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Chad's RV Reviews at Airstream of Greensboro
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Hey folks, welcome to my channel! My name is Chad Watson from Chad's RV Reviews. I'm an RV Specialist at Airstream of Greensboro and Blue Compass RV of Greensboro. We are a Five Rivet Airstream dealership. I'm an Airstream Master Certified and factory-trained Sales Professional, and I'm happy to help you find your perfect RV!
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8510 Norcross Road Colfax, NC 27235
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www.bluecompassrv.com/locations/north-carolina/greensboro?
(336) 749-1828 (call or text)
chad@chadsrvreviews.com
www.chadsrvreviews.com
8510 Norcross Road Colfax, NC 27235
Our Airstream is broken! Watson's Airstream Update!
You’ve probably heard the adage, “RV stands for ruined vacation.” Well, we haven’t yet had a vacation ruined, but while at a recent Airstream rally, we realized we have front end separation. Watch the video to find out who first noticed the telltale sides (spoiler: it wasn’t Chad) and what it takes to repair front end separation. Plus, Chad talks about the different types of rivets and the lithium battery upgrade he’s doing.
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Unbelievable Vintage 1986 Airstream 345 Motorhome
Просмотров 11 тыс.День назад
“Designed for those who demand performance and luxury.” That’s how Airstream marketed its 1986 motorhome, and we recently had the opportunity to see one for ourselves. A 1986 Airstream 345 Motorhome is at Airstream of Greensboro for service, and the owner allowed Chad and Laura to take a tour. It has ample storage, inside and out, features that were state-of-the-art in 1986, plus some classic A...
Is the 28RBQ our next Airstream?? 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 28RBQ
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.14 дней назад
The Airstream Flying Cloud 28RB is a versatile floor plan with plenty of storage. It features ample couch space along the panoramic window, an independent dinette and more overhead storage than similar floor plans. Plus, the Flying Cloud 28RB may have more mirrors than any other Airstream. Chad thinks this will become Laura’s favorite floor plan - does she agree? Join Chad and Laura as they wal...
I May Get In Trouble For This One! Is the Trade Wind worth it? 
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.21 день назад
Front-end separation is a big topic among Airstreamers right now, and we’re all checking the front of our campers to see if we have it. There’s some good news: Airstream is making a change to help prevent front-end separation in Airstreams moving forward. Watch the video to hear what they’re doing. Plus, Chad explains an important update Airstream made recently to the Trade Wind and whether the...
Is this the BEST RV Wifi - #TravlFi XTR
Просмотров 2,8 тыс.Месяц назад
Thanks to TravlFi for sponsoring this video. Enter their Unlock the Outdoors Giveaway for a chance to win two months of unlimited data OR a TravlFi Journey1 Hotspot with free activation. There are eight different ways to enter here: travlfi.com/giveaway. The contest ends on June 30, 2024. Winners will be limited to residents of the United States and Canada. It’s nice to be able to unplug when y...
Which is best? 2024 Airstream International 23FB vs 25FB vs 27FB
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Once you’ve decided which model of Airstream travel trailer you want, you have to figure out which length is right for you. Join Chad as he compares three popular International floor plans: 23FB, 25FB, and 27FB. You can compare both color schemes available, the available storage, and different bed configurations. Plus, find out which floorpan has the biggest bathroom. 2024 International 23FB - ...
Is the $7,500 Hatch Worth It? 2024 Airstream International 25FB Twin with Hatch
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.Месяц назад
The Airstream International combines elegance and function. With a design palate inspired by the ocean, it features solid-surface countertops, dark flooring in a wood herringbone pattern, and storage with back-lit frosted sliding doors. Chad gives us a tour of this Airstream, including a Powered ZipDee Patio Awning, an optional hatch, and an optional lithium battery package. Shop Airstream of G...
Mastering Campsite Setup: Tips for Beginners
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Месяц назад
We all look forward to a relaxing camping trip, but there is a lot to do when you arrive at a campsite before you can put your feet up. In the second episode of the First-Timer RV series, Chad shows us how to set up camp, including surveying your site before you pull in, leveling your RV, and hooking up your sewer hoses to avoid a mess. *Disclaimer* Please consult your owner's manual for the be...
The BEST Features of the Rockwood Geo Pro 20FKS
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.Месяц назад
Geo Pro travel trailers are everything you want and need in a camping experience in an easily towable package. Bigger off-road tires and a great standard solar package allow you to take these to places you never deemed possible. Like us on Facebook chadsrvreviews Follow us on Instagram chads_rv_reviews Shop Rockwood at Blue Compass - www.bluecompassrv.com/rv-search?s...
