You Have NEVER Seen a Motorhome Like This!

hey everyone i'm matt welcome back to another video today i am super excited we are taking a look at a top-of-the-line diesel pusher with a kitchen island this is a 2022 fleetwood discovery lxe model 36 hq we are gonna take a look at the outside features first and the inside features then we're gonna give you three things we love about this motorhome and three things we dislike about it we're starting in three two one hey everyone again welcome back to another video my name is matt from mats rv reviews it's world toying channel giving you that true unbiased review about everything when it comes to rvs and again today i am super excited to be taking a look at a 2022 class a diesel with a kitchen island but before i begin i would like to say hi to andrea hey you're not andrea you're mike grove with rev group hey everyone super excited to show you the 36 hq today perfect if you guys haven't seen mike he has his own youtube channel not his own but fleetwood has their own youtube channel we will link them down below as well if you guys want to check out more factory rep tours but mike thank you so much for doing this for us absolutely because if you guys don't know we are here in gillette wyoming at the uh fmca rally so mike oh without further ado we're going to have mike do the outside and then i'll do the inside let's begin so as much as the 36 hq tip to tip length is 36 foot nine inches the 36 hq's the discovery galaxy it's a compact version of it but we still got that 380 horsepower l9 engine okay now 1150 foot pounds of torque wow just because we went down to size we didn't sacrifice any power at all the hq is built on a freedom bridge yes the backbone to that freedom bridge mass two seven and a half inch i-beams that run the full length of this motor home so the exact same structures that are building those skyscrapers with those massive bridges is the same structure that's supporting your motorhome perfect and we have an xcm chassis okay what does that mean xcm the m is the key letter here it's modular okay so with the modular chassis it's not a raised rail it's not a straight rail right we get a front clip and a rear clip from freightliner custom chassis then we pair it with that freedom bridge with anywhere from 60 to 80 huck holes which is an aerospace technology fastener once it goes together it's not coming apart perfect so and that's what's giving us all this pass-through storage and really giving us that strength of this foundation now before we show everybody the storage what generators running underneath so right up front here we have a jenny slide okay pull it out and lock from the bottom heck yeah we have a metal reinforced handle here and that reveals the 8 000 kilowatt cummins owning generator and it's running right now and it's quiet oh yeah super quiet and then it looks like we got the mobileye collision mitigation system nice big chrome uh mirrors and everything now let's take a look at these tires and then we'll check out that storage what are those tires look at these tires mike they're the michelins 275-80r 22.5 with shiny accuride rims no keep on going we have the renew exterior graphic right here looks good whole sickens body paint yeah this is on site at fleetwood all the time professionally mixing our paint this is a double clear unit we put two to three coats of clear on it sand it down then we put two more coats of clear on it so it gives you a really good uv protection keeping these collars looking vibrant for many years perfect frameless windows right there dual pane a nice gerard awning uh which real nice because you can't see up top it makes it a real clean look and everything and look covering up all of your accessories up top first compartment we've been using this so it's a little dirty in here but the great thing about that citadel is it's a dual lined composite material there's zero wood in that basement you don't know about anything rotting that's the same material they're going to use in car wash bays okay so that just shows you the durability of it yes moving back right here look at that being at their rallies yes we use these for storage already we got the tools going on nice more ride slide out tray you can access that both on one side and the other perfect we'll leave that out real quick um right above that we have our entertainment system whoa hang on is this green that is green holy smokes it is so subtle too that's that you don't see green on motorhomes that's a good looking green very unique touch samsung led tv pulled out it is on a swivel so no matter where you're sitting on this full-length patio you have a great view of the tv and then behind it we have a sound bar as well perfect perfect we got more storage here or more storage right there and okay underneath is our rock guard lxd comes with a rock guard and that's right here now i'm not seeing a ton of storage like more like most diesel pushers is that because of the structure with the kitchen island well we have the kitchen island there that's bumped out a little bit that's where oh never mind or exterior tv this is 36 foot instead of 40. yeah yeah yeah yeah this isn't 44 foot