mr. ed wrote:

When I read these stories my heart goes out to those folks who have been having recurring problems with their RV's. A fair amount of money is spent for these units and the purchaser has every right to expect reasonable usage from it. I guess I'm one of the "fortunate" ones who has had practically zero issues with his fiver. I guess a lot depends on the manufacturer's attention to quality control and the integrity of the workers themselves.

I do concur that a certain portion of the problem is due to the poor quality of items from China that are utilized. The only (minor) problems I've had were with some of the electrical switches for the exhaust fans, no doubt made in China. The faucets seem to be Chinese quality as well, but these are easily replaceable with higher quality residential ones.

Having inspected older fifth wheels and trailers over the past few years it seems that quality has taken a beating. If this trend were to continue I fear most RV's would become virtually unusable, particularly for fulltimers.

dezolen wrote:



And where do you think the higher quality residential ones are made?
If Walmart were to take all Chinese manufactured items out of their stores it would be almost empty. Yet Walmart keeps growing and growing. With the "blame it on the Chinese quality mentality"it's no wonder the economy is where it is today. Time everyone actually got paid for actual worth of what they produced. So easy to put the blame on everyone else.