Snowbirds' Dream. My parents were full-time snowbirds and the first thing my sister said when she saw the Reflection was, "Mom would have loved this!" If I were in the market for a 5th wheel, I would buy this one, for two reasons. Number one: You would be hard pressed to find a cleaner or better maintained unit. Number two: It is a Grand Design, so many thoughtful, beautiful, and functional ideas in this fifth wheel. Just the control center for raising and lowering the hitch into place is an absolute dream, but then they also included automatic leveling. It is a “lite” model and we towed it with a Ram 2500. We are the second owners, with the first having bought it to live in for 2 or 3 years while they built a house and we used the RV for camping trips, mostly in Washington and Oregon. We had plans to head for Alaska, but that isn’t going to happen for us.
Everything major works, like the stove, oven, refrigerator, furnace, fans (automatic open and close), air conditioning, lights, sinks, toilet, awning, and slide outs. Even the heat and massage on the captain’s chairs work. Minor things like the sensors and the shower door roller aren’t working correctly. We just updated the batteries in July.
The three TVs (living room, bedroom and outside!) are Roku TVs and there is a cable hookup available in the control hatch. All of the specs for the Reflection can be found here:
https://www.rvusa.com/rv-guide/2018-grand-design-reflection-29rs-fifth-wheel-specs-fp37217
Copy and paste that if the hyperlink won’t work on this site. If you haven't looked at Grand Design models before, I think you will be surprised at everything added into this model. We've owned several different rvs through the years and, as the chief cook and bottle washer, this is one of the easiest for preparing and cooking food. For example, the microwave is also a convection oven and you can leave half the (huge farm) sink cover on for additional counter space. The storage is mind blowing - besides all the cupboards, there's a drawer built into the table and one of the chair seats lifts up to a little cubby perfect for card decks and scoring materials.
I recently read a write-up on this rv where they called it a luxury experience. It will take you where you want to go, sets up easily, and you feel like you're in an expensive hotel suite. So, the write-up was spot on!
