New Micro Minnie FLX part timer (for now...)

[ScottSanford]

Hello everyone. I haven't picked up my rig yet, waiting to get my trade in back from the shop.

I was planning to sell my properties here in east Texas in a year or two, and hit the road in a Super C diesel, towing my Chevy Colorado diesel. But, with the price of those rigs, that would leave few options if full time RV isn't my cup of tea.

So, I'm going to try easing into it with the Micro Minnie. Purchase it now, and start making some longer trips until I'm ready to make the decision.

[Trax]

Welcome to the group. I’ve had mine for just over a month now. Taken it out for two weekends but now it’s winterized as I live in Michigan and it’s been getting below freezing every night the last week. This is a great place for a lot of info your dealer probably won’t give you.

[Speedbump]

We just finished up a full year of owning the FLX and I think something around
>= 10 trips. We love it and have been extremely happy with our choice.

I will point out that the battery is not a legit AC power option in hot weather. You will want a small generator to keep it running. I also know some southwest folks have been having over heating issues with said battery in the really spicy weather.

If you aren’t staying in hot as hell weather though it does a fantastic job boondocking!

Enjoy!

[ScottSanford]

Taking delivery this Friday. No trip planned yet, I've already got a trip set up for Big Bend Ranch State Park , heading out on November 11 and returning on the 20th. So this weekend and next will be at home just making sure all the electrical components are configured correctly and everything is working correctly. Big Bend state park isn't the place to be working out bugs...

[ScottSanford]

Originally Posted by ScottSanford

Taking delivery this Friday. No trip planned yet, I've already got a trip set up for Big Bend Ranch State Park , heading out on November 11 and returning on the 20th. So this weekend and next will be at home just making sure all the electrical components are configured correctly and everything is working correctly. Big Bend state park isn't the place to be working out bugs...

That reads weird. The Big Bend trip is without the trailer. Everything was already planned and set up before I decided to get the trailer.

[ScottSanford]

Finally got the charging systems configured correctly, installed the Andersen WDH and took it for about a 60 mile test drive today. The Andersen hitch seems to work extremely well.
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[ScottSanford]

Trip to Big Bend without the MM was epic, got some great pics and found "the view" in the park.

Now I'm on my shakedown run with the trailer. Spending the week at Martin Dies State Park in East Texas, one of my favorite places to get away reasonably close to home. Will be working from here this week, it seems my Verizon signal is strong enough to pull it off.

So far, everything is working great. Only comments I have so far are:

1. The mattress is really bad.
2. Fridge has to be turned almost all the way up to get and keep things cold.
3. Burners on the stove are very hot, hard to keep things from burning when you need a low flame.

[Speedbump]

The Dometic fridge is a joke. Ours and many other owners have to crank it all the way up to keep it cold enough.

There are several after market mattress makers that have RV sizes. Our Brooklyn Bedding 12” one is freaking amazing but it does sit too high. You can’t access the area under the closets because it’s level with the bottom of them. We’ve just ordered the Bear Trek to try out. It runs 8” but the downside is it doesn’t have the extra layer of transition foam. We’ll see how it is since we’re side sleepers. Even still, it’ll be a hella lot better than that crap that came with it.

We’ve not really had an issue with the burners. If anything, it takes a while to boil water.