2020 Safari Condo reviews

I found this trailer to be the lightest possible for an all rigid shell: a 21 ft long trailer that can sleep comfortably 5 adults and be towed by a car/SUV of only 3500 lbs tow capacity. The 2 beds are really large (true king and queen sized beds), no trouble to sleep 3 adults (myself & my 2 young adult sons) in the king size. Plenty of storage above and under the beds, that’s one of the main advantage of the F2114 against its smaller brother F1713. A trailer with lots of windows all around, great for the look, ventilation and outdoor feel. I almost never had to use the air conditioning, even when 30 degrees outside during the day (I camp mostly in Canada) thanks to the many windows. If you power on the a/c, however, beware it is very noisy and use the small fan to push the cold air to the back of the trailer. You will not suffer from black water storage capacity (we can last 4 days at 4 occupants), but fresh water supply and gray water capacity will turn short after 2 days with some basic sparing will. Shades and mosquito nets are a breeze to use and very convenient. I noticed the comment from a peer about the front large window where you should not close the shade while traveling to avoid damaging/deforming the plastic: a true fact, but I never suffered from it. The fridge has large capacity and a separate freezer, it is great except that this fancy design European model (Dometic) cost me a fortune to fix after the end year (just after warranty ended) for a defective control panel (I assume I was the unlucky one…). The 2 burner stove is fine, although a bit small and there is no oven option. The combined air heater with hot water tank is simply great: works on propane or AC power, silent when run in eco mode, heats up well and uniformly the trailer (except for the bathroom). The trailer shell, made of plastic honeycomb sandwiched between 2 aluminum sheets, is simply undestroyable by weather. I have witnessed other owners with their trailer for over 15 years without any visible wear: looked like new. This material is one key to the trailer lightweight. However, this wall material provides minimal insulation, walls and floor turn very cold in cold outside weather and heating will try to compensate accordingly. At 2 degC at night, the electric heater could not suffice to keep the inside at 20 degC and had to switch to propane once in a while to catch up on temperature (1/3 propane tank of 20 lbs emptied that night). The floor material is also prone to permanent bumps if you drop heavy objects ont it (like a bottle of wine…) Safari condo shop fixed a few bumps for me for free by filling them with fiberglass putty underneath the floor mat. There is only 1 real place to fix this trailer, it is the Safari Condo shop in remote Quebec province 250 km away from Montreal: not convenient and you must make appointments months in advance. Service personnel is just great, however, and they have fixed several buggers for free for me over the years. Show less

I love my lightweight trailer. It is made mostly out of aluminum so no wood to rot. It's 17ft, has a separate dining and sleeping areas. The bed can be used as twins or, with cushions between as a king. We keep it as twins and use it as seating during the day. If we want, we can move the table between the beds so we can seat more than 2. To travel, the roof is down so it's more aerodynamic. When camping it's up so the ceiling is over 6ft high. Only caveat is that the washroom has to be used with the door to its cubicle open, so not for the shy. We've camped in a hurricane with it and not one leak! I really am happy with it! Show less