Three years ago right after I bought my Little Guy Max Trailer I did a video tour showing you
my new camper and you loved it. Well, this is a follow-up video because I'm gonna share my
Little Guy Max owner experiences that I've had over these past three years.
Both the good and the bad. And because the Little Guy Max Trailer is one of the most expensive small
campers on the market I'm also going to tell you if I think it was worth it and if I'd buy it again
knowing what I know today. But first, if you're new here I'm Randi and every Thursday I help you
make big memories in small campers and say it with me because weekends are just too short.
For your reference, this is a 2018 Little Guy Max Trailer with the rough rider package. Okay,
let's start with the good first and let's start with talking about size.
99% of the time my Little Guy Max Camper is the smallest camper at every campground I visit.
Because my Little Guy Max Trailer is 21 feet I can get into almost any camping spot. And
I found some off-the-beaten-path gems. Wait until you see one of the places I camped at coming up.
I camp with my husband Tom and our dog Princess. Hi Princey. And this camper has not been too small
for us. There are two things that I really think make this small camper feel very spacious and the
first is the six foot seven inch high ceilings. And second, are the windows. There are windows
on all four sides of this camper and this really makes the camper feel bigger than it actually is.
Talking about size most small campers do not have a full queen size bed
but the Little Guy Max does and this is something that I've really appreciated. The dinette area is
a space that I wasn't sure we'd use a lot but we actually do so I'm really glad we've got it.
It's got a wet bath and there's only been a handful of times that we've used the
shower in the past three years but having a bathroom is something I wouldn't want to camp
without. There's lots of storage. Having generous storage space has been really nice.
In fact, I've never used all of the available indoor storage space. Now if I could just come
up with the perfect storage spot to store and keep our dirty shoes for when we come in from outside.
And the outdoor storage space has been ample for all of our camping gear. I never felt like
I wish this camper was bigger so that I could have more features. Because this camper has
everything I need for the weekends and the several extended long camping trips we take every year.
And personally, for me the size of the Little Guy Max Trailer has made towing, setting it up at the
campsite, and backing it up easier. If you watch my channel you know that I've been on a mission
to learn how to and do all of this by myself. I know that if I had a larger RV trying to do these
things by myself would have been too intimidating for me and I would have been too overwhelmed.
Now I'm still working on my backing up skills but each time I do it it's getting a little easier.
I do love the advantages a small camper has to offer in fact I did a full video highlighting all
these benefits. And one of these is the ability to go places that a larger RV just wouldn't be able
to go like the time I camped in my Little Guy Max on top of a mountain. We had no business towing
any size camper up this Ozark mountain but once we realized we're going up a mountain it was too late
because there was no place to turn around. With that said the Little Guy Max sure got a workout.
Which leads me to the next topic I want to talk about and that's quality. We seriously
thought that there'd be structural damage after this adventure and things on our Little Guy Max
would start falling apart. But it held up. The only damage that was done was to the windows.
Do you see the scratches? This happened because the roads got really narrow at places
and the trailer would brush up against the trees and the branches as we drove by. I'm
an obsessed camper so I've done a lot of camping in this small camper even winter camping and the
quality of the Little Guy Max Trailer has really been impressive. Okay next let's talk about the
things that have gone wrong, the things I've had to change and or replace in the past three years.
Several window corners have fallen off. They're easy to put back on but oddly
a couple have disappeared after they've fallen off.
I just recently noticed that the vinyl countertop is starting to peel away inside of the kitchen
sink. And while talking about the kitchen sink there's been a sink odor that I need to figure
out. When I lift the cutting board off the sink there is a foul odor. I don't think it's coming
from the gray tank since the smell is only in the kitchen sink. I think it might have to do
with the p-trap or a one-way valve. Anyways I'm not real sure what's causing this odor. If you've
got a solution or something for me to try to get rid of these odors let me know. As far as
inside wear and tear goes the only other thing I've noticed on my Little Guy Max are a couple
of tears in the flooring. They're small and not noticeable unless you get down to look for them.
The cabinets and everything else in here is really solid and has held up really well.
My favorite modification that I've ever made to my Little Guy Max was installing the Froli Sleep
System. I originally did this because there were times when the bedding along the wall
got wet due to condensation. The mattress laid on a hardwood plank so there wasn't
any air ventilation to prevent mold from occurring and this made me nervous. But the springs on the
Froli System added a breathable layer between the wood and the mattress allowing air to flow. So I
no longer had to worry about mold. What I didn't expect was how comfortable it would make my bed.
My mattress was now lifted off the hardwood surface onto the Froli Spring System and I
say this converted my RV mattress into a five-star like hotel bed. If you're interested in getting a
better night's sleep too I have a fifteen percent discount code Froli gave me that I can share with
you. Plus I did a complete Froli installation video that you can watch. I'll leave all this
information in the video description below. Another modification or upgrade that I felt
was necessary to make was to the cabinet doors. Occasionally the doors would open when we were
driving down the road and of course this isn't good because things will fall out. So my husband
Tom added additional door hinges to each door and this has solved that problem. If you want to learn
about the hinges that we used and how my husband installed these I'll leave a link to a video
that I did in the video description below. Another modification I made was to the front door stopper.
See these white two pieces screwed to the RV? There's a white piece that connects them
and this is the door stopper that came with my 2018 Little Guy Max trailer. It never did the
job it was meant to. And I lost the connecting piece so I upgraded to a magnetic door stopper.
This has made a world of difference. So if you want to learn more about this I'll leave details
in the video description below. There have been four things that I've had to replace in the past
three years and the first was a side window. Before installing the magnetic door stopper
the wind grabbed the door one day crashing it into the front window and cracking it.
Thank goodness the new door stopper now stops the door before it can hit the window.
The second thing we replaced were the hinges on all the drawers. Just like the cabinet doors the
drawers sometimes opened while traveling down the road and when this happened it would bust
the drawer hinges. So when we replaced them we use sturdier hinges and this has stopped them
from opening anymore. Recently we replaced the RV batteries that the Little Guy Max came with.
They probably would have lasted longer but due to human error we had to replace them. If you want to
learn what we did wrong and how to maintain your RV batteries so they last longer than ours did
I'll leave a link to a video that'll tell you everything you need to know
in the video description below. Also recently we had to replace our water pump. Our water pump just
stopped pumping water this summer so we called Xtreme Outdoors and they were really helpful.
And we ordered the exact same one that was originally in the Little Guy Max
and they shipped it to us and my husband installed it. So is the Little Guy Max worth it? And would I
buy it again? And the answer is yes. I never ever have wished that I had gotten anything different.
It did cost me more than if I had bought maybe a different smaller trailer but the quality
and the attention to detail has been worth it for me. There's always going to be things that
need to be maintained and repaired but I think I've been really lucky with the minimal amount
of upkeep and maintenance and repairs that I've had to do.