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We bought a used 2015 270S and have made several changes that help us enjoy it. Overall we are thrilled, but... Where to start?
A major aggravation was the 12" length of the kitchen drawers. Don't understand why FR made them so short: there was plenty of dead space behind them. Things like spatulas had to go crooked, which messed up the whole drawer and severely limited capacity. So we made all new 16-1/2" long drawer boxes. They could be longer if you're willing to relocate the false wall behind them.
The five slide out pantry drawers next to the refrigerator are terrific, but again FR did not use space efficiently. The drawer boxes are made of 3/4" thick birch plywood which is beautiful, but takes 1-1/2 inches of width, so you can't store 2 cereal boxes side by side. Thinner wood would be strong enough. Better yet, wire baskets would waste almost no width, let you see the drawer's contents, and be lighter to boot. While I'm knocking the pantry, why do I need an outer door which must be opened before you can slide out a drawer. Why not put a drawer front on each pantry drawer box and eliminate the outer door? Better yet, keep the outer door but attach all the drawers to it so one pull opens all the drawers!
We had repeated trouble (as noted in some other threads) with crud from the water heater plugging up the toilet valve. I learned that unlike residential water heaters, RV heaters do not have an internal check valve. But knowing this, a thoughtful coach builder would install one externally. When the weather breaks I hope to install a check valve on the water heater's cold water inlet (). Perhaps FR corrected this in later units.
Still working on a good place to store sewer hoses.
The seat belts in the U-shaped dinette were rudely installed without a break in the 1 x 1 support strips or the plywood that supports the cushions. So the belts 1) do not have a free pull from their floor mountings, 2) lack guides where they emerge which could allow a belted passenger to slide sideways, and 3) get pinched, kinked and abraded as they emerge. I suspect this is standard in the industry, but I cut and smoothed notches in the 1 x 1s and plywood to free, protect and guide the belts.
I put a garden hose hanger on the wall of the rear driverside compartment to square away the electrical pigtail. Keeping the pigtail coils off the floor dramatically increased the available space for other gear.
My major remaining complaint (and this seems to be industry wide) is: Why do there need to be 5 different keys: 1 for ignition, 1 for the entry door, 2 different ones for the storage compartments and fuel filler, and a fourth for the engine compartment! Why hasn't someone made a family of locks that can be keyed alike? It's not a new industry!
Don't get the wrong impression from all this whining. We love the Georgetown and didn't see anything else at under 30 feet that came close.
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