Million Dollar Question

Hey guys, 
Here it is.
If the Prolite Plus has a slide, why is the Prolite without the slide called the Prolite Plus S?

Hello, Yess we have a Plus S, and it witout slide...  But realy light for a smal RV tracting...

The real million dollar question is :  Will we be able to go camping this summer ? !!

@Myprolitepluss

Bonjour,  

La Plus a été conçue avant la Plus S donc "S" pour standard

Ah ok je pensait pour Spéciale...  De toute façon elle est aussi plus légère et très bien quipée et c'est ce qui nous a attiré...
Merci pour l`info...

@Myprolitepluss a écrit:

Hey guys, 
Here it is.
If the Prolite Plus has a slide, why is the Prolite without the slide called the Prolite Plus S?

Well, the running gag at Prolite was that they wanted to call it "Moins" or "Minus":  it is in reality the "Plus" minus the slide out, minus the stereo system...

In fact, the idea was to produce a slightly bigger "Mini" with a separate toilet.

That’s awesome!! Thanks I was also curious why they don’t mechanically adhere the fiberglass to the luan, or why they haven’t gone to Azdel. Unfortunately my unit had the issue with the poor adhesives they have stopped using.

@Myprolitepluss a écrit:

That’s awesome!! Thanks I was also curious why they don’t mechanically adhere the fiberglass to the luan, or why they haven’t gone to Azdel. Unfortunately my unit had the issue with the poor adhesives they have stopped using.

To my best knowledge, they are still using contact cement to glue the Filon (or FRP, or fiberglas) to the luan substrate, the only change they made is that the contact cement that used to be red, has been changed the for green:  I suppose, for "Green" marketing purpose.  The other change may be the switch from solvent base contact cement to water base contact cement, which is less harmful to assembly workers.

Your delamination problem may have been caused by improper substrate cleaning, incomplete pressure rolling or too long time before assembling the two glued components;  I don't think that glue quality is of a prime concern.

With regards to Azdel, the essential reason is cost.  There may be also a concern with the "bendability" of AZDEL, it may be OK for the walls which are flat, but it may break or crack while trying to bend it.  At the very end, I am convinced that everything is cost related:  offering a better product won't necessarily generate sales increase, changing interior wood color or exterior striping will...

So I did the factory tour and They did explain to me the red adhesive they were using was an inferior product thus the change to the new product. They were great regarding the issue that they knew about and they are standing by the product. It’s an easy process. They heat roll any areas and I’m set. It’s purely cosmetic but they will gladly heat and roll when needed.