If you like the camping experience in a pop-up but hate the work, you'll love a hybrid. Our X20E (baby brother to the 23) is our second hybrid. Our first was an '03 Jayco Kiwi 17a that we bought new and had for 10 years.
You will hate towing a 23B with that Trailblazer. We towed our X20E for one summer with a Trailblazer that had the I6 and it was adequate but not stellar. Definitely not for mountains or lots of hills. Our Sierra pulls it without any struggles. The X20E is a smaller trailer than the 23B.
Your wife won't do a full size truck? My wife loves our truck. Mileage difference is negligible, in fact our Sierra gets better mileage than our Trailblazer got. Full size is not that much bigger but they are far more capable. Get her to test drive one. Unless you go to a full size truck your options are limited. Also a full size truck would give you a place to haul bikes and other larger items. We will never go back to a mid-size truck.
Setup time, the beds do not use poles to hold them up. Wires. Just drop them and pop in the shepherds poles. Less than 5 minutes total for both beds. Same for closing them up. Nothing even close to setting up a pop-up. Leaks? We have yet to have a leak on the beds in 14 years of owning hybrids. They are vinyl covered canvas and dry off easily with a towel when packing on a wet morning. Even if it's raining while packing, they dry off quickly at home because the water doesn't soak in.
The dampness issue is condensation. On our old hybrid we'd leave a flap open to allow moisture to escape. On our current one we found leaving the small fold out window above the sink (X23B has one too) alleviates the condensation.
If it's too noisy at night then you'd need to consider where you are camping. We really haven't encountered too many places where there was noise all night. Most places have enforced quiet hours. But for some folks I know this is a big issue.
We keep our trailer pretty well stocked with everything we need save for clothes and food. I run through a checklist every trip just to make sure we don't forget anything.
Hope that helps!
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Chuck
2013 Jayco Jayfeather X20 E (sold)
2016 Chevy Silverado LTZ 2 Z71 Crew Cab (sold, and dearly missed)
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