2022 Palomino reviews

Now 3rd review after 3 months. Forest River products continue to be piece junk/crap. Storage cabinets completely fell upon itself destroying cabinets.. had to rip out and replaced with open shelves. Sitting area completely collapsed.. removed totally and rebuilt. No longer table( which was completely useless anyways) Now rebuilt into day bed area only.. no more tabletop couldn’t sit in it anyways… completely rediculous .. maxx fan stopped working… 2 of the 4 jacks that go to ground don’t work. Just waiting for top jacks to fail ( which would render camper useless ) when that happens off to dump it goes after just 3 months of use!!! Forest River you guys suck and really bad!!! Selling completely junk campers and I have no recourse to get it right. Just don’t do it people seriously!! Take note from all these reviews to avoid like the plague !! We should join together for lawsuit against ForestRiver for this abomination of a” camper” . Completely mislead and scammed out of 22 grand.. can’t even resell at any price it’s that bad. Just don’t do it people seriously and I kid you not!!! DON’T DO IT…!! Complete waist of hard earned money/ my time/and the money spent trying to shore up and fix this piece of “ engineered “ junk. Yeah use the word cautiously.. complete piece of crap worthy of the dump ( and sorry for the dump!!) YES it’s that bad!!! Show less

To continue on will my scathing review of the piece of junk called Palomino 1251 backpack edition. 1 day later after 1st review.. yes it’s raining and guess where water is pouring in?? Yep you guessed it.. directly above the bed from maxx air fan.. the supposed “ engineering “ geniuses ( used mockingly) put 4 small screws in attachment of fan.. needs 18 screws!!! To save probably 25 cents. What a cheap piece of crap Forest River!! Once again this is a brand new never used truck camper.. sooooo many problems sooooo little time and space to write about them all. Horrible job Forest River… you should be sued for fraud!!! Forest River …the rip-off company of the USA. People wonder why I should buy American?? This is reason NOT to buy cheap junky poor engineered product… belly up is you should go by deceiving the general public with your terrible products, poor designs and outright lies you press upon the buying public. Your products are garbage to be nice. Anyways for sale 2022 Palomino 1251 backpack edition camper…. CHEAP… ( no pun intended!!) Show less

Wow where to start on this complete piece of garbage the Palomino 1251 backpacker edition. Let me get this right… in order to drain water on bathroom floor you must empty the black water tank..?? You got to be kidding me. Major problem so much for using the shower!!! Absolute horrible” engineering “. Speaking of horrible “ engineering “ the bathroom door is 1.5” shy of completely opening up… same with refridge door.. 1.5” shy of opening up!!! Another major problem. No magnetic on extremely limited storage. Your” engineers “ missed numerous spots for some extra storage.. like under the sink area.. hodgepodge of wires laying about.. probably 1 ft of storage not utilized . Blackout shade curtains?? Another huge joke… no way to secure curtain in wind . So much for privacy/sun shade. Or when raining!!Complete joke!! Fan blows one way and that’s out.. great engineering!!propane tank you have to be Houdini to get it out.. again just inches too small. Kitchen window does not open!! I paid 23,000$ for a piece of junk . I don’t consider this cheap by any means but that’s what I got.. a Forest River piece of junk!!! I read all the negative comments( and there are many MANY ) I didn’t listen and ignored them…. My fault and now I’m paying the price for dropping big cash on piece of utter junk of a camper. Don’t do what I did!! Don’t purchase this poorly “engineered “ piece of crap. The inside is so cheaply made ( 1/8 sawdust “board”) that you can’t secure anything.. the “board “ just crumbles to sawdust when trying to repair anything. running out of space and time to tell all the problems. AND I’ve only had camper less than a week.. Many more problems to come..I feel like burning it to the ground, that’s how big these problems are. Show less

Absolutely LOVE this trailer! By far the best floorplan and overall features among campers in this price range. What I love the most: The front kitchen with the huge window and lots of counter space, pantry, shower with headroom for someone tall, king bed and bedroom with lots of storage, TV is located directly across from recliners, ample bathroom storage, floor to ceiling window in hallway. Overall it's just a really beautiful trailer at a bargain compared to similar units! Show less

