New to Winnebago (2025 Micro Minnie 2108TB), but long time RVers.

[AstroTom]

We've called the Pacific Northwest home since the mid 80s, have been RVing since the 1990s, and have owned just about every style RV, except a 5th wheel. We both retired, sold the house, and full timed in a Late 90s Safari Serengeti from 2020 till early 2024. Stopped full timing with the purchase of a small house in rural Arizona. Decided to transition to a compact trailer that would fit in just about any park we encounter. 40 feer of Class A with a toad, does limit one's options. We still want to do some long trips, mixed with shorter ones, as well as doing some boondocking. I'm an amateur astronomer so camping under dark skies away from campground lights is one requirement a,d one reason for my upgrades below.

After a LOT of shopping, we decided on a 2025 Micro Mini 2108tb. It's just the two of us, and the Micro Mini seems like just the ticket. We've just taken off with it on a 2+ month long road trip. It's our first night in the rig as I type.

I've made some modifications, primarily adding an additional 200watts of solar, with 400 more to follow later, an upgraded controller, 420ah of lithium, moved to the passthrough, and a 3000watt inverter, connected to the inverter prep circuit. The misses wants to be able to use the microwave,, while boondocking, so eventually that'll get connected too.

I'll be curious what we encounter on our shake down cruise. So far, a couple small things have come lose. The screen for the bathroom vent, the door window shade coming unglued from the bottom frame piece, a lose cabinet hinge and magnetic catch. All easy fixes. Arizona summer temps, and America's lousy roads are great at testing fasteners and adhesives. Did my own post delivery inspection and tightened up a few lose plumbing fittings and screws prior to our trip.

I also had to locate the hot water heater bypass and water pump myself, as neither are mentioned in the owner's packet, or by the dealer during the walkthrough. Oh, and while I'm quite pleased with apparent quality and build... come on Winnebago, saving a few bucks by not installing a toilet paper holder in the bathroom!!!??? That was one of my first "mods."

 

[BobGloria]

We have a 2025 Winnie Voyage and no toilet paper holder either.

 

[LDSwartzy]

We've called the Pacific Northwest home since the mid 80s, have been RVing since the 1990s, and have owned just about every style RV, except a 5th wheel. We both retired, sold the house, and full timed in a Late 90s Safari Serengeti from 2020 till early 2024. Stopped full timing with the purchase of a small house in rural Arizona. Decided to transition to a compact trailer that would fit in just about any park we encounter. 40 feer of Class A with a toad, does limit one's options. We still want to do some long trips, mixed with shorter ones, as well as doing some boondocking. I'm an amateur astronomer so camping under dark skies away from campground lights is one requirement a,d one reason for my upgrades below.

After a LOT of shopping, we decided on a 2025 Micro Mini 2108tb. It's just the two of us, and the Micro Mini seems like just the ticket. We've just taken off with it on a 2+ month long road trip. It's our first night in the rig as I type.

I've made some modifications, primarily adding an additional 200watts of solar, with 400 more to follow later, an upgraded controller, 420ah of lithium, moved to the passthrough, and a 3000watt inverter, connected to the inverter prep circuit. The misses wants to be able to use the microwave,, while boondocking, so eventually that'll get connected too.

I'll be curious what we encounter on our shake down cruise. So far, a couple small things have come lose. The screen for the bathroom vent, the door window shade coming unglued from the bottom frame piece, a lose cabinet hinge and magnetic catch. All easy fixes. Arizona summer temps, and America's lousy roads are great at testing fasteners and adhesives. Did my own post delivery inspection and tightened up a few lose plumbing fittings and screws prior to our trip.

I also had to locate the hot water heater bypass and water pump myself, as neither are mentioned in the owner's packet, or by the dealer during the walkthrough. Oh, and while I'm quite pleased with apparent quality and build... come on Winnebago, saving a few bucks by not installing a toilet paper holder in the bathroom!!!??? That was one of my first "mods."

Can you tell me what you did for TP holder?

 

[BobGloria]

We keep in a drawer in the wardrobe in the bathroom. Couldn't find a good place on the wall. Lack of towel holders is also a problem. Last RV was a 2005 Country Coach Intrigue we bought new in 2005 and sold in 2018. Big change

 

[Superboiler]

We've called the Pacific Northwest home since the mid 80s, have been RVing since the 1990s, and have owned just about every style RV, except a 5th wheel. We both retired, sold the house, and full timed in a Late 90s Safari Serengeti from 2020 till early 2024. Stopped full timing with the purchase of a small house in rural Arizona. Decided to transition to a compact trailer that would fit in just about any park we encounter. 40 feer of Class A with a toad, does limit one's options. We still want to do some long trips, mixed with shorter ones, as well as doing some boondocking. I'm an amateur astronomer so camping under dark skies away from campground lights is one requirement a,d one reason for my upgrades below.

After a LOT of shopping, we decided on a 2025 Micro Mini 2108tb. It's just the two of us, and the Micro Mini seems like just the ticket. We've just taken off with it on a 2+ month long road trip. It's our first night in the rig as I type.

I've made some modifications, primarily adding an additional 200watts of solar, with 400 more to follow later, an upgraded controller, 420ah of lithium, moved to the passthrough, and a 3000watt inverter, connected to the inverter prep circuit. The misses wants to be able to use the microwave,, while boondocking, so eventually that'll get connected too.

