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Flagstaff 170

(2007)

Highlights (or in the case of the 170, "low-lights")

This little disaster was Flagstaff's attempt to make the Lightest Pop-up Ever. However, it wasn't that light (1000 lbs.--which wasn't that impressive for an 8' camper in 2007) and the features they left off or modified to get to that weight were sorely missed:
- Shortened counter-tops (this also meant shortened cupboard depth)
- No furnace (given the shallow cupboards a furnace could not physically fit inside this camper!)
- 8" wheels! (12" were the smallest wheels used for regular campers in 2007--we hadn't seen 8" wheels on a Flagstaff since the early '90s)
- No spare tire
- No entry step
- No mounted stabilizing jacks (two loose tri-pod hand-crank jacks were provided)
- The usual 1/2" plywood seat bottoms were replaced with 1/4" paneling (not joking).
- No fridge available, only an ice box
- No roof vent whatsoever
- No patio light (and only one inside dome/ceiling light)
- 3" mattresses (we think; that detail is a little blurry since we've tried to excise this particular model from our memory. But they were definitely thinner than the usual 4" mattresses in 2007.)
Some things (like heat) are why pop-up-camping folks like pop-up campers. If almost all of those features are gone, why not just go with a tent? Granted, the 170 got people "off the ground" and gave them a sink and a stove, so there's that.

Incidentally, the 2007 176ED weighed only 250 lbs. more (1250 lbs.) than the 170 and had all of these MAC features: 12" wheels, plywood seat bottoms, a furnace, interior stove, exterior grill (or 2-burner stove), step, spare tire, powered roof vent, patio light, 2 dome lights, 2 attached crank-down stabilizing jacks, 4" mattresses.

Not surprisingly the 170 lasted only half a season before being discontinued.