this isn't i'm used to lxes being 40. okay a lot of customers are wanting all those amenities in a shorter package right now electrical compartment yes 30 amp solar charger lxd this one has a 300 watt solar panel up on top okay then we have our central back and our um yeah whatever surge guard surge guard yes your transfer switch yes so uh as you said we paired up with straight liner custom chassis great thing about that is the v-ride this v-ride and you pair that with the freedom bridge this unit has almost no sway from side to side if you break out under uneven surfaces you come off center a little bit you come right back perfect very nice feature there perfect uh move back here this compartment we have storage on this side no noah wood again and we have a 2 800 watt pure sine wave inverter now speaking about wood you're fiberglass you're not using luan and you're not using azdale what do you guys do different so we did that process until year 2000 warren with the luan on the back warranty costs were through the roof so we went to the drawing table said there's got to be a better way okay so we looked at other substrates to put on the back and then we started thinking well why do we even need a substrate we went with an ultra thick piece of fiberglass so this is 100 fiberglass right onto an aluminum structure and high density beet foam insulation so right great perfect i love it perfect uh scenario right there yes sir and our last compartment on the entertaining side we have storage and then we have our hydraulic feel for our four point automatic leveling system perfect now take the camera mic and show everybody the hitch and what's going on around back so on the back we have a ten thousand pound hitch on the rear and the good thing is with the discovery lxc you can take advantage of that full ten thousand pounds because we have over a we have a ten thousand pound gap between the gvwr and the gcwr very important a neat thing here matt for 2022 is all of your diesels are going to come with the new brake sync by freightliner custom chassis oh those are for like the air force one brakes right absolutely but the great thing about brake sync it was designed by freightliner custom chassis it's warrantied and backed by them with a third party you t into the brake lines this is a standalone system so if something happens to your tow vehicle where the brake lines get cut there's no worry about losing brakes to your primary braking of your motorhome wow so really nice feature we're excited to have for uh 2022. we got our one piece or sorry our backup camera has audio for the person in the back to communicate with your driver and we didn't mention it does have left camera and right camera and reverse also um mike is that a one-piece fiberglass roof well yes it is let's go up there and take a look here we go now up here on the roof you can see it's a nice one-piece fiberglass roof not one not two but three air conditioning units i love how they did that in a 36-foot motorhome still uh we got max air fan covers all the way through yes again 300 solar panel right there wineguard digital antenna satellite dish and wi-fi booster very very nice oh matt be careful coming down here now that looks pretty sturdy though yeah hey mike i hate these ladders by the way freak and if you haven't already make sure you guys smash that thumbs up button what an rv salesman is going to take his fat ass up on the roof show you what features nobody oh i'm keeping that in there mike no you have to take that little rv salesman is going to take his fat ass up on the roof to show you what features the roof has to offer nobody perfect yeah i'm leaving that in there keep on going um so we're on to the driver's side now we have our intake way up high keeping clean air coming into the unit yes right here we have six house batteries in the lxe it's great we they're wired in series and parallel so wiring them is serious takes these six volt batteries bumps them up to 12 volts perfect parallel grows that battery bank and then right behind it is our air filter so when you go to change your air filter you change that whole metal piece right there you don't have to go inside of it and buy filters that go inside perfect you see four house batteries there right here we have two more house batteries located on the bottom making six and then we have two batteries up top that are your chassis batteries so if you do need to start your jump your coach for some reason make sure you're jumping these ones if you're jumping these ones you're not going to get anywhere quick perfect some storage here for some death fluid we have a 13 gallon def tank usually we run about two and a half percent depth versus diesel perfect doesn't need to be filled up too often moving up a little farther is our wash down bay yeah with the discovery lxc we have a power water hose power shoreboard reel yes that's nice whole house builder recommended we change about eight every eight thousand gallons we have our low point drains so when you're coming to winterize your unit here's where you want to do that we have an exterior shower the pets always get in the mud when you're camping so we need a spot to spray