I'll be curious what we encounter on our shake down cruise. So far, a couple small things have come lose. The screen for the bathroom vent, the door window shade coming unglued from the bottom frame piece, a lose cabinet hinge and magnetic catch. All easy fixes. Arizona summer temps, and America's lousy roads are great at testing fasteners and adhesives. Did my own post delivery inspection and tightened up a few lose plumbing fittings and screws prior to our trip.

I also had to locate the hot water heater bypass and water pump myself, as neither are mentioned in the owner's packet, or by the dealer during the walkthrough. Oh, and while I'm quite pleased with apparent quality and build... come on Winnebago, saving a few bucks by not installing a toilet paper holder in the bathroom!!!??? That was one of my first "mods."

Hi,

Sounds like a good start. We are also new owners of a 2108TB as of a few months ago. We have been out a few times but still learning the ins and outs of the unit.

I am curious on couple of things you mentioned.

1) door window shade coming unglued from the bottom frame piece - I think we have something similar but on the top. Or at least we are trying to understand if the top part of the shade attach at the top? For us the top just sits in the middle but will not or is not attached at the top. There are two levers that lock the top piece but top of the shade will not attach to the top. Should it be glued to the top?

2) what inverter/ battery did you use? Assume you kept the same WFCO charger?

 

[BobGloria]

If you have the same Lippert shade on your entry door that we have on our Voyage, the top piece is held in place by those levers and the shade just moves up and down and it held via friction on something. Our top piece was loose but my wife fixed it by getting the levers properly connected.

 

[AstroTom]

Can you tell me what you did for TP holder?

Sorry for the very late reply. We found a recessed brushed nickel TP holder online, which I installed in the removable panel next to the toilet, below the bathroom closet. I made sure there was clearance behind the panel, and was careful to cut the hole where it wouldn't interfere with the panel's removal. Different rigs mat require a different type or location. Because the bathroom is so small in out 2108TB, I decided against a surface mount TP holder. I also considered one of those TP holder stands, but felt in our case, it was too bulky and we didn't like the idea of having to secure it for travel. The holder I chose for our model should have been included as a factory installed item. Not sure we even noticed the lack of a TP holder until we got the rig home. Its funny, because we tend to look things over very carefully before purchase.

 

[AstroTom]

Hi,

Sounds like a good start. We are also new owners of a 2108TB as of a few months ago. We have been out a few times but still learning the ins and outs of the unit.

I am curious on couple of things you mentioned.

1) door window shade coming unglued from the bottom frame piece - I think we have something similar but on the top. Or at least we are trying to understand if the top part of the shade attach at the top? For us the top just sits in the middle but will not or is not attached at the top. There are two levers that lock the top piece but top of the shade will not attach to the top. Should it be glued to the top?

2) what inverter/ battery did you use? Assume you kept the same WFCO charger?

The accordion shade fabric is attached to the top and bottom sliders with double stick tape. It should be openable from either the top or the bottom, and bother upper and lower pieces can be latched in place - neither is glued to the window frame. I noticed we have to get the slider in just the right place to close the upper latches. The tape let lose on the bottom piece, so I just ran a thin bead of all purpose glue on top of the tape and lowered the shade all the way closed to the bottom to hold the fabric in place, and let the glue dry 24 hours. It's been fine ever since, and it's experienced more than a few 100 degree plus days.

Most of the time, we keep the shade closed with the bottom latched and it pushed most of the way up and it stays in place without latching. We've been traveling with a lot of summer heat, so we tend to keep things buttoned up so the shade doesn't get much use. Come milder weather this could change.

Yes, I kept the factory converter/charger. As others may have mentioned the "auto detect" feature doesn't work as it should. It tends to reset to lead acid. I've read there's a jumper the company will send that lock it into Lithium mode. I'll look into that this fall when we come off the road. My four Lithiums would accept a larger charger, and I may consider an upgrade after I add the two more 200 watt panels this fall, and do some camping with the full 800watts of solar. I do carry a portable, 40amp dedicated lifePo4 charger left over from a previous build so a converter/charger upgrade may not be worth the cost.

I installed a: Renogy Pro 3000 watt inverter with remote - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGGFDMN1?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title - and a Renogy Shunt battery monitor. My lithiums, solar controller, and inverter, all have blue tooth, but I like being able to simply look at a panel meters to see what's happening. I surface mounted everything near the factory control panel. It was easy to run the cables under the bed, then up and over the doorframe tucking them behind the trim, and into the cabinet with the factory panel/wiring.

This winter, when we are off the road traveling for a while, I'll be rewiring the inverter circuit to include the microwave. It may just be a matter of tying in the microwave circuit to the other outlets. We have never run more than one high draw appliance at a time so it shouldn't be an issue.

So far we really haven't pushed the inverter much. My wife did cook some things in an air fryer and it handled the load just fine.

Oh, I also replaced the basic Go Power solar charger with a Renogy dual input 50 amp MPPT controller. One input accepts the charge line from the truck, and the other, from the panels. At 800watts total, I'll be over paneled, but the system rarely produces full output anyway, and it'll be better suited for charging in less than optimal conditions as well as producing usable power a little earlier and later in the day.