Saturday, Feb 02, 2013 at 12:57
We've had a
hard floor since Cub started making them in the mid 70's and for what we wanted to do with them they worked
well. We always regarded the camper as a tent on wheels and all the heavy stuff was carried in the troopy.
My way of thinking is
hard floors are more suited to constant travel where most stops are only one or two nights, they are quick to erect and close, they can be used for long stays too and many do so. With a
hard floor you can pretty much
camp anywhere, it can be sloping in any direction as you can level with timber blocks or rocks, it can be rough and uneven, covered in burrs and prickles, concrete, dirt, mud, it doesn't matter as you up off the ground and in times of heavy rain are above the puddles.
Soft floors are more suited to extended stays due to the time taken to erect and pack away, the usually larger footprint required and the need for a flat level surface to put them on.
We've done extended outback trips with groups where both types were used and usually by the end of the trip the
soft floors are wishing they had a
hard floor.
We've also come across parks that will not let
soft floors erect on their grass due to the
soft floor suffocating the grass. Some parks also have problems fitting
soft floors on their sites, an increasing problem as site sizes shrink due the the proliferation of cabins.
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