them off you don't need to go inside we have a water pump switch right here our knife valves are on a swivel for easy access and we have a holes cut out in the bottom so all this stuff can be routed through the bottom and everything be locked up perfect moving up to the next compartment this is pass-through storage from the other side yeah that is our rock guard we were talking about yep other side of storage yeah there's that slide-out tray it's right now it's currently extended out to the other side we can access that through here just like matt said and the last one there's that aqua hot 400d yes full electric coach no propane on board takes care of all of our heating and all of our water you got unlimited hot water and you get air from an aqua hot that doesn't deplete any of the interior um humidity so you wake up feeling good you don't got that stuffy itchy feeling when you wake up for sure and mike somebody wants to see the other specs about this motorhome bing they can see it all right there saw the specs about this motorhome perfect perfect damn the last compartment we have some storage windshield wiper fluid right above it we have two chucks one of those is to put air into your ping takes in an emergency if you needed it and then the other one you know is to fill up the kids toys or blow out your luggage compartments whatever you need to do perfect well mike the outside of this motorhome looks great but the inside looks even better let's go take a look perfect i'm gonna walk through with the slide outs in i need to get those chairs perfect so while i'm walking through the slide outs are in and this is amazing because it has a kitchen island you guys are gonna hear me mention a little later that for me it is a little tight i definitely have to walk sideways like this you can get the slide outs out now but you have access to your fridge right here and then you have a bathroom right here okay you can get to that very nice also guys i do want to mention that and then here's the bedroom i do want to mention i want to give a big shout out one to mike from fleetwood um andrea didn't make it up here she was gonna fly up here uh but the hurricane elsa kept her at home so big shout outs to mike make sure you guys check out fleetwood's youtube channel uh we'll link it down below also big shout out we got to get the slides in the back as well also big shout out to will and jen um will from matt's rv reviews towables uh they have their own youtube channel about travel vlogging and i flew up to maryland the 1st of july or second of july and we did an epic road trip from maryland to here in wyoming we stepped we stopped by chicago minnesota um the badlands mount rushmore so it's a really great time so if you want to see my adventures and their adventures together make sure you check out matt's rv not master reviews total make sure you check out well and jen's youtube channel we'll also link down below all the slideouts are out there perfect so i'm going to do the inside but i want you to do the cockpit area okay thanks sir so with the cockpit we have the optiview digital dash great thing about it you know we can program whatever gauges we want up here the ones that are important to you to view it's a great feature and plus with the freightliner since 2020 they've incorporated all their controls right here at your fingertips yeah it's really focused on safety so we can control our gear right here and plus our engine brake is right here as well perfect that's nice um really cleaned up the dash and dual monitors i'm a huge fan of the dual monitors because when we're in those congested areas in downtown let's say chicago man you just said you're in chicago not in an rv i wasn't but you uh you can see your navigation and you can see your cameras of what's beside you at the same time nice that's a that's a real good safety feature we have our display for our mobile eye right here and right there is our uh sensor for that perfect and then over here i'm in the cockpit seat oh do you know the cargo carrying capacity off top of your head i have a yellow tag right here i can take a look at okay 5 946 pounds so over here in the cockpit area it's nice and comfortable here's your remotes for your gerard awnings you guys know how i feel about that mike we're gonna have a discussion on camera about it a little bit later right on uh right up here we do have the storage uh i love this because these are slide out buttons as well you can also do the slide out buttons from the digital screen but the fact that there's two options i like that auto leveling right there door awning and everything right up here slide we got a little bit of that that's your wi-fi ranger your lg tv and a little bit more storage not really but something that's your king air digital antenna and everything and then both of these seats do swivel around perfect and mike if you want to come over here um this also does have a bunk over the cabin because we're at fmca um we don't have the key but it's a very nice easy drop down and glide very very nice over here in the living room area i love how they did this so not only were they able to give you kitchenaid but they were able to