2021 Palomino Travel Trailer reviews

Worked great for all my needs, very spacious. It's perfect for long stays, especially with the washer/dryer connections. I can actually stand up in the shower and have room to move. The electric fireplace was perfect for cold nights and the sound system was perfect for those summer nights. Show less

When I purchased my camper I searched many models and this one caught my eye. This is my first camer,I really like the camper very much. Ordered it at RV wholesalers in Lakeview, Ohio. They were very nice courteous and the order process was painless. The salesman helped me a lot and I got some good opinions at a good price. build quality is good to an extent, The builders took no pride in their work. Leaving sawdust wires, screws, and even the metal plate that they cut out to make the vet opening,in the vet. My outside outlet does not work. That was my fault when I picked up the camper. I should have checked it. I got the trailer in 2021 now it is 2023. I haven't had any major problems with this camper. I would recommend this brand to another as well as the r v dealership. RV Wholesalers in Lakeview Ohio. Show less

We've owned all kinds of RV's, from 36' Grand Junction fifth wheel, smaller 30' Southwind Class A gas, to 37' to 42' diesel pushers. This 30' trailer, however, is our first at this type and size. I looked at Arctic Fox, Jayco White Hawk, Grand Design Imagine, and Keystone. This unit came in below $30k, including a new Blue Ox 4 point hitch (installed), electric fireplace below the 40" tv, 21' electric awning, 2 slide toppers, outside refer, electric burner, bbq that mounts on the bumper, Dexter torsion axles, solar pre-wire, rear camera pre-wire, double doors with swing down steps, outside speakers and tv mount, double 36" deep slides, electric stabilizers, electric tongue jack, and more.It was only used lightly, and tires (rated for 70 mph) look nearly. The front kitchen is my wife's prize, with a large front window of automotive glass. This unit is now under Forest River ownership, but the Palomino quality standards are still enforced at their original plant. Show less

Overall it is a decent camper. I purchased it to live in it for college. Less than 2 months of having the camper, I discovered the first water leak from the seal being messed up on the pex fitting for the faucet. Since then, I have fixed 5 leaks personally and just discovered the 6th leak today on 10/27/22. Aside from leaks, the lamination on the cabinets and trim is falling off, trim pieces are falling off the slides, the dinette backing breaks every time in transport, the A/C seal has been reseated 2 times due to bolts not being tight. The list could go on and on. Overall, wishing I never settled on a Puma Palomino due to terrible build quality and constant water leaks even when I’m using a 30 psi regulator. Show less

I'm new to the full time RV lifestyle having thought for years about simplifying my life and licing with less and eliminating my living expenses. I settled on the EV-1 travel trailer from Revolve after going up and visiting a used 2020 model locally. Unfortunately I could not go purchase and sent my boyfriend to go purchase and after 7 long hours of waiting for him to return from the 200 mile round trip (the dealer took forever) I helped spot hit to back it into our side driveway only to realize he bought me a EV-2. So okay no slide, different shower mirror flipped interior. I spent about an hour sitting in it and decided to suck it up buttercup and get over it. Main differences dinette is on awning side instead of kitchen and shower is wider but shorter. I focused on the pros not the cons. I've been living in it full time 9 months and while there have been solar struggles I am learning to resolve with help from a solar tech, I am happy with my purchase. I do however have suggestions for Palomino and suggestions for improvement. - Give the option to not have a dinette, this area of my RV is now cube storage and when I have time I will remove the dinette base and reconfigure for a recliner and cube shelves. - Clean up after manufacture seriously an hour and a vacumn getting all sawdust and loose screws and nails out of compartments, ensure plumbing connections are tight and not leaking including the faucet that is just sitting in hole unsecured - Use screws on cabinetry not metal staples all my dinette cabinetry have broken or collapsed in the case of overhead cabinets - Provide access to the area behind the pre mounted TV if you are not going to pre-wire for RV link antennae (purchased separately for roughly $300) - PROVIDE the SOLAR equipment powerpoint to all buyers (the one that took me a month of back and forth to get) - Mount the solar controller on the exterior wall not on the wall behind the jacknife sofa as hanging upside down trying to read it upside down is ridiculous - Seal the roof and edges of exterior I have had moisture and water around every exterior edge, window and door - Use a better frame cabinet under convection micro the microwave door hangs on the lip and eventually locks shut which meant it had to be pulled out of rig and thrown away - Needs an outlet in dinette area - Get rid of the teeny bit of carpet on sides of bed platform what is the point you can't stand on it its like a 10x10 Square Now those of you reading this probably figure that is a lot of problems/suggestions. Fact is if you live in an RV you need to learn to adapt and repair as needed. It is hard to even get support or help from people because the minute you say your rig is propane free everyone has judgements and then add in you are a female solo camper and you get all the comments and jibes. I bought this model because I wanted one built for solar and going off grid not retrofit into my storage. I love the concept I think Forest RIver just needs a better way to support us than directing us to download an online PDF manual for all their lines that doesn't support half of the equipment in the Revolve Rig as we don';t run off propane at all. Oh and I still need to figure out how to actually get the hot water heater working some may think that is a problem but when you are 6'1" and your shower stall is only 5'10' you need hot water for dishes not bathing. Show less

