There are likely hundreds of viable camper options given your criteria, you can whittle that down relatively easy with a few more checked boxes. Mainly, bathroom and shower options, and what tanks do you want: black, grey, fresh?
Our camper is a South African made Conqueror UEV490, the new ones in the states are Chinese made and should be avoided from everything I’ve seen and read.
We started out in ours 3 years ago when our kids were 2 and 3. Here is what we were after for camping with our kids.
We like that it is mostly hard sided. There are lots of great options that are tented and you save on weight and hight while towing. Set up and the ‘bumps in the night’ factor change drastically with a tent camper.
Our kitchen is a slide out, so outdoor only. Lots of pros and cons here. We have a big awning we deploy almost always and tent with walls if we need it, inclement weather can play a factor. Having an indoor kitchen will add length and depending on what you cook indoors you may be stuck with those scents for a while. We liked the outdoor kitchen so we can cook and watch the kids. It does keep us outside, we are camping and that’s part of the goal.
Bathroom. If you get a toilet you get a black tank or a cassette toilet that you have to empty. We opted for a
wrappon toilet. No tanks to empty, only need a trash can, fits in the cargo area of vehicle and can be deployed rather quickly. I carry this in my daily driver… kids can be unpredictable.
Gray water tanks. We don’t have grey or black tanks. This means we have to dispose of grey water when at established sites (a 5 gallon bucket can handle several days worth of dish washing water and established sites have showers), for boondocking we haven’t had a problem with showering outdoors (our shower is on the side of camper and outdoors, we have a tent if we need privacy but usually we are isolated and showering under the stars is very liberating) and to minimize water usage we use paper plates and burn those or trash them depending on fire restrictions. Grey and black tanks add some comfort and convenience but add weight and need to be emptied.
You mentioned getting off grid. We do this often and this will limit your choices as well. The build quality and material choices, tire size, suspension and ground clearance will all be things to consider and dependent upon how far off grid are you talking. A friend of mine and fellow Conqueror owner dragged his the entirety of Alpine Loop, are you looking for that type of capability or are maintained forest service roads your limit?
We really only sleep inside ours. We have the ability to convert a bed area to table easily if need be but we haven’t eaten inside ours, yet. It has a tv but we’ve only used it to watch videos or pictures we’ve taken during that days adventures. Our goal is camping and enjoying the outdoors. Ours is a base camp setup where we may stay in one area for a couple nights and explore, then move on. We are likely on one extreme of the camper scale, where a house on wheels type coach on the other.
We can carry bikes on the roof of the LC.
Camper is 17 feet, 4500lbs, 350 tongue weight, 35 gallons of fresh water tanks. MPG 9-10.
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