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Trailer Life Magazine has just released the 2016 Readers Choice Awards. The awards are based on the final results of reader voting and reflect the experiences, trust, reliability etc. in various categories. The awards are Gold, Silver and Bronze. Here are the final
results. The best of the best. The awards are Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Travel Trailer: Gold - Forest River
Silver - Lance
Bronze, Jayco

Fifth Wheel: Gold - Grand Design
Silver - Keystone
Bronze - Forest River

Truck Camper: Gold - Lance
Silver - Northwood
Bronze (tie) : Bigfoot
Northern Lite

Truck for Towing: Gold - Ford
Silver - Chevrolet
Bronze - Ram

RV Awning: Gold - Dometic
Silver - Carefree of Colorado
Bronze - Lippert Components

RV Battery: Gold - Interstate Batteries
Silver - Trojan
Bronze - Optima

RV Cleaning Product: Gold - Protect All
Silver - Meguiar's
Bronze - Thetford

RV Cover: Gold - ADCO
Silver - Calmark
Bronze - Elements

RV Engine Oil: Gold - Shell Rotella
Silver - Amsoil
Bronze - Mobil 1

Fuel Additive: Gold - Lucas Oil Products
Silver - Amsioil
Bronze - Sea Foam

RV Generator: Gold - Honda
Silver - Yamaha
Bronze - Cummins

Holding Tank Chemical: Gold - Thetford
Silver - Camco
Bronze - Walex

RV Performance Enhancing Product: Gold -Banks Power
Silver - Bully Dog
Bronze - Edge Products

RV Refrigerator: Gold -Dometic
Silver - Norcold
Bronze - Atwood

RV Satellite Hardware: Gold - Winegard
Silver - King
Bronze - KVH

RV Satellite Provider: Gold - Dish
Silver - DirecTV
Bronze - Bell Canada

RV Tires: Gold - Michelin
Silver - Goodyear
Bronze - Maxxis

Tire Pressure Monitoring System: Gold - TireMinder
Silver - HawksHead
Bronze - Tire Traker

RV Toilet: Gold - Thetford
Silver - Dometic
Bronze - Nature's Head

Travel Trailer Hitch: Gold - Equal-i-zer
Silver - Reese
Bronze

Fifth Wheel Hitch: Gold - B&W
Silver - Demco
Bronze - PullRite

Truck Bed Liner: Gold - Line-X
Silver - Rhino Linings
Bronze - Bed Rug

Campground/Resort: Gold - Pala Casino RV Resort, Pala, CA
Silver -Pechanga RV Resort, Temecula, CA
Bronze - Fort Wilderness Resort, Orlando, FL

RV Casino Resort: Gold -Pala Casino Spa and Resort, Pala, CA
Silver - Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, CA
Bronze - Seven Feathers Casino Resort, Canyonville, OR

Fuel Station: Gold - Flying J
Silver - Shell
Bronze - Love's

RV Retailer: Gold - Camping World
Silver - Local Dealers
Bronze - Walmart

Sit Down Restaurant: Gold - Cracker Barrel
Silver - Denny's
Bronze - Applebee's

State to RV in: Gold -Oregon
Silver - Michigan
Bronze - Colorado

some of them actually surprise me
sheila

Thanks for posting Sue!

Let's see how I did with what I have:

Trailer: Forest River - Gold
Truck: Ford - Gold
Awning: Dometic - Gold
Fridge: Dometic - Gold
Tires: Goodyear - Silver
Toilet: Thetford - Gold
RV Casino Resort: Seven Feathers Casino Resort, Canyonville, OR - Bronze (my favorite place to camp)
State to RV - Oregon - Gold (Disclaimer: I live here so I guess I don't have to go far)

So interesting. Like Sheila said, some of them surprised me too.

Laura

Interesting list Sue. Is this posted online somewhere? I'd be curious to know standings / reviews of some of the TT's I'm thinking about.
Guess I didn't do too bad for a newbie. Got 3-Gold, 1-Silver & 1 Bronze.

No Class A's, B's or C's on that list. Hmmmm.....

gingerK wrote:No Class A's, B's or C's on that list. Hmmmm.....

The survey was done by Trailer Life Magazine. Maybe Motorhome Magazine has one too. I take both magazines but haven't read one in a while.

Martha

Acadianmom wrote:

gingerK wrote:No Class A's, B's or C's on that list. Hmmmm.....

The survey was done by Trailer Life Magazine. Maybe Motorhome Magazine has one too. I take both magazines but haven't read one in a while.

Martha

Possibly. But they did include Truck campers.

Truck Camper information, reviews etc., are part of Trailer Lifemagazine. I think because like trailers, they can be off loaded and left at a campsite, thus leaving the truck free for exploring. You want information on Class B's, C"'s, etc., you will have to get Motorhome Magazine.

No Cheryl, this info is not online to my knowledge. It came to me via email as part of my Trailer life subscription.

Sue, do you know what month this was in Trailer Life?

Martha

gingerK wrote:No Class A's, B's or C's on that list. Hmmmm.....

I was surprised by that, also.

You can find the Motorhome readers' choice awards at the web site for the Motorhome Magazine. It's published in the January, 2017 issue. I'm not too impressed with their awards when they gave Camping World a Gold.

Martha

Martha, the info came to me via email. Trailer Life sends me highlights of different things from time to time as part of my subscription, but I also get the magazine as well. Motorhome Magazine is the sister publication and is all motorhome oriented. So you gals with MH's need to refer to that one.

I am with Martha on the Camping World Gold! I would be counting the ads in the magazine. I certainly don't agree on a lot of their awards. But my take is on the time on the road talking with folks and seeing what all rigs are in the repair shop for what problem. I also wonder about their reader base for how long camping or full time, how long they owned their rig and how many rigs.

Years ago we used to get the motor home edition, but after several years let it go because at that time it was mostly information for Class A 's not our lowly 21 footer . Our friends who spent winters with us had Trailer Life, so there have been two separate magazines for years and years. Both with good info for whichever magazine you're reading and always an article of somewhere you just have to travel too, I loved those articles. Plus they have the Highways magazine for members,Of Good Sam's , a mailed mag or online version. I love the tech articles in them.

So whatever RV you have they have a Magazine for you

CArol

Birdie,

The results of the awards are from readers of the magazine, those who are both full time and just occasional users, based on their experiences. So it was the same as talking to people on the road and in campgrounds. They are the people who nominated the best of the best, the everyday RVers, not the magazines editors etc.