Forward fold campers - do I really like them?

[Hoffy]

I too like the concept of the FF and looked at the Modcon a while ago when we were looking for our previous camper.  We were looking at it for mostly the same reasons as everyone else.  Ease of setup and extra sleeping with kids.

But another camper that caught our eye that we really liked was the Camprite that slept up to six comfortably and beds were always set up and ready to, plenty of storage and ball weight was awesome.  The kitchen didnt impress us much but I think they are better now.  There also a couple of import copies going around (I think the Eagle Cheyenne and I think they also do a FF)

[wilson79]

I'd like to comment on the 1 reason why one of these is NOT on our next CT list.
With the CT we have now, we have adequate and functional outdoor space below the annex when it rains for the 5 of us.
We can have the dinning table, 2 x deck chairs for Mrs and I, then the kitchen is at the end.
With all of these fwd fold CT's which I have seen, this will not be possible. Kitchen is to the rear, door in the centre, fridge pantry at the front.
We have 3 kids, 6, 6 & 9.
They like to migrate around, so with the space we have inside the tent, and outside, there is plenty to move around when it is raining. This would not be possible with a fwd fold.
Without mentioning any names, but I spoke at a show with a experienced salesman about how we use our CT when sitting inside a fwd fold, he basicaly said to not buy it as we wouldn't be able to use it like we do now.

I am saying this just to give you something else to think about when making your considerations, I am not being crytical of these types of CT's.

Bringing the rain to a camp-site is something that I am almost as good at as attracting strong winds..... 

That can be true, when we got belted with rain at Xmas time we had the end wall on behind the kitchen to stop water coming in and pushed the fridge slide in and had plenty of room inder the main annex.
We also turned the kids bed into the seating area and had lunch and dinner in there and played games with the kids. It was also very pleasant temp wise as I had both awnings on and both sides of the camper up so we had plenty of breeze without water coming in. The advantage of this for us is up here when it rains it is still bloody hot and humid and if you are stuck in a tent with the window flaps down it turns into a hot box..With the ability to have 2 awnings up and the sides of our camper also up we stay dry and cool...