Sue_sue,
Welcome to the forums and glad you asked your question. I am on my 3rd Keystone camper. (actually 4, considering our first one was a Dutchmen, but that was before Thor Industries acquired Dutchmen). The second was a Keystone Springdale, the third an Outback, and the current one, a Montana High Country.
All have been good campers. The Springdale was the most trouble free (had it for 8 years). The Outback was great. It had a couple very minor things that needed attention, but mostly because of use and age. We had it 5 years. We've had the Montana High Country for 4 years now.
The first year of ownership of the Montana High Country was a disaster. I kept a journal and lots, and we had 88 issues that happened in the first year of ownership. Several of them were warranty issues I was not able or equipped to fix myself. The rest, I deal with myself. The second year of ownership (after getting everything fixed right) was 100% trouble free, except for things I messed up myself (like burned up water heater electric elements ... oh duh!)
We've had the camper for 4 years now, and it's been, pretty much a good camper. There have been some repairs, like broken cable slides (that I've since learned how to replace myself now), and scratches from tree branches! (oh yuck!)
We've done a lot of changes to ours also. We added a second awning on the back side (it has a rear door on the opposite side). We added the Furrion Observation Camera and side camera system. We added a washing machine and dryer. We've added lots of hooks, shelves, dividers, and supports in the cabinets. We've added supports in the closet to keep the cloths bar from collapsing (which happened 3 times), and added an outside shower on the front side of the camper. I've raised the electric jacks so they won't drag the ground any more, and installed a Bidet on the toilet.
All these additions came with a price! I figure we've put another 4 or 5 thousand dollars of changes or additions or improvements into the camper. But it is finally, truly set up for our (almost) full timing needs.
I suppose the greatest question you can ask is, "Would you purchase another Montana High Country, if you had a need for another camper?" And the is ... well .... I don't know. As far as making that decision, however, is NOT based on the quality of the camper. We selected our Montana High Country that we have because it had a specific floor plan we wanted. If this floor plan would have been available in another brand, we might have gone with a different brand. So, in the future, if we were to purchase another MHC, would we do it? The answer is "Maybe, if the floor plan is right."
I don't know if this help in your decision or not, but as far as the actual camper goes, we (my wife and I) are both extremely happy with ours right now! But, it did take additional investment and time to get it this way too. That's something to think about. Another thing, ours is completely paid for. We had a 15 year loan and had it paid in full in 3 years. And THAT is also a very important reason why we are willing to invest into this camper, keep it nice, keep it working in good order, and take care of it ... because we absolutely do not EVER want to finance another one.
Also... Check out the Montana Owners Forum. There's lots of good information there too. It's also sponsored by RV Life (same as this one). You can create a user ID an password the same as you use on this one too.
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