My new 2012 390BH360

Frosty · 01-09-2012, 10:36 AM

Picked this up on November at National RV Detroit. So far we have put 5600 miles on it. The only problem so far is the driver side window is not dual pane and rattles in the wind. I did stick some cardboard in it to keep it tight and it helps but in heavy wind it still rattles a little. I forgot to winterize the ice maker and froze the solenoid and split the solenoid open. With that broke the fridge doesn't work unless u unplug solenoid. Other than that it's been pretty good so far. We took it from SK, Canada to Brownsville, TX then around to Orlando.

We left rig down there and flew home for a month then we are off to the Florida Keys. We have a sight for a couple of days at Blue Water Key but, it anyone knows some other parks along the keys to stay at let me know.

tmmar · 01-09-2012, 10:47 AM

Congrats on the new 390 and welcome to the forums!!! Hope you have many trouble free and memorable trips with it!

Frosty · 01-09-2012, 11:06 AM

I've been on the forums for awhile. I got on before I ordered this rig in May. Thanks again.

18CrewDually · 01-09-2012, 11:19 AM

Love the graphics scheme on the exterior. Of course, the interior is nice too. It sounds like your already enjoying it.

wnytaxman · 01-09-2012, 04:30 PM

Congrats on the new rig. I do like the color scheme. Sharp and really stands out!

I do have one question for you though. How do you like the hard sided doors on the bunks? When we bought our rig one of the selling points for us was the lack of a hard sided door on the bunks. When we looked at a Tiffin it had the hard sided doors and the bunks felt very coffin-like to me. Also with the bunk doors open the hall was almost impassible to get to the bathroom in the Tiffin. Is this an issue in your Berkshire?

Frosty · 01-09-2012, 04:41 PM

The hard sliding doors are fine when the slides are out but when the slides are in the doors have to be closed to get into the bathroom. I'm going to change them to be more like the sliding closet door in the bedroom.
We currently only have a 4 month old and it's perfect for her we just leave one of the doors closed with her in it.

Frosty · 01-09-2012, 04:42 PM

The other thing with the hard doors is u can put top bunk up and it turns in to a wardrobe closet

TaterColo · 01-14-2012, 11:06 PM

Looks good - hope you use the heck out of it - that's why we have them after all. Let us know how you do the doors where the bunks are. I think Berk was trying to compete with Fleetwood and Tiffen on the "closet" look. No offense but I like how my bunks are "door free" on our 2011. It makes the our kids feel like they have their own space withe the curtain closed.

wnytaxman · 01-16-2012, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

The other thing with the hard doors is u can put top bunk up and it turns in to a wardrobe closet

Both the hard sided doors and the flip up top bunk that allows you to turn the bunks into a wardrobe were features we saw in the Tiffin when we were looking at bunk models two years ago. For us and the way we use our rig, the hard sided doors were kind of a deal breaker. We tend to use the unit for long trips and those hard sided doors made it too hard to use the bathroom while we were on the road. I think the flip up bunk to make it into a second wardrobe is a great idea. Maybe when the kids are gone we'll make that conversion.

gpalladinob · 01-24-2012, 03:13 PM

We purchased a 390 FL Berkshire. We are having problems with the drivers window also. It is 2 months and we are trying to get Forest River to fix...they must have gotten bad batch and we don't want our warranty to run out.

lefaivre · 01-25-2012, 12:01 AM

Congrats on the new unit. We purchased our 2012 in September and were only able to use it once before putting it away for the winter. Although ours is a 2012, it was manufactured in June 2011. Once improvement that they have made in the past 6 months is to reconfigure the cabinets in the back bedroom. Ours has two over head cabinets with the tv placed in between. The down side of this is we are only able to upgrade to a max 25inch tv.

You model will accomodate a much larger tv by way of a corner mount tv

bill2775 · 02-02-2012, 11:19 AM

i had my 390 bh 2011 bunk made into a closet with 2 mirror doors and carpet on floor works and looks great plenty of room

Frosty · 02-08-2012, 10:35 PM

Thank you everyone. We love the coach. Since we picked it up in November we traveled back to Saskatchewan, down to Brownsville, TX, Orlando, and now are currently at Bluewater Key,FL roughing i.

Frosty · 02-08-2012, 10:38 PM

[QUOTE="Frosty"]Thank you everyone. We love the coach. Since we picked it up in November we traveled back to Saskatchewan, down to Brownsville, TX, Orlando, and now are currently at Bluewater Key,FL roughing it in a 2012 390BH

Frosty · 02-08-2012, 10:43 PM

More of our site at Bluewater Key RV resort lit 69

Frosty · 02-08-2012, 10:50 PM

Another picture of the rig at Sugarloaf KOA Sugarloaf Key,FL and picture of my 5 month old daughter the reason for picking up the rig

tmmar · 02-09-2012, 10:39 AM

Very cute- the baby is beautiful. I'm sure with your new coach that she'll have many great memories of your thravels.

Frosty · 02-09-2012, 10:53 AM

Thank you. From here we are heading to Aztec RV Resort in Ft.Lauderdale and I will keep updating the resorts we come accross good of bad.

Joker · 02-09-2012, 10:36 PM

Wow! Enjoy FL. I don't get to go down there again until May. Baby's very cute! My kids love going on RV trips and I'm sure your daughter will too! We also take cousins along on some of our trips and they all have a blast.

kingwood390bh · 02-14-2012, 04:48 PM

Hey, did my eyes deceive me, or does the 2112 have 2 televisions in the front room? We are looking for a solution to the entertainment center being obscurred by the slide when driving. But having a television up front by the driver seems like overkill. There is a 2112 on Ebay with 2 tvs.

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