This is the fifth travel trailer that we have owned, I'm 70 years of age and I must tell you we are so upset with this trailer, our last trailer was a Keystone product, we had it sixteen years. M e my wife and I decided to up date , this trailer has everything we liked, and belive me we did our research , but I guess that didnt help, we bought this from one of the largest RV dealers in USA, no names but ((( CW )) ) was our choice to satisfy our needs, what a mistake, Between the manufacture and dealer we have lost our faith in the American dream, between the both of them all them are thieves. After they have your signature and money neither one will take responsability for the junk theypetal. This trailer leaks on both slides, noisy refrigerator, squeaky floors, bowed front door, tongue jack had to be replaced, This trailer has been up to.... no names ( CW) nine times now for the leaks in the slidouts. We have had this trailer eleven and a half month now ( CW) has had it as of today for a total 227 days trying to fix the trailers problems, and guess where it at right now , yep back up in CW trying to still fix the problems, we have used the trailer fourteen days out of the onehundred and ten days we have had it in our possession the rest of the time CW has had it , We now have two weeks left on our warranty and have not really had the time to find out what else this trailer has wrong with it. It's a good thing we have the extended warranty although it does not cover everything so in short forest river nor CW will take the responsabilty to refund our money so we can move on in our life , and the sad thing is that here in Iowa there are no lemon laws to protect the common hard working people against these thieves in the RV industry. They can keep building junk and selling it and taking your money and running with it. We tried trading it in and would loose everything we put down on it. So we got taken advantaged of twice. Show less

You would be better served to find an slightly older SS-550. Our price was only $10k for our 2016 model new and it has cabinets over the kitchen area, cabinets over the seating area and much more storage space. It has also better build quality. The 2020 to 2023 models are built much much cheaper quality and cost more than double in price. We like our 2016 SS 550 but would not purchase the 2023 even for $10k Show less

Water heater failed twice, once during warranty period, once after. Shower dome leaked from screws being over tightened in all four corners after warrantee. Water intake manifold leaked & had to be replaced..no water for three weeks was a major inconvenience. Now the shower drain & outdoor sink piping are leaking. Please take some pride in your work. We paid $55k for a huge headache. Show less

We searched for the perfect travel trailer for several years, and, this was the perfect unit! Spacious kitchen located in the front of the rv, offering lots of counter space. Full size refrigerator/freezer. The large window in the kitchen allows you to view beautiful scenery, while making a meal. The bedroom is in the rear with its own slide-out. This offers plenty of head room and space. Great for people that are tall, or, are claustrophobic. Plenty of privacy, as there is a separate door from the bedroom to the bathroom/shower. Also, your own entrance/exit door off of the bedroom outdoors. Lots of closet, drawer, and storage space throughout. Tv is located directly in front of dual recliners, so, you aren’t watching at an angle. Nice outdoor kitchen with an awning that covers dual entrance/exit doors. Screens on the doors offer a pass through for handing utensils/supplies to the person cooking outdoors. Towing is a breeze. We have a Chevy 1500 Silverado that pulls it just fine, even with all of our gear. We think it was designed well. Show less

Forest river will do absolutely everything in their power to NOT help you out. Bought a new unit where one of the slides wasn't working and a part was taped up (I'm assuming by the factory) had to get a tech to fix this brand new trailer and they refused to help me pay for it. Good job forest river on your amazing customer service we. Oh BTW, called them about 18 times and no answer, had to have my dealership reach out to them. Show less

Hello, I just spoke with Jerald Summey about my outstanding warranty claim. I received the worst customer service. Jerald was rude and short when discussing my warranty claim. Obviously his job is to deny claims, which he does well. I have multiple cosmetic issues with my Palomini that I'd like fixed and Jerald denied them all. You certainly are going to lose a customer and I will begin letting everyone I know not to choose Palomino or Forest River for their next camper purchase. I thought I was purchasing a quality camper and did so at a quality price. I am very dissapointed in my experience with this camper and your customer service/warranty department. I plan to litter the internet with negative reviews, advising folks to stay away from Palomino and Forest River. Show less