For those looking for a family-friendly travel trailer that’s lightweight and doesn’t hold back on amenities, meet the 2024 Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB. This 37-foot RV certainly has plenty of sleeping space. Even in its streamlined design, there is a large bunkroom, pull-out sofa, convertible dinette, and queen bedroom. The 32DSB also features some very clever — and super-secret — behind-the-TV storage. The wall in the bunk room also transforms into a double bunk in the blink of an eye. Or it could be an office for remote work.
If you’re keeping an eye out for an easy-towing travel trailer for family camping adventures, the Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB could be just what you’re looking for. Its functional versatility means owners can host a larger than average crew. But you can also set up an exceptional workspace, if you need to clock some off-grid hours.
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At a Glance: Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB
The Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB earns four stars because it meets the needs of its intended users: weekend warriors looking to pile in the family. Still, I felt there could be more storage options in this RV. Sure There’s sleeping space for nine people, but finding places for all nine to stow their clothes and other gear could be a challenge in this RV.
Check Some Specs
- Sleeping capacity: 9
- Hitch weight: 945 pounds
- UVW: 7,413 pounds
- CCC: 2,332 pounds
- Exterior length: 37 feet 3 inches
- Exterior height: 10 feet 8 inches
- Exterior width: 8 feet
- Fresh/Gray/Black: 41/68/34 gallons
- Propane: 2 x 20 pounds
- Awning size: 19 feet
- Slide outs: 2
Features We Love
- Two 15,000 Btu air conditioners
- Propane furnace
- Propane/electric hot water heater
- Solar power system: 200-watt panel (prepped for 600 Watts
- Two TVs
- Residential style light fixture over dinette
- Wi-Fi prewired
- Backup camera
- Power leveling jacks
- Outdoor shower
- Battery disconnect switch
- Pass through exterior storage
Benefits
- Half-ton towable
- Family friendly sleeps up to nine people
- Versatile bunk room that can double as an office
- TV in bunk room is perfect for gaming
- Boondocking ready but more solar panels can be added
- Gray, sand, birch color scheme is neutral and relaxing
- Additional sleeping areas with convertible dinette and easy glide sofa bed
- Easy care upholstery and surfaces
- Large power awning with LED lights provides additional living space outdoors
- Beverage fridge and pull out with propane quick connect for grill outdoors
Challenges
- There is sleeping space for nine but the main living/dining area only seats six.
- Minimal storage considering its high sleeping capacity.
- No theater seating.
Best For
- Family RV camping adventures with kids — and their friends and cousins.
- Families who prefer off-grid, boondocking camping experiences. Its exceptional remote workspace is also great for RVers for who need to check in with work.
The RV Trader Process
RV Trader asked RV shoppers what was most important to them in their RV buying process. Potential buyers — like you — helped us to identify a list of six key areas that camping and travel enthusiasts always look at when they’re searching for the perfect RV: sleeping space, bathroom, living area, four-season capabilities, and storage space.
The RV Trader team then got to work providing you with an honest and unbiased evaluations. And that’s where I come in. I’m Lynne Fedorick, RV expert and enthusiast. Whenever I review any RV, my goal is always to perform the review objectively. I evaluate everything on the RV from top to bottom. All without any undue influence from manufacturers or retailers.
RV Trader sent me to the Forest River showroom in Elkhart, Indiana to look at 2024 RVs from the diverse brands included in the Forest River family. I inspected each RV with the buyer’s perspective at the forefront. How well would each RV meet the needs and requirements of its intended buyer? Above all, I wanted to seek out answers to this question, so I looked at the six key areas with this in mind.
Sleeping Space
The Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB floorplan features sleeping for up to nine. What does that look like? Something like this. There’s sleeping for two in the queen bedroom. You can get up to three in the bunkroom. Two more can fit on the pull-out sofa bed and another two more on the convertible dinette sleeper.
In the main bedroom, a 60-inch by 80-inch queen bed is flanked by CPAP prepped nightstands that have USB and AC plugins. This bedroom gets twin wardrobes, drawers, and an overhead shelf for books. The wall opposite the bed is prepped for a TV, so you could enjoy your favorite shows in peace while the kids in the bunk room enjoy their own TV.
In the bunk room, two flip-down double bunks help to create a versatile space that can be used as an office or a separate rec room for rainy days. A third, stationary twin bunk has handy, built-in net storage for game controllers (or whatever else). When the bunk on the opposite side is flipped up, it reveals a large desk area and a 32-inch smart TV. Beneath the desk, three large drawers provide space to store items like kid clothes.
Bathroom
The bathroom in the Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB is functional. It contains everything you need when you’re camping. A plastic toilet helps to keep the UVW down. The roomy acrylic-surround shower has a multifunction showerhead that can be used handheld or in place. Its vanity and medicine cabinet can store toilet tissue, medication, a first aid kit, and toiletries.
Living Area
The central living area in the Tracer 32DSB is shared with kitchen and dining areas. The comfy sofa bed is positioned directly across from an entertainment center that houses a 32-inch, 12-volt TV and soundbar as well as a cozy 15,000 Btu electric fireplace. The real surprise is the secret storage space that gets revealed when the TV is pulled forward.
Outside the RV, a 19-inch awning with LED lights gives you an abundance of sheltered living area. Which, with the crowd you can bring, you’ll be grateful for.
Kitchen
The Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB has a small but functional kitchen with a three-burner stove, a small gas oven, and an over-the-counter microwave — perfect for making movie night popcorn. The solar panels can provide power to the large 12-volt, two-door refrigerator/freezer when you’re out boondocking. At the end of the kitchen, a roomy farmhouse-style sink and simple, arched faucet add functional elegance.
The kitchen is augmented by a small outdoor kitchen area, a beverage fridge, and pull-out shelf with a propane quick connect for your preference of grill or cooktop, perhaps for cooking fresh caught fish next to a lake.
Inside, the dinette can seat four comfortably, but it’s possible to add the desk chair to make seating for five here. The dinette benches each have storage space underneath that would be perfect for storing bedding and pillows.
Four-Season Capabilities
A propane furnace, an efficient electric fireplace wiring for up to two air conditioners, help keep temperatures inside the Tracer 32DSB comfortable whether it’s chilly or hot outside. All of which makes this RV a good choice for three-season camping. However, without heating pads on the tanks, the Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB really isn’t designed to go beyond three seasons.
Storage Space
On the exterior of Tracer 32DSB, you’ll find generous pass-through storage that could easily hold fishing rods, camping chairs and other essential supplies for a great camping getaway. However, inside, there’s not a lot of storage space. The secret storage space behind the TV is innovative. But it’s needed, considering the Tracer 32DSB’s high sleep capacity. While storage might be adequate to store clothing, food, and other necessities, there’s not a lot of extra space.
Making the Most of Its Storage Space
Little features appear designed to help. When you step into the RV there are hooks for hanging jackets or towels. It’s a functional design that helps make this RV feel like a little cottage on wheels. A large cabinet in the living/kitchen area could be used as either a pantry or for wardrobe storage, depending on your needs. The kitchen has four overhead cabinets, four drawers, and under-sink cabinet storage. The camp cook will love the built-in, two-tier wire spice rack integrated into the fireplace mantle.
The bedroom has two wardrobe closets, two drawers and a storage under the bed. In the bunk room, two oversized drawers are big enough to stash clothing.
For anyone familiar with RVing, compromises are not surprises. While the Prime Time RV Tracer 32DSB is generous in sleeping space, amenities, and functional versatility, it keeps a tighter rein on storage. Which makes it a perfect lightweight, family-friendly travel trailer for shorter trips with bigger crowds.
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