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DIANNE · RV-Dreams Community Member

Dynamax Trilogy question for Fulltimer

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

Hi Dianne......there is alot of information on both of these units in our search engine.......this has been a very common thread this year exactly as you have just asked.

simply just enter it into the upper search engine and it will bring it up.

Welcome to the forum

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Dianne,

There is a thread in this category that was all about the Dynamax Trilogy. A link to it is here:

Dynamax Trilogy

There was quite a bit of discussion about the Trilogy, some of which was pretty negative. In addition, I happened to find a couple of units here locally to check out since I wasn't finding the information I wanted online either. So, I took some pictures of the two models that were here and created a blog post on my blog. A link to my "review," if you will, was posted in the above linked thread and also is here:

Personal Observations on Dynamax Trilogy

Terry

jayc · RV-Dreams Family Member

Diane, welcome to the RV Dreams forum. You might want to look at the Heartland Landmark that offers R23 insulation in the roof, dual 15,000 BTU whisper quiet fully ducted air conditioners and is warranted and rated for full time use.

We love ours and have been living in it without issues for over a year. Good luck in your search.

Jack Mayer · RV-Dreams Family Member

"whisper quiet" RV air conditioners? Where did you find those? Currently, the quietest rooftop AC unit is the Coleman Mach 8, and I would not consider it "quiet". In fact, I know of no "quiet" rooftop AC units. However, the Coleman is "quieter"..... :)

Jo And Craig · RV-Dreams Family Member

We are still wannabes, but I'm curious about these A/Cs everyone keeps talking about... about how loud they are. Are they any louder than an old-fashioned window unit in a S&B? If not, then I can probably deal with it. The droning is soothing, and should block out scary noises! confuse

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

most A/C units are no noisier than a window unit.......even central air in a house makes noise with the condenser outside......like you said the droning....its going to be there with the blower and compressor up there

Jo And Craig · RV-Dreams Family Member

But tolerable? Or obnoxious?

Lucky Mike · RV-Dreams Family Member

Mary there very tolerable........of course lack of insulation could make a difference...........suggestion would be to make sure you get to operate it before buying , ......one persons tolerance is another's nitemare ........

but on the same thought some people expect to much...............

normally an obnoxious loud A/C is making all that noise because it is struggling for power and the compressor is overworking or it is low on freon....or the condenser outside is dirty or blocked and the unit starts back flooding with freon.....

kb0zke · RV-Dreams Family Member

Before you decide on a coach for full-time use, I'd STRONGLY suggest a factory tour. Look at how the coaches are built, but take what the tour director says with a grain or two of salt. The purpose of the tour is to convince you that their coach is the best. We toured the DRV factory and the Heartland factory a few days apart, and really learned a lot. When we bought our mpg two years ago we were pretty sure that our full-time coach would be a Bighorn or maybe a Landmark (all three brands are Heartland products). If we were to decide on a 5'er, though, it would be a DRV. I saw bare frames for both, and that was enough to make me switch my loyalty.

Don't get me wrong. Heartland builds some nice coaches, and when the inevitable errors are discovered, they stand behind their products. They also have a wonderful owners' club and an active owners' forum.

The a/c in our mpg is very noisy, and the whole unit is either on or off, unlike a normal home or car unit. Don't know what you will find in a 5'er. I would imagine, though, that a ducted system would be quieter than a non-ducted one.