Why do all replacement ranges look so cheap?

[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by TheDuke

Closer to $3000.00 from Airstream, only place to find it.

I called our local airstream dealership and they said it was $1300 plus freight.

[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by trekerboy

I called our local airstream dealership and they said it was $1300 plus freight.

Turns out it pays to shop around! I've used PPL Motorhomes (.com) for RV parts before and gave them a call to see if they could get the Dometic CU-434. At first they said no, then called back and said "yes"! And the price was cheaper than anywhere else I could find: $875.00 including shipping from Texas to Michigan! 7-10 business days for it to arrive.

Evidently Atwood just purchased Dometic (or part of it anyway) so there's been a lot of confusion and misinformation about the availability of this unit. Most Dometic dealers I talked to just flat out were told it's not available or not available in the US. Airstream dealers I spoke to said they couldn't order it from Dometic but could order it from Airstream from their "private stock" (about $1,300 + shipping). Only PPL was able to get it for a reasonable price and have it shipped to me.

I'm beyond thrilled. Now, I just hope it arrives in one piece!

[Caroyl]

Trekker boy,
Is this the black model or stainless steel?


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[Starstream]

I'll have to call them tomorrow and find out what the non-shipping price is. We're lucky enough to have the Houston store within driving distance.

[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by Caroyl

Trekker boy,
Is this the black model or stainless steel?


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It's the stainless steel model!

[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by Starstream

I'll have to call them tomorrow and find out what the non-shipping price is. We're lucky enough to have the Houston store within driving distance.

$823.00 without shipping; shipping was $49.20 on top of that to Michigan from Texas.

[Starstream]

Thanks, trekerboy, for the info. My stove is still going to be purchased a little later, but when I contacted Dometic about the cabinet specifications, they were nice enough to email a PDF version of the owner's manual to me. That will definitely help when we build our kitchen cabinets.

[Mixter]

Originally Posted by Starstream

Thanks, trekerboy, for the info. My stove is still going to be purchased a little later, but when I contacted Dometic about the cabinet specifications, they were nice enough to email a PDF version of the owner's manual to me. That will definitely help when we build our kitchen cabinets.

Good info guys. Thats a sharp looking stove- I will be doing same.

Can you post that .pdf with cabinet specs?

[Starstream]

It's a 40 pg. document, but I do have the full, professional version of Acrobat which might allow me to pull out a few pages as long as it's not password protected. Otherwise, contact Dometic, tell them you wish to purchase this appliance and would like to know the specs. I wanted to know specifically if I could put a drawer under it for my heavy cookwear. They got back to me within the hour, with the PDF document attached to their reply.

[LaBigDogs]

Do you happen to know the price of just the cooktop with out the oven?

[cameront120]

Originally Posted by Starstream

It's a 40 pg. document, but I do have the full, professional version of Acrobat which might allow me to pull out a few pages as long as it's not password protected. Otherwise, contact Dometic, tell them you wish to purchase this appliance and would like to know the specs. I wanted to know specifically if I could put a drawer under it for my heavy cookwear. They got back to me within the hour, with the PDF document attached to their reply.

You can easily attach the PDF to your post. If you scroll down below the post reply window, you'll see a button that reads "manage attachments' which will allow you to upload your PDF and attach it to your reply.

[Starstream]

I was concerned the file size might be too big for upload here, since I don't know what the cap is for memory on this site. But, here goes.

Instruction cu434.pdf

[Starstream]

Originally Posted by LaBigDogs

Do you happen to know the price of just the cooktop with out the oven?

Dometic's US site only shows one stove on their website right now, and it's the model with the oven. But if it is the same appliance reviewed by Trailer Life/MotorHome magazines last year, it is actually made by SMEV. When I started looking for the oven model, I found all kinds of SMEV cook tops with 2 or 3 burners. Most of them were on sites from Australia, New Zealand or the UK.
Trekerboy found a different model of Dometic stove/oven called Moonlight 3 from a UK vender who was willing to ship to the US. If you can't find the cooktop you want here, look back a bit in the thread for that vender and see if they have something you like.

[switz]

The pictures have shown a non-folding cover over the three burners. That could be an "opening the cover" issue in some model trailers with the taller overhead cabinets supporting the stove exhaust fan creating a smaller gap between the hinge point of the cover and the bottom of the exhaust fan. That is why for years there was the bi-fold cover over the burners.

One needs to take some measurements to be sure there is adequate space before ordering the stove.

[Starstream]

That's a good point, Switz. In our case, we're building new cabinetry because the original with it's paper laminate was getting a bit ratty. Dometic was nice enough to send me the manual when I asked for information, so we're constructing with this particular appliance in mind. For those who might need something a bit different than CU-434 with it's one-piece glass top, Atwood now has an electronic ignition range on it's website. Don't know if or when that model is available, but if PPL Motorhomes can now track down the Dometic, they might be able to look into Atwood's new stuff.

As for the SMEV cooktops, they seem to be fairly compact. I saw a 2-burner recently in a Freightliner class B motor home for sale at PPL in Houston. It was a little guy. I've received the impression that overseas RVers generally use small trailers and class B type motorhomes. So most of the stuff I've encountered online tends to be made for small spaces.

[Caroyl]

Trekerboy,
Who did you deal with at PPL? They are quoting me $1,027.05 + $204.05 shipping 😳 to California.


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[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by Caroyl

Trekerboy,
Who did you deal with at PPL? They are quoting me $1,027.05 + $204.05 shipping 😳 to California.


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Christina at extension 161 was the one who helped me.

[switz]

We just ordered two Dometic/SMEV CU434 stainless steel oven/cooktop units from Bob Jones RV in South Houston (713-910-2949) for $899.99 each plus freight from their store to our installer in Paradise, TX. Lead time is two to three weeks.

The issue for us on the Dickinson was the large burner is in the middle of the back of the stove and would roast our spice racks located above the stove in both the Classic and the 23D. The CU434 has the one piece lift up glass lid that can funnel the burner heat away from the spice racks.

[trekerboy]

Originally Posted by switz

We just ordered two Dometic/SMEV CU434 stainless steel oven/cooktop units from Bob Jones RV in South Houston (713-910-2949) for $899.99 each plus freight from their store to our installer in Paradise, TX. Lead time is two to three weeks.

When I was checking for availability Bob Jones was one who said they could get it but the freight charge from their supplier to them and then them to me was an added $400. Glad you got a better deal!

[trekerboy]

We got our Dometic CU-434 today! It arrived slightly damaged but nothing I can't bend back in place myself. Considering what it took to find this unit I'm reluctant to send it back and ask for a new one on the account of a little bent metal.



Here it is in the cut out that was previously occupied by our "vintage" (also known and old and broken) MagicChef unit. It is slightly shorter and slightly thinner than the old one, so some cabinet modifications are in line.