which shortens the life of the LI battery. It would have cost the company $40 more to put the right charger in it with a switch to switch to LI. It's a $288 upgrade aftermarket plus about that much labor.
@@bishsrvquadcities9495 Thanks. I just put a deposit on one and going to pick it up this coming Friday (about 300 miles from here). I hope we like it but storage is almost non existent. We are racking our brains on where to put enough food and clothes and toiletries to camp for a week. I'd also like to put lithium ion batteries on it to help that energy hog refrigerator (which we love, but previous experience shows us that a lead-acid battery has a hard time supplying enough power for very many hours of dry camping), but unfortunately it would need a new charger/converter because the stock one won't bring a LI battery to full charge, only about 80%. And LI battery needs a charger that supplies full power until it reaches 100% and then goes into float mode. The stock charger tapers off at 80% and never get an LI to full charge, which shortens the life of the LI battery. It would have cost the company $40 more to put the right charger in it with a switch to switch to LI. It's a $288 upgrade aftermarket plus about that much labor.
True. And, in theory, a 12 volt A/C unit seems an appealing idea. However there are many drawbacks. 1) The manufacturer already has the 5K BTU residential built into the wall. You'll need to seal up a BIG hole. 2) Smaller travel trailers are usually purpose-built economy units. 12V A/C units are $1,800 more expensive than the very affordable residential A/C unit. Extra/litihium batteries and solar equipment add even greater cost. 3) Many smaller units may have structural concerns with adding all that weight to the roof. 4) In the case of the smaller Bushwhacker, the roof protrusion makes it too tall to fit in your average garage. The roof A/C also interferes with your roof cargo rack. I like the idea but the industry doesn't seem to be working in that direction yet.
With a solar panel in the vicinity of 120 watts or more (and assuming regular, unobstructed sunlight), you should have sufficient charge capability regardless of refrigerator.
Nope! It's just as shown in the video. Deploy both jacknife sofas and, they're engineered to perfectly close together for a bed. It's super convenient not having to monkey around with the table top.
