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05-17-2011, 03:11 PM
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Rivet Master In Training
1965 22' Safari
Mount Airy
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Advent Air Conditioners...
Shopping for a new A/C and a local dealer is pitching an Advent, says they are using or have bought rights to the use what was the Carrier rooftop units...Does anyone know about these units or have any experience with them ? 
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05-17-2011, 03:43 PM
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1954 25' Cruiser
Kyle
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I've always tried to let a new product or vendor establish a track record of performance or reliability before I put my $$ with them.
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05-17-2011, 04:12 PM
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Liberator
1972 Argosy 24
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Heart of Dixie
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Carrier has a good name, now why would they not use it ?
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05-17-2011, 04:17 PM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
Vintage Kin Owner
Naples
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevo
Shopping for a new A/C and a local dealer is pitching an Advent, says they are using or have bought rights to the use what was the Carrier rooftop units...Does anyone know about these units or have any experience with them ? |
Kevin,
Your dealer has given you incorrect information. Advent is manufactured by a very large CHINESE firm that also makes Voyager and Jensen brand electronics. THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE A CARRIER, and from what I have been told, they bear a striking resemblance to a Dometic Brisk Air unit right down to the shape and size of the shroud. There are currently no low profile units being produced.
For what it's worth, I would stick with the known, proven RV air conditioner manufacturers like RVP (Coleman) and Dometic. Both companies manufacture their units in the USA!
THE ONLY WAY TO REDUCE THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH CHINA IS TO STOP BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS AND RETURN OUR MANUFACTURING BASE BACK HERE!!!!! 
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05-17-2011, 06:17 PM
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Rivet Master In Training
1965 22' Safari
Mount Airy
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Lewster, that's plenty enough info for me...I was eying one of the Coleman's anyway, thanks a bunch !!
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05-17-2011, 06:51 PM
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Rivet Master In Training
1965 22' Safari
Mount Airy
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Not a lot of info out there. but I did find this....
RV Advent Air Conditioners
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10-07-2020, 12:13 PM
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2018 22' Sport
Lorida
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I was reading that advents were quieter and had starter capacitors to allow starting on a generator. I hate the noise, and would like to run it odd my Honda 2200i. Not sure whether I should buy the $300 soft starter for my dometic, or spring for a newer, quieter brand with soft start built in. Thoughts?
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10-07-2020, 03:18 PM
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Rivet Master
1986 31' Sovereign
Miami
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Well, you are posting to a thread that is 9 years old so I imagine a lot has changed.
Personally, I would stick with Dometic simply to avoid replacing the thermostat and reinventing the drainage system.
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10-08-2020, 04:36 PM
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Rivet Master Commercial Member
Vintage Kin Owner
Naples
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Good plan! There are several very quiet A/C units now in production. Advanced RV is selling one, but they are around $2000!! Yikes!!!
I guess it depends on just how quiet you really want that A/C unit to be.
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