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Outfittermfg.com happy customer. The Outfitter's soft wall is not canvis and feels alot like the inflatable boat material. It sheds water like the hard wall but I'm sure there would still be some wet spots when cranked down.
Weblon is the soft side material. click on the link for thier website
The Alaskan's walls fold down on top of the bed if I recall correctly? Then again It's been a little while since I've been in the market. Folded wet walls on a mattress would concern me more than mildew on the soft wall that is always pointed to the outside. The Alaskan didn't have the inside shower option as well.
I've owned a Lance 921 slide, "hard side" and the now the Apex 8 Outfitter "pop-up". I spent many many hours researching the pop up options, after I spent hours sorting out the hard side options with my first puchase. I actually sold my very nice, very new Lance to get something lighter. Outfitter was hands down the way to go. I found I was using the Outfitter to compare all the other pop ups to. The asking price of the Outfitter shows this fact. Though I'm not comparing apples to apples. Outfitter does make a model that is cheaper without the toilet and shower. I had to find and Outfitter used to justify the price. I got a used Outfitter for what a new Northstar would go for. The Palomino, Pine____, star craft, and some others were in a price range of thier own, below $10K
The big selling points with the Outfitter (starting from the most important to me) was 1) Aluminum frame, 2) 1000lbs + lighter than a hard side, 3) Inside shower, 4) all tanks were sitting at the lowest points possible for better Center of Gravity, 5) did i mention 1000lbs + lighter, 6) inside toilet/shower, 7) big tank capacity compared to the other pop ups, 8) A small outside compartment made specificly for the EU2000 Honda Gen, 9) Polar cub A/C that runs off the small EU2000 10) the ability to "opt out" and save $1000 on the Remote controlled Jack and use cordless drills, and my wife as slave labor, instead (another reason to buy tools and save $ to boot). 11) weblon soft sides vs canvas, 12) outside shower for small clean up 13) small and very convenient drain valve outside that I regularly use to wash my hand and small parts.
I really liked the cassette toilet on the North stars and the ability to pull the black tank by hand and dump it in a toilet. But the big Black tank on the Outfitter has proved more helpfull. It is the Grey water from the shower that fills fast. 4 short showers is what we average before having to dump.
The other Pop ups that I "really" considered was the Northstar, Hallmark, pheonix (because it's another aluminum frame), 4 wheeler (aluminum frame), and the Outfitter (Aluminum Frame).
Ask me any other questions, I'm more than happy to share the hours of knowledge I've spent weeding through the options.
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