Undercover RV tech reviews Rockwood Ultralight RV from Forest River 

Hired a pro inspector prior to purchasing a 2024 Wildcat. He found a multitude of problems including bubbles in the roof. The dealer is now filing a warranty claim with Forest River. This would have been my problem had i not hited an inspector. Your channel enlightened me a great deal. Thank you!

Your reviews are excellent! However, id really love to see a review on which RV make, model, and year TO buy, as opposed to which one's to avoid. Perhaps more grade A and high B models and less C and F models. Thank you!

Thanks for all you’ve opened our eyes to.. I asked JoshtheRVNERD .. if he would please open the cabinet doors for the sinks so we can see if the plumbing is correct before driving 1-1 1/2 hours to find out.. he was open to the suggestion

Thank You for your informative and eye opening videos. Hopefully as more people watch and learn from the videos and speak out, the RV industry will take notice and give us a consistently higher quality product. I for one would gladly pay a bit more to get an "A" or even "B" graded RV that I can rely on. I won't even consider a "C" or lower rated RV. I'll be sharing this with my RV friends. Thanks again!

Glad you are speaking out on plumming. Had damage on my 2021 ALTA the six RV I purchased since 1980. Had it repaired and they fixed it the same way. When I had the same leaks again I replaced fittings leaking with brass and continue to monitor for leaks. I have worked as a Industrial Piping Designer since 1972. Tried to get through to Forest River management to tell them of their out of code piping. Blocked by the lieutenants. Keep calling it out.

Thank you for reviewing the Rockwood. You obviously read requests from your fans!

Thank you for reviewing a Rockwood !!!!

Yup, I have everything I need to re-plumb my Rockwood. Now I need to go out and look at the frame!

These manufacturers deserve every bit of grief they get for their poor plumbing. Another excellent RV review! I suggest you make a spreadsheet of these reviews on your website.

Thanks for your reviews, Jacob. Last year I bought a 2023 Rockwood Signature 8262RBS travel trailer. This our 4th Rockwood so I obviously have a fair bit of confidence in their quality but I’ll have to check all the plumbing fittings. The good thing about our particular model is the plumbing fittings are all easy to access. We considered a Cougar model but I’m not a fan of their use of cable slides and Furrion appliances.

Jacob, Very good report. appreciate your input

Thank you, been looking at the Rockwood line of travel trailers. And keep educating us all to keep us vigilant. Keeping RV manufacturers from continuing to produce badly plumbed trailers might work if we all demand that quality.

Please do a review on a grand design 2670 mk, luv the channel 👍

Thanks for reviewing Rockwood/Flagstaff. I have a 2019 Flagstaff E-Pro 19BH (bought used about 1 year ago) and to my untrained eye, it appears to be well built. Now I wonder if the plumbing in my unit is correct (fortunately, I have not had any plumbing issues). Hopefully, you will review one of the E-Pro/Geo Pro units soon.

I would love to hear a review between rockwood ultra lite 2606ws and a alliance delta 262rb thanks and I love the show

Hi jacob, love your video's, i have a 12V "cannon" refrigerator in my forest river rouge 32V, what's your thoughts on this unit?

How do the Rockwood Signature models compare to the Rockwood Ultra Lights? Would you give them the same score or are there differences in quality?

I'm looking at a smaller unit in the ultra lights in a year or so and so I sent an email to the compliance people myself with a link to your 30 second review on the plumbing. The frame thing is of interest but knowing it is a Lippert, I have to wonder about their "responsibility" for that AND is it different by specific model since they are different sizes etc. Another between the lines thing is how you mentioned that this is one that is asked about the most in relation to your reviews. If your objective review harms sales, I would hope they would do everything they could to make em right. And the simple fact that some Forest River plants do plumbing correctly while others do not, says something about their Quality Assurance programs at higher levels. They obviously know HOW to do it right. Why not on all models, particularly one of the higher end lines... Don't get that coming from a QI background. As a top level executive over that particular area of manufacturing, I'd be all over that like stink. Macro system problems are killers. Just ask Boeing... Oh, Mike Becker is the top guy in Compliance for Forest River. I can't find his email address, but YOU have an opportunity to favorably impact the RV industry imho. When you do these vids, consider sending a short email or letter to the manufacturers with your link to the reviews. Oh, I did find an email to the head (tippy top) of compliance Mike Becker but can't find it now. But, here is his address. Mr. Mike Becker Director of Corporate Compliance Forest River, Inc. 2324 Century Drive Goshen, IN 46528

We are first time RVers and bought a 29.9 foot Rockwood 2606 last year. It has the same 12 volt Dometic DC powered refrigerator you reviewed and we have already had to have it replaced along with the Magic Chef microwave. Thank the Lord they were still under warranty. Do you recommend turning the refrigerator off while traveling? We have not had any plumbing issues so far and are enjoying the camper.