Do Not buy one of these things. I have one that is less than two years and already leaking. Its leaking under the dinette and cost 200$ just for them to look at it. I cant imagine how much they are going to charge me in the end. No warranty on anything after a year. So that basically lets them build crap product that they don't have to stand behind. Very disappointing and i wouldn't have bought it if i would have paid more attention. Show less

I have a 2021 32BHFS, but that option isnt listed. This is absolutely the worst camper I've ever owned. The frame and structure do not support the design. Ex. The slides cause the frame to twist and you can see the movement causing the slides to rip the floor (happened first use) and leaks....still dealing with those. Drained the entire water system, prepped for winter, still have a busted water heater line. Sat at mid state rv for 5 months before it was fixed. I LIVED in a LaCrosse, stayed in the wilderness in a Coleman and thought this Puma would be superior to both. I'd trade for either at this point. Avoid Puma, palomino and forrest river. All the same. Show less

I would have given 5 stars for all items, but due to the POOR WORKMANSHIP, I can only give 1 star on quality. We recently bought a new Palomino Solaire RV. We have been camping for 30 years and have had a few new and pre-owned RVs. When it was time to upgrade our RV, we researched the new trailer for brand quality and features. Soon after we brought the RV home, it rained. I found water flowing across the floor. WTF! This was a new trailer by a high-end manufacturer. After a few hours of troubleshooting, I found that the stove vent had not been properly sealed and allowed rain to freely leak into the trailer. POOR WORKMANSHIP! I next found that the bedroom TV did not work. The cable had been improperly wired. POOR WORKMANSHIP! The first time we used the shower, water leaked out of the enclosure doors. The door bottom track had not been properly sealed. POOR WORKMANSHIP! Soon after, we found that the bathroom floor was wet each time we showered. The shower drain had been forced in place, the joints were improperly sealed with silicone, and were now leaking. The silicone showed that the drain was at least tested, but instead of properly fixing the drain, the factory installer / inspector decided to cover it up with silicone. POOR WORKMANSHIP! I then found that water was dripping from the weatherproofing membrane under the trailer. The water heater enclosure had not been caulked properly. This allowed rain to leak and accumulate on the membrane until it could no longer hold it. When I cut the membrane, at least a gallon of water gushed out. I had to remove sections of the membrane, along with the soaked moldy insulation above it, until I reached dry areas. POOR WORKMANSHIP! I did not plan on spending my camping trips with my new trailer fixing defects that should have been fixed at the factory. Show less