Shortest Double Axle Airstream - 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 23FB Queen Bed with Seattle Mist Color
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.Месяц назад
The Airstream Flying Cloud 23FB Travel Trailer is a purposefully designed trailer with intentional features to help you maximize your travel experiences. Prepared for families of all sizes and built for comfort to any destination, Flying Cloud is a feature-packed travel trailer that can go the distance and is a canvas waiting to be painted with a personal touch. Like us on Facebook facebook.com...
First Time RVer Series - Part 1 - Before Departure
Просмотров 1 тыс.2 месяца назад
First Time RVer Series - Part 1 - Before Departure
What did Airstream improve? 2024.5 Airstream Globetrotter 25FB Queen
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 месяца назад
What did Airstream improve? 2024.5 Airstream Globetrotter 25FB Queen
Ultimate Full Timing Airstream?? - 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 30RBQ
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
Ultimate Full Timing Airstream?? - 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 30RBQ
Chad's First look: 2024 Brinkley Model Z Air 295
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.3 месяца назад
Chad's First look: 2024 Brinkley Model Z Air 295
Airstream's Most Affordable Line of Travel Trailers!
Просмотров 7 тыс.3 месяца назад
Airstream's Most Affordable Line of Travel Trailers!
Full Walkthrough of the top selling 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 25FB Twin
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 месяца назад
Full Walkthrough of the top selling 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 25FB Twin
Rare Flying Cloud with Hatch and Front Bunk! - 2024 Flying Cloud 25FB Twin Bed
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.3 месяца назад
Rare Flying Cloud with Hatch and Front Bunk! - 2024 Flying Cloud 25FB Twin Bed
Airstream's Most Expensive Camper Van! Full Walkthrough - 2024 Airstream Atlas
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Airstream's Most Expensive Camper Van! Full Walkthrough - 2024 Airstream Atlas
Airstream's Most Expensive Campervan - 2024 Airstream Atlas with E1
Просмотров 14 тыс.4 месяца назад
Airstream's Most Expensive Campervan - 2024 Airstream Atlas with E1
The Off Grid Airstream Travel Trailer - 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Technical Walkthrough
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The Off Grid Airstream Travel Trailer - 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Technical Walkthrough
Full Walkthrough - 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Twin Bed
Просмотров 10 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Full Walkthrough - 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Twin Bed
First look at the 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Twin
Просмотров 15 тыс.5 месяцев назад
First look at the 2024 Airstream Trade Wind 25FB Twin
Most Expensive and Luxurious Airstream Trailer Ever! 2024 Airstream Classic 33FB Queen Bed
Просмотров 80 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Most Expensive and Luxurious Airstream Trailer Ever! 2024 Airstream Classic 33FB Queen Bed
Worth the price? The Level Mate Pro install and review for your Airstream trailer.
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Worth the price? The Level Mate Pro install and review for your Airstream trailer.
Big Red Number and Airstream Club - What is it and why you want to Rally!
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Big Red Number and Airstream Club - What is it and why you want to Rally!
Airstream that SLEEPS NINE! 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 30FBQ Bunk
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Airstream that SLEEPS NINE! 2024 Airstream Flying Cloud 30FBQ Bunk
THE PARTY BUS Airstream - 2024 Globetrotter 30RB Twin Bed
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THE PARTY BUS Airstream - 2024 Globetrotter 30RB Twin Bed
2024 Trade Wind Seminar at the Ocean Lake 2023 CAC Rally
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2024 Trade Wind Seminar at the Ocean Lake 2023 CAC Rally
First look at the 2024 Airstream International 27FBQ
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First look at the 2024 Airstream International 27FBQ
I would bring it back but add sliders to the motor home 🏠 it would sell you have a good day 😮
Great video! this information was super helpful, and I considered internet like T-Mobile and Starlink, but the costs and connectivity drove me away. I'm a full time RVer and I use HomeFi. Its been the best for me, and its download and upload speeds have been great due to the strong signal! It has been affordable and reliable, and has great customer service too!
I hate those curtains. I would never buy one because of the curtains. I hate them so much.
YES!!! Keep it simple in couple lengths. Choice of engines too!! Great Video!!!! I graduated from college in 1986 LOL!
A bit tired, but in great condition for the year.
Chad, the switch is unnecessary. Reps from Battleborn can walk you thru the process of changing the victron setting to allow charging off 15 amp.
Yes, but not everyone is capable of making such changes.
The fact that after nearly 4 decades most everything still remains relatively intact and operational is truly a testament to the quality and craftsmanship that was put in to these elite coaches.
I agree!
