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That Corning Ware dinner set from the 1960's will break, but if you don't drop them several feet, they make good plates. The bowls are different, are heavy and much more breakable. The dinner ware from those years had the blue cornflower design on them. Can't remember the exact name for the dinnerware since I got it 47 years ago. We bring 2 or 3 plates of various sizes for dinner and breakfast use since paper feels too primitive. A large package of paper plates is pretty heavy too.
There are various sets of stainless pans and pots that nest and have detachable handles from different manufacturers. We got ours from Camping World when they had a sale last year and they are great. Much better to cook in than aluminum, but not so heavy as cast iron.
You will be buying a lot of stuff in the first year. It makes sense to join Camping World for one year. Usually a membership costs $20, but they have a lot of $12 promotions now. Business must be pretty desperate. You get 10% off but prices are still high. You'll find RV products are expensive. You will probably get more than $120 worth or $200 worth of stuff in the first year. You can get big discounts at CW on Woodall's camping directory since they are owned by the same company. A number of Forum members have warned to not let CW mechanics touch an Airstream. CW is a necessary evil since they have a lot of stores and sometimes you need stuff and that's the easy place to go.
We bought a small vacuum (4 lbs. and a big motor) from Griot's. You can't always get it done with a broom and since you are camping, dirt is always a problem. Many campgrounds have little or no grass, so dust, mud, gravel, and grass clippings all find their way inside. Griot's sells a lot of stuff for detailing expensive cars. You can Google it. We use their paint sealant to wax the Safari. They say it lasts a year and so far, so good after 10 months. In between paint sealant applications, use spray on wax after a wash. This stuff is easy to apply and that matters with something as big as a trailer. You'll need a plastic cleaner and polish for the rock guard windows in front—do it just as it says because they scratch easily. The metal rock guards below the windows are stainless and most any polish or wax does not work on them. You can use a stainless steel cleaner and polish on them, but just about anything tends to streak on them.
A fan in the fridge is a good idea to distribute cold better. We bought a battery operated one at CW and later found it had no switch. Taking it apart to save the batteries quickly resulted in the thing falling apart. We wired it together for a while, but that became such a pain, it got thrown out. Get one with a switch.
We really liked the 27', but for a variety of reasons chose the 25'. Some days I wish I had the 27', but we're happy with the 25'.
Gene
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