do this not only were they able to give you a kitchen island and do the double seats they did it in 36 feet as well which is crazy i love that right over here we have a sofa comes out and makes the bed okay oh that's how they do it smaller sofas but still i mean they're still two seaters so fuss hey listen let's be real you're buying an lxc you don't want your kids to come anyway this is for the non-paying customers set it up stay the night and get them out you know what i'm saying very nice you got your tv right there easy to set back up thank you sir tv's right there okay a little bit of storage here blu-ray player with sound system and then across from the tv these are theater seats oh man we got it on very very nice you got those theater seats right there really nice tv position cup holders they light up there's also usb in that seat oh oh a usb in this seat oh come here come here look at this with a little thingymadoo uh to make sure like food and crumbs don't get in there now i'm gonna let mike take over to show us the complicated dinette but very nice dinette so this is the adaptable table yes we label it we do have the patent on this the the whole point of this table originally was we wanted to put an island in a class a motorhome so yeah you do not see and that's because you have access to the rear of your unit so with the adaptable table we have two chairs sitting here you wake up in the morning you have breakfast send a couple emails have a great view and then you got company coming over at night we pull out the table and we spin it around look at that it's not complicated that's not complicated simple two other chairs folded up in the rear so you got seating for four perfect now now set it back up uh the way it was oh you can do it like 360. yeah it's 360. okay see so here's the way it's the way we have it set up but mike i'd be doing it this way this is how i would do it as well yep especially a lot of people are full timing right you know forget about the table and you like screw your monitors down you can put two or three monitors there on just a whole bunch of different things above we do have very nice storage it's all solid wood might hey mike chime in any time anything you want to know one thing i like to point out our cabinets is everything is solid metal okay no plastic hardware at all within this cabinetry all ozide lined it really quiets down the ride you have to worry about plates chattering and all of that perfect you do have your balances here andrea approves andrea loves all the uh fleetwood interior decors and look at that even that looks nice you know it's not just a regular blacked out shade you know if this cost you know 100 bucks then this one if a blackout shade costs 100 bucks this one's going to be like 150 but it's totally worth it because it just makes it the hues and the colors or whatever it matches and makes it more home feeling right exactly well mike do you know what time it is it's now time for the msrp ms oh no right here right here i i i i put the internet right there yeah that's it nope in the middle msrp on this motorhome here is 438 875 msrp sale price mike do you see the sale price there no no because right now with the way the rv industry is we can't advertise sale price because this unit today is going to be more expensive six months from now until everything gets back to normal but mike we're not selling it for 438 we're giving everybody a lot better price than that and do you know how people get the best price in america uh call text email or facetime hey three zero one five zero six zero nine six two or matt's rv reviews gmail.com send me an email or the best thing to do is go to mattsrvreviews.com and click one of the three contact me tabs there if you're ready to buy an rv click tab number one that takes you to general rv somebody from my team will get you the best price in america two if you're not ready to buy and you have questions click tab number two that sends an email to both me and will and we're here to answer your questions for you or if it's just generalized fan question click that third tab and it doesn't matter if you click tab three two or one mike what's the one thing they'll always get mac cash the best price in america mike i'm i'm pretty impressed you knew the uh call text email facetime yeah show us the kitchen area show us the kitchen well let's move this pillow real quick yes but so solid surface induction cooktop we have a 13 by 60 picture box window lets a ton of light in it makes the unit look really uh larger than it is everything is symmetrical throughout this kitchen if you see like the storage up top yeah let's look into that in here very nice all adjustable shelves hosei line okay and same thing down below but on the left side here we have two pull out pantries oh wow and this one again is the same wow four drawers underneath convection whirlpool microwave okay okay yes there's no propane so there's no oven i love this backsplash that looks really really good makes a great uh centerpiece plus a spice rack behind us what a lot of customers do perfect perfect and then what's that right there we have the power tower hey that's the tower of