Low rpm generator
Very sweet
Not sure I like the automatic steps. I can see me getting up in the morning, stepping out and finding out the motor had burned out. BOOM
Excellent info question- what about twin bed configuration? did airstream also reinforce the front also?? specifically in 2024 27ft flying cloud and how can a customer tell? thanks
Yes, they did. The only way to tell is to take front apart and look in side.
@@ChadsRVReviews I figured you would say that this info is so helpful and backs up a lot of what i read on forums good luck putting your rig back together!
@@djstopenhagen3711 Thank you!
it would be great to see it back, that and the gmc motorhome! a modern diesel, front wheel drive would be big asset
Suggestion! Keep a hand on the wheel, it's disconcerting when you are driving hands-free. That said THANK YOU for finally explaining WHY to shift down. My husband does it all the time but never told me WHY. Also GREAT review! Thanks for opening all the doors and drawers and slide in/slide out. I want this RV all the more!
I like the 20 foot Bambi better due to the dinette not being U-shape. You could sit 4 people comfortably versus the U-shape dinette.
Super cool vid Chad ! Love seeing stuff like this .
Thanks!
Great video! I have a question...If I purchase the TravlFi JourneyXTR LTE Wi-Fi Router, do I need the TravlFi Journey1 LTE Wi-Fi Hotspot for connection or does the Router works as a standalone connection (with the internet plans) for RV parks?
You don’t need the Journey 1. The XTR is a more advanced version of the Journey1!
Looking forward to updates as the work is done. Thank you or sharing!
You're welcome!
This is just big enough for a couple. I like it! Even has an oven, and I love the front window.
Yes, it is! It's may new favorite Geo Pro floorplan!
I don’t think you mentioned it, but the 23 does NOT have air conditioning vents in the bathroom nor an exhaust fan.
I would love to have one. Airstream should bring back. Maybe a little wider but I love no slides
I have owned the Levelmate product for about ten years. As a solo traveler I need the functionality but I am totally disgusted with the product. It is defective overall. I learned quickly that it eats batteries so you have to take a pack of button batteries with you on camping trips because you never know when it will die. Years ago I reached out to the seller and he told me to just remove the battery on camping days and when in storage. I have to leave the case open and dig the battery out continuously. That works except you have to remember to install it back on breaking camp days- a hassle. A fellow Airforum member contacted the seller a year after I got mine, and he sent him a new unit with an on/off switch on it. Now the product is handled by TechnoRV the never able to contact people. I am looking for something else. If you read in forum posts on this product, owner after owner, complains about the power issue and they hack it trying to power it in different ways.
Mine has a switch. I turn it off when I'm not using it.
@@ChadsRVReviews Yes, to get a newer one I would have to rebuy but even then they eat batteries as others posted thus the adapter hacks they are sharing. I wish the seller would have given me the same option he gave the other Airforum member years ago I mentioned. It was his post on getting one with a switch that prompted my contact to the seller but I did not get the same offer.
Airstream also made a 370 motorhome based on a Gillig chassis with a Ford engine.
Cool!
What a shame. So sorry to hear about this. Hopefully you can get it resolved in a timely manner without too much reconstruction. Nice battery bank you’ll have. I’d like to add a couple more but not sure where to install them along with the extra weight.
Thank you!! One of those batteries is your old non-heated one! 🤣
@@ChadsRVReviewsgood to know it has a nice home.
Ge is garbage
So far, the Profile has actually seem to be great.
@@ChadsRVReviews let’s hope he is not right Chad.i just put money down on a trailer from your dealership. Would not be good for me to have an issue with. Boy, what a video I would make.
@@Tincupping@Tincupping My store has sold over 100 airstreams this year and the only warranty work we have done on the GE Profile is replacing two wall-mount thermostats! At this point, I think the GEs are great!
@@ChadsRVReviews so glad to hear! Will expect that to hold true for me.
@@ChadsRVReviews I love my current AS, and I am looking forward to my new one. I will say, it is disturbing that given the investment you must make in an AS, AR chooses not to put the very best most reliable components into the trailer. Easy to do on their part. Truma has the highest rated RV AC in the industry. It should be a no brainer for AS, and any other manufacturer for that matter. Hey, when you are charged a lot for a product be prepared for the consumer to demand a lot in return. What’s good for the goose….
Oh no! I feel somewhat better knowing the 2024.5 had the brackets installed to help solve this issue, but I am still concerned.
I am an AS owner as well. Sad 5hing is AS has know about this for a long time and did nothing to fix the problem and even refused to repair for many owners outside of warranty. It is a design flaw that Jackson Center has said in writing to me has been corrected on 2024 models.
How much is the front end repair? I have the exact year and model you have
I'm going to go into more detail about the pricing in the next video!
