Congrats on your new camper Noco!
Sorry it has taken so long to get back and answer your question, though with your new camper the answer probably isn't as relevant now
One of the reasons we bought a camper trailer is because with up-to 5 kids coming with us at any one time we were taking a fair amount of gear and had to tow a trailer anyway (albeit a small garden trailer) and the setup and pack up time was horrendous. I was sick of living out of boxes (plastic containers) and having to dig through everything just to find a pair of tongs or a torch and at the end of camp I would have to play tetris to get everything back in the containers - I hated it, it really put a damper on camping.
Our softfloor is a walkup style with a 12 foot tent. We replaced the kitchen that came with it, a small tailgate kitchen with enough room for a sink, cooker and about 1mtr of foldable bench space and virtually no storage (which meant I would have to store all my stuff in tubs again) to a Drifter DPOR. Our kitchen now has a place for everything and everything in its place
And because we have the pantry slide that means we dont need to lift up the bed to access gear stored in the camper, we just pull out the drawer. With the kitchen setup at one end of the awning (our kitchen takes up about 1/3rd of available space under the awning) there is plenty of room to setup our table and chairs at the other.
The tent area is big enough that we setup three stretchers and still there is room for all the kids to sit in the middle and play a board game together. We store the bags under the stretchers and out of the way.
Our storage is big enough that all items are stored in the camper (except those that we prefer to take out) and all we have to do is add food, clothes and people and we can leave. In our pantry drawer we always have the staples packed eg. Sauces, salt and pepper, vegemite, 2 min noodles, flour ect
With the forward fold we have found that the kitchen is very limited, room for a sink, cooker and a few things underneath - no prep space. The kitchen itself is spread out up the entire side of the camper eg. pull out kitchen...camper door...storage door (pantry?)....fridge. Which meant that putting a table up under the awning for the kids meant that the kids or the chairs were constantly in the way when I needed to get to the pantry or the fridge, at lunch time the kids all tend to come sit at the table and I make them sandwiches (everyone get a choice of what they want and its always different!) and it is hard to get to everything I need. Because of the lack of kitchen storage space my mum still has most of her stuff packed in tubs and has to setup a little table for kitchen prep. She has also bought a gazebo for when the grand kids camp with her so that she can set them up a table and chairs.
The inside is great for two but more than that and it feels really crowded, even when it is used only for sleeping space. When the lounge is setup as a bed the only floor space is the doorway area about 60cm wide and 1.5mtr long. There is nowhere to store your clothes or other items usually kept in the tent, under the lounge bed can be difficult to get to when the bed is set up. The area inside the camper is quite small and we found that it couldn't store what we needed it to for travelling. My girls hate having to sleep together in the same bed, they dont mind being in the same tent but the same bed causes arguments.
The great advantage to the FF is you are up off the ground but I have not found to much difference in setup time. It takes about 5+ mins (with practice) to fully setup the main tent and then the awning is the same as awnings everywhere - they take a while.
Our soft floor we have the main tent fully setup within 10mins and the awning we do faster than my parents, but I think thats because we are just faster! It takes us longer to setup the stretchers for the kids, but if its an overnight stop we just throw the 4WD mats on the floor (which we store flat on top of our mattress) give them a sleeping bag and they are ready.
I know there are families out there who have a FF and it works for them, but for us it was more trouble than it was worth and made the experience less comfortable for everyone.
