I know that most of this site is dedicated to the DIY crowd but I just don't have the time (or experience) to build a really nice teardrop so I opted to buy one.
Just picked up a used 2012 CampInn 560 Ultra that was fully loaded. Wow, this thing is very well designed and constructed. When I first started looking at teardrops, the only thing I could find locally was the T@B/T@G line. After looking at them in person, I was just not impressed with the construction quality or materials used to build it. I then found the CampInn site and they set me up with someone local so I could see one in person and it was very cool. I saw several others online that looked like they might be comparable to CampInn but could not find one around me to see it in person. No one else seemed to offer the slightly larger version like the 560 so we ultimately settled on that one.
The very day I was to place my order with CampInn, one came up for sale online. I contacted the owner, it was good, but not exactly what we were looking for so, next day was a weekend so I decide to place my order on Monday...2 more pop up for sale. Contact both owners, these are much closer to what I wanted but both were really far from me...30+ hour drive. So, again, I decide to place my order on Monday...Monday comes and yet 1 more shows up for sale, this was closer (16 hours) but it is fully loaded (more than I was even planning on ordering) and was well taken care of...speak with campinn and they knew the people selling it and even told me they knew it was in great shape because they saw it after some big trips.
This is sounding better and better...owners send me bunch of pics, it looks pretty good. So I agree to come look at it and take it home if it holds up. Owners were awesome and said they would meet me along the way and save me about 5 hours drive time...I'm thinking I am lucky. Then owners contact me and say "Ya know, we are retired and have always wanted to see your area, how about we just meet you out there?" Whoa, I am blown away but sure! So I meet the owners about 2 hours from my town and the thing looks really good. However, owners feel bad because they hit a bunch of rainstorms on the way out so it is dirty on the outside...so they knock off $1K on the price, throw in every accessory they had (screen tents, etc.)...yes, I snapped that up in a hurry.
Here is my beauty after washing it up.
Video Walk Through
http://youtu.be/TLLFt3vzFoA
Here are the still images
http://javajack.imgur.com
While we have not yet had it out in the wild, we have spent 4 nights in it while parked in our driveway/garage. We love this thing already.
I know this post is a bit lame but it's one of those things you are just too excited and need to share.
Regards,
Java