hi I'm Ronda I'm Angie and we are Adventures in NoMadness we are in Chilliwack Canada at
the Escape Trailer Industries factory and we are comparing models we picked a 21C for our
full-time RV was it the right choice over a 5.0 I don't know I don't know I love a 5.0
well here I am back in the dinette look familiar well it should it's almost down to probably all
the dimensions as a 21C the only difference that I'm seeing is about one inch ceiling as we start
to slope forward to a seven foot you heard it right seven foot ceiling at the entrance
so yeah this model is a little bit heavier about 500 pounds more but
the advantage is you get your bedroom that way it's a full queen
it's set away from everything else when you come in you have the additional headroom so it feels
very spacious in here the bathroom is the same type that you get in the 21NE or 19 but it is
taller or at least it feels taller to us storage is similar I think
there's probably a little less interior storage um this there's storage under here
there's storage in the sides and then the storage in here and there is less counter space
but it's not super small I would say this is probably right around
or close to the counter that you have in the 21NE with a three burner stove
so otherwise I would say I would be happy in this model the other positive is this a fifth wheel
what about fifth wheels is special is part of it the tongue is going to be overhanging into your
tow vehicle that means your overall total length is shorter and if you happen to be on a ferry
then you don't get charged those extra feet so Angie with your small bladder
you don't have to worry in this RV it's got 30 gallon black tank 30 gallons over 22
in the 21C yes the gray and the freshwater tanks are the same at 28 but if you've got
a smaller or big bladder this puppy's got a big badder to take care of all of your bladder needs
okay this is why I love our 21c well there's a lot of reasons why I left our 21C
it's very easy to get in and out of the bed there's no steps and I can lean up against the
back and be able to work on the computer or just sit up in bed and read that's actually a little
harder as much as I love the 5.0 it's actually harder to do that the roof is just a little bit
um you know just a little too short so if I was going to sit up there it'd be kind of like this
up there you could put enough pillows up there to move yourself away from that back wall I guess the
front wall and be able to sit up there comfortably but it would take a lot of pillows for that
this right here because I do 99.8% of all the cooking uh this is a lot more room here
even with this particular three burner cook stove that's an option definitely more counter space
well for some people the 5.0 is all about the height but hey let's face it I'm short so the
shorter ceilings and the 21C is not an issue for me how short are you I'm five foot two
so definitely not an issue but if you're a very tall person over six feet you know you
still have maybe an inch or two a couple inches to hit your head before you hit
your head but it really depends on the if you have the ac unit um but if you're really tall
and you're considering the 21C versus the 5.0 I would totally go with a 5.0 so what's important to
you a bigger bed or more storage and counter space now in the 21C it is the double bed hasn't been an
issue because there's walls on each side but it is a nice much larger queen bed inside the 5.0
and you have space on both sides to be able to put more stuff more clothes if you don't want to
downsize those t-shirts and shorts all right so the dinette configuration is almost it's pretty
identical in both the 5.0 versus the 21C and the nice thing is that the batteries
are in the dinette so they're inside on both of these units which was obviously important to us
all right the reason we discounted the 5.0 as much as I love it is is space not just space here
but truck space now let's take the front box this thing is huge and we have it pretty much maxed out
but let's compare that to what the front box storage would be in the 5.0 look at how small this
is yes we would be maxing this out and putting some of our electrical and plumbing needs
in the back of the truck the most important thing of all and the one and only reason why we
discounted the 5.0 over the 21C was the use of our truck bed we're full time we've got extra tools
we've got extra recreational stuff you know pack rafts and kayak paddles and all that kind of stuff
bike stuff all this kind of goes on and on we can't give up that bed space we have a full-on
canopy and we've got a 30 gallon water tank and you know like I said the list goes on in the back
of our truck we would have to give up all of that space or at least most of it to go with the 5.0
now a lot of people are concerned with that bed space in their truck and we have several friends
that have countered that by you know they've they've configured in such a way that they've got
totes that are aligned perfectly with these inside of their uh truck bed so they can still have some
storage and still hook up the fifth wheel okay well both of these are fantastic units can't go wrong with either one
I absolutely love the 5.0 and if it wasn't for that most important thing for us the truck uh space the
storage space in our tow vehicle I would have chosen the 5.0 but hey can't have everything
so ultimately the way we camp and the way we travel the fact that we're full-time
the 21C was the right choice for us but we're gonna keep thinking about this one
because you just never know you never know and hey there's a 23 coming out at some point and
uh that might be a happy medium who knows so if you like this video please hit the thumbs
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