power right there and then show us these drawers brother we have right underneath the four drawers the bottom one's a little larger for the larger pans and then we have three here there's our solid surface covers for our induction cooktop and there's the other one perfect right over here we got a little bit more storage right there and then right here on this kitchen island look at this guys that is a fisher paquel dishwasher show it to us thank you sir very nice if you're not using it for a dishwasher it's a great spot to stack up all of your uh dishes storage yes right here we got more that's your sink and then what are you doing here like a farmhouse thing you got the farm style sink and it seems like customers want that larger sink now without the divide in the middle yep so now that's what we're getting with our island and then look at what they did folks they did the dark with the light very nice right and with that contrasting colors as well matt this is a brand new wood option we just released in 2022 oh uh winter fog is what we call it it's like that heritage painted wood like the white but it has a little gray tint to it and all the inlays are great so it holds up the fingerprints a little better just gives that more contrast i love it i love it a little bit more storage down there yep underneath oh hey now gosh that's 104 trash can right there yeah that's an access panel for our electric box on the side over here we're glad to see factory reps do that too because we do that every episode i've done it probably 40 times as well today or this uh trip perfect and then we got a nice residential real full refrigerator oh there's subway and dairy queen look how good it looks you know like the fact that fleetwood demonstrated this for us it's all about getting that experience yes yes we love it we love it we shut that camera off we can probably have a sub real quick heck yeah perfect and then it's also an water dispenser and ice dispenser yep very nice talk to us about that right here is our multiplex system that is operated by firefly that's the system that it is we control all of our features in our motor home basically from right here nice centralized location but a cool thing for 2022. in the past we could have the app and we control this all from our cell phone right yep but we were limited to bluetooth range okay so you're thinking 90 feet or so maybe and now with the eclipse module we're putting in it's wi-fi oh wow we can control this from across the united states if you want nice you always have uh you always know what your motor home is doing so if if for for all my ladies out there if your husband's making you mad on an rv trip just close close the slide-outs you want to grab this for me yes we're going to show everybody the bathroom here so right here we do have our sink area medicine cabinet with the mirrors nice i love the backsplash and the solid surface i love how they did that especially with the big cargo carrying capacity it's very very nice here's your shower it's a radius shower you know nice tile very nice shower i'm not a huge fan of it um we talked about this the last 36 cube we did uh i'm not a super huge fan of it but it's better than the plastic radius shower there's definitely pros and cons about it we'll mention that a little bit later in the video and then mike if you want to come here and then we're right in here nice little bathroom area porcelain i'm a little enclosed but i'm clear on this side clear on this side toilet paper holes in the right position this is a prime pool position perfect and then in this bedroom here we have the king bed tilt up storage above the bed very nice really nice deep storage right there okay and also speakers right there as well nice looking bed nice looking decor in here i like how it's green as well like the outside a little bit one thing on this talk talk to me right above here you're going to see this switch it says camera selector okay so what that's going to do is our safety view interior camera system that's going to take the mirror the cameras that are integrated into the mirror and the camera on the rear cap here a bump in the night at the campground if you're in a walmart parking lot you hear something going on in the parking lot so all you have to do is hit this button this will display all your cameras on your tv wow neat little feature to have that is so cool right here you got storage right here okay this right here remote for the bed we'll mention this in a few minutes lg tv with storage behind there dresser drawer right here six of them okay right over here is stackable whirlpool washer dryer love that and then right over here to finish it all it's a little bit of storage with a ladder for that top bunk over the cab area well mike that's it that's the review now before everybody leaves to max rv reviews first it's now time to give you three things we love about this motorhome and three things we don't like about it in front of the factory rep mike which do we do first well matt we might as well just get the disc lights out of the way perfect okay i'm gonna go first well i'm not gonna have you do any dislikes i'll let you do the likes i'll do a