2 Year Review Of Tiffin Breeze | Compact Class A Diesel Pusher
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 08. 2024
- This month, we're celebrating two years of owning our 2017 Tiffin Breeze 31BR. And we've gotten quite a few questions lately from folks asking how it's working out for us. Since our last review of our coach was a year ago, we thought we'd give you an update on what we like about our Breeze, what we'd like to change and if we would buy a Breeze again.
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Our Tiffin Breeze is a small Class A diesel pusher motorhome. We live, work and travel in it full-time. Over the past year, we traveled to 13 states in it. We camped in National Parks, State Parks, City Parks, County Parks, RV Parks and parking lots. We dry camped, camped with full hookups and everything in between. We travel with our 85 pound dog, and last summer Grammy K joined us for about 2.5 months. So we also experienced what its like to live in a small diesel pusher like our Breeze with 3 adults and a big dog!
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Thanks for watching! If you'd like more information about our experience with our Tiffin Breeze, we have a playlist of our videos specifically talking about our motorhome: czcams.com/video/XNy8qVpYYt4/video.html .We've also linked directly to all of our Breeze videos in the description of this video. đ
Hey mark I'm thinking of buying a Tiffin 37PA Would I be able to get into any park I would like to Or would I have trouble because of the length
Great video full of great information! Thanks for the review. We're so pleased that you love your Breeze. We appreciate you!
Hey y'all! Thanks for checking it out. đ Our 31BR is definitely the perfect choice for us. #lifesabreeze #roughingitsmoothly
WOW how time flies! I can't believe it has been 2 years already!!! So glad you still love the coach, that is awesome!!!
It is crazy how fast that 2 years went! đ We are absolutely loving our Breeze.
Iâm glad you are happy with your coach. It makes all the difference in the world when youâre comfortable. Tom, I hope your parents have recouped and doing well by now. And, Stacie, I trust your Mom is well, too. Kisses to Star!! â€ïžâ€ïžâ€ïž
Thanks so much Judy!
Thanks for being a Breeze ambassador. The model deserves some great press. It really is a wonderful solution. Glad Bob wanted his wife to be able to drive a nice coach. So, absolutely, yes. But then we are a bit predjudiced on the subject.
We love our Breeze Pat! We really do feel like it is the perfect motorhome for us.
great video, like the honest thoughts and comments. keep on keeping on...
Thanks Megan! đ
Glad you guy's are doing alright, and your happy..couldn't happen to a sweet couple..Stay safe!
Thanks so much Chuck! Hope things are good with you.
Howdy Y'all âïž! This is not so much a comment on the segment as it is a business suggestion. With so many potential RV buyers now turning to CZcams and more so full-time YT RVers for real world use, practicality and function based research prior to purchase. I've noticed more and more manufactures are getting onboard with brand ambassadors demo representatives to showcase their products. In my opinion, y'all have been preforming this service and should looking into a sponsorship of sorts because y'all are truly a great source of information on the subject and product.
Thanks Ben! đ
Great to listen to this morning. Happy travels!
Thanks Tim! Hope you're doing well.
Wow,Time really does fly I remember when you guys bought that up at Mt Comfort RV. Tiffin builds great motorhomes glad you all are enjoying it.
Thanks Bob! We canât believe itâs been 2 years.
Congratulations on 2 yrs! Seems we got our â17 31BR just a couple months after you. We love ours, too, and have enjoyed watching your adventures (and how-tos). Stay safe. Be well.
Glad to hear that y'all love your 31BR too! It's a great coach. Be safe!
We hear the Texas state parks are open, are yâall getting ready to get going. We are hoping soon they will open in Arkansas. Good luck and stay safe as we get our States opened back up...
Always enjoy yâall sharing great videos.
Hey Randy! Many of the Texas State Parks reopened this past Monday... sort of. The ones that are open are day use only at this point and with restrictions (like no public restrooms). We hope they will completely open again soon.
We have a 34PA. Love itâŠ
Nice
Already 2 years! That went by fast. Congrats on all you've experienced in your travels, so far, and your wise RV choice. I â€ïžyour Breeze, too -- it's taken me to places I've never been đ. Thanks for always sharing such great info.
Time flies when you're having fun! We can't wait to see where it takes us all next!
Love đ your laugh Stacie! My the weeks fly by quickly when you are in self-quarantine lock-up! Looking forward to the next year of travel with yâall! But I do have to mention that in several videos in the past year you mentioned the lack or restrictions with space. Broke my heart to see those golf clubs walk. And you got a new chair and had to shed two item because the new chair weighed more than the previous one. Love your videos. Stay safe, be well!
LOL Thanks Jim! One thing living in a space this size will teach you is to make tough choices when it comes to your stuff. But, using the golf clubs as an example... we honestly hadn't used them in years, so there wasn't a whole lot of reason for us to carry them around just on the chance that we might eventually play. If we used them, it would have been different. And maybe one of these days will pick up another set somewhere along the way. đïžââïž đ
Congrats ya'll, and many more.
