Buying a new (used) camper?

[LittleLady]

My husband has it in his mind that we need to buy a camper. We usually go camping 1-2 times a month spring-fall so I know we could get good use out of it. We've been tent campers forever, and I like it! What are the pros/cons of buying a camper vs. tent camping (other than cost)?

[ChadTower]

Storage of the camper when not in use. That's the big one stopping me from owning one.

[FreshAirLover]

The main pro is security, as campers are less vulnerable than tents. The bad part, as ChadTower mentioned, is storage... Some people prefer bulkiness. I'm more of a tent kind of person.

[InTheWoods]

I like the storage places available in campers. That way I don't have to find boxes or ways to carry everything I use in a tent, because I can store it and use it from the same spot in a camper. The con is that it definitely takes more gas to pull a camper than it does a tent.

[LittleLady]

I think the gas is my most valid point right now. He's not buying the storage one because we do have land, so it would just stay here. I wonder what it would cost to fill one of those things up though, yikes.

[ChadTower]

Are you talking a trailer or an RV? "Camper" can really mean either.

[Footprints]

I think I'd like to have one, one day. No time soon though. I think the gas prices are definitely a valid point, they're insane!

[LittleLady]

Sorry I didn't specify, he is looking at a 2010 Forest River Cedar Creek Fifth Wheel. It's very nice, and looks great. My concern is will I still feel like I'm camping, or more like I'm at a hotel? Plus the extra gas in our truck... I just don't know.

[orchard]

Cost and storage are both good but are you sure that you will get the full use out of it. I know people who try to camp out 3-4 times in a good month, seems like maybe you are between too little and too much.

[ChadTower]

If you don't know then you don't want it enough to make the expenditure.