dislike first dislikes the remote for the bed and the remote for the awnings i hate those features because is there a bed lift on the wall no yeah okay good good because there should be a bed lift on the wall because a person like me i am going to lose this remote a person like me i'm gonna lose that awning remote whereas if there was a second button kind of like how their second buttons for the lights and second buttons for the um for the slide outs that would just be better for me so on the uh oh so i agree on the um bed yeah i will lose that remote too um so we do need to be strategic where we put that yeah but on the awnings i'll show you something up front okay here we go now so we gave you two remotes so what a lot of customers do it's in this nice little holder they will screw this into a spot like that and then this just stays in there then they'll take their other remote make it portable so now they have a fixed one here but that's not all because right here is another box you just press this button and it will run your awnings out as well so now if we lose our remotes we still have access okay okay okay still that's my first dislike dislike number two i hate the shower it's not that i hate the shower the shower is good for a 36 foot motorhome it's when i i'm comparing this to other discovery lxes which on the other floor plans they have phenomenal showers but if you want the kitchen island you want the 36 feet it's what you have to put up with set it perfect matt perfect and then number three is going to be the walk area with the slide out in it's very tight especially for somebody like me who's a little poorly you know you saw me when i walked in i had to walk in like this it is what it is if you want the kitchen island at the end of the day what's more important the convenience of walking like this to go to the bathroom during transportation or having this awesome floor plan and layout while you're at your destination great so that's three things we don't like about it mike why don't you give us three things you love about it a little okay okay well it's the 36 hq i love the floor plan yes because we've been very innovative this past year or so and it's exciting to come to these shows and matt you were set up beside this how much attention to this 36 hq game it got a lot it got a lot it was great just showing off the new features so the 36 hq i just have to say that fixed island that adaptable table exactly i'm going to combo that with the dual seats as well um but that's gonna that's gonna kind of come into my to my second life i like the length of this 36 feet still awesome floor plan still awesome layout the fact that they were able to do all this and accomplish it 36 feet the cargo carrying capacity is super high in here not only that the triple ac units they didn't have to do that because those units a little bit smaller but they still did which makes it really nice we put the ac on five minutes before i started recording and it's already cold in here so that's number two and the number three i must say the interior this is what andrea would say the way it looks for me i see white cabinets i didn't know or realize about the gray accents to match with the decor the hues you know everything we met um at fmca here i met the interior designer what's her name mindy cox hi mindy oh and she was explaining like we see white in brown and black but there's white with hue some gray and shades of this that we we i don't notice i don't want to say we but i don't notice but it definitely makes a difference because you see other motor homes that have white cabinets but they're different in somebody like me i'm like man it's different but i can't tell but when you have this the backsplash here you know the countertops the shades that they are there's a lot of strategy that goes into the color scheme in here and it looks absolutely fantastic well mike that's it that's the review thank you guys absolutely everybody so much for watching and thank you mike for being on the show being the first factory rep to do the review even though even though you you um you override one of my dislikes um you know that's not allowed but we gotta check the rulebook for that but we appreciate you being on mike tell everybody how to find you go to fleetwood rv on youtube yeah we do a lot of walk around videos as well so if you jump on matt's channel and he doesn't have one which he has tons of them um we just want another view on it just jump over to fleetwood rv and we have them all listed there yeah especially if you're you know if you are looking to purchase a particular unit i mean he's going to give you the nuts and bolts a little bit more in depth than what i would do if you guys have any questions about this fleetwood please call text send us an email it is matt's rv or visa gmail.com or 301-906-0962 that's my personal self but the best thing to do is go to matsarviareviews.com and click one of three contact me tabs thank you guys absolutely everybody so much for watching make sure you check out another video right here and here and mike we'll see you next time

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Published: Sat Jul 10 2021