Thanks so much!
Good job
Thank you
Tennessee State Parks open Friday, with exception of campgrounds. Not known for sure when campgrounds will open. I expect May 1st.
Thanks for the update Randall! Hopefully camping will be able to open soon.
We own a 45ft American coach and have been thinking about down sizing. I have always liked the breeze
We really enjoyed our Breeze, Pete.
Great video. Glad you like your 31BR. I am glad the little Cummins is working out great for you. I keep trying to get cummins to put the little V8 on a growth program and stretch it up to double or maybe a little more. It would be fun. See I have to much time on my hands.
Lol! Keep on âem Bill! đ
good info please keep us posted as to when Texas opens its parks to camping
Will do Allan!
Thanks for sharing. Stacie...I just showed this to my daughter to see if she agreed with me and she did! You and my sister favor A LOT! The first time I clicked on one of your videos I thought you could be my sister's sister more than me! Lol. Both of you are beautiful! Love y'all!
Wow Tracy! Maybe we're related somewhere down the line. đ
Thanks u guys for the good video. đđđâïžâïžâïž
Glad you enjoyed it Alex! Thanks for watching.
Very informative.
Thanks Richard!
Thanks for sharing Y'all!
Thanks for watching David!
That's great y'all from what I've seen from the video have had a great time.my coach had lead acid battery I wanted to go to lithium but my coach system has a pictalur system that doesn't support lithium so I put 4 agm battery in.so check your system to make sure you can put lithium in
Great point Geo. Thanks!
call battleborn they where extremely helpful
Question: if u DO convert to Lithium, how is that done without doing any harm to the coach? And does that affect your warranty negatively? Iâm asking cause I love the Breeze. Have spent 2 years researching them but I so want Lithium, even tho the price is crazy high. Just donât know how Iâd go about finding reliable technician. I so remember seeing the CZcams about your rig that was for sale BEFORE you bought it. And the incredible great care that rig had been given by previous owner. You found a gem for sure. Enjoy watching both of you. And this 2nd year review just helped cement my decision about the coach I will buy.......one more year b4 retiring. Then Iâm gettin outta Dodge!
We really do LOVE our Breeze, Lauren. We feel like it's the perfect RV for us. As far as converting to Lithium batteries... in talking with folks who have made the change it's simply a matter of making sure the batteries are connected correctly and that your charge controller can be adjusted to lithium vs lead acid or agm. If we put in a new charge controller, inverter or other parts as part of the change, those parts would typically come with their own warranties. And just to clarify, we're very happy with the agm batteries on the chassis. When we're talking lithium, we're specifically talking about our house batteries.
a great review!!
Thanks JoAnn!
WING'N IT! YEAHHHH. :)
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Wow 2 years where does the time go. Stay safe.
Time flies when you're having fun!
We have a 2019 Tiffin Red 37pa. We visited the Tiffin factory a couple 0f weeks ago. Due to the virus they limited the number of techs and bays and only 10 items to be worked on and didnât allow customers in the work area. Of those 10 items 4 of them were not resolved to our satisfaction. Since then Tiffin has resumed production and expanded service so we are heading back this Friday to get all the items addressed. Probably the virus concerns is affecting their service quality. We are considering lithium batteries also. On our coach the Spyder system monitors the chassis and house batteries and depending on the conditions will activate the solenoid to merge the batteries. Not sure how you year Breeze does this but Spyder has that information on their website for your particular coach. We are considering LifeBlue lithiums because they offer 200ah batteries with built in heating units. The price of one of these batteries is the same as two Battleborn 100ah batteries. The Lifeblue form factor also allows us to fit two of the 200ah batteries in our slide out tray without modification other than straps and there is room for three 200 ah batteries. They even offer a 300ah battery which two would fit. We hope to get 1000w of solar and lithiums installed in October. Looks like the new Breezes use the Cummins 340 with Allison 2500 transmission but still a 5000lb tow capacity. Our 2019 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport S with hard top package and two kayaks on the roof and two electric folding bikes in the back weighs 4620lbs according to the CAT scale but our Red has a Cummins 360 and Allison 3000 transmission. Our 37pa handles the hills adequately but speed bleeds off fast and when we get down to 45mph the transmission shifts to 3rd gear and seems to maintain the coach speed at 45 going up 6%-7% grades. Mileage is about 9.5 mpg with the Jeep and about 10.5mph solo traveling 60 mph and mostly with cruise on. With the 100 gal fuel tank a crushing range of 700 miles with adequate reserve is possible. We like our floorplan a lot and when we get these issues resolved, none of which prevent us from using it, we will like it more. The 39â length means weâll never be able to get into Many Glacier campground in Glacier NP again unless were are super lucky to get one of the few sites that are long enough but it means more comfortable living in these difficult times. The size of our coach wasnât to hard of a transition from towing a 25â Airstream trailer but the height of the coach was 3 ft higher so driving around trees is stressful at first. When a low hanging branch hits the flexible radio antenna on the roof it sounds like the roof is being torn off. Leveling the coach was much harder than our Airstream trailer despite the auto leveling jacks. The long wheelbase means its harder to find level enough sites sometimes but using a Level Mate Pro device I can now determine the inches off level and determine more easily if I need to run an axle up on blocks before extending the jacks. Hopefully, the economy will open up soon so this country can get back to normal soon. Iâm more worried about the âcureâ than the virus that could end our RV lifestyle. Good luck.
