RV owners, like most consumers, appreciate a source of quality information about a product they are interested in purchasing, especially an expensive product.
For decades, Trailer Life Magazine has surveyed its readers to find out what they think are the best brands and products in various categories of the RV and travel space, which not only served the public well, but also the industries that are represented in the survey.
Here are the award winners for 2020.
RVs & TOW VEHICLES
Fifth-Wheel Trailer
- Gold: Grand Design RV
- Silver: Keystone RV Company
- Bronze: Jayco
Toy Hauler
- Gold: Grand Design RV
- Silver: Forest River Inc.
- Bronze: Keystone RV Company
Travel Trailer
- Gold: Lance Camper
- Silver: Grand Design RV
- Bronze: Airstream
Small Camping Trailer
- Gold: Lance Camper
- Silver: Jayco
- Bronze: Airstream
Small Off-Road Trailer
- Gold: Xtreme Outdoors
- Silver: Colorado Teardrops
- Bronze: Moab Trailers
Truck Camper
- Gold: Lance Camper
- Silver: Northwood Arctic Fox
- Bronze: Bigfoot RV
Truck for Towing
- Gold: Ford
- Silver: GMC
- Bronze: RAM
ACCESSORIES & SUPPLIES
Auxiliary Fuel Tank
- Gold: Transfer Flow
- Silver: Titan Fuel Tanks
- Bronze: Dee Zee
Awning
- Gold: Carefree of Colorado
- Silver: Dometic
- Bronze: Lippert Components
Backup Camera
- Gold: Furrion
- Silver: Garmin
- Bronze: Voyager (ASA Electronics)
Battery
- Gold: Interstate
- Silver: Battle Born
- Bronze: DieHard
Cleaning Product
- Gold: Meguiar’s
- Silver: 303 Aerospace Protectant
- Bronze: Camco
Engine Oil
- Gold: Mobil 1
- Silver: Shell Rotella
- Bronze: Pennzoil
Engine Performance Product
- Gold: K&N Engineering
- Silver: Banks Power
- Bronze: BD Diesel Performance
Entertainment System
- Gold: Sony
- Silver: Kenwood
- Bronze: Furrion
Fifth-Wheel Hitch
- Gold: B&W Hitches
- Silver: Reese
- Bronze: Andersen
Fuel Additive
- Gold: Lucas Oil Products
- Silver: Sea Foam
- Bronze: STP
Generator
- Gold: Honda
- Silver: Cummins Onan
- Bronze: Champion
Holding Tank Treatment
- Gold: Thetford Aqua-Kem
- Silver: Camco/TST
- Bronze: Happy Campers
HVAC/Comfort System
- Gold: Dometic
- Silver: Airxcel
- Bronze: Atwood
RV Water Heater
- Gold: Dometic
- Silver: Airxcel Suburban
- Bronze: Truma
Refrigerator
- Gold: Dometic
- Silver: Norcold/Thetford
- Bronze: Furrion
RV Cover
- Gold: Covercraft ADCO
- Silver: Camco
- Bronze: CoverKing
Satellite Hardware
- Gold: Winegard
- Silver: DISH Tailgater
- Bronze: KING
Satellite-TV Provider
- Gold: DISH
- Silver: DirecTV
- Bronze: Shaw Direct
Surge Protector
- Gold: Progressive Industries
- Silver: Camco/Power Defender
- Bronze: Southwire/Surge Guard
Tires — Special Trailer (ST)
- Gold: Goodyear
- Silver: Carlisle
- Bronze: Sailun
Tires — Tow Vehicle
- Gold: Michelin
- Silver: Goodyear
- Bronze: Cooper
Tire-Pressure Monitoring System
- Gold: TireMinder
- Silver: TST/ Truck System Technologies
- Bronze: Lippert Components Tire Linc
Toilet
- Gold: Dometic
- Silver: Thetford
- Bronze: Nature’s Head
Tow-Vehicle Suspension Enhancement
- Gold: Air Lift Company
- Silver: Bilstein
- Bronze: MORryde
Trailer-Brake Controller
- Gold: Horizon Global
- Silver: Curt Manufacturing
- Bronze: Dexter Axle
Travel Trailer Hitch
- Gold: Equal-i-zer
- Silver: Reese
- Bronze: B&W Hitches
Truck Bed Liner
- Gold: Line-X
- Silver: Rhino Linings
- Bronze: WeatherTech
SERVICE & TRAVEL
Fuel Station
- Gold: Pilot Flying J
- Silver: Love’s Travel Stops
- Bronze: Costco
RV Campground or Resort
- Gold: The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort, Florida
- Silver: Anchor Down RV Resort, Tennessee
- Bronze: Ocean Lakes Family Campground, South Carolina
RV Casino Resort
- Gold: Seven Feathers RV Resort, Oregon
- Silver: WinStar World Casino and Resort, Oklahoma
- Bronze: Pechanga Resort and Casino, California
Sit-Down Restaurant
- Gold: Cracker Barrel
- Silver: Texas Roadhouse
- Bronze: Olive Garden
Best State or Province in Which to RV
- Gold: Colorado
- Silver: Florida
- Bronze: California
Favorite U.S National Park
- Gold: Yellowstone National Park
- Silver: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Bronze: Yosemite National Park
Favorite Canadian National Park
- Gold: Banff National Park
- Silver: Glacier National Park
- Bronze: Jasper National Park
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Sorry…these lists are for uninformed, closed minded newbies that have no idea what quality is about.
Dometic never seemed like a quality product. Their A/C in my 2021 Jayco Jayflight is to loud. In my 2017 Keystone Outback I had nothing but problems with their 8 cubic ft refrigerator. I do my best to avoid Dometic products.
No over the air (ota) antennas?
This reads more as a popularity contest rather than best or quality product.
Agree. That’s why I NEVER cared for the “Trailer Life” reader’s ratings. It was all about advertising. And don’t get me started on “Good Sam” road service and RV insurance. Anyway, we’re done with travel trailer camping. Sold ours just at the right time. But we had some WONDERFUL years and wonderful memories.
This is an interesting list of products and services. The one thing that jumped out at me was the favorite sit down restaurant. I wonder if it is indicative of the age of the RVing crowd that Cracker Barrel comes out on top. 😊