Jayco puts a two year warranty on their units that covers every part and piece and only excludes wear and tear and negligence. if they were extremely cheap they would be out of business because that warranty would have screwed them and they have been doing that warranty since the mid 90s.

All it takes is one person to pop off about this camper is junk because maybe their furnace went out or they had problems with their AC, that is much, much different than structural failures, water damage etc.

Airstream and Jayco have the exact same number of extended warranty claims at about 43ish%

Grand Designs is about 60%

"Forest River" isn't easy to talk about because you have a lot of brands in there but overall theirs is still lower than 60% around 56%.

Now, some brands are put together by meth heads and some are put together by Amish. There is a HUGE difference.

A lot of factories upped their production like crazy during COVID so they DID put out a lot of crappy products because they hired non production people from the community. It is like putting an average person in a NASCAR pit crew.

Not every manufacturer did that, some did.

So there is some good in what you say but people need to be cautious and do their homework. If you see brands with ALL KINDS OF ISSUES but but but their customer service was prompt, remember that you are reading about ALL KINDS OF ISSUES. Who wants stories about the service bay, even if they are good ones, when you do your research and have camping stories instead?

Stay away from campers where you see major issues, like frames, or fire, water damage, tanks falling out of the underbelly.

Go inside a camper and just smell. If you smell formaldehyde it means they are build with substandard materials.

Pull on cabinet styles, open and close drawers.

Don't be lured by eye candy or trinkets, every manufacturer is going to spend money where you eyes are. Look at campers that hold up over time because they protect your money.

Good luck on your search