Hi.. Thanks For All The Great Info. Question: Outdoors RV Co States They Build a Better RV. I am Interested in the Creek Side 19MKS 2024 Year. Have You Ever Looked at These? How Are They For Off-Road Use? Quality Material Used? Suspension? Thanks! 🙂

What would be the correct Connector for the supply line to the Toilet you showed? Thank you!

We are looking for a new camper and took a close look at the plumbing of the rockwood mini lite. You mentioned the toilet is not plumbed correctly. How about the connections to City Water, Tank Flush, Antifreeze Inlet panel? It looks like they are using flexible tubing connected to a white plastic screwable connection via plex like clamp?

On the Rockwood Ultra lite you mentioned the the flex hose to pex fitting at toilet connection. Is this the only improper connection you found? If so, it would be a very easy fix, although when buying a new camper one should not have to fix this. I had a Dometic A/C on my last camper and it worked very well, but for goddness sskes it was LOUD! You need to reduce points for how noisy A/C are. But i guess a noisy A/C is better than a quite A/C that has lost its freon and no longer works. And i too prefer a gas absortion fridge.

Please do winnebago era

Well, that was disappointing! I own a Rockstaff and have been extremely happy with it, knowing that you will never have a perfect RV and you will always have items that break, I have owned several RV's through the years and in my opinion Rockwood is one of the better built units out there. You should also take a look at Suspensions!

Any plans to review Jayco? Thinking about 30 ish footer bunkhouse. Many thanks

I will be absolutely shocked if I ever see you give something an A grade outside of those way too small Taylor trailers. I am rethinking whether I am in the market for a camper because you seem to find many things wrong with every camper you've reviewed. Watching your videos makes me think the entire industry is garbage.

What do you think about ATC 5th wheels?

Your pretty awesome

I would love to see a review on 2023 or 2024, Coachman encore 355ds. Also any super c's thank you

In my 2022 Ultra Lite it has a Dometic 12v fridge.

Great review. By the way, what year was this? We have a 2018 mini lite and only plumbing done correctly was by water heater and bathroom sink. The toilet is exactly what you saw on this one. I’ve fixed one but need to fix the others. I still love the quality of our mini lite but this plumbing issue needs to be handled. These manufacturers are a joke and misleading when they give a customer such a bad plumbed rv that costs so much money.

When talking about the plumbing (toilet) you mentioned that this RV violated the code that governs the manufacturer’s. So how does this RV make it to a lot for sale? Is the code simply a “good practices” code? Anyway after seeing that this RV is a do not buy for me because who knows what they did where you can’t see stuff. I would rather have good appliances and proper water connections than good cabinets/counters. I can easily fix a counter while the rest are much more work. Love the video’s

Lol, love it, 'RVIA take note'! But we all know rvia is a joke. 🍻

I’ve heard that it’s acceptable to remove the pex clamps on the flex hoses and replace it with a worm drive style clamp. Is that accurate?

Why do you replace the whole Coleman AC because the freon leaked out? Why not find the leak, repair it, and recharge it?

That's exactly my problem with this RV!!

Good job. Looks like another one bites the dust. I wonder how many people will still buy this unit.

If a person isn’t a little bit handy shouldn’t own a camper.

Have you heard about all the frame problems 5th wheel owners are having

Have you ever seen a perfect RV, No you have not. There's always going to be something that could have been done better. I agree there are some that are better then others, but not one is perfect.

Spoiler alert they are all lemons 😂

You're replacing an AC unit because of freon loss? There's something fishy going on here. Number 1, freon has been out lawed for about 35 years now as it is considered an environmental hazard. All AC units, residential or automotive, use R34, or near to it, nowadays. If the unit on which you're working has R34, it seems just a little wasteful to trash the entire unit, when a refill would do the same for alot less scratch.

A TPO roof is a 10/10 RV roof? Are you serious lol.

giving it a F because of a couple fitting that are not that hard to change out is a joke.....

love the content and its quick and informative.