Big Horn or Landmark?
Bunnie,
We ordered our BH 3670RL and it should get here in a few weeks. We too were torn on whether to go for the Landmark Augusta (same floor plan as the 3670RL) and decided to stay with the Big Horn. The cost difference was about $10,000.00 (more or less) and the quality of construction is the same so we went Big Horn. We stopped at a Camping World store in Katy, Texas (west of Houston) this past weekend and they had a Landmark Augusta set up in their indoor showroom so we checked it out. You really have to see this trailer in person to get a good basis for comparison.
Here's what we found when comparing the Landmark Augusta and the Big Horn 3670RL.
- The Landmark is a very elegant and upscale unit, but if you didn't know that it existed you would think that the Big Horn was Heartland's top of the line.
- We are getting the 14 cu ft side by side refrigerator in our new BH and the Landmark comes with a 4 door unit - two freezer doors on top & two refrigerator doors below that. We prefer the side by side in the BH. 'Just our personal preference.
- In the Landmark you will lose the overhead cabinets above the dinette as well as the larger cabinet to the rear of that. I don't know why, but it's not there.
- You also lose some overhead cabinets in the bedroom of the Landmark because of the different configuration of the door where the washer/drier are housed. The cabinets interfere with the door operation so they just deleted them.
- One of the differences in the Landmark interior is that there is wood trim around the window housings and the lights are fancier. 'Nice, but worth the money?
- On the outside - the door side access to the basement storeage compartment as well as the compartment itsself are smaller on the Landmark because of an additional compartment to the rear that houses the battery and also has a deep void space presumably for more storeage. You may actually have the same amount of space, but why have the space divided?
- The electric awning seems nice and we actually talked to Ray at the factory and asked him if we could add it to our Big Horn. He said that we could and it would cost an additional $650.00. We decided against that because the awning doesn't have a feature that automatically retracts the awning in high winds. I thought that was the main reason for having an electric awning.
OK, that's all for now. We were fortunate to see the Landmark in person because it reinforced our decision that the Big Horn is plenty upscale for us. Don't get me wrong - the Landmark is a beautiful rig and it may be worth the extra money to you. If fact, I'm sure it's a very good deal for what you get. It's just that we decided that for the money the BH was plenty for us.
Please feel free to email or PM me if you have any more specific questions.
Warren