This is our first camper. Overall we are happy with the unit. We were originally looking at a unit which did not have a slideout, but after having toured one we decided we really needed the slideout. So we picked this model specifically because of the slideout, the bathroom layout, and the Murphy bed. We are very large people and the bathroom layout is nice and open. The shower is a bit small, and water gets everywhere, even with the curtain secured, but aside from that it's functional. While we were initially happy with the Murphy bed which folds up to make room for the couch, after having slept on the folding "camper queen" mattress it leaves much to be desired. We purchased a 1.5" memory foam topper, but it didn't help at all. We may end up tearing the dinette out and putting in a loveseat and making the bed down full time with a real mattress. The couch itself is OK. It's actually extremely deep, for us at least that means we find ourselves looking for elevated footrests. Other than that, the speakers are very sub-par. While the audio system itself is fairly nice, especially the bluetooth and ability to play the TV audio over the speakers, the (indoor) speaker audio quality is awful. I've not yet had occasion to really try the outdoor speakers. The heat worked fairly well during our initial driveway test stay in April in NW Ohio. The AC worked fairly well as well during the summer last year. It's just extremely loud. In fact one of our stays was in a family members driveway due to the power to our home being knocked out for several days after a storm! So the AC in this unit was REALLY helpful there. There is lots and lots of storage space in this unit, for sure a plus. Our unit has a solar panel which seemed to work well in the summer, kept the battery at 100% without being plugged into external power for weeks on end. But then in the fall I noticed the battery eventually reaching a low level so I ended up plugging it in to external power for the winter. I am not thrilled about the location of the hot water tank and the associated valves. There is a very small access hole to access these and as a larger person trying to fit my entire arm through that hole in order to each the valve's was tricky and painful. As far as the hot water tank itself it did the job, just very small. The ceiling fans which can open to the outside are a nice touch. The LED lighting is nice. The USB outlets for powering devices are also nice, but I found that although each one has two plugs only one was good at a time unless you have very low power devices plugged into it. The solid metal stairs are nice, with slideout/adjustable elements so they firmly touch the ground. As larger people we've seen and tried other setups where the stairs don't actually touch the ground and we were very happy ours did touch the ground, makes it much more stable. The unit has manual stabilization jacks which are easy to use. I bought a bit for my battery drill and it makes QUICK work of those. The main hitch jack is powered which is nice but it's VERY slow. Our unit did not come with a rear/backup camera but I purchased a wired unit and installed it. I would not recommend a first timer go without a rear camera! Mine came with an LCD screen and I leave it on while towing so I can see people behind me, very helpful. Likewise my towing vehicle's backup camera is great when trying to line up the hitch, makes fairly quick work of that once you're used to it. The propane tank cover is very noisy when towing. I had to put some tie-downs around the unit and that cleared up the noise. Thankfully the cover has a small "window" at the top so you don't have the take off the entire cover to turn the tank on/off. I also purchased a 3rd party gauge so I can see if the tank is about empty or not (from what I can tell the gauge really doesn't help otherwise, won't tell you 50% for example, pretty much "on" or "dead"). All of the other sleeping options (dinette converted to sleeping area, 2x bunk beds) are very limited length-wise. Our 15 year old has a thing about both his head and feet touching the edges, and there was no way to avoid that while sleeping in any of those areas. I tried it myself on the dinette and found the same issue. The awning (powered) was nice. It was fairly windy on one occasion and it held up very well, wasn't noisy. Show less

We have had so many issues. Firstly, the slide out never worked well. We have had it in 3 times so far. The slide was improperly installed and had to be corrected. We were on a 6 week trip and the slide wouldn't go out. We had to call service and they talked up thru dismantling under the sink to reset the motor. We had to reset this several times. Back to the dealership and they found a loose wire. Pump was extremely loud and they found a pinched hose. Many cosmetic issues. On a trip now and 5 days into a 5 week trip, the 12 volt refrigerator and freezer stopped working. The part is in indy and we are in Florida. Warranty won't do anything until the part in indy is installed. We are looking losing 5 weeks of frozen and refrigerated food. We spent the entire day calling the dealership, forest river, Way (the manufacturer of the refrig), rv dealerships, mobile techs. No one can help. Everything I've heard is that the 12 volt refrigerators have so many problems!!!. It's a shame our salesperson didn't tell us that. Based on our experience, I would never buy another puma. Show less