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So cool!
Yes, it Mike!
I’ve seen a single hail storm totally destroy an Airstream!
I’ve seen houses, cars, other RVs, farms, trees… man all kinds of things be destroyed by the mother nature. Nice thing about an Airstream, you can move it if you know a hail storm is coming! 😆
All of the other RVs around the Airstream were fine, no damage. Only the Airstream was pitted with hundreds of large dents. The hail was not forecasted. You never know when hail will hit and the size of hail cannot be predicted.
Yes, they definitely should bring it back!! Thank you for sharing 🤗
We agree!!
Gimme it!!!!!! It’s awesome and I want it!!!!!
Same!!
@@ChadsRVReviews Chad since you are the boss why don’t you and your Missus take it for a nice trip and call it a road test?! I would! Think of all the fun you would have motoring down the road in that beautiful classic!! Off you go Chad and Laura!!
That is very cool! Great review
Thanks for watching!
No air conditioner vents in the bathroom? Also could really use the pop up vent in the shower.
There AC vents in the bedroom. I agree on the pop up vent in the shower or at least in the bathroom!
Thay realy do last forever
Yes, they do!
There's a family in our neighborhood that has one of these-it appears from time to time in front of their house. The first time I saw it I was dumbfounded-I never knew that Airstream made anything like that! It's an impressive-looking thing. So cool that you got to experience one.
Also, crazy that they use to make a travel trailer with a slide!
@@ChadsRVReviews I didn't know that either!
What’s the price difference between the 2023 and the 2024 Basecamp 20X new? Also, what can you get a used 2023 for versus the new 2024?
I believe it was a 2.5% increase from 2023 to 2024. Shoot me an email and I can quote you for new and used.
Power up there? Got 12volts splice
Power up where?
Nice!! Thanks for showing it to us.
You're welcome!!
One of the tings was a NuTone Appliance Center in the kitchen. Google it. It was a very neat thing for its day. One of those circles is the motor control. The other one was a motor drive unit made for various attachments. The blender was the best part though. But there were various other things as well. Thanks for doing a video of this unit. They were so cool for their day!
Great video and a beautiful motor home. But what struck me is when Chad said that it only has 230 hp and yet a brand new Airstream Atlas has only just over 200 hp which is obviously not enough. If Airstream does bring it back I would hope that it would be more reliable than their current motor homes. Interesting video thanks for sharing.
But the Atlas has 332 ibs of torque! The new Atlas has great power and torque for it's size! If they ever did the 345 again, I think it would be on Ford F53 chassis that has the new Godzilla engine! It's 7.3L V-8 with 335HP and 468 ft-ib of torque!
@@ChadsRVReviews Chad, I spent my entire adult life working as a railway mechanic and I know a thing or two about diesel engines, a little 2 litre four cylinder twin turbo high output engine is screaming to produce 200 plus hp, it’s not going to last. In regards to the Airstream 345, if they would bring it back with the chassis and engine you described that would be just awesome! We really enjoy your videos. Regards
Every since Thor bought airstream they have turned the brand into crap
@@roberthepburn-gr4fq Thor has owned Airstream since 1980. They are the reason we still have Airstream. Thor saved Airstream from bankruptcy. www.airstream.com/blog/the-history-of-thor-and-airstream/
@@ChadsRVReviews Thor builds crap RV's
Awesome review. Airstream should definitely bring these back
Agreed!
Sir, can I ask for your response to all the people who say this is way overpriced and that they can get a much nicer camper for cheaper?
There are many of reasons but the main reasons are quality and resale value.
Yes, please have Laura doing the interior. Thank you
She'll love that you said that!
What are you talking about with the power jack you get one cause you’re lazy. Not to add stabilizer bars you lost me in that comment alone
Makes it easier when connecting your weight distributions system.
Wish they'd put that full-width bathroom in a 30-foot series Flying Cloud.
That's the 33' Classic!
To pricey
So, what are the actual dimensions of the queen and twin beds (length/width)?
Queen is normally 60" x 75" and the twin is normally 34" x 80"!
Howmuch
I give you the MSRP, but Airstream doesn't allow me to give out sales prices over RUclips. Give me a call or shoot me an email and I can give you a sales price.
We LOVE our Level Mate Pro. We have auto-level on our levellers but it is basically useless. We level manually, using the Level Mate to guide us and it is so easy!
Auto level on RVs doesn't work haha.
@@ChadsRVReviews ---exactly, and you can follow the directions for resetting until you are blue in the face and it still gives you the endless-roller-coaster-ride "levelling" experience, lol. Manual levelling is easy and the Level Mate Pro helps immensely---love to see all those zeroes come up!!