If Cary ever needs someone to market and sell his trailers he should talk to Joe and Bonnie. They gave us a first class tour of the unit and by the time they were finished my wife was sold on it. Bonnie was perfect, adding details about setting up the kitchen, awnings and side tents between Joe’s detailed tour of every nook and cranny of the unit. In Joe, I found a kindred spirit. We love attention to detail and both researched the heck out of travel trailers before we settled on the raindrop 560.
I could write for hours about our tour but I’ll try to be brief for now and just list some of the things that stood out.
1.) There is not a single picture or photograph that I’ve seen which prepared me for the wood finish. It is beautiful!
2.) It’s been said before but can’t be said enough. Trim, finish, details, hardware: all of it is top notch.
3.) If you have ever toured other travel trailers, what stands out is how flimsy the construction feels in many of them. The 560 is solid from top to bottom.
4.) Joe set up the bunks for us to look at. Jack, my 10 year old son spent a lot of the tour on the bottom bunk fake-sleeping. That sold Jack.
5.) The unit is light and can be easily moved by hand. Joe pulled it out from the wall so we could easily get around it for a better tour. It is way easier to move it by hand than I expected.
6.) I thought the inside storage by the bench was an access to the through way storage on the exterior. They are two separate storage areas.
7.) The interior storage behind the bench has a power outlet. I didn’t know that.
8.) The interior storage on the AC side has an additional outlet I did not know existed (you plug the AC into it)
9.) The doors have a small vent so that you always have access to air in the cabin.
10.) The leveling jacks are BIG.
11.) The storage compartments under the bed are larger than I expected.
12.) If you haul bicycles using the rear hitch there is some concern that they obscure the view of the trailer’s break lights.
13.) My wife found the oddest things important, like the wind screens for the kitchen area and the bumper while she thought the furnace and sunroof were unnecessary.
14.) Bonnie makes gorgeous quilts.
15.) The doors lock from the inside and if you are not careful, there is a slim chance you might lock yourself out of the camper.
16.) Joe uses Sharkhide on the exterior. It looks fantastic.
17.) The wife LOVES the Dometic Frig.
I know I’m missing a bunch of things but those are the ones that stood out. The first big hurdle is out of the way. Now for step 2, financing and getting ready for the trailer. I’m in the process of turning my current garage into a family room and building a new garage. Once I have those projects finished I can focus on getting the trailer under contract. Time to go look at garage plans.
Jaime
