No Slides! I Tour the 2024 Grand Design Imagine XLS 21BHE Bunk House Travel Trailer 

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We have one like this. Best thing! Enough room, pretty light, well built, fits at most campgrounds.

This RV is perfect!

Great video and great TT!!! Welcome to the GD family. Happy for you guys!

Very good for a young and small family, but I really preferred your luxury Pinnacle and your Ram.

Awesome walkthrough! Thank you so much for your business! We can't wait to watch all the adventures from you and the fam!

Love this unit but really wish Grand Design would put a cargo door for the rear bunk. It would really help to make that storage area more accessible and even to make the lower bunk. Slam latch upgrades would be nice as well and moving to Azdel construction.

Great review!!

Great explanation of everything

You made a great purchase! I sometimes consider upsizing my 20ft travel trailer, but love being able to access campgrounds with smaller sites, such as Joshua tree and Yosemite. It also forces us to get out more. Enjoy your travels!

Congratulations on the new camper. I purchased a 2023 version of this camper at the end of December on an end of season sale. I’m looking forward to taking it out for the first time. I love the simplicity of this camper. No slides!!!

Great video, new subscriber. Looking forward to seeing the future mods.

I would like to see a mod where the top bunk is half the size, that is, the front top portion is cut off about half way and the space is used as a large shelf for storage. This would be great for two adults who don’t necessarily want to share the queen bed. One adult could be in the queen bed and the other could use the bottom bunk. Lots of storage up top and no feeling of being closed in. I don’t think manufactures are thinking enough of this possibility - this type of situation for their customers. There is a market for this and it’s a missed opportunity. Could just be an older couple or friends camping together.

congratulations on the new camper...many mods coming up 🙂

Love Tennessee, it’s the best place to be!

Nice!

Nice but the fold up bed is a no go for us. Not sure if the mattress can be changed out.

We just purchased this model..can't wait to see your modifications!...

I have the 2022 model year and have been mostly happy with it. I had the 6 gallon tank water heater and the cold inlet line was not tightened properly from the factory and ended up causing leakage into the tank area and got a little bit into the grill bay. I had to tighten the cold water inlet and was good after that (you have to remove the access panel to the left of the grill to set the valves to bypass the heater) . The fridge seems to collect a lot of frost on the back wall, and frost also collects in the freezer as well. The bottom bunk may need a small fan for circulation - the ducted AC doesn't reach that section that well - maybe if the person is sleepting with their head close to the dinette. Also the detector above the murphy bed on my model is a CO2 detector, you may want to check that. My power converter is also auto-detect but it was smaller and I have 3 drawers above the converter (but consequently less expandability). Incidentally I have the same awning problem that was on your Pinnacle, but GD had an official recall on it. I haven't been able to schedule an appointment to the dealer yet but may in the mean time use your HH-66 fix.

Our 2004 Fleetwood has almost the same layout

Your wet bay means less opportunity for leaks.

Great vid, and understand trying to find simplicity in towing and camping. I'm the one that commented on FB Group XLS. I had a Tab 320 and still have the 2022 XLS 22mle. I watched your vid on your truck which is a great review. Please a little later after some use of the Murphy Bed let us know your thoughts? As for your frame, it's powdered coated.

Also much lighter without the slide!

Awesome layout! No slide, (no problems), and bunks…..Is cell charger in kitchen a tower of power?

I got a salem 179bhkx which is the Poors version of your camper. It is hard pressed to find a better floor plan than what you and I have. I don't trust slides at all. I needed to sleep four guys hunting and keep it small for a regular pick-up towing. I love my outside kitchen I have two griddles so when we are fixing big meals. also I like my wider pass thru storage better than yours as I can put a folding 6'x 30" tables in there along with chairs.

Lippert began powder coating their frames in 2023 model year campers. I know this from watching other trailer reviews that pointed out that change.

When possible could you get a hitch weight before adding all your personal gear? Thanks in advance and great video btw

I don't understand how you could have gone from a luxury Pinnacle midbunk down to this, but more power to you! Something this small is definitely not for me. I hope you and your family enjoy it!

i went to look at this unit and noticed the right sided cupboard door beside the queen is obstructed by the window valence - it impedes opening it somewhat - just wondering if you have figured out a hack for that?

Your TV. Is it 12V? How difficult is it to watch from the table? Thanks for the review.

Just curious, what made you select a unit that didn’t have slides? You came from such a large unit.

What upgrades did you do that you recommend??

Is there storage under the bench seats at the table??

Congrats! Okay nice setup, I see that you down size.

Do you think a family of 3 could live in this for a year or so?

Im curious about your purchase price for this unit

Do you still have this trailer? If so do you like it? If not, did anything go wrong?

Cost?

I considered buying this trailer but was very disappointed by all the cheap outs by Grand Design. Scissor jacks, small fans, no slam latches, and the location of the TV is moronic.

I will never buy an RV with a 12V fridge! This is a deal- breaker for me. I wish you had led with this so I didn’t have to watch most of the video.

Good job trying to justify lower quality options