We really like the Tiffin Reds. Glad to hear that you are happy with yours and hope you can get those few issues resolved when you get back to Red Bay (we're sure that won't be a problem with everything functioning again). Thanks for the info on the Lifeblue batteries. We hadn't looked at those yet. Will check them out. We appreciate you sharing your experience with your Red. It's good info for folks who are shopping. Hope we can all get back to exploring again soon! Take care!
Another great video. It's hard to believe you've had the Breeze for two years. We are camping at Murray Lake near Ardmore this week, and just went through a lengthy hail storm. No apparent damage to coach or car, but It sure sounds bad when your in the box, ha! As a question, have you decided when you are going to do your battery upgrade? Howard and Betty
Hey Howard and Betty... Yikes! Glad to hear everything is okay after the storm. No idea yet on when we'll upgrade the batteries... all depends on budget. :)
I take it you have the 5.0L Cummins V-8 engine made here in Columbus, In.? Cummins makes very good engines.
Yes John... it is the 5.0. We have always been impressed with Cummins engines.
My husband and I are interested in the Tiffin Breeze 31 BR. However , we've heard that there have been problems with the Cummins 5.0 liter V8 engine, and they don't even make this engine anymore, so we wouldn't able to get parts if it broke down. Can you give me your thoughts on this? Would we need to replace the engine with something else and about how much would that cost? Also what is the gas mileage that you get?
We havenât heard about this, Tiffin did change from the Max Force engine because of problems!
Thanks. :-))) :-))))
Youâre welcome David!
How has the rig done in cold weather? What is the coldest night you camped? Did you have to use supplemental heat?
Hey John. In our Breeze we've been in weather down to about the upper 30s. We have 2 propane furnaces, but we rarely use either. Our go-to for heating are the fireplace, our electric heat pump and occasionally our portable electric heater.
Appreciate your input you helped me decide on breeze not sure if Iâm gonna go with a 2017 31 br or 33br ? What kind of fuel economy do you get on average ? Thanks going full time trading my Airstream 23 d
Hey Trey. We typically average between 9-11mpg towing.
Was it planned or just coincidence that tom is wearing a caprock canyon t-shirt and stacy is wearing at bison cafe t-shirt?
LOL! Not intentional Ed. We noticed it when we watched the video. But we do love Quitaque!
Tiffin has been sold for $300 million USD to Thor Industries.
Yes, in late 2020
Does the Breeze porpoise on highways with lots of cracks?
would you say that the breeze being narrow, less than 8 feet) is a disadvantage vrs the aire which is wider...
Actually, the size of the Breeze is an advantage over the New Aire and other Class A motorhomes. Being shorter in length, shorter in height and more narrow made it more easy to maneuver and allowed it to fit into a larger number of campsites.
@@rvamericayall i agree, it the roght choice as we r planning to travel south of the border. But my concerns is the different comments on the web related the subject of feont end stability. It is the right choice for our travel mission.
We had no issues with the front end stability of our 2017 31BR
Please estimate the total number of nights out of the 730 nights (2 years) that you were able to camp that you would NOT have been able to camp in if you had a 35 to 40 foot rig?
Great question Peter. I'd estimate that we've spent approximately 60 nights so far in spots that would have been a problem or impossible for a 35'+ RV.
Said another way 92% of the time having a 35-40 foot rig would NOT have been a problem.
35â yes.... 40 would have a few more places out. But we plan to stay in more places in the future where size will matter and we wanted to maximize our choices. So smaller is our preference. Certainly isnât that important to everyone.
if you need more horse power you may be able to do it with a diff computer chip
Thanks Allan
Meant to ask if you tow a car with your 31br and what kind thanx much
Hi Trey. Yes, we tow our Jeep Wrangler using a Blue Ox towbar. And we had a tow braking system installed at M&G Engineering in Athens TX that runs off of the air brakes of our coach. Our 2017 Breeze is rated to pull 4,500 pounds.
Wow! 2 years in the Tiffin!!! 30,000 payments to go! Woo-hoo!đ€Šââïž
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Does it have an exhaust brake ?
Yes it does Michael.
how has it been in high winds while driving
Good question Allan. We try not to drive in high winds. But on the rare occasion that winds come upon us, it has not been a problem (maybe due in part to the lower profile?)
Good to know
your a bit shorter then our 35 foot grand design fifth wheel
Yep! We wanted to go as short as we could and still stay with a diesel pusher with a Cummins engine.
Also height wise
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your a bit shorter then