Hi, we owned an '07 Jayco 27BH for about a year and a half. Great unit, but after actually camping in it found that if company came to visit...or if it rained and we HAD to stay inside, it was too tight.
We just upgraded to a '08 Jayco 29FBS. It has a similar floorplan to the 27BH, but ALOT better layout...IT HAS A SLIDEOUT, bathroom is away from kids (better for at night when kids are sleeping so they wont be be bothered), it has wooden pocket doors...not those cheap accordian doors, and both bedrooms are a bit more secluded.
Look carefully at your needs so you dont have to trade it in in a few years like I did, just like trading in a year old car, you will get raked over the coals
As I said, 27BH is really nice, the 29FBS is even better!
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peacekeeper wrote: Hi, we owned an '07 Jayco 27BH for about a year and a half. Great unit, but after actually camping in it found that if company came to visit...or if it rained and we HAD to stay inside, it was too tight.
We just upgraded to a '08 Jayco 29FBS. It has a similar floorplan to the 27BH, but ALOT better layout...IT HAS A SLIDEOUT, bathroom is away from kids (better for at night when kids are sleeping so they wont be be bothered), it has wooden pocket doors...not those cheap accordian doors, and both bedrooms are a bit more secluded.
Look carefully at your needs so you dont have to trade it in in a few years like I did, just like trading in a year old car, you will get raked over the coals
As I said, 27BH is really nice, the 29FBS is even better!
It's also quite a bit longer and quite a bit heavier (dry weight is at least 2000#'s more).
We love our 27BH because of what you get for the weight and length and pulls easily with our shorty Yukon Denali - not to mention it falls within the restrictions for the state parks re: length that we like to visit and we've rarely had a problem getting into any sites. Believe it or not - we did not want a slideout and are very happy without one. We've had up to 6 people in our trailer all at once in inclement weather and it didn't feel "tight" to us. I grew up camping with 6 people and a dog in a 10 1/2' truck camper - now that's tight!
It all comes down to what you want, what you have to tow with and what will work best for YOU and your family. Ultimately, you need to make the decision. I will offer one piece of advice. Before you buy take the entire family and plan on spending 1 1/2 hours or so in the trailer itself. Bring along a deck of cards. Have the kids play cards or a game, pretend to cook, pretend to "camp" so to speak to get a real good idea of what it will be like if all of you are inside due to inclement weather. Then you will know what will work best for you. If you like it - buy it. I wouldn't trade my 27BH for anything else out there because it's perfect....for US.
We purchased a used '03 Jayco 27BH this winter. We've camped with myself and 3 teenagers so far. I can see where space would be tight if we had to stay inside, but the combination of size, weight, and layout is great for us. It will be 5 of us in June when we go to Topsail for a week. Can't wait.
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Its been time consuming but we had a fun time looking at whats out there and what would best fit our needs. In the end its all so worth it (happy family spending quality time together)....what great memories for yourself and your children. Thanks everyone for your help!
We have the 2006 27BH, having upgraded from a used popup and we love it. Been itching to get it out this year. We christened it with a 4,000 mile trip to Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone and the rodeo at Cheyenne, and it performed great.
Your husband is right about outgrowing the 19'. With five of us, it can be a little snug at dinner time or during rain, but certainly more bearable than the popup. We plan on holding on to this for about 4 more years then making the leap to the fifth wheel when the kids go off to college.
For what it's worth I think we paid right around $14k including hitching with no trade in.
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