Margi triggered me to add my thoughts about the Beaver we had. The 2007 Beaver Patriot Thunder Saratoga 44 (what a long name) is a 45-footer, and in most ways it was great, though we had a few problems (maintenance). Though we didn't care much for the TV that swings-down from the ceiling (it was out of the way when not in use, but awkward seating positions hurt the neck), it had many things we really like. The Aqua Hot, of course, the two stage shocks, air leveling (sure wish I had it now), the nice cabinetry, though some of the burled veneer was starting to peel a little (I'm told that was common) and the excellent ride.
Though it had only a single toilet in a small, separate room, we liked the bath arrangement, as it was a passthrough to the rear bedroom, and had two sinks with lots of cabinets (storage) in the main hall plus one sink in the room with the toilet. It was separated from both the bedroom and from the main living area/galley by pocket (sliding) doors, heavier like in a home (more sound deadening), rather than lightweight like so many RVs.
we sure liked the king-size bed (though the sleep number isn't as comfortable to us as some types) and the full width rear closet, along with the ceiling fan. A really neat feature was the lighting switches, which were basically computer controlled push buttons, that allowed multiple switches (locations) for certain lights (handy), as well as push button dimming (hold it down it dims, then brightens, release when you like it). There also was a master lighting switch which, when held down for four seconds turned off all the lights in the coach. If you held it down for ten seconds it would turn every light in the coach ON (we didn't use that very much).
In the bedroom, there was a light switch panel next to the bed which had a second copy of the master lighting switch (wonderful to be sure ALL lights were off at bedtime), a generator start/stop switch (duplicating the one in the cockpit), and there was a 5" monitor (with switching) to allow you to monitor the Aladdin system (coach monitor, engine and other things, as well as all coach cameras) from the bed, all duplicating what was in the cockpit.
And I absolutely loved the clean, orderly way the electric wiring was done, with labels on every connector, relay, fuse, etc., making it easy to trace wiring and fuses (most were in an external bay under the driver's seat), even red lights to show which fuse was bad. And the lighting modules had their own area in the rear closet. The powered generator slide was also wonderful.
The biggest single drawback was the length which sometimes made it awkward to find a place to stop in some areas (Durango to Pagosa Springs, for example), even in many towns, especially with the toad.
With so much to like, we got rid of it primarily because we wanted to downsize (we still miss a lot of things our Ventana doesn't have). We first looked at Sprinters, before deciding that was TOO small, finally settling on our current Ventana.
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